Editor, My response to State Law SB 5323: I for one, and I’m sure there are others, who line our waste baskets with these plastic… Continue reading
Editor, Well, it’s about to happen. Will happen. The U.S. Congress just rolled over to the Executive Branch, taking with it the right of the… Continue reading
Editor, A group of us ride our mountain bikes in the Putney Woods on a weekly basis and have noticed that someone has been cutting… Continue reading
Editor, A long overdue letter is submitted to say thank you to the caring, professional team of Whidbey Home Health nurses and staff. I was… Continue reading
Editor, When I woke up Tuesday, Jan. 21, I knew something was wrong and called 911. Within minutes I had two EMS units here, and… Continue reading
Editor, It is popular to criticize the public institutions in our community. The common narrative is that things are rarely good enough, and people act… Continue reading
Editor, I have been watching the impeachment of Trump. I must say I am ashamed of the Republican Senate. I cannot understand the ways these… Continue reading
Editor, After winning my campaign for South Whidbey Fire/EMS Board Commissioner, I was sworn in earlier this month by then-Commissioner Kennon Simmons, who passed the… Continue reading
Editor, Quite a few years ago, during the Environmental Impact Statement 106 historical hearing process, the Navy agreed to landscape around those ugly concrete blocks… Continue reading
Editor, The South Whidbey Record Jan. 18 letter to the editor, “Clean up PFAS for future generations,” gives the impression the Navy is actively and… Continue reading
Editor, With the new year, 2020, upon us, redolent, the reference to hindsight ripe, I look back to the 2000 election, an impeached Clinton, Ralph… Continue reading
Editor, There has been a lot of news about the PFAS in the water on North Whidbey. In one instance, the Navy has been using… Continue reading
Editor, I’d like to float the idea of purposefully voting for a moderate presidential candidate in the next election. Our island, like so many communities… Continue reading
Editor, In the 10 short months since “I Support The Girls--Whidbey Island” was established, we’ve had phenomenal success. Thanks to all the wonderfully generous people… Continue reading
Editor, The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has a long-standing testimony against war, and we oppose the escalation of conflict in Iran following the U.S.… Continue reading
Editor, The United States and Iran are poised at the edge of war. President Trump, acting impulsively, ordered the assassination of an Iranian official considered… Continue reading
Editor, I am considering not writing any letters to the Record as a New Year’s Resolution for 2020. Also, I confess I killed a squirrel.… Continue reading
Editor, Interesting, Mr. Joseph Moreland, of Oak Harbor. I wrote a letter to the community about the ongoing tragedy in our nation involving the use… Continue reading
Editor, Penn Cove. For many, these words are associated with beautiful sunrises, herons majestically observing the waters for their catch, clam digging, duck and even… Continue reading
Editor, I begin this response by asserting that I agree with most of what you, Mr. Dieckman, have written (Nov. 23 letter). Our society is,… Continue reading