Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Port Angeles needs less expensive school options

This is an assessment of Port Angeles schools as a whole from the perspective of a lifelong member of this community (more than 70 years).… Continue reading

  • Feb 5, 2018

LETTER: Writer finds humor in PDN weather ‘poems’

I get such a kick out of the poetry that’s tucked under each day’s square on the weather page. I had read the Peninsula Daily… Continue reading

  • Feb 5, 2018

LETTER: Capital levy, McCleary will send taxes through the roof

Taxes would go up Expect your property taxes to go through the roof if the Port Angeles School District capital levy on the current ballot… Continue reading

LETTER: Fond memories of how Klock taught values to athletes

Memories of Klock I was saddened to read about the passing of Coach Bob Klock in the Jan. 23 Peninsula Daily News, “A PA legend… Continue reading

LETTER: Port Angeles school facilities levy important for entire community

Levy important for community The health of our community and its citizens (young and old) is dependent on many things. Healthy lifestyle, prevention, excellent health… Continue reading

LETTER: Opposes Port Angeles levy, FLASH program

Nix levy, FLASH program I cannot support the Port Angeles school board’s proposed capital levy. I attended the school board meeting when the board authorized… Continue reading

  • Feb 2, 2018

LETTER: Former board member urges ‘no’ on school levy

Urges no on levy A simple majority vote could approve the Port Angeles School District’s proposed six-year, 77% school property tax hike. This “smaller chunk,”… Continue reading

LETTER: Capital projects levy smart spending for Port Angeles

Port Angeles voters should approve the upcoming capital projects levy to meet state mandates on lower classroom sizes without burdening the community with debt. Whereas… Continue reading

LETTER: High school work that was so important not in 2018 levy

In 2015, voters rejected as unaffordable a $2.06 per $1,000 assessed valuation property tax levy to pay for a new high school. At the time,… Continue reading

LETTER: DACA beneficiaries should return to home countries

I am adamantly, fervently against a “DACA deal” of any kind. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was an unconstitutional ukase by the previous administration and… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2018

LETTER: Voter initiative raised minimum wage

In rebuttal to a response relative to President Donald Trump’s first year in office in the Peninsula Daily News’ “Speaking Out” column Jan. 21: “… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2018

LETTER: Columnist Pat Neal puts blame where it belongs

Blame where it belongs Local fishing guide-columnist Pat Neal took on the state Department of Fish & Wildlife in his most recent column for a… Continue reading

  • Jan 28, 2018

LETTER: Doesn’t want new missile magazine at Indian Island

Disappointed in missiles I was disappointed to read about the Navy’s proposal to build five new missile magazines on Indian Island, for a few reasons… Continue reading

LETTER: Running on Trump’s coattails

Winning on coattails So Jim McEntire wants to go to Olympia on Trump’s coattails (“McEntire to run against Tharinger for House seat,” PDN, Jan. 19).… Continue reading

  • Jan 28, 2018

LETTER: Free democracies under attack around the globe

Russia and other authoritarian and dictatorial regimes around the world may have lost the Cold War, but they are winning the cyber war. The enemies… Continue reading

  • Jan 26, 2018

LETTER: Respect for environment, oil extraction not exclusive

I’m responding to a letter published in the Peninsula Daily News on Jan. 10, 2018 entitled “Protect Refuge.” As a 30-year Alaskan now retired and… Continue reading

  • Jan 26, 2018

LETTER: Students deserve better facilities, class sizes

I strongly encourage voters to vote yes on Ballot Proposition 1 to improve Stevens Middle School. Having attended multiple Port Angeles School Board meetings and… Continue reading

LETTER: Liberal columnists need to work harder

It has to be a tedious chore for liberal columnists to dredge up new ways to bash President Donald Trump every week. Catherine Rampell (“Stocks… Continue reading

  • Jan 24, 2018

LETTER: Women can multi-task and volunteer in communities

If people aren’t happy with Washington, D.C. what can they do locally? Historically, we write to our state representatives and we follow up by voting… Continue reading

  • Jan 24, 2018

LETTER: Capital levy proposal thoroughly planned in Port Angeles

I am writing in support of the Port Angeles School District’s capital levy to be voted on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Lately, I have been thinking… Continue reading