Letters to the Editor

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

LETTER: Biological differences

In the realm of biology vs. gender ideology, there is momentum toward sanity that we all must help potentiate. Recently a federal court in Kentucky… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2025

LETTER: End the war

I just drove by a group of misguided people waving Palestinian flags on the corner of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue. I’m not a Jew.… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2025

LETTER: No comparison

Jimmy Carter was a great man who championed human rights, spoke honestly to America, forged a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, backed fair elections… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2025

LETTER: Stabilize rent

Seniors in our community are struggling to keep up with excessive rent increases. That’s why I am glad to see that two of our 24th… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2025

LETTER: Support levy, bond

Where have all the doctors gone? This is a letter about the Feb. 11 Sequim School District education levy and construction bond votes. What does… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2025

LETTER: Free speech

The Daily Reader Poll is very telling about the population of this area. Meta is ending its “fact checking” and about 65 percent of respondents… Continue reading

  • Jan 17, 2025