Will all those benefits fit in a bicycle?
Re: “Dinosaur car culture on full display,” letter, July 21.
Stop the phone calls, we have a winner!
The event brought $2.3 million into the city and filled the Inner Harbour with people interested in the cars. What has the letter-writer brought in with his bicycle?
Mike Butler
Saanich
Great week, lovely town, and lots of money spent
Re: “Dinosaur car culture on full display,” letter, July 21.
I just returned home from a great week in your lovely town. I come to Victoria every three years and that is for Deuce Days.
The week cost me about $5,000 US once I landed on your shores.
We show up in our antiquated automobiles and bring nothing but a few clothing items — everything else must be purchased in your area.
All my meals were on the Island as well as lodging and clothing. Every store or restaurant I went into was filled with the type of people the letter-writer apparently tried to put behind him.
I did not see any of your beloved cyclists or cruise liner people in the stores spending their money.
I can go elsewhere. There are plenty of events in the Lower 48 that appreciate that revenue that we bring in.
Thank you for a great weekend!
Jim Sheridan
Prescott, Arizona
Add up the benefits of Deuce Days
Re: “Dinosaur car culture on full display,” letter, July 21.
This three-day car Deuce Days show brought millions of dollars to both Victoria businesses and also B.C. taxpayers in the way of taxes collected.
B.C. Ferries were kept busy with vehicle revenue, there was food revenue with five per cent GST, liquor revenue with a 10 per cent liquor tax and five per cent GST and newsstand revenue with seven per cent PST and five per cent GST.
Hotel rooms were booked to capacity with hotel revenue, eight per cent room tax, three per cent municipal room tax, five per cent GST on rooms, 10 per cent liquor tax and five per cent GST on liquor, and five per cent GST on food sales.
Downtown parking fees, and pubs and restaurants collecting 10 per cent tax on liquor sales and five per cent GST on liquor, and five per cent GST on food sales.
B.C. Transit buses, harbour ferries and Butchart Gardens were also busy, to name a few.
In summary, this three-day event was a win-win solution for all business owners, the public, and B.C. taxpayers in regards to all of the taxes collected.
Joe Sawchuk
Duncan
Descriptive phrases were out of touch
Re: “Dinosaur car culture on full display,” letter, July 21.
A display of old cars draws crowds of thousands, and I am sure most people there do not view this show to be anything about toxic masculinity, an invasion, entitled privilege and so many more out-of-touch descriptive phrases.
I would think most people admire the work that has gone into restoring these cars, keeping them running, keeping them in beautiful shape — and for a lot of people, they do bring back so many memories, and is it so bad that they were “good ol’ days”?
It is so shallow to measure a person’s worth by the vehicle they drive.
Merle Somers
Victoria
Where will we get the ‘private’ doctors?
There has been a flurry of letters about a two-tiered medical system (much like the system in the U.S., where those with money have it great, everyone else, well …).
But aside from that, where would the physicians come from to fill these “private” positions? Also, as someone mentioned, we already have private clinics and they are outrageously expensive. Perhaps they are already there?
Deborah Crawford
Saanich
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