Covering these government agencies from Langley and South Whidbey Island.
| Whidbey Island Public Hospital District (WhidbeyHealth) | South Whidbey Fire/EMS |
| City of Langley | South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District |
| South Whidbey School District | Port of South Whidbey |
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: School board candidates clash over approaches to issues
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...
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: School board incumbent faces booster club leader
South Whidbey School Director Ann Johnson is being challenged for the position by Bree Kramer-Nelson. Johnson was appointed to the position just over a year ago and believes the value she adds to the board is her student-centered approach to the work. She said “though schools are limited in their...
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: School board incumbent supports equity, masks, vaccines
South Whidbey School Board member Andrea Downs is being challenged for her position by Dawn Tarantino. Downs wrote the school district’s equity policy in which she says that “causing students of all identities and in all life circumstances to feel seen, heard and validated is at the center of the...
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS: South Whidbey Candidate Forum
The League of Women Voters Whildbey Island (LWVWI) hosted a forum for candidates in South Whidbey from 6:30 to 8:30 PM on Thursday, October 7, 2021. The forum consisted of three segments: South Whidbey Fire/EMS Commissioners, Langley City Council members, and South Whidbey School District Directors. In each segment, candidates...
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Stolen school board signs spell trouble
Someone stole yard signs for South Whidbey school board incumbents Marnie Jackson, Andrea Downs and Ann Johnson and took them to the school grounds where they were arranged to spell the letters “F U.” Jackson filed a police report and removed the signs from the school property. “We are shocked...
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Langley mayor could accidentally win council seat
Langley Mayor Scott Chaplin may possibly be elected to a seat on the Langley city council in the upcoming November elections. He was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Tim Callison, who resigned last summer when he moved out of Langley, However, the appointment came after Chaplin had filed...
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Candidates share plethora of issues they hope to focus on
Candidates Kay Kenneweg and Harolynne Bobis are competing with each other for election to Position 1 on the Langley City Council. The incumbent, Christy Korrow, decided against seeking re-election. Kenneweg said she is looking forward to working with the other Langley staff for a future that involves “citizens, businesses, nonprofits,...
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Write-in candidate challenges newcomer to Langley politics
The race for Langley City Council position 5, currently held by Peter Morton, is coming down to a contest between Gail Fleming and Tony Gill as Morton is not seeking re-election. Fleming touts her long experience working in the public sector in Langley and is a founding member of the...
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Candidate extolls ‘Experience, Integrity and Compassion’
Rhonda Salerno is running unopposed for Position 2 on the Langley City Council as the incumbent, Dominique Emerson, is not seeking re-election. Salerno is currently chairing Langley’s Planning Advisory Board and is a member of the Climate Crisis Action Committee. “My three descriptive words are ‘Experience, Integrity and Compassion’ and...
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Whidbey hospital district asking for levy increase
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...