Gig Harbor Community Member

Letter to the editor | A park for the ages and for all ages

Dec 16, 2024

Letter to the editor by Bill Sehmel of Gig Harbor.

Letter to the editor | Status of ‘good-faith negotiations’ between PenMet and ZTM

Dec 16, 2024

Letter to the editor by Craig McLaughlin of Fox Island

Letter to the Editor | An opportunity to serve

Dec 04, 2024

The Gig Harbor City Council needs your help. As you are aware, Tracie Markley resigned her position as Gig Harbor Mayor. Council member Mary Barber was appointed to serve out Tracie’s term as Mayor. This means that Mary Barber’s term on the city council must be filled. You are needed to apply. The appointment for

Letter to the Editor | PenMet’s Madrona website postings

Dec 04, 2024

The “Threat” PenMet has posted a lot of information on its website regarding Madrona — even devoting an entire page just to the golf course. I’d like to comment on many of these postings, but there’s so much to say, I’ll have to publish my comments in more than one Letter to the Editor. In

Letter to the editor | Impact of Madrona lease termination

Nov 25, 2024

PenMet terminated the Tysons’ Madrona lease then approved a resolution to attempt to obtain ZTM’s 14 acres using the power of Eminent Domain.  What have they accomplished with these two moves? The operation of Madrona is continuing to suffer from an increasing lack of attention Stutsman’s and Hackers’ employees remain on pins and needles about

Letter to the Editor | City comp plan update lacks historic preservation element

Nov 25, 2024

Accuracy… Equity… and Transparency… It’s what we expect from City Government. It’s what I’d expect of Staff’s 2024 update of the Comprehensive Plan that is used to guide our community for the next 20 years. Yet when I testified at two recent Planning Commission meetings, sent multiples letters and made countless calls to Staff about

Letter to the Editor | Purdy should be removed from Gig Harbor’s UGA

Nov 22, 2024

Letter to the editor by Kit Kuhn

Letter to the Editor | Republicans plan to cut key programs

Nov 22, 2024

Letter to the editor by Susan Mackey of Gig Harbor

Letter to the Editor | Volunteers getting results in efforts to end poverty

Nov 20, 2024

Unbeknownst to most residents of the area, there is a group of citizens here who advocate with our Members of Congress to bring an end to poverty in the U.S. and around the world. We meet monthly, share a potluck meal, and strategize how we can create the political will to end poverty. The group

Letter to the Editor | Who’s responsible for operating expenses at Madrona?

Nov 19, 2024

In Part I, I addressed the situation between PenMet and the Tyson family.  In Part II, I addressed who’s responsible for capital improvements (which might have surprised some people).  In Part III, I discussed the power of Eminent Domain.  In this Part IV, I am addressing the distinction between an operating expense and a capital