Letters to the Editor

LETTERS: Clallam Interfaith Community affirms non-violence

The Interfaith Community of Clallam County affirms the importance of compassion, acceptance and non-violence found in all faith traditions, spiritual paths and ethical philosophies. We… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2019

LETTERS: MAT no cure for Peninsula’s addiction problems

I am confounded that some of our local citizens do not entirely understand exactly what a methadone clinic does. Otherwise, why would they defend placement… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2019

LETTER: Trump just a great salesman, not president

Is Trump as truly incompetent as the media portrays him, or is he smarter than they give credit for? Those are two very different questions.… Continue reading

  • Aug 8, 2019

LETTERS: Stop MAT clinic now, before it gets started

After reading the article in the PDN (July 31) on the medicatio- assisted treatment clinic meeting I have a question: Since this is a for-profit… Continue reading

  • Aug 8, 2019

LETTERS: Troubling that Sequim residents reject clinic

I am a marriage and family therapist serving the Sequim area. My professional contact with people around Sequim is rewarding and, sometimes, very sad and… Continue reading

  • Aug 8, 2019

LETTERS: Education, not MAT clinic, needed on the Peninsula

Our local tribe’s plan to open a medically assisted treatment clinic in Sequim to treat drug addicts and alcoholics sounds like a temporary fix. Addicts… Continue reading

  • Aug 7, 2019

LETTERS: Impeach Trump the destroyer of our democracy

Trump is the destroyer of our democracy. He and his followers are bringing the United States to its knees, to the subjection of the Russian… Continue reading

  • Aug 7, 2019

LETTERS: President far from being an American patriot

Turning my radio on early one recent morning, I felt like I was listening to Nazi-era footage in fascist Europe. But it was a rebroadcast… Continue reading

  • Aug 7, 2019

LETTER: Misinformation, twisted history alive with Democrats

Misinformation and twisted history, two pillars of the Democratic Party, are alive and well. A letter to the editor (“An Illusion,” July 25) erroneously claims… Continue reading

  • Aug 6, 2019

LETTERS: Make informed decision about Sequim clinic

I read with interest your article “Community raises alarm about MAT clinic” (PDN, July 31). Like many of the participants of this meeting, I too… Continue reading

  • Aug 6, 2019

LETTER: Confusion surrounds role, duties and powers of a public hospital district commissioner

Supports Henninger There seems to be tremendous misunderstanding regarding the role, duties and powers of a public hospital district commissioner, as evidenced by a recent… Continue reading

  • Aug 5, 2019

LETTER: Hateful propaganda being spread about candidate

Backs Henninger I am dismayed at the hateful propaganda being spread about Ann Henninger who is running for (Olympic Medical Center) hospital commissioner. Henninger is… Continue reading

  • Aug 5, 2019

LETTERS: Don’t let pollution increase in Port Angeles

McKinley, a Mexico-based company, said they would begin operations at the paper mill in 2017. Then they said 2018, and then September 2019. Now they… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2019

LETTERS: MAT clinic would funnel addicts into Sequim

The July 21 Point of View editorial described the proposed MAT clinic as a “place for healing, a place that helps patients become healthy and… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2019

LETTERS: Opposes Henniger for commissioner

As a retired medical social worker and Olympic Medical Center patient, I am grateful for OMC’s services. However, it operates on a thin financial margin.… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2019

LETTER: Pleased state is suing Navy over EA-18G Growler flights

Thank you state Attorney General Bob Ferguson for filing suit against the Navy regarding the degradation their EA-18G Growler jets are causing to the quality… Continue reading

  • Aug 2, 2019

LETTER: Drop off your ballot, don’t mail it

Hi voters. You can save us taxpayers money if you drop your ballot in a ballot box instead of a mail box. It costs more… Continue reading

  • Jul 30, 2019

LETTER: News story misquotes Book of Mormon

Mormon President Russell Nelson spoke at the 110th annual convention of the NAACP last week, but his words were misquoted in the Peninsula Daily News… Continue reading

  • Jul 30, 2019

LETTER: Businesses should follow Port Angeles’ lead

It has been so refreshing to see Port Angeles take a stand in reducing their plastic footprint by removing plastic bags from most city grocery… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2019

LETTER: Lots to love about a wetter summer

I have urged myself to write a softer letter in regards to weather reports that have been bothering me. Reputable meteorologists on all the news… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2019