The Langley City Council began its review of the Langley Passage housing project during a session Monday night that was filled with more questions than answers.
There were no complaints of “big government” here.
Dino Rossi rolled across Whidbey Island Thursday during his campaign to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.
But Rossi, a Republican who has been critical of federal stimulus efforts to jump-start the economy, found a few fans for government assistance during his tour of Nicholas Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland.
Langley Mayor Paul Samuelson is overpaid, according to those who have held the post before him.
Downtown Freeland could someday become that perfect, pedestrian-friendly small town by the harbor — filled with bustling shops and great places to live, work and play.
When it comes to pay, Langley Mayor Paul Samuelson towers above his counterparts at similar-sized cities across Washington state.
And in towns twice the size of the Village by the Sea, Samuelson is also head-and-shoulders above most other mayors across the state, according to a Record review of the salaries of the 50 top elected officials in those towns.
A group of South Whidbey residents has set up a legal defense fund to assist Langley Treasurer Debbie Mahler if she is fired amid the ongoing controversy over Mayor Paul Samuelson’s pay.
The Langley Planning Advisory Board’s review of the controversial Langley Passage housing project has prompted five appeals to the city council.
For the first time in memory, an improvement proposal for South End schools will face organized opposition at the ballot box.
Langley, alone, thought it was a good idea.
Proposition 1, the ballot measure that would raise property taxes to plug a multi-million-dollar budget hole in Island County and retain basic government services, was soundly rejected by voters across Whidbey and Camano islands in Tuesday’s primary.
With legal questions still dogging the city’s attempts to pay Paul Samuelson for his full-time work as mayor for the Village by the Sea, the Langley City Council tabled an ordinance Monday night that was meant to end the ongoing brouhaha over the mayor’s pay.
Langley Mayor Paul Samuelson tried to clean house in the city’s finance department after employees there raised concerns about his vacation pay, according to records released Friday by the city.
In a divided, three-way opinion, a majority of the Langley Planning Advisory Board will ask the city council to reject the plan for the Langley Passage housing project.
Auston Reisman is stoked and ready to rip.
And he’s pretty sure others are, too.
Reisman, one of the founders of Whidbey’s Jack’d Skimboards, is getting set for this year’s annual competition at Double Bluff. But what’s normally been a low-key contest between local skimboarders has grown beyond Whidbey: This weekend’s competition is part of the Northwest Skim Tour, and will be the first official skimboarding square-off since the sport got its start on the island in the mid-1970s.
