Letter: Port director search should be transparent

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Editor,

In regard to the hiring process for the Port of Coupeville’s executive director, it seems there are no limits to the creative efforts our trusted public servants devise to circumvent open government laws.

But in the end there is only one maxim: The public’s business must not be done in private.

Joseph Novotny

Coupeville