Editor, I wanted to respond to a recent letter about North Whidbey Fire & Rescue sending firefighters and apparatus to help fight wild land fires… Continue reading
Editor, In the Air Force, our three core values begin with “Integrity First.” So that’s extremely important to me, as it should be to you.… Continue reading
Editor, I want to encourage my friends and community to vote for Jill Johnson for District 2 Island County commissioner. I’ve known Jill for decades… Continue reading
Editor, The mayor, Tim Callison, and mayor pro-tem, Dominique Emerson, would like to clarify comments over the last couple of weeks about policing policies and… Continue reading
Editor, In more than 45 years of practicing law in Washington state, mostly off the island, I have practiced before all of the Island County… Continue reading
Editor, I’m voting for Helen Price Johnson for state senator for one reason — her experience. It’s an easy decision for anyone aware of her… Continue reading
Editor, I urge you to vote for Helen Price Johnson for Washington State Senate. I’ve followed Helen’s political career since she attended a leadership seminar… Continue reading
Editor, I received a flyer mailed out by a group in Kirkland and paid for by off-island big money organizations attempting to discredit our former… Continue reading
Editor, We’d like to respond to Tom Strang’s letter to the editor saying that “civility” isn’t in the First Amendment, and that he has “found… Continue reading
Editor, As a former Island County commissioner for nearly 15 years, I want to publicly thank retiring Superior Court judges Vickie I. Churchill and Alan… Continue reading
Editor, Leadership by example? Hardly. Two of the candidates for Island County commissioner, Damian Greene and Dan Evans, along with three candidates for the Washington… Continue reading
Editor, The Sept. 16 Whidbey News-Times had front page news that the North Whidbey Fire and Rescue needed voters to pass a levy so they… Continue reading
Editor, If Joe Biden had contracted COVID-19 after the first presidential debate, I am certain many right-leaning conservative Christian pundits would have proclaimed it a… Continue reading
Editor, There is an age-old tradition of killing coyotes as soon as one dares to enter your area. Coyotes are predators and do what predators… Continue reading
Editor, Wow! Someone took our Biden for President sign from our front yard. I trust that whomever took it will display it at a more… Continue reading
Editor, I find myself writing another letter to our community newspaper. No, I’m not mad, angry, nor riding a high horse pushing a candidate for… Continue reading
Editor, I don’t just vote Democrat or Republican, I vote for the person whom I think will do a great job. Seventeen years ago I… Continue reading
Editor, Changes can happen fast. We see this with the weather. Recently, fires throughout California, Oregon and our Puget Sound region resulted in devastating losses… Continue reading
Editor, We will be voting on Referendum 90 in November. A referendum is the public’s way of indicating their collective opinion about a proposed bill… Continue reading
Editor, During the Langley City Council meeting of Sept. 21, Mayor Tim Callison abruptly announced that a member of the Langley Police Department was considering… Continue reading