Oak Harbor Finance Director David Goldman presented city council members with an overview of ideas on how to spend $6.5 million from the Federal Gov’t during a workshop meeting on June 30. Although there were many ideas forwarded, there are limited categories for which the funds can be used. These...
Sen. Ron Muzzall (R-Oak Harbor) sent an update on the upcoming long-term care tax from his legislative email account.
Rep. Dave Paul’s campaign email account (dave@votedavepaul.com) sent the following email on Tue., Jun. 29, 2021: Dear friends, The stakes for next year could not be more clear. While I spent the last legislative session focused on building an equitable economic recovery that helps ensure all members of our community...
Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) sent the following email from his campaign account.
Last spring, in a 4-1 vote, Langley City Councilmembers voted in a ban on fireworks within city limits. Councilmember Thomas Gill was the only nay vote to the ban. During last Monday’s meeting, Craig Cyr asked staff to send a notice to property owners about the change. Police Chief Donald...
Scott Chaplin has been appointed over Councilmember Thomas Gill by the Langley City Council to serve out the remainder of the term of Mayor Tim Callison who is resigning. Councilmembers grilled the two candidates on a number of issues including management style, financial concerns, traffic safety, climate change preparation and...
The Voter Interests Project is looking for volunteers to help maintain our website. Specifically, we are looking for a Events editor to update our calendar of Public Meetings. Experience with WordPress is not required, but is helpful. This unpaid volunteer position will require approximately 1-2 hours per week visiting the...
Whidbey Island will soon receive millions of dollars of American Rescue Plan funding. Oak Harbor was allotted $6,578,122. Coupeville was allotted $550,480 and Langley was allotted $318,229. Island County will get $16,500,000. Half the money will be received in 2021 and the other half in 2022. The respective city councils...
