Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Crucial public safety

Law enforcement representatives, organizations and concerned individuals testified against House Bill 1512 before the House Community Safety Committee on Feb. 10. Similar opposition to previous… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2025

LETTER: Keep protesting

I was in downtown Port Angeles on Monday and caught a brief glimpse of the protest in front of the courthouse. I understand similar protests… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2025

LETTER: School support

Over the past few weeks, I had the privilege of working alongside Citizens for Sequim Schools and community members throughout our district to advocate for… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2025

LETTER: Seven years sober

The Good Shepherd rejoices when a lost sheep is found, and so does the community. Today, Jenni Tiderman Rogers is known for her cheerful, magnanimous… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2025

LETTER: Victoria loves PA

Heartened to see Port Angeles citizenry warmly welcoming and expressing solidarity with Victorians arriving on the first Coho sailing. Sometimes of late, I’ve found myself… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2025

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