WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: The town of Coupeville’s former clerk/treasurer recently filed a tort claim accusing Mayor Molly Hughes of unwanted physical touching, creation of a hostile work environment based on gender bias, retaliation and wrongful termination.
SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: The South Whidbey School District joined an ACLU lawsuit against the state which argues that the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” violates the state constitution because it doesn’t disclose contradictions with existing laws.
The Whidbey News-Times reports: Island Transit board members continue to reevaluate routes and other operations in the wake of their decision to fire the executive director.
WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Depending on who you ask, political machination or paranoia is at the heart of recent turmoil on a unique board of volunteers appointed by four government partners that are supposed to cooperatively manage Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.
The Whidbey News-Times reports: Controversy over secretive raises for several administrators led the board of Island Transit to fire the executive director and place the Human Resources director on leave this week.
