The Langley City Council did an about-face earlier this week and unanimously reversed its four-month-old decision to reject the controversial Langley Passage housing project. The surprise move came during a special meeting on Tuesday, and it put the 20-home project on the path for approval, much to the confusion and anger of a near-capacity crowd of opponents in council chambers.
If there was any lingering doubt that an outsider has taken a seat on the Langley City Council, it was erased Monday night. In a meeting that at one point hovered on the verge of a shouting match, city council members attempted to abolish a new oversight committee chaired by the council’s newest member, Hal Seligson, before the committee could schedule its first meeting.
Facing the continued threat of legal action from the developer of Langley Passage, the Langley City Council unanimously rescinded its vote to shoot down the controversial Langley Passage project at a special meeting on Tuesday.
The door is starting to slam shut on attempts to open up Langley City Hall. Councilman Hal Seligson, who joined the council in December amid promises of greater government transparency, has been working on an ad hoc committee that would provide stronger scrutiny of financial and personnel issues. And though the city council unanimously approved the creation of the new committee in February, two council members indicated this week they no longer support the proposal.
South Whidbey pharmacies are fielding a frenzy of frantic telephone calls from residents searching for potassium iodide pills to protect themselves from radioactive fallout from Japan’s crippled nuclear-power plants.
It may be time for a new deal, and this time, with a full deck. South Whidbey School Board members said this week they were willing to give a fresh and comprehensive look at how the district should consolidate schools.
South Whidbey parks officials will need to raise property taxes next year to cover a $78,000 mistake made by parks staff in calculating the proper tax levy amount last year.
City government wasn’t working, and the status quo had to go. Though their destinations were decidedly different, those involved in some of the most recent attempts in Washington state to restructure their city governments say they were after pretty much the same thing.
High winds are sweeping across Whidbey Island today, toppling trees and branches onto roadways and disrupting ferry service from the island to the Olympic Peninsula.
Port of South Whidbey commissioners are moving forward with the controversial sale of a 14-acre property near Possession Point that contains the uppermost portion of the Dorothy Cleveland Trail.
Port of South Whidbey commissioners are moving forward with the controversial sale of a 14-acre property near Possession Point that contains the uppermost portion of the Dorothy Cleveland Trail.
At a special meeting Wednesday, port officials voted to counter a $240,000 offer from a prospective buyer of the property, with the commissioners hoping to get a protective easement from the purchaser that would cover the entire length of the trail.
An unexpected drop in property tax revenues may mean a rough trail ahead for South Whidbey parks.
