In the annual Civil War matchup between the top tennis players on North and South Whidbey, the South rose again to take the Whidbey Cup, 21-5, in Langley this past weekend.
Republicans in Island County are lining up squarely in opposition to Proposition 1, the measure on the Primary Election ballot that would raise property taxes to pay for basic county services.
Another year, another battered budget.
For the fifth straight year, the South Whidbey School Board will make budget cuts. Board members will review the spending plan for the 2010-11 school year at their meeting tonight, and district officials are expected to approve a $20.7 million budget that includes fewer teachers and reduced programs.
The Langley City Council moved quickly to repeal two ordinances Monday that led to a dispute over the pay for Langley Mayor Paul Samuelson, and council members unanimously approved a new ordinance setting the pay scale and benefits for the mayor.
In light of Island County’s ongoing budget crisis, county commissioners unanimously voted Monday to freeze the salaries of most elected officials.
Will Simms launched a home run that bounced off the scoreboard and pushed the South Whidbey All Stars to a first-round victory over Lacamas at the state Little League tournament.
Worried that Island County voters are woefully unaware of the upcoming property tax increase on the August ballot, a group of South End residents has launched a campaign to get Proposition 1 passed.
They spent the afternoon beneath a full sail and a gentle sun, amid gentle waves not much larger than coffee-cup ripples.
In other words, thanks mom.
Rebounding from mid-tournament losses delivered by North Whidbey and Sedro-Woolley, the South Whidbey squad won in a rematch against Sedro-Woolley to take the District 11 Championship title last week.
On the advice of attorneys inside and outside the city, the city council will rewrite the two-year-old ordinance that made Mayor Paul Samuelson a full-time mayor and gave him a hefty pay raise.
Island County isn’t the only one with financial troubles, residents told county commissioners at a public forum Wednesday devoted to a proposed property-tax hike.
Langley City Councilman Robert Gilman said Monday he has not reviewed the records that are at the center of the controversy swirling around Mayor Paul Samuelson’s work hours.
A thick carpet of small pieces of shredded red paper coated the beach next to the water’s edge.
Nearby, peppered between nearly every piece of driftwood within view, were hundreds upon hundreds of small cardboard disks.
Hither and yon were countless cardboard tubes, soggy but still smelling of burnt gunpowder.
Cheryl May looked around and breathed a sigh of relief.
