OAK HARBOR: Sound Off: All candidates should be addressing climate crisis (BOB HALLAHAN/WNT)
Oak Harbor School District director Bob Hallahan wrote a Sound Off column for the Whidbey News-Times urging political candidates in Island County to discuss “the climate crisis.” Hallahan’s column appeared in the paper’s Jul. 12, 2023 edition.
They Said It
Worryingly though, I hear little from our candidates about what may be the most important issue they will face during their time in office — the climate crisis. I suspect it will surprise local candidates to hear that even jobs on city councils or school boards will involve some climate work, but nonetheless they do. I certainly didn’t expect to do infectious disease work when I ran for school board, but then COVID suddenly filled our agendas, appropriately so. Similarly, to some extent every government job these days has to be thought of as a climate job.
…Climate work is our work. May our candidates find the wisdom to do it. And if they don’t, may we find the candidates who will.
| OAK HARBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT (NO. 201) |
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| Director, Position 1 Lynn Goebel, the incumbent |
| Director, Position 2 Jessica Aws, the incumbent Karen Lesetmoe |
| Director, Position 3 Josh MacLean Fred Wilmot Robert Hallahan, the incumbent, did not file for re-election. |
| Director, Position 4 Jessica Thompson Nicole Tesch, the incumbent |
| Director, Position 5 Sharon Jensen, the incumbent Aisha Mayfield William “Will” Smith |
