To the voters of Island County, thank you for the landslide victory! I am pleased and grateful to be your judge for Island County Superior Court.
Norman Hamrick (Letters, Aug. 27) asks us commissary customers what it is we do not understand about commissary baggers. I’ll tell him. I don’t understand why most of them don’t have any customer service skills. In seven years of military life, I’ve only been greeted twice by a bagger; the rest of them just stand there, stone-faced, bagging the groceries or chatting with the other baggers.
The Boyer property mentioned in a recent letter is not at the end of any runway. You can see it’s next to Westgate Mobile Home & RV Sales and there are other businesses on old Oak Harbor Road.
You can’t fault people for owning property, but you can fault a commissioner for rezoning land without any input from the landowners or the general public during public hearings on the property.
Our old “bedsheet” primary ballots were not perfect, but they stood the test of generations, and they were kind of fun. Anything seemed possible. The more standard “straightjacket” primary ballots forced upon us were just not Washington, no matter how common they were around the rest of America.
“Barbara Bailey, one of the leaders of the pack of ultra-conservative Western Washington legislators, has one of the most astoundingly…
Regarding the Aug. 20 letter, “They’ve got their house in the woods.” You seem to value the woods, open spaces…
I echo Joe Mosolino’s concern (Letters, Aug. 20) regarding letters with offensive language and deliberate misinformation. However, the nasty letter…
“Seal celebrity’s life ends abruptly (News-Times, Aug. 16).”
We, at the Island County Chapter of the American Red Cross, want to publicly thank Scott Fraser and his fantastic group of volunteers for preparing and hosting the First Annual Block Party and Pig Roast. It was a huge success and could not have been possible without the assistance of many people behind the scenes!
Just tell your readers that you have a source who knows a lot about the Republican party from long experience, that he knows all the key movers and shakers, and he has a bit of advice: People should not vote for any Republican because they’re dangerous, dishonest and self-serving. I have come to realize the Democrats really do care about people who need help from government; Republicans care most about those who will only get richer because of government help … the government is truly broken.
Kristy Miller’s comments (Letters, Aug. 16) regarding the levy lid Lift for North Whidbey Fire and Rescue require a response that will correct misstatements that she made and reinforce my previous statements.