Letters

Offer religious study outside of the school day

Everett school district taxpayers spend millions of dollars every year funding school…

 

Greene has background, skills for Everett mayor’s office

I am endorsing Dr. Janice Greene for Mayor for the City of…

 

Let Trump tax cuts expire to trim deficits

The 2017 tax cuts that President Trump pushed through Congress are set…

 

Thanks for a fun, positive story about a young author

A recent front-page story was very encouraging and uplifting to read (“Edmonds 7-year-old publishes children’s book featuring ‘Drippey’ the bee,” The Herald, March 29). Being… Continue reading

Courts must push for Abrego Garcia’s return to U.S.

The role of government is not to cancel or break things but to make life better for its people. Leadership means doing the hard work… Continue reading

LifeWise program is taking time from student’s studies

As a former educator fpr the Everett Public Schools, I was alarmed to read that the Christian LifeWise program, is being held off-campus for kids… Continue reading

Edmonds PFAS treatment plans raises safety concerns

The Sunday Herald article about new technology at the Edmonds Waste Water Treatment Plant left me disappointed and infuriated (“Edmonds launches technology to destroy PFAS,”… Continue reading

Religion, schools should be kept separate

Thank you for your coverage of LifeWise Academy at Emerson Elementary (“Everett off-campus Bible program draws mixed reaction form parents,” The Herald, April 19). According… Continue reading

Why should there be concern over LifeWise Bible study?

Wow. Front page, massive headline, two days before Resurrection Sunday, and The Herald makes its stand to give negative spin to the mission of Jesus… Continue reading

Rep. Larsen should move to impeach Trump

This week, our congressional Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., did not directly respond to questions about whether he supports impeaching Trump from office. This is upsetting… Continue reading

Due process is for all of us

The Trump administration and multiple media are focusing on whether Kilmer Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang. Most of the people demanding… Continue reading

Abrego Garcia must be afforded due process

The Trump administration justifies Kilmer Abrego Garcia’s removal from the U.S. by saying he is a human trafficker, a wife beater, a member of MS-13… Continue reading

Allow all to opt back in to long-term care benefit program

Last November, Washingtonians voted to protect our long-term care program, and soon, 4 million Washingtonians will be able to tap their benefits should they need… Continue reading

Trump’s comments about Jews, Hitler intolerable

News reports tell us that when he was speaking with Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Trump said that the Nazis treated the Jews with “kindness”… Continue reading

Message, support in Everett Hands Off protest are clear

The fabulously large crowd in Everett reflected a nationwide trend involving millions of citizens sending a message: Hands Off our democracy. Stop trying to dismantle… Continue reading

Everett City Council: Rhyne dedicated, compassionate

Recently, like many of us, I attended the Hands Off event put on by Snohomish County Indivisible at the Courthouse plaza. Demi Chatters, a former… Continue reading

Considering Trump’s bankruptcies is he right man for the job?

Since Donald Trump declared bankruptcy six times in his real estate business, I am not sure he is the correct person to liberate our economy.… Continue reading

If trade deficit with China is a problem it’s fault of U.S.

President Trump is of the view that China and other a Asian countries dump all their exports on U.S. shores for the population to grab… Continue reading

Trump logging policy isn’t solution to wildfires

Wildfire is a serious threat in our state, impacting our communities and the wild places we cherish. Yet, we must be wary of misguided responses,… Continue reading

U.S., Canada should process own natural resources

Ever since the U.S., under both Democrat and Republican party administrations, began applying tariffs on British Columbia softwood lumber imports in (I believe) the early… Continue reading