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Aberdeen
The Daily World
315 S. Michigan
Aberdeen, WA 98520
Email: letters@thedailyworld.com
Fax: 360-533-1328
Mount Vernon
Anacortes American
P.O. Box 578
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Email: www.goskagit.com
Fax: 360-428-0400
Auburn
Auburn Reporter
3702 West Valley Hwy, Suite 110
Auburn, WA 98002
Email: mklaas@reporternewspapers.com
Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island Review
P.O. Box 10817
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Email: editor@bainbridgereview.com
Ballard
Ballard News-Tribune
2208 NW Market Street #202
Ballard, WA 98107
Email: bnteditor@robinsonnews.com
Fax: 206-789-2455
Battle Ground
Reflector
20 NW 20th Avenue
Battle Ground, WA 98604
Email: staff@thereflector.com
Fax: 360-687-5162
Bellevue
Bellevue Reporter
919 124th Avenue NE, Suite 104
Bellevue, WA 98005
Email: cgroshart@reporternewspapers.com
Bellingham
Bellingham Herald
1155 N State Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
Email: julie.shirley@bellinghamherald.com
Bellingham
Whatcom Watch
P.O. Box 1441
Bellingham, WA
Email: editor@whatcomwatch.org
Blaine
Northern Light
225 Marie Drive, Suite #200
Blaine, WA 98230
Email: editor@thenorthernlight.com
Fax: 360-332-2777
Enumclaw
Bonney Lake & Lake Tapps Courier Herald
P.O. Box 157/1627 Cole Street
Enumclaw, WA 98022
Email: khanson@courierherald.com
Bothell
Bothell Reporter
18322 Bothell Way NE
Bothell, WA 98011
Email: anystrom@reporternewspapers.com
Bremerton
Bremerton Patriot
520 Burwell Street
Bremerton, WA 98337
Email: editor@bremertonpatriot.com
Camas
Camas-Washougal Post Record
425 NE 4th Avenue/P.O. Box 1013
Camas, WA 98607
Email: http://www.camaspostrecord.com/cprlettertotheeditor.cfm
Fax: 360-834-3423
Centralia
Centralia Chronicle
321 N. Pearl
Centralia, WA
Email: mwagar@chronline.com
Fax: 360-736-4796
Cheney
Cheney Free Press
1616 W First Street
Cheney, WA 99004
Email: cfp@cheneyfreepress.com
Fax: 509-235-2887
Colville
Colville Statesman Examiner
220 South Main Street/P.O. Box 271
Colville, WA 99114
Email: publisher@statesmanexaminer.com
Fax: 509-684-3849
Maple Valley
Covington Reporter
22035 SE Wax Road, Suite 20
Maple Valley, WA 98038
Email: http://www.pnwlocalnews.com
Burien
Highline Times & the Des Moines News
14006 1st Avenue South
Burien, WA 98168
Email: hteditor@robinsonnews.com
Fax: 206-388-1851
Eatonville
Dispatch
P.O. Box 248
Eatonville, WA 98328
Email: http://dispatchnews.1upmonitor.com
Fax: 360-832-4972
Lynnwood
Enterprise
4303 198th Street SW
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Email: abacharach@heraldnet.com
Fax: 425-774-8622
Enumclaw
Enumclaw Courier Herald
P.O. Box 157/1627 Cole Street
Enumclaw, WA 98022
Email: khanson@courierherald.com
Everett
Everett Herald
P.O. Box 930
Everett, WA 98206
Email: letters@heraldnet.com
Fax: 425-339-3458
Federal Way
Federal Way Mirror
1414 S 324th Street, Suite B210
Federal Way, WA 98003
Email: editor@fedwaymirror.com
Burien
Federal Way News
14006 1st Avenue South
Burien, WA 98168
Email: kr@robinsonnews.com
Fax: 206-388-1851
Ferndale
Ferndale Record-Journal
2004 Main Street/P.O. Box 38
Ferndale, WA 98248
Email: news@ferndalerecordjournal.com
Fax: 360-384-1417
Friday Harbor
San Juan Journal
P.O. Box 519
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Email: rwalker@sanjuanjournal.com
Forks
Forks Forum
P.O. Box 300
Forks, WA 98331
Email: editor@forksforum.com
Fax: 360-374-5739
Gig Harbor
Peninsula Gateway
355 Erickson Street
Gig Harbor, WA 98335
Email: gatewayeditor@gateline.com
Fax: 253-851-3939
Grand Coulee
Star
3 Midway Avenue NE
Grand Coulee, WA 99133
Email: http://www.zwire.com
Royal City
South County Sun
P.O. Box 267
Royal City, WA 99357
Email: info@southcountysun.com
Fax: 509-346-1469
Montesano
Vidette
109 W Marcy/P.O. Box 671
Montesano, WA 98563
Email: editor@thevidette.com
Fax: 360-249-5636
Issaquah
Issaquah Press
P.O. Box 1328
Issaquah, WA 98027
Email: editor@isspress.com
Fax: 425-391-1541
Bothell
Kenmore Reporter
18322 Bothell Way NE
Bothell, WA 98011
Email: anystrom@reporternewspapers.com
Kent
Kent Reporter
19426 68th Avenue S, Suite A
Kent, WA 98032
Email: lpierce@reporternewspapers.com
Kirkland
Kirkland Courier
720 Market Street #A
Kirkland, WA 98033
Email: jlindstrom@reporternewspapers.com
Silverdale
Central Kitsap Reporter
9989 Silverdale Way NW, Suite 109
Silverdale, WA 98383
Email: editor@centralkitsapreporter.com
Bremerton
Kitsap Sun
P.O. Box 259
Bremerton, WA 98337
Email: http://www.kitsapsun.com/forms/letters/
Fax: 360-415-2681
Poulsbo
North Kitsap Herald
Box 278/18887 Hwy 305, Suite 700
Poulsbo, WA 98370
Email: editor@northkitsapherald.com
Ellensburg
Daily Record
401 N Main Street
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Email: letters@kvnews.com
Fax: 509-925-5696
Cle Elum
Northern Kittitas County Tribune
P.O. Box 308
Cle Elum, WA 98922
Email: lyn@nkctribune.com
Fax: 509-674-5571
Chelan
Lake Chelan Mirror
315 S. Woodin Avenue
Chelan, WA 98816
Email: from website: www.lakechelanmirror.com
Fax: 509-682-4209
Lake Stevens
Lake Stevens Jounal
P.O. Box 896
Lake Stevens, WA 98258
Email: from website: www.lakestevensjournal.com
Fax: 425-334-9239
Lewis County/Willapa Harbor
Lewis County News/ Willapa Harbor herald
Email: theherald@flannerypubs.com
Fax: 360-942-3487
Leavenworth
Leavenworth Echo
Po Box 39
Leavenworth, WA 98826
Email: echo@leavenworthecho.com
Fax: 509-548-4789
Liberty Lake
Liberty Lake Splash
1421N Meadowwood Lane Ste 160
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
Email: editor@libertylakesplash.com
Fax: 509-927-2190
Long Beach
Chinook Observer (Long Beach)
PO Box 427
Long Beach, WA 98631
Email: from website:www.chinookobserver.inf
Fax: 360-644-28105
Longview
Daily News
Fax: 360-575-6205
Lopez
Islands Weekly
PO Box 39
Lopez, WA 98261
Email: from website:www.islandsweekly.net
Lynden
Lynden Tribune
PO Box 153
Lynden, WA 98264
Email: from website: www.lyndentribune.com
Fax: 360-354-4445
Everett
Enterprise (Lynnwood/Mountlake Terrace)
PO Box 930
Everett, WA 98206
Email: webfeedback@heraldnet.com
Fax: 425-339-3435
Maple Valley
Maple Valley Reporter
22035 SE Wax Rd Ste 20
Maply Valley, WA 98038
Email: from web: www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/cmv-mv
Mercer Island
Mercer Island Reporter
PO Box 38
Mercer Island, WA 98040
Email: mgrandy@mi-reporter.com
Fax: 206-232-1215
Lynnwood
Enterprise (Millcreek)
4303 198th St Sw
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Email: abacharch@heraldnet.com
Fax: 425-774-8622
Monroe
Monroe Monitor & Balley News
PO Box 399
Monroe, WA 98272
Email: comp@monroemonitor.com
Fax: 360-794-6202
Moses Lake
Columbia Basin Herald (Moses Lake)
PO Box 910
Moses Lake, WA 98837
Email: hbeagley@columbiabasinherald.com
Mukilteo
Mukiteo Beacon
806 5th ST
Mukilteo, WA 98274
Email: from web: portorchard.lifenotnews.com
Issaquah
New Castle News
PO Box 1328
Issaquah, WA 98027
Email: editor@isspress.com
Oak Harbor
Whidbey Island News-Times (Oak Harbor)
Box 10 800 SE Barrington DR O
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Email: From web: www.whidbeynewstimes.com
Tacoma/Olympia
Buseness Examiner
PO Box 1575
Tacoma, WA 98401
Email: jrounce@businessExaminer.com
Fax: 253-404-0892
Olympia
Olympian
111 Bethel Street NE
Olympia, WA 98506
Email: news@theolypmian.com
Fax: 360-357-0202
Omak
Omak Chronicle
PO Box 553
Omak, WA 98841
Email: from web: www.omakchronicle.com
Fax: 509-826-5819
Eastsound
Island's Sounder (Eastsound, Orcas Island)
Box 758
Eastsound, WA 98245
Email: from web: www.islandssounder.com
Othello
Othello Outlook
Email: editor@othellooutlook.com
Fax: 509-488-3345
Tri-Cities
Tri-City Herald (Pasco)
PO Box 2608
Tri-City, WA 99302
Email: form web: www.tri-cityherald.com
Fax: 509-582-1510
Newport
Miner Online (Pend Orielle County)
PO Box 349
Newport, WA 99156
Email: theminer@povn.com
Fax: 509-447-9222
Port Angeles
Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles)
PO Box 1330
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Email: letters@peninsuladailynew.com
Fax: 360-417-3521
Port Townsend
Jefferson County Leader (Port Townsend)
226 Adams St
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Email: swilson@ptleader.com
Fax: 360-358-3422
Port Orchard
Port Orchard Independent
Box 27 2950 SE Mile Hill DR
Port Orchard, WA 98366
Email: From web: www.portorchardindependent.com
Prosser
Record-Bulletin (Prosser)
PO Box 750
Prosser, WA 99350
Email: editorial@recordbulletin.com
Fax: 509-786-1779
Redmond
Redmond Reporter
18080 NE 68th St A 150
Redmond, WA
Email: from Web: www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/red/
Kent
Renton Reporter
PO Box 130
Kent, WA 98035
Email: pat.jenkins@reporternewspapers
Fax: 253-437-6026
Issaquah
Sammamish Review
P. O. Box 1328
Issaquah, WA 98027
Email: samrev@isspress.com
Friday Harbor
San Juan Journal
P.O. Box 519
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Seattle
Beacon Hill News & South District Journal (Seattle)
4000 Aurora Ave. N., Ste. 100
Seattle, WA 98103
Seattle
Capital Hill Times (Seattle)
4000 Aurora Ave. N., Ste. 100
Seattle, WA 98103
Email: editor@capitalhilltimes.com
Seattle
Crosscut Seattle
1411 4th Ave
Seattle, WA 98101
Email: chuck.taylor@crosscut.com
Seattle
The Daily (University of Washington)
022 Odegaard
Seattle, WA 98195
Email: editor@thedaily.washington.edu
Seattle
Daily Journal of Commerce (Seattle)
83 Commerce Street
Seattle, WA 98104
Email: maudes@djc.com
Fax: 206-622-8416
Seattle
Madison Park Times
4000 Aurora Ave. N., Ste. 100
Seattle, WA 98103
Email: mptimes@nwlink.com
Seattle
Magnolia News (Seattle)
4000 Aurora Ave. N., Ste. 100
Seattle, WA 98103
Email: qamagnews@nwlink.com
Seattle
North Seattle Herald Outlook
4000 Aurora Ave. N., Ste. 100
Seattle, WA 98103
Email: needitor@nwlink.com
Seattle
Northwest Source (Seattle)
P.O. Box 70
Seatte, WA 98111
Seattle
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
801 Second Ave., Suite 210
Seattle, WA 98104
Fax: 206-447-8510
Seattle
Queen Anne News (Seattle)
4000 Aurora Ave. N., Ste. 100
Seattle, WA 98103
Email: qamagnews@nwlink.com
Seattle
Seattle Chinese's Post & Asian Weekly
412 Maynard Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98104
Email: e.lee@nwasianweekly.com
Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
P.O. Box 1909
Seattle, WA 98111
Email: editpage@seattlepi.com
Fax: 206-448-8184
Mill Creek
Seattle Press (North Seattle)
16212 Bothell Everett Highway, Suite F-PMB 345
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Seattle
Seattle Times
P.O. Box 70
Seattle, WA 98111
Email: opinion@seattletimes.com
Fax: 206-382-6760
Seattle
Seattle Weekly Online
1008 Western Ave., Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98104
Email: letters@seattleweekly.com
Fax: 206-467-4377
Seattle
West Seattle Herald
2604 California Ave. S.W.
Seattle, WA 98116
Email: wseditor@robinsonnews.com
Fax: 206-937-1223
Sequim
Sequim Gazette
P.O. Box 1750
Sequim, WA 98382
Email: editor@sequimgazette.com
Fax: 360-683-6670
Everett
Enterprise (Shoreline/Lake Forest Park)
P.O. Box 930
Everett, WA 98206
Email: letters@heraldnet.com
Fax: 425-339-3458
Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie Valley Record
P.O. Box 300
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
Email: seth.truscott@valleyrecord.com
Spokane
Spokesman Review
999 West Riverside Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Email: editor@spokesman.com
Stanwood
Stanwood (Camano Island)
9005 271st Street NW
Stanwood, WA 98292
Email: pinkham@scnews.com
Fax: 360-629-4211
Sunnyside
Daily Sun News (Sunnyside)
600 S. 6th Street
Sunnyside, WA 98944
Fax: 509-837-6397
Tacoma
Tacoma News Tribune
P.O. Box 11000
Tacoma, WA 98411
Email: letters@thenewstribune.com
Fax: 253-597-8451
Tonasket
Okanogan Times
P.O. Box 921
Tonasket, WA 98855
Twisp
Methow Valley News (Twisp)
P.O. Box 97
Twisp, WA 98856
Email: editor@methowvalleynews.com
Fax: 509-997-3277
Vancouver
Columbian (Vancouver)
P.O. Box 180
Vancouver, WA 98660
Email: metrodesk@columbian.com
Fax: 360-735-4598
Vancouver
Vancouver Business Journal
1251 Officers Row
Vancouver, WA 98661
Email: mpatrick@vbjusa.com
Vashon Island
Vashon-Maury Island
17502 Vashon Hwy SW
Vashon Island, WA 98070
Email: editor@vashonbeachcomber.com
Ferndale
Ferndale Record Journal
P.O. Box 38
Ferndale, WA 98248
Email: news@ferndalerecordjournal.com
Fax: 360-384-1417
Walla Walla
Walla Walla Union
P.O. Box 1358
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Email: letters@ubnet.com
Wenatchee
Wenatchee World
P.O. Box 1511
Wenatchee, WA 98807
Email: warner@wenworld.com
Fax: 509-662-5413
Coupville
Whidbey Examiner
P.O. Box 445
Coupville, WA 98239
Fax: 360-678-6073
Langley
South Whidbey Record
P.O. Box 387
Langley, WA 98260
Email: editor@southwhidbeyrecord.com
Willapa Harbor
Willapa Harbor Herald
Email: theherald@flannerypubs.com
Fax: 360-942-3487
Woodinville
Woodinville Weekly
P.O. Box 587
Woodinville, WA 98072
Email: editor@woodinville.com
Fax: 425-486-7593
Yakima
Yakima Herald
P.O. Box 9668
Yakima, WA 98909
Email: opinion@yakimaherald.com
Fax: 509-577-7767
Yelm
Nisqually Valley News (Yelm)
118 Prairie Park Street
Yelm, WA 98597
Email: yelmnews@yelmonline.com
Fax: 360-458-5741
“Dirty politics of highest order”
October 31st, 2008Another newspaper has denounced the Gregoire team’s efforts to create a legal scandal in the final days of a neck-and-neck race for Governor. The Chronicle (Centralia/Chehalis) points out that the “connection between this case and Gregoire is direct and says: “Voters should be repulsed that the Gregoire campaign allows such activity.”
Click here to read the entire editorial.
BREAKING: Times calls deposition “a farce”
October 30th, 2008The Editorial Board of the state’s largest newspaper this morning denounced the legal stunts of pro-Gregoire, activist attorneys aimed at wasting Dino Rossi’s time during the final days of the campaign. From the editorial: “THE deposition of Dino Rossi was a farce. For four hours in Seattle Tuesday, two pro-Democratic lawyers took turns jabbing the Republican candidate for governor with questions mostly irrelevant to the legal matter for which he was required to be there.” Read the rest here.
Future leaders of Washington want Rossi
October 27th, 2008WSU’s student newspaper endorses Dino Rossi with this headline: It’s the economy, stupid: Vote for Dino Rossi.
The college writers argue that “Dino Rossi, coming from a business background, is better equipped to face our economic troubles. If he runs Washington state like a business, perhaps we can crawl out of this hole – to the benefit of all Washingtonians.”
Read the entire endorsement here.
Yesterday, Christine Gregoire made the statement that hard hitting ads accusing her of losing track of 1,300 sex offenders have marked the “worst day of her political career.”
Really? Does Gregoire really mean that?
For most people, the worst day of their political career might be realizing that three law enforcement officers had been killed by offenders they neglected to track. According to Gregoire’s prisons chief, “mistakes were made.”
Or maybe this day, last year, which marked another tragic loss of life resulting from the Gregoire administration’s inability to keep track of violent criminals.
What about this day, in 1995, when it was revealed that Gregoire’s office improperly withheld documents about boys abused at the O.K. Boys Ranch group home in Olympia. The scandal resulted in lawsuits and legislative hearings in which Gregoire was held accountable – and the state was ultimately fined a record of $417,500 concealing these documents.
Also at the top of the “worst day” list – one would think – was this day, when Gregoire finally settled the case of Linda David, acknowledging that her office made shocking mistakes — mistakes that included waiting 18 months to transfer to prosecutors the abuse file of Ms. David, who was battered for years by her husband who had her locked up on a sailboat — while the state was paying him to care for her.
Does Gregoire want to re-think her comment?
Gregoire’s history of broken promises
October 20th, 2008As sparks fly back and forth over the budget deficit, now might be a great time to read this story from early 2005 where the Seattle Times compares what Gregoire did after being elected with the promises she made during the campaign. She says now, just like she did during the 2004 campaign, “Now is not the time to talk about raising taxes.” But Gregoire broke her promise immediately after getting elected last time. How can voters trust her word this time around?
As Election Day nears, newspapers’ editorial pages are filled with letters to the editor for and against various candidates — some letters more creative than others, of course. This one, from Lyn Allen in Spokane, ran recently in the Spokesman-Review, and deserves a read for its thoughtfulness.
It starts:
“My husband and I are retired with limited monthly income. We are watching the stock market plummet along with Wall Street and mortgage bailouts. Our investments, which we need to supplement our income, have gone down the toilet.
We can’t afford more taxes. Now that the election is near . . . continue reading here.
Click here if you’d like more information on submitting your own letter to the editor!
Gregoire’s Lies about the Economy Exposed
October 13th, 2008Today the Editor of a non-political website about the Seattle area housing market (Seattle Bubble) issued a scathing commentary on the egregious claims being made by Christine Gregoire about her role in creating the massive budget deficit projected for our state. This well-documented report demonstrates that Gregoire ignored repeated warnings about state spending from Washington’s Chief Economist ChangMook Sohn, and continued to increase spending by $8 billion.
Gregoire, the report states, now faces the consequences of her failed economic policies, despite her best efforts to blame George Bush. In November, 2005, Sohn indicated that the housing market was peaking. He cautioned Gregoire again in June, 2006. In November, 2006, Sohn and others called for budget restraint. And in September, 2007 he cautioned budget leaders to be fiscally responsible. Gregoire ignored the advice of Sohn and other economic experts and continued to spend wildly beyond our state treasury’s means. Now that she faces the consequences of her spending spree, she’ll apparently say almost anything to avoid taking responsibility. Is this the kind of leadership Washington deserves?
Gregoire’s “system” fails — again
October 10th, 2008A high-ranking member of the Gregoire administration admitted that the state is failing to track dangerous criminals.
In a P-I story about a repeat violent offender under state supervision who murdered a woman in Seattle last New Year’s Eve, Department of Corrections official Cheryl Strange said, “What we do know is it is possible many times for offenders to be totally off our radar.”
This is just the last in a long line of stories about criminals under state supervision who have killed innocent people. Gregoire’s answer: more studies and task forces.
L & I directed to give benefits to illegals
October 8th, 2008In the Seattle P-I this week, a vocational rehab counselor for the state Department of Labor & Industries got an opportunity to tell his story about the state providing benefits to illegal workers. Mr. Harvey — who has worked for the state for 18 years — claims that Labor & Industries management and supervisors have intentionally thwarted efforts to develop a clear policy, stating:
“It is so important to L & I to not have an official policy on that issue that when management and supervisors met in 2007 to discuss it, they were told to not even record the discussion in meeting minutes.”
Comments responding to the article confirm the author’s statements that L & I staff has been directed “from the highest levels of the agency” to violate federal laws regarding job placement for illegal workers:
“A responsible state agency complies with the law, takes responsibility for its work and lets the sun shine on its actions. On the issue of job placement to illegal immigrants, L & I has not acted as a responsible state agency.”
The Department of Labor & Industries has enough problems as it is. See this, this, this, and this. Why would Christine Gregoire direct L & I managers to intentionally create more?
Gov. finally admits budget problem…kind of
October 7th, 2008After the beating she has taken in the press and on the campaign trail for her steadfast denial of the state’s projected $3.2 billion budget shortfall (the 6-year outlook reveals a staggering $6.3 billion in the red), Christine Gregoire has finally started tackling the state’s budget crisis. Oddly, while announcing her new cost-cutting measures, Gregoire still sidesteps acknowledging with certainty that the state is facing a looming $3.2 billion deficit—rather only admitting, “we will likely face a deficit in the next two years.”
In response to this “likely” deficit, Gregoire has announced a 1 percent, across-the-board spending cut for state agencies. The 1 percent cut is expected to save $45.6 million. Added to her previous measures of saving $90 million via a hiring freeze and 5 percent reduction in state travel and gas consumption, along with the projected couple of million for moving some state workers to a 4-day work week, the state will still be significantly in the hole.
Of course, the 1 percent cut comes on the heels of Gregoire negotiating with her labor union supporters to give state workers a 2 percent pay raise. No cuts there.)
Responding to Gregoire’s new cuts, ranking minority member of the Senate Ways and Means Committee Joe Zarelli asked, “…where are the sizable spending decreases that are going to make the difference?”
Excellent question.