Critics ignore ‘Friends’ record, dedication | Letters
What’s with all the knickers in a knot? The Friends of the San Juans has been protecting what we love about these islands for more than 30 years.
February 21, 2012
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Working folk in peril under new CAO rules | Letter
Just as the Friends have lost sight of their original purpose, the county has lost sight of its obligation to provide clear planning rules and basic permitting at affordable prices and most important, providing non-confrontational help to those who are having trouble navigating the county’s system.
February 21, 2012
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Counterpoint: CAO 'corrections' disputed | Letter
Janet Alderton, board member of the Friends of the San Juan’s, quotes me in last week’s paper and claims that the council resolved the issue that I had raised. Unfortunately, she is just plain wrong.
February 21, 2012
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’Friends’ carries the load for many | Letters
Friends of the San Juans does not have the authority nor is it their policy or responsibility to seek out violations. It is their job to be available to concerned citizens when they call for help.
February 21, 2012
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Sandy Sloan Wilson: 1946 — 2012 | Passages
Sandy loved her family, loved her cats, and was an excellent cook. In October, 1986, she married Ed Wilson in Mesa, Ariz. They later built a home in Friday Harbor, Wash., where they lived the last 12 years.
February 21, 2012
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Permanent protection of federal land benefits the San Juans | Letters
Rather than give the federal government more control over these lands, the legislation puts community-designed restrictions on the BLM to ensure that these lands will be available for future generations.
February 21, 2012
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Toxins kill — buffers a proven defense | Letters
There is a lot of smoke and Tea Party kind of noise obscuring some fairly simple facts regarding the protection of my — our — property. As an example, let’s take the need for setbacks, and other buffers for critical habitats.
February 14, 2012
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Profiteers reign; paradise lost | Letters
I miss San Juan Island as it was not too long ago, and it’s sad to know that everyone loses. Well, some do profit immensely, but the ones that come from the metro areas have never known what we really had at one time, and they could care less.
February 14, 2012
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CAO: ‘Big Brother’ takes charge | Letters
These CAO amendments would fundamentally alter the relationship of property owner and government with respect to whether we are “innocent until proven guilty” and who has the “burden of proof”
February 14, 2012
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‘Friends’ evolves, invests, protects | Letters
Friends support building in the right place and believe that development should protect clean water, shoreline and wetland habitat for all of our island neighbors, fish and wildlife. When development threatens these values, we get involved.
February 14, 2012
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CAO: note lessons from Block Island | Letters
John Evans properly expresses regret about how the San Juans are “becoming a Martha’s Vineyard,” (“Martha’s Vineyard here we come”, Feb. 1, pg. 6)
In spite of all of our efforts since we put in place the Growth Management Act in the mid 1990s, we continue to move in that direction.
February 7, 2012
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