Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor submissions

Gig Harbor Now accepts letters to the editor of up to 800 or fewer words from area residents. Please include your name and city of residence for publication and refrain from personal attacks. We accept only one letter per writer per week.

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Letter to the Editor | Update on effort to change property tax law

Feb 25, 2025 | By: Craig McLaughlin

Letter to the editor by Craign McLaughlin of Fox Island

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Letter to the Editor | Legislature must keep 1% annual limit on property tax increases

Feb 13, 2025 | By: Craig McLaughlin

Letter to the editor by Craig McLaughlin of Fox Island

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Letter to the Editor | Have you seen an increase in homeowners insurance?

Jan 28, 2025 | By: Craig McLaughlin

Letter to the editor by Craig McLaughlin of Fox Island

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Letter to the Editor | PenMet’s intentions regarding the future of Madrona

Jan 15, 2025 | By: Craig McLaughlin

Letter to the editor by Craig McLaughlin of Fox Island

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

Dec 16, 2024 | By: Bill Sehmel

Letter to the editor by Bill Sehmel of Gig Harbor.

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

Dec 16, 2024 | By: Craig McLaughlin

Letter to the editor by Craig McLaughlin of Fox Island

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Letter to the Editor | An opportunity to serve

Dec 04, 2024 | By: Jeni Woock

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

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Letter to the Editor | PenMet’s Madrona website postings

Dec 04, 2024 | By: Craig McLaughlin

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

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Letter to the editor | Impact of Madrona lease termination

Nov 25, 2024 | By: Craig McLaughlin

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

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

Nov 25, 2024 | By: Lita Dawn Stanton

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

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