Opinion

Letter to the editor by Victor Barry of Gig Harbor.

While living in Gig Harbor for most of my adult life, I enjoyed working in the Gig Harbor community serving on numerous boards and worked on projects that benefited it, including numerous projects with Pensula Light Company. I’ve known CEO Jafar Taghavi since 2007 and CEO Rob Orton before him. I know firsthand that PenLight

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

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

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

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

Letter to the editor by Michael Perrow of Gig Harbor.

Letter to the editor by Shawn McWaide of Gig Harbor.