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Letter to Editor | Response to false allegations
||| FROM BILL WATSON ||| Responding to the falsehoods coming from the campaign of Kari’s opponent is becoming really tiresome. The latest hit piece, submitted by John Nance and Lisa Des Jardin, concerns Kari’s time
Letter to Editor | Justin Paulsen lives a culture of service to the community
||| FROM DARRELL KIRK ||| My name is Darrell Kirk and my family and I have lived on Orcas Island for a little over a year. In that short time, I have worked with Justin
Letter to Editor | Think twice before voting
||| FROM JOHN NANCE and LISA DES JARDINS ||| Before voting, everyone should be aware of some facts and a pattern of behavior inherent in Kari McVeigh, as evidenced by the following lawsuit and news
Letter to Editor | We don’t need ‘big’
||| FROM SCOTT BRENNAN ||| Our San Juan County Commissioners race has two very different candidates. Stephanie O’Day is an islander, who has lived and worked here for 40 years. She wants to simplify and
Letter to Editor | Join me in voting for Land Bank
||| FROM LOUISE DUSTRUDE ||| I have lived in Friday Harbor for over half my life, and some of the changes I’ve seen during that time have really enhanced my life, as well as the
Letter to Editor | Who’s funding the candidates for San Juan County Commissioner?
||| FROM AMANDA AZOUS ||| I’ve been irked of late by the claims of Stephanie O’Day that she is protecting islanders and is more local and knowledgeable about our island challenges. Having known of her
Letter to Editor | We are fortunate
||| FROM ANNE MARIE and BERN SHANKS ||| We are fortunate. Throughout the San Juan Islands we are surrounded by incredible vistas, pristine waters, working farms, open space, mountains and forest land. Picture postcard views are in every
Letter to Editor | McVeigh will be an excellent council member
||| FROM KEVIN RANKER ||| With more than 30 years experience overseeing governmental organizations, similarly sized to San Juan County, Kari McVeigh possesses exactly the sort of professional background that qualifies her for the San
Midnight Mutterings | The Boys
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I’m drifting back several decades to when my son Jay was in high school. We had moved to Seattle just in time for him to start high school.
Letter to Editor | McVeigh displays qualities our county needs
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING and JESSE VISCIGLIA ||| We are writing to express our enthusiastic support for Kari McVeigh as the next District 1 County Councilmember. Kari brings a wealth of professional experience and a
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Letter to Editor | McVeigh brings new ideas to our old issues
||| FROM KATHY COPE ||| As a 35 year-resident of SJI, please join me in listening to Kari McVeigh’s plans to solve what is needed in San Juan County. Please read her solutions in the
Letter to Editor | Examining the McVeigh facts more deeply
||| FROM MARY CAMPANELLA ||| Re: David Johnson’s letter concerning Kari McVeigh: It’s annoying, but not surprising, that Kari McVeigh’s opponent and her followers would trot out these falsehoods for the third time when the
Letter to Editor | Why I don’t support Land Bank
||| FROM RON WHALEN ||| Posted on What’s Up with Free Speech was a question “What do you think is the biggest gripe people have with the Land Bank?” What a great question... I hardly
Letter to Editor | Land Bank is instrumental to our way of life
||| FROM NANCY LARSEN ||| I am enthusiastically voting for Proposition 1 to renew our San Juan County Conservation Land Bank. It goes without saying that over the last 34 years, the Land Bank has
