Citizens hold peaceful protest and express concerns and dismay at county commissioners’ hearing over passport mandate
Citizens hold peaceful protest and express concerns and dismay at county commissioners’ hearing over passport mandatePort Angeles, WA - Sept. 7, 2021 Citizen Review Staff Approximately 120 citizens lined up outside the Clallam County Courthouse to sign up to...
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Street Dancing in Sequim
By Lois Krafsky Perry Sequim's blue skies opened, citizens of Sequim came to dance. Over 100 people came and went as folks danced to the Cool Jam band. The J.C. Penny parking lot had the perfect cement floor for dancing. Rose Marschall of Sequim went online and...
Citizens join peaceful protest rally
Port Angeles, WA - Sept. 19, 2020 - Hundreds of participants gathered for a peaceful protest rally, on many acres of private property, west of Port Angeles, as Republican candidates spoke at the event. As classic cars, motorcycles, and many other vehicles gathered,...
Hundreds of Vehicles Join “Back the Blue” Rally in Jefferson County WA
By Lois Krafsky-Perry and Staff Port Townsend, WA Organizers estimated about 400 vehicles joined the "Back the Blue - Support Law Enforcement" parade from Hadlock and Chimacum to Port Townsend Sunday, August 30, 2020, with approximately 1,000 people present. The event...
BLM visits Sequim
By Lois Krafsky- Perry Sequim While local citizens and tourists dined and visited in downtown Sequim, people also came to rally. A small group with signs on behalf of BLM congregated on the southwest corner of Sequim Avenue & Washington Street. Across the...
Judge denies request from City and Tribe
By Lois Krafsky-Perry Port Angeles...As over 50 participants joined zoom and phones, pleas were made for attorney fees from Plaintiffs City of Sequim attorney Kristina Nelson-Gross and Andy Murphy attorney for Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. Attorneys for Defendants Save...
Republican Jodi Wilke Withdraws from Race
By Lois Krafsky-Perry "I am withdrawing my candidacy with a heavy heart", said Jodi Wilke, who is on the ballot for Representative 24th, District Pos 2. She urges everyone to support Brian Pruiett. "He is a fine person and will make an excellent Representative for...
Citizens rally to support law enforcement
By Lois Krafsky-Perry Sequim It was a day of jubilee and hope, in downtown Sequim, as citizens gathered to recognize our law enforcement. Some praised fire fighters and paramedics as well, for keeping us safe. Approximately 130 people joined together with flags and...
Are We Headed For a Dystopic Society?
Today, June 26, 2020 – Washington State’s Governor announce that masks are required by everyone when in public. The Western Pact – Washington, Nevada, California and Oregon (to some extent) – are all following this new ideal.
Here is the problem: There is no proof that masks prevent anything. This is what I am calling the 50/50 argument. There have not been any conclusive studies done on the wearing of face masks that have proven, one way or the other, if masks are helpful or hurtful. When we talk about the masks that nurses and surgeons wear, the one thing that seems to not be pointed out is, that after they use the masks they are thrown out.
Judge denies plaintiffs motion for injunctive relief
Port Angeles Judge Brent Basden denied Save our Sequim (SOS) and Parkwood Manufactured Housing Community's motion for injunctive relief which was filed May 5th. The court date was June 22nd and Basden's decision was delayed until he could review more information...
Judge to declare decision later
Port Angeles...Although an online meeting was provided, fifteen people gathered, June 19th, at the Clallam County courthouse, with Judge Brent Basden residing. Attorneys for Save our Sequim (SOS) Michael Spence and Michael McLaughlin for Jon Gibson, owner of Parkwood...
Sequim, WA: A good time to remember -from 2015 – rally to support law enforcement draws crowd
by Lois Krafsky-Perry Citizen Review Reprint - Originally Posted 1/10/2015 Sometimes it's good to get inspired to do this again. This story is from 5 years ago, but as relevant today as it was then. - Editor Sequim, WA – On Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, local citizens...
Editorial: Elwha Dam Removal – Consequences 6/6/2020
Guest Editorial By Dr. Karl Spees - Student of Natural History and History "Starting in 2011, the National Park Service removed two obsolete dams from the Elwha River in Olympic National Park, Washington. It was the world’s largest dam-removal project." The excuse was...
North Olympic Peninsula WA News and Editorials
Vehicle Caravan Rally “Peaceful Protest” draws hundreds of people
Citizen Review Staff Saturday October 10, 2020 - Sequim, WA - After a rainy night, the sun broke through, as approximately 150 vehicles gathered in Sequim. The protest...
City Council vote disappoints citizens of Sequim
By Lois Krafsky-Perry and Staff Sequim, WA "What happened?" asked many citizens after the Sequim City Council voted yes on a suggested ordinance by City Attorney Kristina Nelson-Gross. The decision was to vote yes and direct all appeals A-1 and A- 2 for an administrative permit decision, to...
Forde and Chapman hold live debate in Port Angeles
Port Angeles, WA - Questions were hurled at two local candidates competing for the 24th District, Position 1, at a local business association meeting held on Sept. 8, 2020. Sue Forde (R) from Sequim and Mike Chapman (D) of Port Angeles, answered a variety of questions from the attendees. It was...
Sequim High School Graduate and Pepsi Cola dignitary dies at age 99
By Lois Krafsky-Perry Donald McIntosh Kendall, who graduated from Sequim High School died on September 19th of unknown causes, according to his family. He was born March 16, 1921 in Sequim, Washington. The vigorous football player and scholar from Sequim High School, acquired a scholarship to...
Hearing Examiner cancels MAT appeal hearings
By Staff Sequim After a lengthly time of discussions, the newly hired Hearing Examiner, by the City of Sequim, has thrown in the towel on the scheduled upcoming hearing dates. Phil Olbrechts sent a letter to the City and has made the decision to cancel hearings. The City Council is the designated...
Street Dancing in Sequim
By Lois Krafsky Perry Sequim's blue skies opened, citizens of Sequim came to dance. Over 100 people came and went as folks danced to the Cool Jam band. The J.C. Penny parking lot had the perfect cement floor for dancing. Rose Marschall of Sequim went online and encouraged folks to come join the...
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Opinions and Letters to the Editor
What Mark Ozias knew – before we knew – about the Regional Opioid Center!
Commentary by Sue Runyan The Mark Ozias, ( MO), 7 page “Open Letter”, www.markozias.org/an-open-letter, is the inspiration for this communique about what he knew, about blame or lack of blame, and FYI. I have used a page.paragraph reference system so that page 3, para 6 in MO’s letter is presented...
State legislators bring unwanted MAT facility to small town of Sequim
Letter to the Editor: Let’s understand what happened before most of us became aware of the opioid center: http://fiscal.wa.gov/BudgetCProjList.aspx. For the 24th District, (that's us), click on the tab by 1st Legislative District and go to 24th District and then click on “View Report”. The budget...
“Title Only” bills game the system in Olympia
What's in a title? The legislative session in Olympia is over for now, but not without its passage of some late-night bills about which few knew anything. How could this be? How could the public process about bills to be passed into law circumvent public review and comment? The Democrat-controlled...
Gunning for your Guns
Gunning for our Guns Guest Commentary by Dick Pilling November 22, 2018 I know that this will surprise the heck out of you… astonish you even… But lefty anti-gunners have pushed through an initiative that will dramatically impact the gun owners of this state. And it will have even greater...
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State News
Rep. Jim Walsh releases statement on bills seeking to limit legal gun ownership
News Release Olympia, WA Dec. 31, 2019 Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen WA, released the following statement regarding a package of legislation prefiled for the upcoming 2020 session that he says would infringe upon the rights of gun owners. State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Gov. Jay Inslee's...
Rep. Jim Walsh calls for special legislative session in response to King County Court ruling on voter-approved $30 car tab measure
Press Release Seattle, WA - 11/27/2019 - Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, released the following statement regarding a King County judge's decision to block a $30 car tab measure from taking effect. Voters approved Initiative 976 earlier this month. “This decision from a King County judge is a failure...
‘Wild Olympics’ is back!
by Citizen Review staff Washington, D.C. - Nov. 22, 2019 - The infamous Wild Olympics legislation is back - and moving forward in the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (D) introduced H.R. 2642 - a bill to "designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National...