Letters to the Editor

Disappointed in Jefferson County Board of Heath’s June 18 decision not to recommend Phase 3

After witnessing the Jefferson County Board of Health meeting on June 18, I am writing to express my extreme disappointment with their failure to recommend… Continue reading

  • Jun 24, 2020

Dismayed by the violent protests in Seattle

Recently, in west Seattle, I witnessed the somber tone of the city which is much more prevalent than here in Port Angeles. Masks were prominent,… Continue reading

  • Jun 24, 2020

Disputes June 21 letter regarding the dams on the lower Snake River

A letter in the June 21 Peninsula Daily News defends four embattled lower Snake River dams as providing “dispatchable power” to complement intermittent renewable resources… Continue reading

  • Jun 24, 2020

Let us make allies

The United States probably held its highest level of international respect at the end of World War II. We committed everything as a nation to… Continue reading

  • Jun 23, 2020

Violence must not be tolerated

Violence must not be tolerated. The fake news media is continuing to try to represent President Donald Trump’s calls for the use of force against… Continue reading

  • Jun 23, 2020

Troubled by expulsion of Clallam PUD from the Public Power Council

The PUD’s expulsion from the Public Power Council (PPC) is troubling. I have worked with the PPC during my nearly 40-year involvement in regional power… Continue reading

  • Jun 22, 2020

LETTER: Confederate flag

After reading Pat Buchanan’s op-ed “Cancel White Men….and what’s left?” (June 16) I swiftly made good use of the article. I cleaned out the kitty-litter… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2020

LETTER: Dispatchable electricity

Flip a switch and the light comes on, all because you flipped a switch, all because of electricity. Electricity powers conveniences, necessities and everything in… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2020

LETTER: Forks fiasco

I appreciated the Peninsula Daily News coverage of an inter-racial family’s recent attempt to have a Twilight-inspired camping trip to the Forks area, especially, most… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2020

LETTER: Silent majority

This is my observation of the past two weeks of the activity in our country. The majority of citizens do not support violent street protests.… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2020

Register and vote

Now is the tiume for all those folks so vigorously protesting to be sure that they are registered to vote. The singular way, the only… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2020

Supports Brian Pruiett for Legislative District 24

I’ve recently met and asked questions of and listened to intelligent answers from Brian Pruiett, who is running to represent us in the House in… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2020

Misinformation can cause harm

The term fake news is ubiquitous, but what it it? Now we have a perfect example. Last week, at a medical appointment, my husband was… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2020

View at the Sequim protest

As I lay prone on the pavement in front of Sequim City Hall last week for 8:46 minutes with my hands clasped behind my back,… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2020

Not satisfied with Trump’s performance

While running for president in 2016 Trump promised that, if elected, there would be so much winning we would get tired of it. Now, three… Continue reading

  • Jun 16, 2020

LETTER: Black lives matter, too

My husband and I moved here at the end of 2012 for the beauty of the area and its people. I am black. He is… Continue reading

LETTER: Misinformation

I was amazed at the selfishness and misinformation contained in the letter “Resist the Left” which appeared June 4. The letter writer seems to think… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2020

LETTER: Recall Waddell

In response to the article titled “Public Power Council Expels Clallam PUD,” I would like to ask why we have a public utility commissioner working… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2020

LETTER: Save the Coho

Save the Coho I was alarmed, recently, to read in the Peninsula Daily News that the M/V Coho will probably not be able to restart… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2020

LETTER: Inaccuracies

I’m responding to some gross inaccuracies appearing in “Resist Left’” (June 4, PDN.) The writer uses an article lifted from the April 1 issue of… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2020