Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Law enforcement

Thank you, Clallam County Sheriff Brian King and Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith for your leadership. I appreciate your statements which clearly explain your… Continue reading

  • Feb 15, 2025

 

LETTER: Protect information

I agree with the quote I see everywhere: “Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor… Continue reading

  • Feb 15, 2025

 

LETTER: Trump reelected

I have been monitoring our two Olympic Peninsula newspapers since the election. The cacophony of caterwauls are frightening. Let’s look at the map. As I… Continue reading

  • Feb 15, 2025

 

LETTER: Gender complexity

President Donald Trump declares there are only two options for human babies, male or female. However, there are many exceptions to this simplistic rule. Approximately… Continue reading

  • Feb 8, 2025

LETTER: Invest in future

I grew up in Port Angeles and attended K-12 in the Port Angeles School District. I attended Washington State University and Howard Law School. I… Continue reading

  • Feb 8, 2025

LETTER: Message not silenced

Under cover of night, someone tore down a sign on our property. It’s happened about 20 times. What awful message must be silenced? It says:… Continue reading

  • Feb 8, 2025

LETTER: Support Sequim measures

I recently attended a Sequim School District information session about the upcoming levy and bond ballot measures. Superintendant Regan Nickels and building/maintenance director Michael Santos… Continue reading

  • Feb 8, 2025

LETTER: Deplorable events

Well, had enough yet? What could be more deplorable than current political events? The policies are heinous and inhumane. Ideology and foolishness confound the implementation… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2025

LETTER: Don’t fight unionization

I am a member of the Port Townsend Food Co-op. I feel strongly enough about the unionization effort to refrain from shopping there as long… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2025

LETTER: Money isn’t problem

The superintendent of the Sequim School District, who has the same base pay as the vice president of the United States, more than half of… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2025

LETTER: No crime correlation

Regarding the Cal Thomas commentary (PDN, Jan. 30), I’d like to offer some clarification, as Thomas seems to have spent most of his word count… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2025

LETTER: Pride or decay?

Prosperity and pride or decay and decline? That is the choice facing voters on the Sequim School District levy and bond ballot. After nearly three… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2025

LETTER: Schools must be safe

As a 29-year resident of Sequim and a homeschooling parent with over 30 years of experience, I urge you to vote an emphatic yes on… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2025

LETTER: Support Sequim students

Our community of Sequim has an important vote coming up to support Sequim students. Schools in the Sequim School District were built several decades ago… Continue reading

  • Feb 1, 2025

LETTER: Administration changes

A WWII-era quote came to mind this week. “First they came for the communists, then the socialists, then the trade unionists, then the Jews and… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2025

LETTER: CEO supports Sequim bond, levy

As CEO of Olympic Medical Center (OMC), I support the upcoming education levy renewal and building bond for the Sequim School District. Our goal at… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2025

LETTER: Food is fundamental

In the coming days, weeks and months, the most vulnerable folks in our community will likely be impacted by promised federal cuts to food security… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2025

LETTER: Support education

I support of the bond and EP&O levy for the Sequim School District. I no longer have children of school age, but investing in education… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2025

LETTER: Support Sequim schools

Please support Sequim School District’s operating levy and construction bond on the Feb. 11 ballot. The levy is a critical part of the district’s budget.… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2025

LETTER: Tariffs are a mistake

The impact of tariffs on the Great Depression remains a cautionary tale about the dangers of economic protectionism during times of financial distress. Among the… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2025