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Editorial: Trust Me, You Should Have Been There
-- by Margie Doyle -- That's the message implicit in all the reporting we do for Orcas Issues. Our reports, whether on a theater event, an infrastructure crisis, a non-profit campaign, or government meetings, convey
Guest Opinion: Islanders Question OPALCO and Rock Island Ethics Re: Lobbying for Board Candidates
-- by Chris Graecen -- “Is it acceptable for Rock Island, a wholly owned subsidiary of OPALCO, to use its staff time, email address lists and letterhead to lobby for specific candidates for the OPALCO
Islands Museum of Art Celebrates The Marine Environment
-- with the exhibit FRAGILE WATERS: Ansel Adams, Ernest H. Brooks II, and Dorothy Kerper Monnelly -- by Diane Martindale -- FRAGILE WATERS, a traveling fine art photography exhibition, opens Saturday, April 23, Earth Day
Letter to Editor: Thanks From Skagit Habitat Store
-- from Jim Duffield, Skagit Habitat for Humanity -- Thanks go out to all Orcas Islanders who donated to the Skagit Habitat for Humanity's Store truck. During the three hours the truck was parked at
Guest Column: Crow Valley in Town Changes Hands
-- from Wendy Shinstine -- (Editor's note: Wendy Shinstine is now the owner of Crow Valley Gallery in Eastsound; "Crow Valley in Town," as it is familiarly known.) [Michael Rivkin and Jeffri Coleman] have acquired
Letter to Editor: OPALCO’s Actions Regarding Board Candidates as an Ethics Question
-- from Michael Karp, OPALCO member -- OPALCO’s board and management need to be held accountable by members throughout the service area for the way they have conducted themselves, highlighted by the way current board elections are
Letter to the Editor: Ferry Time, Not Island Time
-- by Patty Pirnack-Hamilton-- I had to change my ferry reservation last Thursday from the 6:30 to the 8:55, no problem. I was wishing I hadn’t even made a reservation as the late ferry is
Guest Opinion: OPALCO/Rock Island Poles Face Questioning
-- by Alex MacLeod -- As many of you now know, OPALCO/Rock Island Communications is busily putting up poles for its commercial LTE/Internet business, part of its larger Internet/broadband business. These would be bare poles
Guest Opinion: Good Tech is Good Business
-- by Terry O'Sullivan -- As a resident of the San Juan Islands I am voicing my support for the OPALCO/Rock Island broadband initiative, and offering a perspective on 'technology' and local businesses which seemingly
Letter to Editor: My OPALCO Board Recommendations
-- from Glenna Hall, San Juan Island -- As you may know, I served on the OPALCO Board for several years, but resigned last summer for health reasons. Numerous OPALCO members have asked me about
Guest Column: Rock Island Progress Report
Thank you to the OPALCO Board for their strong leadership -- from Dan Burke, for Rock Island -- With just over one year of being in business, Rock Island Communications has overcome numerous challenges, and
Guest Opinion | Amazon: A 21st Century Example of Enlightened Business…NOT
-- by David Turnoy -- Amazon: the prototype company of the new economy, the story of a young entrepreneur capitalizing on the growth of the Internet, capitalism and competition at its finest, right? Not exactly.
Guest Opinion: Carrier/United Technologies to Move Jobs to Mexico
-- by Michael Riordan in the New York Times -- The heating and air-conditioning equipment maker Carrier Corporation recently announced plans to transfer its Indianapolis plant’s manufacturing operations and about 1,400 jobs to Monterrey, Mexico.
Guest Opinion: Change OPALCO Direction through Board Election
-- by Alex MacLeod -- There are some things worth thinking about as we cast ballots in the next few weeks for the three open positions on the OPALCO Board of Directors. The first are
Guest Opinion: Is Broadband Internet Really Just a “Side Benefit” of Fiber Optic Cable Buildout?
--by Steve Jung -- OPALCO has been good to me. I’ve been impressed with the reliability and relatively low cost of the primarily “green” electricity it delivers to the home my wife and I built
