Technology ordinance – be aware | Letters
I would like to applaud Steve Ludwig for his recent letter regarding the telecommunications/wireless ordinance.
May 5, 2012
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Shop local, save money | Letters
I recently ordered two books from Amazon and was shocked that with shipping and handling, the bill was for more than what our Lopez Bookshop would charge and the books would be in your hand in the same amount of time, unless you don’t come to the village often enough to pick up your books.
May 5, 2012
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CAO lacks information | Letters
Much of the conflict or controversy over the critical areas and other local land use decisions is primarily due to the absence of adequate information. Neither we, the country, or the state authorities have enough information to be able to tell if such proposals will help or not.
May 5, 2012
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Another week, another Friends attack on community groups | Letter
Clearly, the Friends’ feathers are quite ruffled about the wave of citizen opposition to the ill-conceived CAO revisions proposed by CDPD.
April 12, 2012
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‘The Lightening Rod Man’ | Letters
In 1854 Herman Meville, author of “Moby Dick,” penned a short story, easily read in less than ten minutes: “The Lightning Rod Man.” A rascal goes door-to-door selling lightning rods, dramatically appearing at the height of thunderstorms forewarning dangers of lightning and benefits of his product in providing protection from certain disaster. This time honored sales technique of doom is alive and well in county politics. It is called the Critical Areas Ordinance.
April 2, 2012
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San Juan County says goodbye to a dear friend | Letter
Carol Ellen Dockstader Marble passed peacefully in her home on the evening of March 18 having battled the debilitating lung disease Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
March 27, 2012
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Permanently protect BLM lands in San Juans now | Letters
We currently have a great opportunity to permanently protect the nearly 1000 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in the San Juans.
March 26, 2012
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Support for protection of BLM Lands | Letters
We are writing this letter as representatives of the Lopez Island Conservation Corps, a local 501c3 nonprofit organization that is dedicated to engaging volunteers, primarily youth, through the maintenance and exploration of our special public lands.
March 22, 2012
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Wake up and get 'Big Brother' off our backs | Letters
Happy to see the ad by the Sheriffs Dept. in the March 13 Weekly announcing a county anonymous "tip" line. Now at last we can turn in our neighbors for what we think they "might" be doing, completely anonymously. At the very least we can get them on the sheriffs 'watch' list, they're surly up to something ! I heard on NPR the other night that it is expected there will be up to 30,000 drone aircraft flying American skies within 5 years. Just think of how safe we will all be then !!??
March 16, 2012
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Hamlet House deserves five-star rating | Letters
For some time I have wanted to express my thanks to those who conceived the idea of "The Hamlet" on Lopez and made it happen. My family and I discovered the San Juan Islands in the early 1970's.
March 13, 2012
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Complex CAO regulations | Letters
Site-specific buffers are complex. In a perfect world, site-specific buffers would be better for property owners and better for our environment. But the costs to administer a system of this complexity will be high, both in time and money, unless the new regulations are clear, consistent and GMA-compliant.
March 12, 2012
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