Jill Johnson (R-Oak Harbor), running for Island County Commissioner in District 2 (Oak Harbor) posted a statement about county Planning Director Mary Engle to her Facebook page on Thu., June 6, 2024.
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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.
Island County Commissioner Melanie Bacon (D-Langley) wrote a Sound Off column for the Whidbey News-Times responding to a letter to the editor which charged that former County Assessor Mary Engle was not qualified for the Planning Director position.
Douglas “Bernie” Upchurch has been appointed by the Island County Commissioners to serve out the term of Mary Engle, who resigned as assessor earlier this year to become the planning director for Island County. Following state law, the Island County Republican Central Committee presented the commissioners with the names of...
Island County Assessor Mary Engle, who has served as the interim Planning Director for the county since August, will be taking the job on a permanent basis.