Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Smithson would bring new perspective to Sequim board

This is a letter of recommendation for Beth Smithson who is running for the District 3 position on the Sequim Board of Education. Smithson is… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2019

LETTER: Stoffer’s experience needed on Sequim School Board

Sequim schools are in transition with our superintendent position and elections that will bring in two new board members, with the remaining two members having… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2019

LETTER: Support Napiontek in Port Angeles

I want to express my support for Nina Napiontek, who is running for Port Angeles city council, position 6. As a native of Port Angeles,… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2019

LETTER: Utmost confidence in candidate Henninger

The so-called “rhythm” or “calendar” method involved a woman guesstimating, on a monthly basis, when she might ovulate based on the dates of her prior… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2019

Support for Miano

I have been around Clallam County Fire District 3 my whole life. First as a volunteer, then as career staff, retiring as captain in 2011.… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2019

LETTER: Letter was compilation of half truths

The Oct. 10-11 letter “Desperate Dems” was a compilation of half-truths. The writer said efforts to impeach Trump are crazy for several reasons. He credits… Continue reading

  • Oct 25, 2019

LETTER: Change needed in Clallam Fire District 3

In September 2017, Fire District 3 commissioners Barnfather and Gawley voted not to accept $1 million in a federal grant called SAFER to hire additional… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2019

LETTER: Need tougher sentences to deter drug violations

Our drug problem is huge and growing. An official told me once that “you can’t stop it.” He did not say you can’t slow it… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2019

LETTER: Many lies published about climate change

Climate activists and far-left politicians routinely claim that global warming is the biggest, most urgent problem facing the world. Not so fast. In Chicago alone… Continue reading

  • Oct 23, 2019

LETTER: Public getting waste coverup, not cleanup at Rayonier

a coverup of Rayonier’s hazardous waste rather than a cleanup? When EPA was set to start… Continue reading

  • Oct 23, 2019

LETTER: Association seeks stranglehold on Port of Port Townsend

It appears to me that the Marine Trades Association in Port Townsend is trying to secure a stranglehold on the Port of Port Townsend. The… Continue reading

  • Oct 21, 2019

LETTER: Healing is a shared goal

This is a response to an Oct. 3 letter, “City code not worth the ink if clinic is built in Sequim,” nay-saying the medication-assisted treatment… Continue reading

  • Oct 21, 2019

LETTERS: Trump gave in to Putin on troops in Syria

I see our draft-dodger-in-chief President Donald Trump is still Putin’s lap dog as he bowed to Putin’s request to get U.S. troops out of Syria… Continue reading

  • Oct 21, 2019

LETTER: Keep Stinson, now not the time for change in Port Townsend

I have known Deborah Stinson over a decade, having worked closely with her on many projects. Port Townsend has benefited significantly from her leadership. Let’s… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Questions motives for zoning, parking proposals in Port Angeles

The city of Port Angeles is moving forward to remove or replace zoning codes throughout the city. These changes will affect every homeowner in the… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Support levy extension for Fire District 3

One of the issues the voters of this district will be deciding is the EMS levy extension for Clallam Fire District 3. Clallam County Fire… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Supporting re-election of Stinson in Port Townsend

I am wholeheartedly supporting the re-election of Deborah Stinson to the Port Townsend city council. As a former city employee, I have worked with and… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Supports Henninger for hospital commission

Ann Marie Henninger will make an outstanding hospital commissioner. I’d like to clarify and expose a few things I’ve noticed in recent letters to the… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Will vote for Janisse for proficiency, integrity

I am voting for Brandon Janisse for Clallam County Commissioner District 1. Thank you, sir, for taking a stance against the proposed regional medication-assisted treatment… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2019

LETTER: Still misses Clallam activist Dr. Eloise Kailin

Our community lost a great leader this last June. My friend and likely the greatest activist our county has ever had, Dr. Eloise Kailin, passed… Continue reading

  • Oct 18, 2019