LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Nanaimo, Cowichan transit services could link their routes easily enough

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Letter writer suggests shared bus stop at Oyster Bay
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    An RDN Transit bus. (News Bulletin file photo)

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Nanaimo, Cowichan transit services could link their routes easily enough

    Letter writer suggests shared bus stop at Oyster Bay

      Beef to the person in the little car who tailgates me with high beams along Kilpatrick and Jingle Pot in the morning and lays on the horn when I turn left onto East Wellington. If following the speed limit is not going to get you where you are going on time please do not take it out on me. May I suggest you leave a bit sooner.

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      To submit a beef or a bouquet to the Nanaimo News Bulletin, e-mail editor@nanaimobulletin.com

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