Letters to the Editor

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

LETTER: Predators salmon’s biggest problem on Snake River

Mike Carman was right on in his article in the Peninsula Daily News on Aug. 8. I think seals are devastating the salmon. One thing… Continue reading

  • Aug 19, 2018

LETTER: Restore prestige, replace the president

Looking back at the last election, I am concerned about how Donald Trump became president. It was obvious to me that this man was wholly… Continue reading

  • Aug 19, 2018

LETTER: Man’s injustice imposed on natural world

Soon will be an observance, a prelude to the upcoming Global Climate Summit [Sept. 12-14] being held in San Francisco. As we Rise For Climate,… Continue reading

  • Aug 16, 2018

LETTER: U.S. has suffered two years of nonsense

When he was a TV personality, President Donald Trump decided “The Apprentice” was wearing thin. He began looking for bigger and better approaches to keep… Continue reading

  • Aug 15, 2018

LETTER: More on the socialism, fascism debate

Regarding the debate on fascism as a form of socialism: It is not. Mussolini touted fascism as the merger of government with corporations which is… Continue reading

  • Aug 14, 2018