PANIC DOESN'T HELP, whether you're a parent, pet owner, writer of rules or objector to rules being written. Framing situations in words that suggest "everybody… Continue reading
RENOVATING A PRE-PERMIT home isn't always a nightmare. In the spring of 1951, the Ralph R. Cary family poured the concrete foundation for a new… Continue reading
ANTI-INCUMBENT FERVOR, reflecting Congress' dismal 17 percent approval rate in national polls, has a potential stampede of challengers eyeing the 2010 election season. Meanwhile, state… Continue reading
FUNNY BUSINESS ABOUNDS in Olympia, but legislators aren't having fun as their budget-balancing game moves into overtime. The Democrat-dominated Senate and House have agreed with… Continue reading
A CAMEL, IT has been said, is a horse designed by a committee. Democrats in Olympia agreed they should raise taxes. Now they're wrangling over… Continue reading
Who will be voted in, if 'bums' are thrown out? RECRUITING IS A tough sell when trying to line up candidates for political office. News… Continue reading
SAYING YES TO tax increases isn't easy. Monday morning, a Presidents Day "tea party" attracted an estimated 3,000 people to the steps of the state… Continue reading
IMPACT FEES DESIGNED to bill deep-pocketed developers for streets, parks and government buildings needed to serve their developments are logical, but generate complicated impacts of… Continue reading
EVEN BEFORE I SAW Honey, I knew she wasn't for me. My husband, Dale, made the mistake of reading a mid-November Peninsula Daily News classified… Continue reading
SOME HOPES FOR a happier New Year rest on the down economy. "Right now [infrastructure projects] are costing less because there's less work available [for… Continue reading
"WHAT'S ON THE table?" can be a two-sided question. What's on the table for dinner -- and what's on the table for possible removal from… Continue reading
THE SCARY SEASON is upon us. Halloween was only pretend-scary when I was a kid, romping in an old sheet, neighbor-to-neighbor, long before tainted treats… Continue reading
HOT POLITICAL RHETORIC doesn't fend off the chill of autumn weather. If you're a registered voter in Clallam County or Jefferson County, you should have… Continue reading
With the June 1-5 filing period for elective posts little more than two weeks away, non-candidate announcements dominate political news in Port Angeles. Reflecting the… Continue reading
Unless some surprise candidates surface during filing week, July 24-28, we voters will have few choices in the Sept. 19 primary election, and the Nov.… Continue reading
