Opinion

First off I need to state that I absolutely do not agree with the municipality's and the provincial government's plan to log old growth trees in Whistler. I agree that it does not make sense to do that in a destination like Whistler.

"You gotta sound like what you are." - Ray Charles Integrity. I was thinking the other day how the heck I was gonna sum up Ralph Jensen's life. And then it hit me. He was Whistler's Popeye.

Do it for the Lulz, the l33t, the epic win, the ZOMG! The smiley face :), the winking smiley face ;). Do it for the achievement points. I've never been one for ribbons or medals, or statistics related to my performance like grades.

While Whistler contemplates where we go from here in the post-Olympic world - education, arts and culture, Aboriginal tourism, destination markets, events, etc. - we continue to follow an old, familiar path.

William Roberts pretty well sums up the economic problems facing the Sea to Sky Corridor at this time (Left Hanging, Pique letters Aug. 5). It puzzles me that one-industry towns continue to imagine that change will not impact them.

"You force people to stop asking questions, and before you know it they have auctioned off the question mark and sold it for scrap. No boldness. No good ideas for fixing what's broken in the land.

Jon Montgomery was in town last week, taking part in a Crankworx celebrity bike ride.

Google has an unofficial corporate motto, "Don't Be Evil" coined by a founding employee at a meeting back in 2001 when the fledgling company was poised to explode.

Pseudo single parenting at Whistler

Bob Barnett hits on some very relevant points in his editorial "Tourism industry on its own in post-Olympic world" (Opening Remarks July 21, 2010).