Letters to the Editor

LETTER:Decision controversial

The Sequim School Board voted in April to change Sequim’s two K-5 schools into one K-2 and one 3-5 school. Perhaps you’ve wondered why this… Continue reading

  • Jul 29, 2023

LETTER:Partisan goal

On June 11, two people came to my home uninvited. They claimed to be volunteers for an organization called the Washington Voter Project and wished… Continue reading

LETTER:Rate increases

Clallam Public Utility District 1 is proposing significant rate changes with little input from customers. They sent a letter out on July 13, announcing a… Continue reading

  • Jul 29, 2023

LETTER: Vote them out

I’m writing as a member of the Sequim Committee for K-5 Schools, a group of more than a dozen parents who’ve led the backlash to… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2023

LETTER:Backs incumbents

After listening to the League of Women Voters candidates forum for the Sequim School Board, it was clear to me that incumbents Larry Jeffryes, Maren… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2023

LETTER:Opposes incumbents

As a Democrat living in Sequim my entire life, besides my college years, I am keenly aware that Sequim has a very healthy mix of… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2023

LETTER:Demonizing homeless

I read that one of the candidates for Port Angeles City Council recently said, “I think …the fact that the people that are homeless are… Continue reading

  • Jul 22, 2023

LETTER:Not true

Having received my Clallam County Voters Pamphlet in the mail I was not surprised, but a bit dismayed, at some of the statements made by… Continue reading

LETTER:Remembering Campbell

We appreciate articles and photos the Peninsula Daily News published about community leader Orville Campbell and the memorial event celebrating his life, as well as… Continue reading

  • Jul 22, 2023

LETTER:Sequim candidates

Being on the Sequim School Board is not trivial. A qualified member should be well educated, have professional experience in education, preferably teaching, and be… Continue reading

  • Jul 22, 2023

LETTER:Biden poll

It’s easy to understand why Biden’s polling is low. Think media disinformation and ignorance and, well, just plain bigoted stupidity and the vagaries of polling.… Continue reading

  • Jul 15, 2023

LETTER:Horseshoe challenge

We are the members of the Sooke Horseshoe Pitching Association and would like to hold an “Orca Challenge.” We would like your horseshoe pitchers to… Continue reading

  • Jul 15, 2023

LETTER:Sequim incumbents

Re-elect all three of the incumbents who are running for the Sequim School Board. Maren Halvorson, Larry Jeffryes and Michael Rocha have made the hard… Continue reading

  • Jul 15, 2023

LETTER:Supports incumbents

I watched the League of Women Voters Candidates forum for Sequim School Board last Thursday and was very impressed with the incumbents: Larry Jeffryes, Maren… Continue reading

  • Jul 15, 2023

LETTER:Disliked call

Message to the Washington State GOP: You want to get Republican Dave Reichert elected governor? Then you’ll need the votes of people in the center… Continue reading

  • Jul 14, 2023

LETTER:Traffic backed up

Once again, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) failed to advise motorists of daytime work that would significantly impede traffic. The latest incident occurred… Continue reading

  • Jul 5, 2023

LETTER:Just like 1968

America appears to be in a political mess similar to 1968. LBJ had spent endless millions on his Great Society and on the Vietnam war,… Continue reading

  • Jul 4, 2023

LETTER:Ignore Trump

We all know that Donald Trump is nothing more than a bag of hot air. We can also assume if the media were to ignore… Continue reading

  • Jul 4, 2023

LETTER:Afghanistan withdrawal

Former President Donald Trump negotiated with the Taliban and established a evacuation date for a few weeks after Biden took office. Planning for the evacuation… Continue reading

  • Jul 4, 2023

LETTER:Appalled

A recent writer expressed disgust that President Biden draped a Progress Pride flag on the White House next to two United States flags. He claimed… Continue reading

  • Jul 4, 2023