Editor, Thank you, Greg Banks, for your Sound Off in the Nov. 27 Whidbey News-Times. It makes me very thankful that we have a local… Continue reading
Editor, I was thrilled to read reporter Laura Guido’s article about the Greenbank Farm meeting that took place Wednesday, Nov. 13. Dog owners showed up… Continue reading
Editor, Kudos to Byron Dieckman on his letter to the editor in the Nov. 23 Whidbey News-Times. I agree with him 100 percent. School gun… Continue reading
Editor, I once told you that you kept making it harder for me to buy your paper due to your political bias. Your reply was… Continue reading
Editor, As a parent of three and a child advocate, I am shocked, saddened and disturbed by the Trump administration’s attacks on asylum, particularly with… Continue reading
Editor, After reading last Saturday’s issue of the Whidbey News-Times, I have some serious issues with the election system for Island County. I applaud the… Continue reading
Editor, We had another shooting and all the anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment people are coming out of the woodwork. I get tired of people who do… Continue reading
Editor, Looking at the letters from last week, I noticed one that started out, “Anyone in America today, right now, who is not totally freaked… Continue reading
Editor, As I sit typing this letter, the news media are reporting yet another school shooting, this time at Saugus High School, Santa Clarita, Calif.… Continue reading
Editor, I want to take this opportunity to thank those who supported me for North Whidbey fire commissioner. I will continue to work to make… Continue reading
Editor, I would like to publicly congratulate Bob Severns for winning re-election as mayor of Oak Harbor. I knocked on around 5,000 doors during the… Continue reading
Editor, This is in response to the Nov. 6 South Whidbey Record letter to the editor supporting a carbon fee bill. A carbon fee, or… Continue reading
Editor, The EPA has proposed a stormwater discharge permit for Navy discharges to Clover Valley Creek and Dugualla Bay. The EPA acknowledges that the proposed… Continue reading
Editor, It was the Sunday after the global climate strike inspired by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. I was in church; the sermon title was… Continue reading
Editor, The Island County Assessor’s Office has been invited by the Whidbey Island Association of Realtors to give a community presentation regarding the property tax… Continue reading
Editor, Anyone in America today, right now, who is not totally freaked out about what is happening to our democracy is not paying attention. The… Continue reading
Editor, Recently I attended an informative meeting hosted by the local greening congregations concerning drinking water. I learned that firefighting foam containing toxic PFAS chemicals… Continue reading