Let’s stick to issues at hand on Ajax project

LETTER — Mel , I have been thinking about your comments about some comments I made on your news blog. In hindsight I may have gone beyond dealing with the merits of the arguments for and against Ajax.

In my defense I get frustrated when I feel the reporting is biased. It seems to me that it is obvious that you have a bias against the mine and I feel this interferes with your objectivity when reporting on it. I get the sense that sometimes an effort is being made to make the news as opposed to reporting on it.

I will do my best to avoid less civil rhetoric and stick to the issues at hand in the future.

Regards and good luck with your new endeavour.

JIM THOMSON

Kamloops

EDITOR’S NOTE: Thanks, Jim. I try to make clear when I’m stating my own opinion versus when reporting. That’s why I put a “slug” at the beginning of each post indicating whether it’s “News,” “Editorial” or “Column, etc. In the case of last Saturday’s Ajax event, I wrote it in first person and put my byline on it. I hope we can continue as a community to have a respectful dialogue.