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Letter to Editor | Technology, capital projects levy help District meet learning demands
||| FROM SHARON HO and MATT VACCARELLA ||| We are writing in support of the 2021 Technology and Capital Projects levy on the upcoming April 27 ballot. This levy replaces the one approved in 2014
Letter to Editor | Join me in voting yes for school levy
||| FROM MICHELE RODRIGUEZ ||| As a mother of an OASIS student who also has experienced our elementary and Montessori schools, I believe that technology, when used appropriately, can help enhance learning. The remote learning
Guest Opinion | Tax games corporations play
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Washington – Okay, let’s talk turkey about taxes and their implication for U.S. economic growth and inequality. But let’s get real. Let’s get beyond the political
Letter to Editor | In support of technology capital projects levy
||| FROM TOBY AND SARAH COOPER ||| We are pleased to stand with our many Orcas friends in support of the 2021 Tech Levy. For me, as a student up through graduate studies at Michigan,
Guest Opinion | This COVID vaccine is all about community
||| FROM IRIS GRAVILLE ||| Action. That’s what community looks like in the San Juan Islands. We make meals when there’s a health crisis or a new baby arrives. When a family’s house burns down,
Guest Opinion | Biden strategy for the race with China
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Washington – In his massive new infrastructure project, President Joe Biden is betting big that government financing can generate an array of technological innovations that will
Midnight Mutterings | Of cats and crows
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| I like Cats and Crows in equal measure. However, it has come to my attention that Cats and Crows dislike each other in equal measure. Of course, I
Letter to Editor | Personal invitation to Land Bank’s community conversation
||| FROM BRIAN WIESE and SANDI FRIEL ||| INVITATION--Please join us for the LAND BANK’S ORCAS COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, via Zoom, next Wednesday, April 7, 5:30 – 7 p.m. We will talk about the Land Bank’s
Guest Opinion | Can vacation rentals be good neighbors?
||| FROM YONATAN ALDORT ||| As the dust settles around the County Council’s decision to extend a limited moratorium on new vacation rental permits, we have a moment to catch our breath and reflect on
Letter to Editor | Passing along the American Rescue Plan stimulus
||| FROM STEVE JUNG ||| Last week, my wife and I received our American Rescue Plan stimulus payments from the federal government, with gratitude for its efforts to jump start our pandemic-afflicted economy. There is
Letter to Editor | Another thank you from the Food Bank
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| This time we are focusing on the many businesses, nonprofits, and organizations who have supported the Orcas Island Food Bank over our COVID year. The list is too
Letter to Editor | In support of Proposition 2 for our schools
||| FROM LESLIE HUTCHINSON ||| I write in support of Proposition 2. This is a renewal request for an expiring technology levy for our schools. It is not a new tax but instead is the 2021 Replacement
Letter to Editor | We support Fant, Osterman for OPALCO board
||| FROM SUE BAUER, SANDI FRIEL, NORRIS CARLSON ||| After listening to the recent OPALCO board candidate forum, we found both Rick Fant and Tom Osterman to be compelling choices from an environmental protection perspective. Mr. Fant spoke
Letter to Editor | I recommend Joe Cohen for OPALCO board
||| FROM PATRICK SHEPLER ||| I strongly endorse and recommend Joe Cohen for a board position with OPALCO. Having worked with Joe for the last few years, I find him to be highly dedicated, ethical,
Guest Opinion | OK, Joe, what’s next? Voting rights or jobs and taxes?
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Washington -Joe Biden’s stunning victory on his boldly ambitious $1.9 trillion corona relief package and its striking popularity with voters, including grassroots Republicans, now tempts many
