Letters to the Editor

LETTER: No progressive tax

On the front page of the Dec. 29 PDN an article states that the Port Angeles City Council’s No. 1 issue is a progressive tax… Continue reading

  • Jan 3, 2021

LETTER: Clallam PUD rates

It should be a no-brainer that Clallam PUD rates should be structured to incentivize home solar generation and also conservation. We know that the marginal… Continue reading

  • Jan 1, 2021

LETTER: Disagrees with mission

A recent study of the effects of airplane noise, especially from Whidbey Island’s Growlers, reported serious deleterious impacts on the natural life of the Olympic… Continue reading

  • Jan 1, 2021

LETTER: Suggests vaccine website

Washington state will receive a limited number of COVID-19 vaccine doses. Because the vaccines, especially the Pfizer vaccine, need to be kept very cold, scheduling… Continue reading

  • Jan 1, 2021

LETTER: Freedom can be loud

At 9 a.m. on the overcast morning of Dec. 19, I stood on my sidewalk and heard four U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler jets fly over… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2020

LETTER: Cartoon offensive

I hope that I am not the only one offended by “The Family Circus” cartoon in the Dec. 21 Peninsula Daily News. The phrase “Oh… Continue reading

  • Dec 24, 2020

LETTERS: Allegiance misplaced

Let me preface my remarks by saying I’m a former Republican for over 30 years and retired military officer. As a member of the armed… Continue reading

LETTER:National debt

Our democracy requires a source of revenue, taxes, to survive and function. One of our unaccountable politicians’ favorite song and dance routines when running for… Continue reading

  • Dec 20, 2020

LETTER:Sound of Freedom

I joined the Marine Corps in 1963. After boot camp I was sent to Memphis, Tenn., and trained as an avionics technician. After graduating from… Continue reading

  • Dec 20, 2020

LETTERS:Childish actions

I read with interest the letter titled ‘Unity’ in the Dec. 14 PDN. It included a number of common Trump Republican characteristics, including lots of… Continue reading

  • Dec 20, 2020

LETTERS:Vaccine poll

We have vaccines for diseases such as chickenpox, measles, mumps, polio, rubella, shingles, tetanus and smallpox. I was really surprised to see the PDN’s Peninsula… Continue reading

  • Dec 20, 2020

LETTER: Thank postal carriers

I realize that this has been a very stressful time for all of us. There is one thing you can do to make someone’s day… Continue reading

  • Dec 18, 2020

Growler noise isn’t news

Everyday I am subjected to the piercing sound of barking dogs, chain saws, lawnmowers, loud mufflers. But you want to focus on Growlers which is… Continue reading

Pie is food

The current “rivalry to raise money for food banks” (Peninsula Daily News, Dec. 13) between the Port Angeles and Sequim Safeway stores is a noble… Continue reading

Price of freedom

Every time I hear the noise from Whidbey Island I think of the freedoms we enjoy in this country and the sacrifice many have made… Continue reading

Letters to the Editor: Unity with Democrats?

Unity After trying to nullify the 2016 election with an impeachment and other investigations, Democrats are now calling for unity. After blocking the president’s every… Continue reading

LETTER: Shell game

It seems Clallam County commissioners played another shell game with property owners in the midst of an economic crisis by raising property taxes in two… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2020

LETTER: Throwing bricks

In response to the letter “Wide Divide” in the Nov. 29 PDN, the writer sees “conservatives are not the ones throwing bricks.” I would like… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2020

LETTER: Over 2,500 deaths daily

If I told you that 10 passenger jets carrying 250 people each were crashing in the U.S. every day with no survivors, would that upset… Continue reading

  • Dec 11, 2020