It stinks that Denny Hamilton's seasoned campaign adviser, Linda Thompson, routinely accuses others of bullying when in fact she smells like a bully to me.
     The smeller is often the feller. A feller emanating the foul scent of a bully is easy to spot in any crowd. Simply listen to whoever is toting their horn and pointing their fingers at you. That's the stinker!
     Let it rip Linda. You may be smelling up Hamilton campaign central with the stench of a very negative campaign of fear.
     We taught our children that “you're no better than the people you hang with and to choose your friends wisely.”
      Similarly, government is no better than the people you elect and you should  choose your elected officials wisely.
      Birds of a feather do flock together. The last thing we need in Mason County government are politicians tainted by the scent of a bully and swayed by a inner circle of bad advise.
      It really stinks that the Public Disclosure Commission isn't regulating how the Hamiltons pay themselves with campaign donations to attend campaign rallys and to door bell for your vote. Denny Hamilton pays his wife to manage their campaign funds the very same way Lynda Ring Erickson pays her husband to go pound yard signs.  
      Don't be bullied into electing someone who might manage your tax dollars like they spend your campaign dollars. Elect candidates with no strings attached and with no strings to pull.
      Choose candidates who won't smell up county and state government with questionable spending and expensive lawsuits.
     Elect Randy Neatherlin to the Mason County Commission.
     Elect Drew MacEwen to the State Legislature.
     They both smell good to me.
     
                                                               Bob Harris, Belfair, Washington

I enjoy reading your on line news, and do so daily.  Patricia Vandehey has been looking for information about where the dump site will be for the materials dredged up from Shelton creek.  In the process she was provided information that was prepared by Gordon Adams.  She had no idea as to his qualifications, and possible the county/city didn't either.  I can tell you that Gordon was my brother in law for over 50 years, and had a masters in Geology from the University of Texas.  He spent a long career with Mobil Oil looking for oil all over the world, to include a 8 year stretch where he supervised the production on a tower in the North sea, while living in London. 
 
He was a Shelton boy, and when he and his wife retired to Mason county, he volunteered his expertise as a geology consultant, free gratis for Mason county and Shelton.  He made himself available for any project that required a geologists opinion.  This resulted in his being named the "Citizen of the year" for Mason County.  He passed away sometime back, and is greatly missed.
 
Don Stacy, Allyn, WA

For those of you receiving last minute negative advertisements from the Democrats running in the 35th district or their surrogates, please do some research on who is attempting to come to the rescue of their candidates.  You have to do a little digging on the Washington Public Disclosure Commission web site (http://www.pdc.wa.gov) since funds, are nested in funds, to avoid having to disclose the actual money sources on the mailing.
 
Tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars are coming from public employee unions, the tribes, and other special interests into these funds, which in turn flow to other funds which eventually are used against local candidates.  This money is being used to twist and completely fabricate the positions of the two outstanding candidates in the 35th District, Dan Griffey and Drew MacEwen.
 
If you want representation beholden to public unions, the tribes, and other special interests, then your choice is clear.  If you want independent representatives, who will be willing to represent ALL people of the district and work to improve the conditions of ALL people of the State, then your choice is also clear - Dan and Drew for the 35th.
 
Bob Rogers, Shelton, WA