Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Dams are the problem for salmon on the Lower Snake River

Dams are problem A recent letter to the editor expressed concern for the “vast number of seagulls and pelicans feasting on the salmon coming down… Continue reading

  • Sep 2, 2018

LETTER: DeBey column worth reading, sharing

Thanks for column Thank you to Suzanne DeBey for her excellent column in the Aug. 24 Port Angeles Daily News’ Issues of Faith section. The… Continue reading

  • Sep 2, 2018

LETTER: Disappointed PDN didn’t join mainstream media effort

Disappointed More than 350 newspapers devoted print space Aug. 15 in a coordinated defense of freedom of the press and a rebuke of Trump’s war… Continue reading

  • Sep 2, 2018

LETTER: Columnist should move away to Mongolia

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read the column by Paul Krugman in the Aug. 29 newspaper concerning our political system and President Donald… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2018

LETTER: Supports Initiative 1631 against carbon pollution

Initiative 1631 on the ballot this November, would impose fees on carbon pollution and invest the proceeds in clean energy and investments in community and… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2018

LETTER: Gun initiative won’t stop criminals or gun violence

According to the Associated Press article on Page A5 in Sunday’s edition of the Peninsula Daily News concerning I-1639, the Washington Supreme Court ruling, written… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2018

LETTER: Time to ditch Doonesbury, return to funny pages

I was once a big fan of Doonesbury, but third grade was quite a while ago for me, too, as is the relevance of the… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2018

LETTER: Our rights and the rights of others in America

More and more in America we see instances where one group wishes to exercise their “rights” to the detriment of others. Recently, a Peninsula Daily… Continue reading

  • Aug 28, 2018

LETTER: Supports tax proposal for Clallam Fire District No. 3

Fourteen years ago, the voters approved a real estate tax increase to $1.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for our Clallam County Fire District… Continue reading

  • Aug 28, 2018

LETTER: Department of Transportation needs to address bridge traffic

On Aug. 19, I was sitting on the Hood Canal Bridge because it had opened. Traffic on state Highway 104 was thick, to say the… Continue reading

  • Aug 28, 2018

LETTER: Voters should reject I-1631 carbon tax vote this fall

Proponents claim I-1631 will increase “clean air, clean energy, clean water, healthy forests and healthy communities” by collecting pollution “fees” on large emitters. No “fees”… Continue reading

  • Aug 28, 2018

LETTER: Promoting growth never enters elected leaders’ heads

“City should help” — is so true. For the past few years, the same city and county leaders continue… Continue reading

  • Aug 23, 2018

LETTER: Time to replace Doonesbury comic strip

I am a third grader and I am writing this because of the comics. I read them every day (except when I’m on a trip).… Continue reading

  • Aug 23, 2018

LETTER: Let Congress, president pay for military parade

Recently, I reached my limit with the absurdities of this Republican administration and the Republican-run Congress. I am a 67-year-old Vietnam veteran and I have… Continue reading

  • Aug 22, 2018

LETTER: Reversing Roe v. Wade would not be ‘pro-life’

I am pro-life. I am opposed to wars, capital punishment, starvation, and physical, emotional and mental abuse. Within that “abuse” falls the prohibition of women… Continue reading

  • Aug 22, 2018

LETTER: Port Angeles staff should help, not stand in the way

If the city wants to see empty buildings filled, they need to change some requirements in the city codes. I, too, am trying to fill… Continue reading

  • Aug 21, 2018

LETTER: Democrats’ ‘blue wave’ slowed to a trickle

The outcomes of the primary election on Aug. 7 suggest to me that the “Blue Wave” has evaporated into a “Blue Trickle.” Oh, my. Gerald… Continue reading

  • Aug 19, 2018

LETTER: Port Angeles could reap the benefits of capitalism

Growing up in Port Angeles, I eyed vacant buildings with the thought of what business I could run in that building. My entrepreneurial instincts were… Continue reading

  • Aug 19, 2018