Rep. Dave Paul’s campaign email account (dave@votedavepaul.com) sent the following email on Tue. Sep. 21, 2021: Friends, Over the last three years, I’ve met with many of you to learn more about community priorities. It’s very important to me that I listen to constituents and community groups when developing our...
City Councilmember Joel Servatius, first appointed in 2012, is being challenged by Shane Hoffmire for the position. Both have very firm positions on issues such as affordable housing, development codes, and the recent city staff turnover. The story by Emily Gilbert in the Whidbey News-Times provides a comprehensive look at...
Three incumbent South Whidbey School Directors appears at a candidate forum hosted by the Whidbey Island League of Women Voters on Oct. 7. Their opponents were hosting a community meet-and greet that ran at the same time. At the League of Women Voters forum, Marnie Jackson, Ann Johnson, and Andrea...
Editor Jessie Stensland wrote an In Our Opinion column in the Whidbey News-Times supporting the levy increase put forward by WhidbeyHealth. For more details on the proposal, see this story. They Said It Jessie Stensland: [V]oters should support an increase in a levy that helps fund operations at Whidbey Island...
The Oak Harbor City Council issued a lengthy motion that contained a long list of grievances in support of their vote of no confidence in City Administrator Blaine Oborn. The motion came following a two hour closed door executive session attended by Grant Weed, former city attorney and Anna Thompson,...
Rep. Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) sent the following legislative update from his official email account (RepDavePaul@updates.leg.wa.gov) on Mon., Oct. 11, 2021. Friends and neighbors, We know that better mental health care is essential to give all of our children and youth a chance to succeed in school and in life. In...
Candidates Andy Plumlee and Bryan Stucky are competing to fill the Oak Harbor City Council seat currently held by Millie Goebel, who is not seeking re-election. Both candidates have similar positions in that they feel there is a segment of the population of Oak Harbor who are not being represented...
South Whidbey School Director Marnie Jackson is being challenged for her seat by Farrah Manning Davis, a local business entrepreneur. The two have different approaches to the challenges that face the school district. For Jackson, she states that her priority is to promote educational equity and that she has worked...
