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Dear Editor,
I attended the July 17 five-hour City Council meeting with the future of the golf course on the agenda. I gave a public comment in support of the hybrid option for the golf course.
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Dear Editor:
I was delighted to see the recent recognition you gave to Janneke Peterson, local educator and recipient of the Edge Prize. As a representative of the Washington Native Plant …
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8/5/23
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Dear Editor:
When I was a kid, we had the recreation center. What a place. There we could could enjoy many activities where young people could hang out. OMG, parents knew where there kids were. …
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8/5/23
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Dear Editor:
At the July 17 City Council meeting, after sitting through hours of testimony mostly by users of the golf course, I was surprised, and happy to hear Mayor Faber encouraging the …
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Dear Editor:
To my fellow Port Townsend citizens, Iam mourning. I fear the decision to chop up the golf course is a fatal mistake...
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Dear Editor:
What does it cost to build an aquatic facility? I hadn't a clue what the cost should be...
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Dear Editor:
The recent The Port Townsend Council meeting proved to all that the fix was in from the beginning to build houses for the wealthy...
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by George Bush
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7/26/23
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Dear Editor:
I have canceled my subscription to The Leader because of the lack of coverage of transgender people...
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Dear Editor,
I would like to extend my gratitude to (former Leader Editor) Brian Kelly for revisiting this case with your recent article in the Port Townsend Leader...
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It was such a quiet and peaceful evening on July 4 this year. I know that many dogs and cats and horses appreciated NOT having fireworks.
Although the fireworks are beautiful to see in the sky …
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I am not a golfer nor have much interest in it. I am very glad to see the strong support for keeping the golf course in some form or another.
I do enjoy playing on fun and creative little …
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Bill Dentzel
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7/19/23
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I have been invested in the golf course issue from the beginning by attending stakeholder meetings, town forums, open houses and council meetings.
I have listened and tried to understand why a …
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Dorothy Cotton
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7/19/23
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Approval of the city council’s “Healthier Together Aquatics Center” should be on the ballot for a city-wide vote in November.
The center, which hypes one …
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It has become very clear how few Port Townsend residents really benefit from golf. Not from the green space, but from the golf that has kept over 95 percent of PT residents off this green space for …
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I read the letters and stories in The Leader about the city golf course. As I work I have been unable to attend any of the open houses so my knowledge is limited. I have some questions that I hope …
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7/17/23
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Our community is currently developing plans to replace the failing Mountain View Pool. Pools have a history of providing wonderful programs for kids, and we certainly need that here. But I’d …
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7/17/23
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Get involved in stewarding Port Townsend’s community rain gardens!
Be a part of Port Townsend’s natural stormwater solutions by helping to care for one of the many rain gardens …
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Half the town wants the golf course so even if the hybrid means there are other things on the acreage please don’t make the golf course a hybrid. Leave the driving range and Hole #5 as is. …
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7/14/23
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On Saturday I took Jefferson Transit from Port Townsend to the Kingston ferry; sadly I was the only rider on the bus.
We are lucky to have such a great service here, and I feel like many …
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7/14/23
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I was shocked to see stacks of boxes containing national secrets in a bathroom, ballroom, and storage room. The lives of our assets in foreign countries depend on keeping their identities secret. Our …
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