Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Facts misstated

I appreciate the diversity of opinion in the Peninsula Daily News. You have commentary from both sides of the political spectrum, which is important to… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2025

LETTER: Inequities at Y

As former wellness staff at the Y, I can attest to the inequities in pay recently addressed. Over the last year, more high-paid upper management… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2025

LETTER: Trump’s done nothing

Don’t expect a positive breakthrough in Russia’s assault on Ukraine while Donald Trump is president. Watching Trump since this Russian invasion began has been revealing.… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2025

LETTER: Climate change debate

A recent Veronique de Rugy column claims the “New climate report deserves to be debated.” The report claims fossil fuels are the answer. OK, let’s… Continue reading

  • Aug 23, 2025

LETTER: Deer overpopulation

Too many deer sounds like a fairy tale, but it is a real problem when nature’s limits are exceeded. Overpopulation of deer leads to over… Continue reading

  • Aug 23, 2025

LETTER: Sequim road concerns

Over the last 30 plus years, I have witnessed the increase in pedestrians, bicyclists, boats, trucks and traffic on West Sequim Bay Road. Chains of… Continue reading

  • Aug 23, 2025

LETTER: Continue to speak out

If you were to study the history of the 20th century, it would be easy to see similarities between Germany in the 1930s and the… Continue reading

LETTER: Quarles for Port Townsend council

Dylan Quarles is the best candidate for Port Townsend City Council, position 1. His willingness to engage and understand contrary positions will fit well with… Continue reading

  • Aug 16, 2025

LETTER: Safety over glamping

The glamping company Under Canvas has proposed a project out on the West End in the upper Sol Duc Valley. Clallam County’s Department of Community… Continue reading

  • Aug 16, 2025

LETTER: Tribal gratitude

I am writing to express my immense gratitude, and awe, for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. They graciously welcomed thousands of tribal and First Nations… Continue reading

  • Aug 16, 2025

LETTER: Corn roast props

I was fortunate, mostly through notification through the Marchant family and a haphazard, if not lazy attitude approach on my part, to attend the 28th… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2025

LETTER: Economic treason

The Trump political cult intends to destroy Social Security and Medicare by using their benefit funds to repay the national debt and cut taxes for… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2025

LETTER: Following wrong leader

Do you remember how every time tragedy struck a blue state, a liberal city, or the LGBTQ+ community, the so-called Christian Republicans, especially the MAGA… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2025

LETTER: Doe shot

An open letter to the person who shot a doe on lower Dan Kelly Road on July 21. The doe that you shot with a… Continue reading

  • Aug 2, 2025

LETTER: Done with meat

I was a regular meat eater up until I listened to the Coast to Coast AM radio show, “Meat Industry Expose with Gail Eisnitz’” She… Continue reading

LETTER: More transparency

At the July 15 Port Angeles City Council meeting, the purchase of a new Kubota tractor was approved following public concern. As a resident, teacher… Continue reading

  • Aug 2, 2025

LETTER: Red light, green light

How many of you remember the schoolyard game of red light, green light? There was a leader and players behind the leader. The leader would… Continue reading

  • Aug 2, 2025

LETTER: Don’t feed wildlife

Stop feeding wildlife. Seriously, just stop. It might feel cute or kind, but you’re doing far more harm than good. Wild animals aren’t your pets.… Continue reading

  • Jul 26, 2025

LETTER: Ennis legacy

Few local issues have attracted my ire as Rayonier’s disregard for environmental destruction on their former mill site. Rayonier trashed its approximately 80-acre property before… Continue reading

  • Jul 26, 2025

LETTER: Full cleanup

This week’s special Port Angeles City Council meeting offered a rare moment of clarity and consensus, and I urge all Port Angeles residents to take… Continue reading

  • Jul 26, 2025