Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Change needed in Clallam Fire District 3

In September 2017, Fire District 3 commissioners Barnfather and Gawley voted not to accept $1 million in a federal grant called SAFER to hire additional… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2019

LETTER: Need tougher sentences to deter drug violations

Our drug problem is huge and growing. An official told me once that “you can’t stop it.” He did not say you can’t slow it… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2019

LETTER: Many lies published about climate change

Climate activists and far-left politicians routinely claim that global warming is the biggest, most urgent problem facing the world. Not so fast. In Chicago alone… Continue reading

  • Oct 23, 2019

LETTER: Public getting waste coverup, not cleanup at Rayonier

a coverup of Rayonier’s hazardous waste rather than a cleanup? When EPA was set to start… Continue reading

  • Oct 23, 2019

LETTER: Association seeks stranglehold on Port of Port Townsend

It appears to me that the Marine Trades Association in Port Townsend is trying to secure a stranglehold on the Port of Port Townsend. The… Continue reading

  • Oct 21, 2019

LETTER: Healing is a shared goal

This is a response to an Oct. 3 letter, “City code not worth the ink if clinic is built in Sequim,” nay-saying the medication-assisted treatment… Continue reading

  • Oct 21, 2019

LETTERS: Trump gave in to Putin on troops in Syria

I see our draft-dodger-in-chief President Donald Trump is still Putin’s lap dog as he bowed to Putin’s request to get U.S. troops out of Syria… Continue reading

  • Oct 21, 2019

LETTER: Keep Stinson, now not the time for change in Port Townsend

I have known Deborah Stinson over a decade, having worked closely with her on many projects. Port Townsend has benefited significantly from her leadership. Let’s… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Questions motives for zoning, parking proposals in Port Angeles

The city of Port Angeles is moving forward to remove or replace zoning codes throughout the city. These changes will affect every homeowner in the… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Support levy extension for Fire District 3

One of the issues the voters of this district will be deciding is the EMS levy extension for Clallam Fire District 3. Clallam County Fire… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Supporting re-election of Stinson in Port Townsend

I am wholeheartedly supporting the re-election of Deborah Stinson to the Port Townsend city council. As a former city employee, I have worked with and… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Supports Henninger for hospital commission

Ann Marie Henninger will make an outstanding hospital commissioner. I’d like to clarify and expose a few things I’ve noticed in recent letters to the… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Will vote for Janisse for proficiency, integrity

I am voting for Brandon Janisse for Clallam County Commissioner District 1. Thank you, sir, for taking a stance against the proposed regional medication-assisted treatment… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Still misses Clallam activist Dr. Eloise Kailin

Our community lost a great leader this last June. My friend and likely the greatest activist our county has ever had, Dr. Eloise Kailin, passed… Continue reading

  • Oct 18, 2019

LETTER: Stoffer passionate about service to school board

I am writing this letter on behalf of my fellow volunteer, community advocate and friend Jim Stoffer for re-election to the Sequim school board. My… Continue reading

  • Oct 18, 2019

LETTER: Port Townsend needs new direction with MickHager

The mayor sets the agenda in Port Townsend’s weak mayor form of government. In Deborah Stinson’s eight years on the City Council, the last four… Continue reading

  • Oct 17, 2019

LETTER: Democrats’ siege will only help re-elect Trump

The Democratic and media siege against President Donald Trump could get him elected in 2020 as it did in 2016. They do this by fixating… Continue reading

  • Oct 16, 2019

LETTER: MAT clinic looks like a win for community

Signs have appeared around our area objecting to the proposed medication-assisted treatment clinic behind Costco in Sequim. My wife and I wanted to find the… Continue reading

LETTER: MickHager intelligent, has energy for council seat

I have been door-belling with Monica MickHager, who is seeking a seat on the Port Townsend City Council. One citizen wanted to know if MickHager… Continue reading

  • Oct 16, 2019

LETTER: Adkisson is the right representation on OMC board

At the candidate forum for Olympic Medical Center Commissioner positions on Oct. 2, it seemed to me that almost every question was asked by a… Continue reading