Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Washington’s words

Robert Strong’s column, “George Washington’s worries are coming true” (PDN, Sept. 20-21) was a great summary of Washington’s Farewell Address. The author mentions Washington’s view… Continue reading

  • Oct 11, 2025

LETTER: I am not vermin

I vote Democrat in most elections. I support the ACLU and its commitment to the U.S. Bill of Rights. I believe immigrants contribute positively to… Continue reading

  • Oct 4, 2025

LETTER: Non-essential services

The federal government has shut down So what? My second career was federal. The government shut down several times during my time with them. The… Continue reading

LETTER: Power of people

There is a crime wave at the White House. Did you notice? If you are not scared, in fact horrified, you must not be paying… Continue reading

  • Oct 4, 2025

LETTER: Public health questions

When working well, many systems in our society are taken for granted. Mail delivery, reliable streetlights and traffic alerts are systems we don’t often think… Continue reading

  • Oct 4, 2025

LETTER: Double standard

So let me get this straight, when Brian Kilmeade, a Fox & Friends host, says that “We should just kill ’em,” when talking about homeless… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2025

LETTER: Insurrection Act

“Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself,” Thomas Fuller, The Holy War, 1639. Stupidity and ignorance have been featured in the past… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2025

LETTER: Trash cleaned up

I would like to send a shout-out to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office and 4PA, as well as anyone else who helped clean up the… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2025

LETTER: Westbay proposal

After numerous claims from developers that they wanted to become an integral part of our community with careful and sensitive construction of 650 homes over… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2025

LETTER: Herd animals

We watch a lot of documentaries about nature and animals on PBS and I’m constantly amazed at how ignorant I am about so many things.… Continue reading

  • Sep 20, 2025

LETTER: No violence

Some will say I am not realistic or simply naive. I firmly decry the shooting of Charlie Kirk. I strongly disagreed with his political views,… Continue reading

  • Sep 20, 2025

LETTER:No hate for ICE

We all should be aware that the National Guard is made up of our neighbors sons, and daughters. ICE agents are our neighbors, as well.… Continue reading

  • Sep 20, 2025

LETTER: ‘Amazing’ staff

I was recently a patient at Olympic Memorial Hospital for four days, and I was so impressed with every employee I had contact with, from… Continue reading

LETTER: Impeach Trump

When U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, introduced a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump in June, I was not in favor. Yes, Trump had launched… Continue reading

  • Sep 13, 2025

LETTER: Carnival show

In the mid 1960s, I spent my last year of high school working the evening shift at a factory in my small Ohio hometown. Later,… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2025

LETTER: Ecology comments

Thanks to all sending comments to the state Department of Ecology before the Aug. 12 deadline for saying how they want the property cleaned up… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2025

LETTER: Jet fuel costs

Well from the point of view of We The Taxpayers, how much did the JP-4, i.e. jet fuel, cost going from Langley Air Force Base… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2025

LETTER: Marina status

In June 2023, a draft Memorandum of Understanding between the Port of Port Angeles, the city of Sequim and Sequim Bay Development, LLC was circulated… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2025

LETTER: Single-payer system

Since turning 65, I’ve used the medical system more than any time when younger. Accidents mainly, but also for older age conditions that creep up… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2025

LETTER: Water shortage

Clallam County, like many communities, is facing water shortages. Growth and global warming will worsen the situation. It is disappointing that the Charter Review Commission… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2025