Opinion

Letter to the Editor | PenLight board members are hard-working and dedicated

Apr 03, 2026 | By: Jill Guernsey

As members of PenLight and the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula communities, we have high expectations of the service provided. When the power goes out, we want it back on immediately, if not sooner. We expect that our rates won’t skyrocket, and we expect that PenLight will be fiscally responsible. Beyond that, most of us

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Letter to the Editor | Why Paul Alvestad must remain on the PenLight board

Mar 31, 2026 | By: Joyce McCamman

For 26 years, Paul Alvestad has been one of the few directors consistently fighting for the rights of PenLight’s member‑owners. He has the experience, the backbone, and the historical knowledge that this cooperative cannot afford to lose. Paul has been the board’s strongest voice for transparency, accountability, and member oversight — especially on major projects

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Letter to the Editor | PenLight in need of transparency

Mar 31, 2026 | By: Doyle Hughes

Peninsula Light BoD (Board of Directors) elections: It’s time to change out the board members and the CEO (No Kings!), due to lack of transparency to its member owners! My vote is for Paul Alvestad! To reinstate his removal for an apparent “whistleblower” attempt to represent the member owners, against the current “cabal-like” board, for

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Letter to the Editor | Former Gig Harbor mayor says PenLight needs to change

Mar 31, 2026 | By: Kit Kuhn

Every person that has a Penlight bill is an owner of the company. That is right, it is owned by everyone that has a power bill. You paid a share at the beginning to be an owner. Yet CEO Jafar Taghavi runs Penlight like a dictator where he chooses to do whatever he wants and

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Letter to the Editor | Arrangement between PenMet, PSD unfair to some

Mar 17, 2026 | By: Michael Perrow

Letter to the Editor | No motor vehicles on Cushman Trail

Mar 03, 2026 | By: Shawn McWaide

Letter to the editor by Shawn McWaide of Gig Harbor.

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Letter to the Editor | Remember Zoya Shablykina for her life, not how she died

Mar 03, 2026 | By: Rob Knowles

Zoya Shablykina’s family issued a statement on the tragedy on the Key Peninsula and the failure of the mental health system.

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Letter to the Editor | The games the state and county play with their budgets

Mar 02, 2026 | By: Craig McLaughlin

Letter to the Editor | County should spend on deputies, not IT

Mar 01, 2026 | By: Richard Folden

Letter to the editor by Richard Folden of Gig Harbor.

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Letter to the Editor | PenMet, the CRC and fiscal responsibility

Feb 18, 2026 | By: Craig McLaughlin

Letter to the editor by Craig McLaughlin of Fox Island.

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