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Community needs a fully functional library, vote ‘Yes’ for lid lift | Letters

Our community needs a fully functional library to support the interests of our unique and vibrant island lifestyle.

Letters to the Editor

Facts distorted, misstated in ‘State of the Orca’ | Letters

Again, chinook are the preferred species of Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW). But Anderson fails to correlate how…

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Support for library not a question, it’s the answer | Letters

After reading the opinion pieces/letters to the editor, the brochure sent out by the library and reviewing the…

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Library — a beacon of help and hope, even more so when times are tough | Letters

Several community members have recently opined that the library is nothing more than another family on the island…

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‘Denying’ unfair letter | Letters

Overall, the main problem I have with Mark Anderson’s analysis is its failure to prove what he asserts.…

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Limits on Chinook harvest, not boats, might better help the orcas | Letters

So the real question is — given the endangered status of both orcas and Chinook — why are…

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Opposed to library levy increase; wrong message in tough times | Letters

The request is for an increase of almost 50 percent over current budget. I know that the limit…

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Madsen responds to ‘dismayed by special election…’ | Letters

Property tax receipts are already too low to fund the current level of service, and the difference has…

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Don’t turn the clock back on the library, support levy lid lift | Letters

Those of us who have lived here for a few decades remember when our library was located in…

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Supporters seek to correct ‘misinformation’ about library levy | Letters

The library will use the tax revenue in part to make up for the shortfall that it has…

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Dismayed by ‘special election’ for library levy | Letters

I still wonder what the increased funds will be used for, why the library can’t snug in their…

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Library’s proposal is prudent and far from extravagant | Letters

I agree with Paul Dossett that “truth in taxation is imperative.” But it is quite a stretch when…

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Post office is a poor place for dogs — here’s why | Letters

Despite signs posted that no dogs are allowed in the building, which is per the Postal Inspection Service…