Opinion/Letters Stories - San Juan Islands

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Stolen Olga flamingos were on display for breast cancer — Islands Letters to the Editor

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100-foot setbacks are not a solution

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:56 PDT

The impact of a 100-foot setback for most properties will effectively reduce the value by 40-60 percent, or more, which will therefore shift the tax burden onto the interior properties, many of which will also suffer dramatic loss of value as result of the proposed rules.

We shouldn't interfere with natural processes and the web of marine life

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:56 PDT

Think about the values that brought us here. If we value salmon or orca, then perhaps we should not place a bulkhead on a forage fish spawning beach, or place a dock over eelgrass, or allow toxic chemicals or bioactive hormone mimics into our waters.

Appreciates work of Journal staff

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:56 PDT

There are many ways to thank someone for their brilliance at expressing an innate passion for people and their work, and often I find that cookies and pizza work wonders.

Kudos to Sobel, Tretter for park improvements

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:56 PDT

Raises in new labor contract are excessive

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:56 PDT

This is the first time in 17 years that the government has not given a cost of living increase to those on Social Security...yet our county council, while cutting their budget elsewhere, has given into the unions once again and increased their pay and the burden on the taxpayers here.