Hooray! Yeah, I’m happy to see and read the recent communications between community members and members of leadership in this sweet little seaside town. Thank you to Brian and Whitney for your letter to us, the readers of La Conner Weekly News. Thank you, Mr. Stern, for doing your best at putting us locals in your heart. Your job has not been easy, you’ve learned a lot, as I’m sure you will continue to do. I appreciate your ability to put up with a person as prickly as me, it says a lot about the patience of you.

Lots of us are doing good things, yet it still seems like we have much t...