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Letters to the Editor

The Times' letters to the editor are a collection of reader opinions, representing a wide range of perspectives on current issues. Join the discussion at letters@seattletimes.com. Please include your full name, address and telephone number for verification only. Letters are limited to 200 words.

May 16, 2025 at 3:24 pm

Electric vehicles: New options are appreciated

Re: “Is answer to pricey cars a Bezos-backed pickup without power windows?” (May 14, Business): I never owned a truck, but I reserved a Slate truck because it seems like a reliable electric vehicle made by an innovative company run by competent, well-meaning people. In 2019, my wife and I bought a Tesla Model 3...

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May 12, 2025 at 2:54 pm

Digital billboards: Seattle is not Las Vegas | Letter to the editor

Re: “Seattle council considers 8-foot-tall digital billboards in downtown” (May 9, Local News): Putting up big flashing signs all over downtown Seattle is a sure...

May 12, 2025 at 2:50 pm

Digital billboards: ‘Visual pollution’ | Letter to the editor

Re: “Seattle council considers 8-foot-tall digital billboards in downtown” (May 9, Local News): The proposal before the Seattle City Council to contract for up to...

May 9, 2025 at 4:21 pm

Power grid: Don’t delay important work | Letter to the editor

Thank you for the editorial “The Northwest power grid may soon max out. We must act” (May 4, Opinion). Raising awareness of this critical need...

May 9, 2025 at 3:27 pm

Autocracy: Lessons of Chile | Letter to the editor

I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile at the start of General Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship. The justice system, the newspapers, even the universities...

May 9, 2025 at 3:24 pm

Israel and Gaza: Hamas’ culpability | Letter to the editor

Re: “Out of food and under constant attack, we Gazans are dying every day” (May 1, Opinion): Nour Khalil AbuShammala’s op-ed about the dire conditions...

May 9, 2025 at 3:16 pm

Israel and Gaza: Unending heartbreak | Letter to the editor

Re: “Israel plans to seize Gaza under a new plan, officials say” (May 4, Nation & World): My wife, Mary Anne O’Neil, and I were...

May 9, 2025 at 3:12 pm

Shipbuilding: ‘Answer the call’ | Letter to the editor

When America needed it most, the Puget Sound produced ships. During WWI, Seattle’s shipbuilding accounted for 20% of the nation’s wartime tonnage. In WWII, the...

May 9, 2025 at 3:08 pm

Crime: ‘Climate of fear’ | Letter to the editor

As a University of Washington student studying Law, Societies, and Justice, I’ve learned how media and law enforcement narratives shape public perceptions of crime, often...

May 9, 2025 at 2:31 pm

Pertussis: ‘A personal story’ | Letter to the editor

Re: “Add whooping cough to the list of preventable diseases that are back” (May 1, Opinion): I can only echo the pleas for vaccination made...

May 9, 2025 at 2:21 pm

Public art: ‘Lack of accountability’ | Letter to the editor

Re: “Scuttling of my West Seattle sculpture could have been avoided” (May 3, Opinion): As a venerable defender of Seattle’s cultural legacies and artist rights,...

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