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Letter to Editor | Time for Teri to resign
||| FROM MICHAEL RIORDAN, FRED KLEIN, AND ROBERT AUSTIN ||| We hereby call for the resignation of Teri Nigretto from the Board of Directors of the Eastsound Water Users Association. Her almost-daily drumbeat of letters
Letter to Editor | O’Day has a working knowledge of the law
||| FROM CARLA J. HIGGINSON ||| I am a fifth generation islander and have been practicing law in San Juan County for the past 44 years. I write this letter in support of Stephanie O’Day
Letter to Editor | Rick Hughes’ leadership is exactly what is needed
||| FROM JONATHAN WELCH ||| I'd like to thank my Campaign Manager Julie Remington, Jeff Noedel of CNL2.com and the voters of San Juan County. While my race is over, I am now endorsing Rick
Letter to Editor | McVeigh knows there is important work to be done
||| FROM LIZA MICHAELSON ||| I am excited by Kari McVeigh running for county council. When I first heard her speak I was floored, first by her sheer energy, then by her vision for this
Letter to Editor | Water recall election : Where is the risk?
||| FROM JOSEPH COHEN ||| EWUA members will submit proxy cards over the next several weeks expressing their preferences on who will continue service as directors. The issue is simple: Which group of directors do
Midnight Mutterings | Fall? Already?
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Never mind the cold rain after such a long dry spell, is Fall really upon us? Apparently so, as the sure sign is here. In my bathtub. If
Letter to Editor | Village Green community tree not looking good
||| FROM B. SADIE BAILEY ||| It hurts my heart to see our Community Tree at the Village Green looking so bad. I didn’t notice how damaged it had become until several weeks ago when I was walking past it. I
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.
Guest Opinion | EWUA recall vote
||| FROM JIM COOK, EWUA COMMISSIONER ||| Soon it will be time to consider all that you’ve read and heard and VOTE on the EWUA recall. I wish us all luck given the degree to
Editorial | ‘Then quit sending me stuff…’
||| FROM LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Eastsound Water Users Association situation is confusing to me. Anybody else think this way? Several times, now, I have been cautioned to not publish an email I received
Island Ways | Nantucket Select Board approves $450,000 for lease to locals
Orcas and Nantucket Islands are each roughly the same size and the same distance off their respective coasts. We share the same concerns about the high cost of living, lack of affordable housing, tourist management,
Guest Opinion | An open letter to San Juan County Council
||| FROM MICHAEL MJ" JOHNSON ||| Years ago I hated computers, and also the people that brought them. I'd moved from the midwest when I was still as dumb-as-a-bucket, and had been living in SW
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 | Vanishing political yard signs
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| I know, nobody likes seeing political yard signs put up all over the island. However, they do play a role in helping voters know who is running for office. The signs also
Letter to Editor | Partisan endorsements
||| FROM SAMANTHA BRYNER ||| I am writing to express my concern about the increasing trend of partisan endorsements in non-partisan races, specifically I question the use of seeking partisan endorsements in our local NON
