WHIDBEY WEEKLY: LIHI seeks reimbursement for legal fees in Harbor Inn case

Kathy Reed reports from Island County Superior Court:

Island County Superior Court Judge Carolyn Cliff will decide this month whether or not to grant a motion by the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) and LIHI Harbor Inn for reimbursement of attorney’s fees incurred in the recent legal fight over the sale of the Freeland motel.

LIHI is asking the court for reimbursement of more than $93,000 from the group Freeland Concerned Citizens and its attorney, Randal Thiel, and appeared before Judge Cliff Oct. 26, arguing the lawsuit against it should never have been brought.