Letters to the Editor

LETTER:DNR Powerplant Sale

Thank you to the PDN for reporting on Clallam County Superior Court’s rejection of the Earth Law Center’s lawsuit against the Department of Natural Resource’s… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2023

LETTER:Inconvenient

A recent letter to the editor is hateful, ignorant or wrong. But I know stats, figures, and accurate science won’t sway the writer. Focusing on… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2023

LETTER:Miller a public servant

I joined the Overdose Awareness march and rallies Aug. 31 at the Clallam County Courthouse and at Port Angeles City Pier and heard Amy Miller… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2023

LETTER:Relevant background

Port Angeles City Councilwoman Amy Miller has a unique and specifically relevant background for serving on the Port Angeles City Council at this time in… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2023

LETTER:To the Moon

There is a rare opportunity available for only one more weekend at the Port Angeles Community Players theatre. “To the Moon” is a very new… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2023

LETTER: Enjoyed festival

This letter is to give a big thank-you to those who took all the time, kreativity, kash, thought and love that is apparent in the… Continue reading

  • Oct 13, 2023

LETTER: How I conserve water

I have been conserving fresh water all my adult life, without feeling like my quality of living is being sacrificed. If we are in a… Continue reading

LETTER:Consider plantation forests

It’s well-known that forest clear-cuts adversely affect stream flows in multiple ways, such as by increasing surface temperatures, damaging water absorbing organisms and causing faster… Continue reading

  • Sep 30, 2023

LETTER:Haguewood rental

Port Angeles City Council candidate Jim Haguewood admitted to the PDN that he knowingly violated municipal city code prohibiting his short-term rental. ( “PA council… Continue reading

  • Sep 30, 2023

LETTER:Serving the people?

Beyond the chaos, shouting and time-wasting coming from the Republican extremists in the House lurks a serious danger to all seniors and disabled folks. On… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2023

LETTER:Respect process

The Kirner family followed the appropriate civic process applying for a permit to reopen the historic gravel pit on Happy Valley Road. There were many… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2023

LETTER:Humanitarian help

Saturday’s “Peninsula Voices” had two letters that focused upon people living on the street. One letter referred to squatters while another refused to refer to… Continue reading

  • Sep 26, 2023

LETTER: Biden impeachment

Biden impeachment I recently wrote our U.S. Representative, Derek Kilmer, to ask him to be nonpartisan enough to vote to impeach President Biden if and… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2023

LETTER:Worried about marmots

Unfortunately, the most immediate and significant threat to this endearing animal’s continued existence is not tree encroachment on the subalpine meadows, but another effect of… Continue reading

  • Sep 22, 2023

LETTER:Damages business

In a recent letter to the editor (“No Masks,” Sept. 10) the writer urges people to refuse to wear masks, even to the extent of… Continue reading

  • Sep 20, 2023

LETTER:Elwha trout

The article on Sept. 2 about Pat Neal, the fishing guide, being skeptical of fish restoration makes some good points. My concern is for those… Continue reading

  • Sep 19, 2023

LETTER:Golf course issue

Thank you Port Townsend City Council, parks department and city staffers for the work you put into the contentious golf course issue. The process for… Continue reading

  • Sep 16, 2023

LETTER:Remove squatters

I was wondering what the laws were pertaining to the parking of unattended trailers and the people now living in the parking lot of local… Continue reading

  • Sep 16, 2023

LETTER:Street people

Isn’t about time that our communities develop the political will to finally address the problem of street people? I refuse to call these people homeless.… Continue reading

  • Sep 16, 2023

LETTER:Too close

Several of us on the beach at Ediz Hook watched a whale-watching boat traveling too closely to a pod of orca in Port Angeles Harbor.… Continue reading

  • Sep 16, 2023