Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Offended former tribal officer’s guilty plea

I find that Ernest Penn’s plea of guilty in a child rape is offensive. He had a responsibility as a law enforcement officer to maintain… Continue reading

  • Nov 8, 2019

LETTER: Trump taking fascists down with him

In his great book “How Fascism Works,” Jason Stanley noted that “fascist politics is designed to get people to disassociate from reality. The goal of… Continue reading

  • Nov 8, 2019

LETTER: Including hybrid cars in electric fee highway robbery

Our state legislators and governor have done it to us again. It took them about 15 years to figure out that the state was going… Continue reading

  • Nov 7, 2019

LETTER: Thanks to Olympic Medical staff for healing attitude

Gratitude from Olympic Medical Center’s room 263, Sept. 17 though Oct. 1. The art of extreme self-care is learned through many avenues and often during… Continue reading

  • Nov 7, 2019

LETTER: False alarmism on global warming

The Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Seattle Times article “Climate change threatens health in Pacific Northwest” in the Peninsula Daily News is full of deceptions and… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2019

LETTER: Port Angeles mayor has ‘profound confusion’

In proposing to remove images of soldiers with guns from the Veterans Memorial Park security fence Mayor Sissi Bruch displays profound confusion. First, she conflates… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2019

LETTER: Sequim council members should do their jobs or resign

Seems the majority of the Sequim City Council will follow the path of least resistance on the medication-assisted treatment facility issue. They don’t want to… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2019

LETTER: Write to reps about Tomb of Unknowns

If Port Angeles Mayor Sissi Bruch is so offended by the soldiers holding muskets on the gate of the Veterans Memorial Park (PDN, Nov. 3),… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2019

LETTER: Nothing shameful of objectionable about guns on fence

Oh, for crying out loud. I am compelled to write this letter after reading the article (PDN Nov. 3) about the objections to depictions of… Continue reading

  • Nov 5, 2019

LETTER: Time for mayor to join the real world

Port Angeles Mayor Sissi Bruch, in seeking to remove the images of guns from the gates of the Veterans Memorial Park that is dedicated to… Continue reading

  • Nov 5, 2019

LETTER: Candidate stuck in the 1950s

Ann Marie Henninger, who is on the ballot for the Olympic Medical Center board, works for a reproductive health facility called Obria that originated in… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2019

LETTER: Concerns about candidate Henninger, her beliefs

A recent letter in the PDN (Oct. 27), supporting Ann Marie Henninger for our public hospital commissioner position began with addressing the writer’s preferred natural… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2019

LETTER: Doesn’t buy candidates and global warming hoax

First I wish to thank the writer of “Climate focus” (PDN, Oct. 27) for publishing a list of candidates I will not vote for in… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2019

LETTER: Henninger dedicated in service to others

Let’s be clear about the role of an Olympic Medical Center hospital commissioner, which is two-fold: first, to provide governance for the hospital district, and… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2019

LETTER: Kidd supports Cunningham in Port Angeles

It has been an honor to serve my hometown on the Port Angeles city council for three terms. Thank you for allowing me to represent… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2019

LETTER: Supports Nate Adkisson for Hospital District 2 commissioner

A League of Woman Voters Forum, held on October 2, featured the two contested Olympic Medical Center hospital commissioner races. Unfortunately, the PDN did not… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2019

LETTER: Will vote for Stoffer for Sequim school board

Being a parent with children in the Sequim schools is not a necessary requirement to be on the board of directors. Years of involvement with… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2019

LETTER: Keep marine trades jobs in mind in Jefferson vote

The conclusion is universal. Whether you’re talking about sales in general or economic development specifically, the most successful strategy is to hang on to the… Continue reading

LETTER: Stoffer has ‘true passion for honest public service’

Public service in the United States is under much scrutiny today. Politicians and leadership are falling short of the positions they are elected to. Across… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2019

LETTER: Voters should reject Port of Port Townsend levy for failure to plan

You might remember Aesop’s fable about the grasshopper and the ant. While the ant carefully put away food for the winter, the grasshopper fiddled the… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2019