We need to bring in business to bring down taxes. This development will give us jobs. Environmental protection will hurt the economy. Growth is good… Continue reading
Just because the state mandates something it doesn’t automatically mean that it is necessary, right, or reasonable. It is more likely to be designed to… Continue reading
Even to an insurance company, $300,000 isn’t peanuts. And the fact that Island County’s insurance group paid that much to settle an employee’s claim against… Continue reading
Visitors to Whidbey Island from the north end have a fantastic new welcome thanks to those involved with the impressive collective effort to mount an… Continue reading
The Island County Health Department is promoting a massive inspection and reporting program to solve alleged pollution of Puget Sound by failed septic systems. This… Continue reading
Voting in Island County is changing. Earlier this year, with the recommendation of myself, the Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution declaring that all… Continue reading
Island County should look to the state for more money to maintain its county roads.The Legislature has imposed two hefty gas tax hikes in recent… Continue reading
The founders of this great nation might have been amused at the craziness that presently surrounds Independence Day in the land of the free.The Fourth… Continue reading
Today I sold my ‘92 Honda Accord to a man who recently became a U.S. citizen, along with his family, legally. We rode together from… Continue reading
Farming in Island County isn’t what it once was, but that doesn’t mean it has no future. It’s good to see that farmers are getting… Continue reading
What is Oak Harbor’s destiny? In the coming weeks, candidates for mayor and city council should give some deep thought to answering this question.To many,… Continue reading
Whidbey Environmental Action Network has appealed Oak Harbor’s attempt to expand its Urban Growth Area (UGA). Amazingly, the Island County Planning Department has determined that… Continue reading
In the paper dated May 30, William Ludlow writes that “the media never shows what the men and women in the military have to say… Continue reading
Oak Harbor and Coupeville voters are fortunate to be among the first statewide to test the new August primary election date.Most jurisdictions don’t have three… Continue reading
Graduation is in the air. Conversations about this transition abound:… Continue reading
We trust that Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, the Democrat from Camano Island who chairs the powerful Senate Transportation Committee, will keep pressuring the Legislature and… Continue reading
A community is always proud when another class graduates from its high school, but for the Class of 2007 at Oak Harbor High School, we… Continue reading
This is in response to sports editor Tim Adams’ column in the May 26 Whidbey News-Times, “No good, just bad and ugly.”Mr. Adams, in your… Continue reading
On Memorial Day every year the three veterans organizations hold a memorial service both at the Maple Leaf Cemetery in Oak Harbor and Sunnyside in… Continue reading
The announcement that Oak Harbor Mayor Patty Cohen will not run for re-election gives added impetus to the need for qualified candidates for a host… Continue reading