Letters to the Editor

LETTER:Dislikes Biden

A recent writer (“His Accomplishments,” PDN, June 13) was perplexed as to why Biden doesn’t have the support she thinks he should. She listed some… Continue reading

  • Jun 22, 2023

LETTER:Go to work

Our governor recently visited our town. He praised the facilities he visited, saying we were pumping on all cylinders, citing the college’s effort to train… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2023

LETTER:Wants shooting ranges

Want to set off a fire storm from the left? Mention “gun range” and watch them melt down. What a terrible idea, they would say,… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2023

LETTER:His accomplishments

I am perplexed that President Joe Biden’s approval rating is not higher. What this president has accomplished, in spite of all the chaos and negativity… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2023

LETTER:Deer population

As the traffic grows in this fair city, it seems that the deer population is growing with it. All night seems like a good time… Continue reading

  • Jun 10, 2023

LETTER:Dislikes columnist

I see that the PDN has begun featuring a columnist from the Mercatus Center of George Mason University, Veronique de Rugy. I know you want… Continue reading

  • Jun 9, 2023

LETTER:Third World?

The term Third World is normally given to those nations that are poor or developing. And, hopefully, it’s assumed that they will progress from developing… Continue reading

  • Jun 8, 2023

LETTER: Address for the homeless

It seems that the government is determined to do stuff for the homeless. Much of that seems expensive. I wonder, how about supplying somebody who… Continue reading

  • Jun 3, 2023

LETTER: Timber sale

I’m hoping our county commissioners will reconsider and decide to hold off on timber sales TCB23 and Power Plant scheduled for approval on June 6.… Continue reading

  • Jun 3, 2023

LETTER:Photo upsetting

The picture of the house being burnt at 141 Harry Brown Road was not a good choice for the front page of the newspaper. It… Continue reading

  • May 20, 2023

LETTER:Common courtesy

If you are unwilling to observe some regulations and use common courtesy, please stay away from the Carrie Blake Park complex. “One Way Do Not… Continue reading

  • May 19, 2023

LETTER:Fear at school

On Thursday, May 11, I received a rather urgent and unnerving call from my daughter who whispered into her cellphone that she was in a… Continue reading

  • May 13, 2023

LETTER:Greatest nation

Are you with me? Watching an old TV show from 1954 on YouTube I heard the great actor Charles Bickford, in his introduction, say “We… Continue reading

  • May 13, 2023

LETTER:Rebuild lodge

In 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the Olympic Peninsula to see for himself the beauty of mountains and rain forest. Like his illustrious cousin, Theodore,… Continue reading

  • May 13, 2023

LETTER:Reconsider decision

The Port Angeles School Board’s recent decision to eliminate the sixth-grade band program is short-sighted and not in the best interests of students or the… Continue reading

  • May 13, 2023

LETTER:Wants half

So the Elwha Tribal members are to harvest 400 coho from the Elwha River. In 1974 Judge Boldt decided that the tribes would fish “in… Continue reading

  • May 13, 2023

LETTER:Opposes cuts

I am disappointed and worried to learn that Port Angeles School Board intends to cut the sixth-grade band program. As a graduate of Port Angeles… Continue reading

  • May 12, 2023

LETTER:A triumph

We celebrate the unanimous vote by the Washington state Legislature approving $13 million for a 16-bed drug treatment hospital in Sequim. This overwhelming bipartisan vote… Continue reading

  • May 6, 2023

LETTER:Save watershed

We should not be logging in the Elwha watershed. I’m a retired fisheries biologist formally employed by NOAA Fisheries. I worked on salmon issues in… Continue reading

  • May 6, 2023

LETTER:Music program

Here we are again: enrollment declining, special education underfunded, school funding formulas changing, a global pandemic whose impacts we will continue to feel for years.… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2023