Letters to the Editor

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• Oh no!  Not my Prius

  By Steven Keeler - Apr 22
  Editor: Picture the Edmonds ecos exclaiming “wealthy Republicans are destroying the planet!” when they find their Prius driving next to a ‘one ...
  

• Beach box toys need to be returned

  By Gretchen Jolly - Apr 14
  Editor: While on a walk through Marina Park a few weeks ago, I looked into the beautiful toy box put there last fall by a Girl Scout troop and ...
  

• The facts on health care say differently

  By Nathaniel Brown - Apr 12
  Editor: Mr. Pierre’s Op-Ed piece on American health care made interesting reading, but much as one can agree with aspects of what he says, there ...
  

• Do something about your kids

  By Ann Louise Maynard - Apr 11
  Editor: To the parents of the young teenagers who were trespassing on the train tracks below Sunset Avenue North in the late evening of Friday, ...
  

• NO box buildings? Really?  What next?

  Sep 20
  Once again, we must respond to the letters from well-meaning citizens of our much-loved town of Edmonds, when our individual tastes and freedom of ...
  

• Why stop Main St. traffic?

  By Ben Thal - Aug 30
  Editor: I have had a disagreement with the four-way stop signs at Main St. and 7th Ave N near the Francis Anderson Center since it was installed a ...
  

• Successful car show

  By Meara Steele - Aug 30
  Editor: The Carol Rowe Memorial Edmonds Food Bank is very grateful for everyone’s help at our second car show, held at Top Foods and Dick’s ...
  

• Letter to the Editor: Plaza not just for locals

  By Gordon Burgess - May 31
  As a regular visitor to Edmonds I would like to congratulate the City on the June 12 opening of the “ Hazel Miller Plaza “ for the enjoyment of ...
  

• Think quiet train thoughts

  By Eric Livingston - May 24
  Little old Mukilteo got one. Seattle is getting one as is Wenatchee. Spokane Valley has one. So does Washougal, White Salmon and Vancouver. A ...
  

• Letters to the Editor-Planning and priorities needed

  By Ron Johnson - May 17
  Editor: Several weeks ago I sent an email to the City Council, with a copy to the Beacon, asking for the status of the 5 Corners project. As this ...
  

• Council ‘stuck in the past’

  Apr 16
  Editor: I was dismayed to read in the April 11, Edmonds Beacon that the Port of Edmonds had withdrawn its Harbor Square Master Plan application. I ...
  

• Re: ‘Rather pay than wait’

  By Andrew Brunskill - Apr 14
  Editor: The comments by John Pierre on Health Care and costs April 11, are interesting. We in the USA are spending much more per person health ...
  

• Sister City program is a good thing

  By Larry Naughten - Apr 11
  Editor: Mayor Dave Earling and the Edmonds Sister City (ESC) delegation are in Hekinan, Japan, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the ESC, ...
  

• Coal terminals eliminate NW jobs

  Sep 20
  The “jobs” argument the coal industries have been using to justify the degradation of our iconic Puget Sound, and the natural beauty of our small ...
  

• Something needs to be done

  By Nathaniel Brown - Sep 03
  Mr. Pierre is right about some of the drivers around here (Aug. 30) . I live on the Edmonds Speedway – otherwise known as Olympic View Drive – and ...
  

• A smile on my face

  By Sidsel Brady - Aug 30
  Editor: Saturday night, Aug. 25, my husband and I sat down on a bench on Sunset Ave. There was a rose nicely wrapped in with the following card: ...
  

• Harbor Square Master Plan

  By Steve Johnston - Jul 20
  Editor: As a long-time resident of and business owner within the City of Edmonds, I am very excited to see the Port of Edmonds offering a clear ...
  

• Apartment complex not a good idea

  By Fran Simonsen - May 24
  Editor: I sent the following letter to the Project Manager, Council Representative, Deputy Executive and Director of PDS for Snohomish County: I ...
  

• Letters to the Editor-Idiot alert!

  By Ann Louise Maynard - May 17
  Editor: The long section of 2nd Ave. N in Edmonds, between Edmonds St. and Caspers St. is a two-way street with legal ingress only at Edmonds St. ...
  

• Letters to the Editor-Shame on county council

  By Erica Morgan - May 17
  Editor: Shame on the Snohomish County Council for zoning a church lot in the middle of a residential neighborhood as multifamily. Not only did ...