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Letter to Editor | Join me in voting for Justin Paulsen for Council
||| FROM SHANNON RISHEL ||| As an accountant and business owner on San Juan Island, I find myself consistently engaged in discussion regarding our community’s financial and social development. Many of the limitations circle around
Letter to Editor | We fully support McVeigh for Council
||| FROM GREG AND HEATHER OAKSEN ||| We fully support Kari McVeigh for San Juan County Council. Kari has decades of experience in public education administration and is the former Superintendent of the San Juan
Letter to Editor | Renew our Land Bank
||| FROM SUSAN GROUT ||| We are very fortunate to have the beautiful lands purchased by our local Conservation Land Bank for all of us to share and enjoy. That’s been made possible by the
Letter to Editor | Land Bank is as valuable to me as my body, mind, spirit
||| FROM BETH ST. GEORGE ||| My name is Beth St. George and I have lived on Lopez Island full-time for ten years. I visit at least one of the nine Land Bank properties weekly
Letter to Editor | O’Day is best candidate for county council
||| FROM DON POLLARD and DAVE RALSTON ||| We need to be glad that at least in one contest there are two qualified candidates. In this case it is for a seat on the county
Midnight Mutterings | Taking sides
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” -Elie Wiesel in 'Night.' ||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES |||
Letter to Editor | Rick Hughes’ experience is what’s best for county
||| FROM SCOTT SLUIS ||| I would like to publicly endorse Rick Hughes for County Council. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Rick as a fellow Rotarian, client of the business 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.
Letter to Editor | Supporting Rick Hughes
||| FROM THOR HANSON ||| I have known Rick Hughes for half a century, but even people who’ve known him for half an hour will probably have heard these four words: “How can I help?” Rick’s
Letter to Editor | No council candidate more prepared than Kari McVeigh
||| FROM RHEA MILLER ||| Writing as a former San Juan County Commissioner, we voters are fortunate to have Kari McVeigh willing to serve as the District 1 County Councilmember, representing all the islands. I
Letter to Editor | Kari McVeigh is up to the challenge
||| FROM JAMES SLOCOMB ||| I wish to emphasize my support of Kari McVeigh for County Council. The county is facing a plethora of complex challenges the complexity of which are multiplied by budget issues,
Letter to Editor | Letter in support of Kari McVeigh
||| FROM GRETCHEN ALLISON ||| I am enthusiastically supporting Kari McVeigh for San Juan County Council. She has great credentials, having administered over large school districts with large budgets. Anyone in that position has had to deal with
Letter to Editor | In support of SJC Council (Dist. 2) candidate Justin Paulsen
||| FROM DAVID ROBISON ||| I have had the pleasure of working with Justin Paulsen on the SJC Ferry Advisory Committee over a year now; myself as a member of the public and Justin as
Guest Opinion | A new vision for Eastsound Water
||| FROM ROBERT AUSTIN, ELISABETH BRITT, BRIAN EHRMANTRAUT, FRED KLEIN, and MICHAEL RIORDAN ||| Openness, Transparency, Accountability and Responsibility — those are the key watchwords for a new vision we wish to propose for Eastsound
Letter to Editor | The Conservation Land Bank deserves our support
||| FROM STEVE SNOWDEN ||| I support the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank (CLB) renewal effort because it is a vital part of maintaining scenic, environmental, and recreational attributes of the San Juan Islands