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Letter to the Editor: School Levy a Sensible Proposal
Providing our island children with a strong education is vital to the health of our community. Achieving this in a state ranked 38th in the nation for funding public schools is especially challenging during one
Letter to the Editor: Vote Yes for Our Schools
Tough times or good times, it seems to me that the very best way to make sure our society can be successful for all is to make sure we have well educated people to run
Letter to the Editor: Label GMO Foods
WAshington State has the opportunity to take the lead in Labeling GMO foods. The Bill is being stalled in the Agriculture Committee, three members (including the Chairman) of which have received campaign donations from Monsanto.
Letter to the Editor: CAO and the Law of Unintended Consequences
To the Editor: As I read the 51 pages of the Community Development and Planning staff report and proposed CAO ordinance general regulations the other night I broke out in a cold sweat trying to
Editorial: Vote — and Give a Little More
Late this week, most of us got an envelope from County Auditor Milene Henley with our county ballot to vote on one issue: the Orcas Island School District Levy. This measure isn't more taxes, it's
Letter to the Editor: Get Out and Vote!
Thank you in advance for joining us in supporting our local public schools. The operational levy that is on the ballot due February 14 is a replacement levy which funds 25% of the public school’s
Guest Opinion: M&O Levy – A Vital Thread
By Madie Murray When I moved to Orcas in 2003 from Southern California, I quickly learned how superior the Orcas public schools were to those in wealthy Orange County and thought, how could this be?
Letter to the Editor: Island Life is Changing
To the Editor: Decisions based on fear, emotion or irrational caution and few facts are seldom successful, yet that is where we are in the rules being written by County officials and planning staff to
Editorial: Homeless Count — What About Mario?
by Lin McNulty Today marks the state's official headcount of homeless. It's not conducted by lining them up and calling off numbers, nor by a request that they report in to make their status known;
Letter to the Editor: Council Ignoring Costs of CAO
To the Editor: The San Juan County Council is proposing new rules and restrictions on property owners in the county under what they are calling the Critical Areas Ordinance. The current draft has evolved into
Letter to the Editor: School at the Heart of the Community
To the Editor: We invite you to join us in support of the upcoming levy vote for the School District. This levy replaces the current levy, funding approximately 25% of our district budget, including everything
Guest Opinion: Economic Threat to Moran Park
By John C. Jackson Many State Parks are dear places to us and other citizens around the state.As an example, Moran State Park is one of the great accomplishments of the recovery plan in the
Harry Patton Reports from Olga
Updated Jan. 18 at 12:30 p.m. By Harry Patton Hi, gang, I'm still hangin' in there! This is just to advise of my status. At this moment in time I'm doin' okay. I'm warm in my
Letter to the Editor: Buffer Laws Concern You
To the Editor, I have been mulling over the non-conforming designation issue that is part of the proposed San Juan County’s rewrite of the Critical Areas Ordinance. The County is planning on extending a
Guest Opinion: Legislature’s Chair of Health & Human Services Appropriations Speaks Out
From The Stranger By State Representative Mary Lou Dickerson, who represents Queen Anne, Magnolia, and Ballard, is chair of the Health & Human Services Appropriations Committee. For many good reasons, elected officials rarely talk about
