Rep. Dave Paul’s campaign email account (dave@votedavepaul.com) sent the following email on Tue. Sep. 21, 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 and supporting efforts to keep our community safe from COVID-19,...
Island County Public Hospital District No. 1, better known as WhidbeyHealth, is proposing an increase in their levy rate from $0.078 to $0.50 per $1,000 of assessed value. The proposition will appear on the ballot in this November’s election. The district, which has struggled financially particularly since the beginning of...
As Oak Harbor’s City Council election heats up, Emily Gilbert has the story on candidate endorsements by two prominent local officials. In the first endorsements of his political career, Oak Harbor Mayor Bob Severns… endorsed Shane Hoffmire, who is challenging Councilmember Joel Servatius in the November general election. The mayor...
Oak Harbor’s mayor, Bob Severns, wrote a letter to the editor endorsing two candidates in this year’s city council elections. The mayor’s letter, supporting Shane Hoffmire over incumbent Joel Servatius for position 5 and Stephanie “Fe” Mischo over Dan Evans for the open position 4 seat, was published in the...
Of the 12 open positions on this Novembers ballot, there are still six positions that nobody signed up to run for and thus, will not appear on the ballot. Seats for North Whidbey Water, Rhodena Beach Water, Scatchet Head Sewer, and Camano Vista Water will all be absent from the...
There will be a three-day special filing period on August 9-11 to allow candidates to sign up to run for 10 Island County offices that currently have no candidates. For a listing of the positions, see the Island County Auditor elections website. For more details, see the story by Kira...
Island County Elections Supervisor Michele Reagan announced there will be no primary election this year because due to the recent last-minute shuffling of candidates, there are no positions on the ballot with more than two candidates. Elections Supervisor Reagan also announced there will be a special three-day filing period in...
Friday, May 22 was the final day of candidate filing week for Island County’s general election this coming November. The Coupeville School Board saw some shuffling of candidates as Kathleen Anderson, the current board president, withdrew her name. Jessie Stensland has the story with more details. For a complete listing...
