Editor,

When Angie Homola was Island County commissioner from 2009 to 2013, she and her fellow commissioners upgraded ancient county office equipment to make it easier to get permits and licenses and to access county services.

They allocated 56 percent of the General Fund to improving public safety, with better ICOM 911 response time, long range deputy training, and replacement of outdated equipment.

They increased the Indigent Veterans program to benefit an additional 95 vets, and developed a Clean Water Utility.

Angie formed a non-profit group that successfully upheld the state law that protects valuable agricultural land from being developed with 1,052 houses, and secured a Conservation Easement to enable the owner to keep the land in perpetuity.

Angie is an architect, with a master’s degree in environmental law and policy. She was trained to design houses and public spaces in harmony with the land we share with the plants and animals that shelter and sustain us, and those that give us joy.

During the last four legislative sessions, she drafted bills, testified before committees, and lobbied legislators to protect Washington’s wild salmon fishing, reduce climate change, promote affordable housing, and help indigent veterans.

In 2018 she championed Senate Bill 6086, which banned fin fish net pens that harm wild salmon. The bill passed.

If Angie goes to Olympia as our District 10 representative, she will go there with over two decades of service to our local communities.

Ann Adams

Oak Harbor