Under the Dome

Editorials

Editorial Board

George Le Masurier, Publisher

Jerre Redecker, Senior Editor

John Dodge, Columnist

Mary Gentry, Community Representative

Doug Mah, Community Representative

Olympian Blogs

Around South Sound Blog photo

Around South Sound Blog

11 Things to Do this Weekend, May 17-19 05/17

This Just In photo

This Just In

Olympia police arrest suspect in downtown stabbing 05/22

The Politics Blog photo

The Politics Blog

Gov. Inslee signs bill giving adoptees more access to birth records 05/22

South Sound Sports Blog photo

South Sound Sports Blog

State golf: Olympia's Brendan McCauley aces No. 13 hole at Camas Meadows, places fifth; other state golf highlights 05/22

The Business Blog photo

The Business Blog

Owners’ health issues mean dessert shop will close 05/20

more blogs & columns

Local Photo Galleries

Yearly Port Peregrine falcon banding project adds four new chicks

Have Your Say:

Submit a letter to the editor | Read letters to the editor

To our readers: We welcome comments. Please keep them civil, short and to the point. ALL CAPS, spam, obscene, profane, abusive and off topic comments will be deleted. Repeat offenders will be blocked. Thanks for taking part - and abiding by these simple rules. Please keep all comments in context with the articles presented.

  • Move ahead with alcohol restrictions

    Olympia City Council should reject the last minute and ill-conceived request from beer and wine distributors and proceed with banning high-potency alcohol drinks in the downtown core. Eliminating public inebriation and its after-effects are central to the city’s short- and long-term downtown revitalization plans.

  • Good, long-term prospects for port and community

    Thurston County taxpayers got good news from the Port of Olympia last week that it signed a new lease with Weyerhaeuser for its log export business. That means revenues in excess of $260,000 per year for up to the next 20 years, which will help continue the recent trend of financial success at the public port.

  • Filings for office both disappointing and interesting

    It’s more than a little disappointing that 65 percent of this fall’s contests for public office have already been decided. Democracy works best when challengers press incumbents to defend their records and stir debate over issues that will directly affect voters’ quality of life, homes, schools and neighborhoods.

  • Seizure of media records shows a trust betrayed

    The American press takes its watchdog role on all levels of government seriously, as should every citizen who values the right to free speech. Implicit in that process is the protection of reporters’ sources and the identities of whistle-blowing citizens.

  • 40 years of helping communities’ older population

    YAY: HELPING SENIORS

  • Photos Even in the digital age, libraries relevant to community

    Social doomsayers predicted the demise of public libraries to correspond with the rise of the Internet and electronic books. But a funny thing happened, because it didn’t happen. According to data collected by the Pew Research Center, a nationwide focus on early childhood education is breathing new life into libraries.

  • Scandal turns up the heat

    W

  • Photos Climate-change solutions must happen

    The state Senate stripped Gov. Jay Inslee’s Climate Action bill of any reference linking climate change to greenhouse gas emissions, but new data released this week from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography show once again how people are influencing the Earth’s atmosphere.

  • IRS scandal offers conservatives a lesson in profiling

    Over the weekend, a lot of Republican politicians learned to hate profiling. This is a positive development.

  • Photos State’s computer problems need to be fixed – and soon

    Is it coincidence or providence that former state Auditor Brian Sonntag warned incoming Gov. Jay Inslee about outdated technology shortly before the state Administrative Office of the Courts discovered that computer hackers had accessed up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver’s license numbers?

McClatchy Opinion »

Letter to the Editor

Special Instructions:

We ask that you keep letters to 250 words – and only one per month. Please do not send your letter as an attached file to an e-mail. Instead type or copy the text into the space provided below.

All responses are subject to editing and must include name, city and phone number for verification.

Please note that all content will be lost in the event that you submit a letter with out filling in all of the fields.

Letters to the editor, opinion and editorial columns, and articles submitted to The Olympian may be published or distributed in print, electronic or other forms.

Questions? Call the newsroom at 360-754-5420.



















The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires us to ask you the following question about your age.  If you have any questions about COPPA, please see our Terms of Service.

Your Age:
Under 13
13-17
18-34
35-49
50-64
65+

 

Under the Dome