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Thank you Meredith Jordan for your opinion piece on John Mauro’s salary. The total compensation package is obscene for a town this size, not to mention having a deficit budget, a …
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2/19/25
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The already high salaries of the people running this slowly eroding town do not need to be made even higher with raises.
In fact, a reduction in some salaries should be considered, …
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2/19/25
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I want to add some perspective to the discussion of the salaries of public officials. Several years ago I worked with a consultant whose business was managing capital campaigns for …
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2/19/25
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The nosy, curious reporters wanted to know the city manager’s new salary. The city obfuscated then delayed, but intrepid reporters figured out his reported salary. Editor Meredith …
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2/19/25
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Show some respect. The so-called artwork of Mauro and Faber in the Feb. 12 issue represented a new level of unprofessionalism by The Leader. Truly shallow. This comes after a months-long …
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2/19/25
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A recent letter to the editor the author spouted vicious stereotypes and lies about undocumented immigrants.
These myths, because they are repeated so often in the MAGA world that …
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2/19/25
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Thanks to The Leader for its dogged reporting about the excessive salary of the city manager, who apparently didn’t want the information released while he vied for even more money. …
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2/19/25
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I have been living in Jefferson County for over 40 years and it seems like the city council never does much about the surrounding city streets, which have been in very bad straits for …
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2/19/25
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The proposed salary increase for the city manager, seems a bit excessive, considering the controversy he has stirred. Besides a COLA and a generous increase and a negotiated severance …
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2/19/25
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Nothing says “not welcome” more than parking fees/fines, two things the City Council/the City of Port Townsend are planning to implement.
Our beautiful Victorian seaport …
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2/19/25
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There are a lot of smart people in the Port Townsend area. Maybe I can get an answer to a question about chemtrails/contrails. The other day I was watching a jet flying at the normal …
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2/12/25
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Kelbon used her Leader platform on Feb. 5 to try to compare the work of our new governor to Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (“DOGE). They are …
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2/12/25
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I wish Jason Serinus had told us more about the “antisemitic crack” that offended his Jewish friend at the Jan.18 rally, because the “antisemitic” label is …
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2/12/25
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Marcia Kelbon asks, “can Governor Ferguson truly be a moderate?” apparently inviting a discussion about streamlining government spending and cutting new construction …
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2/12/25
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What have we learned in the first three weeks of the second Trump administration? Voters have spoken, and the results are: Character does not count, in elected or appointed office. …
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2/12/25
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How can a town with a population of less than 11,000 afford to pay its city manager a salary and benefits approaching a quarter-million dollars annually, far exceeding that of …
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2/12/25
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Faber does not represent core values of Port Townsend. Faber does not respect the will of the people nor lead with any kind of neutrality, is over emotional, pushes personal beliefs on …
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2/12/25
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I am writing in response to a letter in The Leader on Feb. 5 regarding illegal immigrants and the need for sheriffs and other state and locally elected officials to enforce the law. The …
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2/12/25
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I am writing to share a troubling experience that highlights a serious issue with how some members of our local law enforcement handle those in need.
Recently, a friend’s …
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2/5/25
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Workers at the Co-op are planning to unionize. This is a huge victory for workers rights. An article in another news organization states that employees are not feeling safe or heard. It …
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2/5/25
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