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Letter to Editor | My Port vote goes to Mia Kartiganer
||| FROM PATRICK SHEPLER ||| I am pleased to endorse Mia Kartiganer for Port Commissioner. I feel like I have known Mia for decades, as we have shared a mutual friend for over 30 years.
Letter to Editor | Vote No on Fire Levy. Vote for Randy, Brian and Toni
||| FROM PENNY BUTTKE ||| If you are among the 75% of Orcas Island voters who voted against the Fire Levy in August, you may be wondering why it's back on the ballot you just
Letter to Editor | Alan Stameisen, Nick Negulescu and Jim Biddick for Fire Commissioner
||| FROM LEITH TEMPLIN ||| I hope you will join me in voting for the three incumbents for the board of Fire Commissioners. These three men jumped in with both feet within the last year
Letter to Editor | I’m voicing my support for Toni
||| FROM ETHNA FLANAGAN ||| The common thread for us all is, we value our fire department as an essential service to our community. Many lives have been saved, thousands trained in CPR and First
Letter to Editor | My name is Toni and I’m running for Fire Commissioner
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON ||| My name is Toni Knudson, and I am running for Fire Commissioner 1 on Orcas Island because it’s time for a change! Orcas deserves a Fire Commission that’s as good
Letter to Editor | Kate Hansen has the right experience for Orcas Fire Commissioner
||| FROM TIM BLANCHARD ||| Kate Hansen is the best choice for SJC Fire Protection District No.2 (Commissioner 1) because, in addition to her deep Orcas roots, she brings actual work experience in fire/EMS department
Midnight Mutterings | Turtle / Tortoise
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| My father, in his gentle way, insisted that we call things by their proper names. For example: A car has an engine. An electric pump has a motor.
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 | We should work together in favor of OIFR
||| FROM SADIE BAILEY ||| The new Fire Chief and current BOFC are campaigning hard for the exact same permanent Levy Lid Lift that got rejected by the voters in the primary by at least
Letter to Editor | My support for Fire Commission is with Kate Hansen
||| FROM TISH KNAPP ||| My husband, Gene Knapp, served as prosecutor, on the Land Bank, and councilman in this county. He was known for his integrity, his ability to listen and his adherence to
Letter to Editor | I support Brian Ehrmantraut for Fire Commissioner
||| FROM JACK HART ||| I urge your vote for Brian Ehrmantraut for position 2 on the Orcas Island Fire Commission (SJC Fire Protection District No. 2). Brian would bring to the commission his experience
Letter to Editor | I support Brian Ehrmantraut for Fire Commissioner
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| I am writing to endorse Brian Ehrmantraut for Fire Commissioner. As Brian well knows from personal experience, Orcas Island Fire and Rescue is essential to the health and safety of
Letter to Editor | No does not mean no to our Fire Commissioners
||| FROM JOHN ERLY ||| Seventy-five percent of the Orcas Island voters said "no" to a levy a few months ago. The Commissioners have placed it on the ballot again. It costs the taxpayers money
Letter to Editor | In support of Brian Ehrmantraut for Fire Commission
||| FROM JUSTIN PAULSEN ||| When your ballot arrives in the coming days, you have the opportunity to make a positive, meaningful change for Orcas Island Fire and Rescue. By electing Brian Ehrmantraut on the
Letter to Editor | I strongly support Brian Ehrmantraut for Fire Commissioner
||| FROM JENS KRUSE ||| With this letter I would like to strongly support Brian Ehrmantraut for Fire Commissioner (Seat #2) in the upcoming November 7th general election. Brian’s candidate statement in the Voters’ Pamphlet
