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The development agreement (DA) between Port Ludlow Associates, (PLA), and Jefferson County expires on May 8.
On Thursday, Feb. 6, the Port Ludlow Village Council hosted a town hall meeting …
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By Ned Luce
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2/19/25
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What’s that handsome guy on TV doing? Walking on water …on the surface of San Francisco Bay???
Then he nonchalantly walks over the Oakland hills.
Welcome to the …
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By Bill Mann
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2/19/25
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Last week, the City of Port Townsend rolled out new guidelines for releasing information to the media.
The thousand-plus-word document, signed by Director of Communications & Marketing, …
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By Lloyd Mullen
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2/19/25
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I am embarrassed on our collective behalf at the recent math and reading proficiency test scores of students in Washington State, including Jefferson County. Our children deserve better.
The …
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By Marcia Kelbon
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2/19/25
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The Leader deserves recognition for the fine work it has been doing recently. As many smaller newspapers fail or are absorbed by large media companies, the success of those that carry on …
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2/19/25
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Thank you, Mullens, for bringing Meredith Jordan and for supporting the newspaper’s quest to bring real news to our community! Thank you to Leader staff and reporters! What a …
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2/19/25
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Thank you Meredith Jordan for your opinion piece on John Mauro’s salary. The total compensation package is obscene for a town this size, not to mention having a deficit budget, a …
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2/19/25
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The already high salaries of the people running this slowly eroding town do not need to be made even higher with raises.
In fact, a reduction in some salaries should be considered, …
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2/19/25
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I want to add some perspective to the discussion of the salaries of public officials. Several years ago I worked with a consultant whose business was managing capital campaigns for …
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2/19/25
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The nosy, curious reporters wanted to know the city manager’s new salary. The city obfuscated then delayed, but intrepid reporters figured out his reported salary. Editor Meredith …
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2/19/25
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Show some respect. The so-called artwork of Mauro and Faber in the Feb. 12 issue represented a new level of unprofessionalism by The Leader. Truly shallow. This comes after a months-long …
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2/19/25
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A recent letter to the editor the author spouted vicious stereotypes and lies about undocumented immigrants.
These myths, because they are repeated so often in the MAGA world that …
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2/19/25
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Thanks to The Leader for its dogged reporting about the excessive salary of the city manager, who apparently didn’t want the information released while he vied for even more money. …
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2/19/25
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I was surprised to learn the city is planning a paid parking system downtown. Did I miss a notice in the water bill or something? Was there any outreach to downtown businesspeople and others while …
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By Barney Burke
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2/19/25
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I have been living in Jefferson County for over 40 years and it seems like the city council never does much about the surrounding city streets, which have been in very bad straits for …
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2/19/25
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The proposed salary increase for the city manager, seems a bit excessive, considering the controversy he has stirred. Besides a COLA and a generous increase and a negotiated severance …
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2/19/25
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Nothing says “not welcome” more than parking fees/fines, two things the City Council/the City of Port Townsend are planning to implement.
Our beautiful Victorian seaport …
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2/19/25
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I find The Leader’s story on the background and history of the PDA 1.0 irresponsible and misleading. Much of the story was taken from a previous Leader story in 2020 that included baseless …
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By Dave Robison
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2/19/25
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There’s nothing unusual about a string of bizarre statements pouring out of the mouth of Donald J. Trump. But even those accustomed to his ramblings, lies and mythological constructs were not …
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By Jason Victor Serinus
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2/12/25
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When I was a babe in the woods of the news business, there were a couple of unspoken rules. One was that we didn’t swing back if someone hit us with smack-talk, including public officials. …
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By Meredith Jordan
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2/12/25
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