As human beings we learn throughout our lifetime from observation and instruction. As children, we create a system at an early age that enables us… Continue reading
Please vote yes and yes for the Sequim School District’s levies for educational programs and for capital projects. The educational programs and operations (EP&O) levy,… Continue reading
Sequim’s mayor cited “philosophical differences” as a reason for removing City Manager Charlie Bush from his position. Philosophical differences is an inadequate reason to terminate… Continue reading
Access to dental health care is often tied to employer-provided dental insurance. Many lower wage service workers do not receive these benefits even while employed,… Continue reading
Kudos to Sheena Younger and the Sequim Good Governance League for encouraging standing up to a Sequim City Council bad act. In the 1990s, the… Continue reading
Just wanted to give a shout-out for the COVID vaccination operation in Port Townsend. What a great organized job. Health care workers and patients were… Continue reading
When I read the first few lines of the letter “Death of a Nation,” my first reaction was, “What?” Maybe the letter writer has some… Continue reading
My husband and I went to get our first COVID-19 vaccine at 7 a.m Jan. 14. We live within three blocks of the vaccination tent… Continue reading
The smooth and orderly management of our first COVID vaccination clinic here in Port Angeles was obviously the result of masterful planning, especially envisioning how… Continue reading
When I was a kid growing up in South Dakota, I remember a story about a man telling someone how he was so drunk he… Continue reading
Giant kudos to Clallam County Public Health, Emergency Management and Dr. Michael Maxwell’s North Olympic Healthcare for its superbly organized and performed COVID-19 vaccination center… Continue reading
The first-come, first-served plan for the Sequim vaccination site is impossible for older people to access. I have friends in their 90s and 80s who… Continue reading
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, with the help of many community volunteers and the Sequim Police Department, orchestrated a very successful and much appreciated vaccine clinic… Continue reading
On Jan. 20, 2021 the United States of America died. This is the way I see it: The capitalist democracy ceased to exist, to be… Continue reading
How inappropriate for Mayor Armacost and his friends on the city council to force our city manager’s resignation. Charlie Bush is undoubtedly one of the… Continue reading
I read the rants, in the Jan. 17 Peninsula Daily News, regarding the graffiti around Sequim. City staff have been made aware and the problem… Continue reading
This republic has survived over 250 years. It survived invasion and the burning of Washington, D.C., by the British in the War of 1812; a… Continue reading
Democracy depends on our ability to cooperate. As the nation confronts an ugly national divide, we must remember that the only way forward is together,… Continue reading
There are many things about Port Angeles which make me proud to call myself a resident. But none have made me more proud than the… Continue reading
I cannot give enough kudos to the people who were responsible for organizing and staffing the COVID vaccine clinic in Port Angeles. My husband and… Continue reading