It’s up to City of Oak Harbor to mend fences in bones debacle | Sound off
Our city officials and staff work on behalf of Oak Harbor citizens. Laws regarding how to manage archeological sites are established.
I expect the people who work on behalf of our town to be law abiding. The City of Oak Harbor personnel who managed the road project for Pioneer Street were informed in writing by state archeology department prior to construction that an archeological assessment was required before proceeding.
City’s best bet may be a policy of inclusion, not one of exclusion | Publishers column
As a young reporter covering the occasional Oak Harbor City Council, I never had an issue with the invocation that topped each meeting’s agenda.
I’ve also never had any issue whatsoever with reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. In fact, it took me back to grade school, and I always looked forward to it — still do.
New shelter plan isn’t perfect, but it’s a sensible one | In our opinion
Animal shelters, full of wayward and unwanted pets, are never happy places.
For years, Oak Harbor’s animal shelter has been more miserable than it should be.
The current shelter is located in a dilapidated building hidden away on the Navy’s Seaplane Base.
Items lawmakers should include in the 2013-15 budget | Sound off
Governor Inslee has called a 30-day Special Session to begin on May 13th so that lawmakers can complete their unfinished work on the 2013-15 state budget. One of the major sticking points in ongoing budget negotiations is the House’s controversial decision to propose more than $1 billion in job killing tax increases.
Clings would help target spending | Letter
Editor,
In reference to the idea that businesses should be able to refuse service to whomever they choose, I’m sorry to say I agree.
They should be able to pick to whom they offer their services.
Hang on to those moments as long as you can, parents | Publisher's column
Watching my son play rugby this past weekend, suffering his first loss of an otherwise perfect season, was bittersweet in many ways.
Aside from the loss, which took the team out of the state playoffs, it was the culmination of many years of trekking to games all over the state to cheer on my son.
Window clings would help businesses keep away the pesky gays | Publisher's Column
Senate Bill 5927, being co-sponsored by state Sen. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, is seriously flawed.
Not so much because it flies in the face of anti-discrimination laws that the majority of society supports and subscribes to, but because it’s just so darn hard sometimes to tell who the gays and lesbians are.
100 deadliest days of summer soon upon us | Sound off
Memorial Day weekend to the end of the Labor Day weekend — roughly 100 days — is found to be the most dangerous stretch of time on our nation’s roads.
Long summer days and warm weather mean more folks on the road enjoying graduations, picnics, parties, road trips and vacations. But those good times can come to a crashing end with one bad decision: to drink and drive.
Pollution is a concern in the Puget Sound area | Letter
Editor,
Concerning Ian Jefferds’ comment that he is offended because he may be required to prove his commercial shellfish farm in Penn Cove does not result in “adverse environmental impact,” I submit the following.
More Poseidons welcome news for Oak Harbor | Publisher's column
Word that Whidbey Island Naval Air Station will be receiving twice as many P-8A Poseidons than expected comes as music to Oak Harbor’s ears.
Instead of the expected 24 planes, the Navy now says 49 are coming. Poseidons are submarine hunting jets manufactured by The Boeing Co. The aircraft are based on the 737-800 airframe and is the Navy’s planned replacement for the aging P-3C Orions turbo-prop planes.
Bailey sponsoring a bill that would take society backwards | Sound off
Last November, Sen. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, was elected to Washington Senate District 10, representing all of Island and parts of Snohomish and Skagit counties.
She carried a hair under 53 percent of the vote while ousting long-time Democratic Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen.
