The following letter was written by my son, Otto, and posted at our local bulletin board on Shaw Island last spring. He collected more than $400 for Friday Harbor High School’s athletic program from our community for his sponsored run from Friday Harbor to Roche Harbor and back.
This is not a “blank check.” We should continue to pressure the County Council to make more responsible financial decisions. There will be a group of freeholders elected next year to review our home rule charter. I expect there will be further changes proposed for the charter that will provide for lower costs in the administrative area.
When I came to Friday Harbor last fall, I was eager to understand the issues facing the town and got hooked on watching the Town Council meetings on public access cable TV. My first impression of Carrie Lacher was that she is articulate and knowledgeable when discussing the many complex issues facing the town.
I am writing in support of Carrie Lacher for mayor of Friday Harbor.
For many years, I lived in town in senior housing with my mother. This apartment complex is not far from where Carrie herself lives in an affordable-housing neighborhood. Over the years I have known Carrie, I have come to appreciate her passion for town living and her commitment to those who often feel marginalized or overwhelmed by government.
I’m writing in support of Bob Low’s run for Mayor. I generally keep quiet about a lot of political stuff, but after reading and hearing about the decisions Bob’s opponent has been making, I felt I had to speak out.
At last, a first, a woman campaigning for mayor. About time, especially since this woman, Carrie Lacher — active, assertive and dynamically thoughtful Friday Harbor Town Council member — seems to have all the right civic qualities to make one fine Mayor for Friday Harbor.
As a long-time resident and business owner, I urge the residents of Friday Harbor to vote for Carrie Lacher for mayor. I recently had a one-on-one sit-down meeting with her and I came away from it with the belief that she has the qualities necessary to make a great mayor. I immediately liked her ability to listen and her common-sense approach to issues.
I’m not a letter writer but I feel I have to do it this time because if things keep going the way they are, I won’t be able to afford to live in town any more. I’m in support of Bob Low for Mayor.
Our nation’s health care system is broken and in urgent need of repair. We need to figure out how to insure the 47 million Americans living without coverage, fix what’s broken with our current system, and rein in the skyrocketing insurance premiums that far outpace our wage growth.
I am responding to Donald Hendrix’s letter written in response to Janet Alderson’s about nearshore buffers and pyrethroids. In work done in Friday Harbor, some of the principles stated by Mr. Hendrix would work in the opposite direction than he suggests. For example, surfactants bind to organic particles in a way similar to that stated by Mr. Hendrix for pyrethroids. But rather than disperse, as he suggests, they settle to the bottom of the harbor and form a concentrated, toxic, mud layer.
I am writing this letter in favor of Proposition 1, which will provide funding for Senior Services at the current pared-down 2009 level. I want to tell you about some of the work that Curt Van Hyning does. Curt is the Senior Services coordinator on San Juan Island. He currently works four days per week, but often puts in more time because there are just not enough hours in the already shortened workweek for him to do all that is requested of him.
Thank you, patrons of the arts — all 225 patrons — who supported and attended the “Outside the Box – Inside the Museum” Exhibition Opening Sept. 25 at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (IMA), 28 First St., Friday Harbor.
Thank you for making the Islanders Bank 2009-10 Gear Up for Our Schools Campaign a huge success. Thank you to everyone who donated supplies and monetary donations for our schools during our first annual campaign. Your support makes a difference not only for our students, but for our teachers too!