Council buys four traffic speed signs, discusses public safety

La Conner residents shared with Town officials a broad range of traffic and public safety concerns last Tuesday night.

At the Town Council’s June 22 Zoom meeting, speeding motorists and discarded drug syringes were discussed at length. There is a growing anxiety, as the Council session bore out, over apparent increases in minor infractions and more serious crimes coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s time to get more serious about law enforcement,” said Town Planning Commission member Rick Dole, who spoke in favor of budgeting for a code enforcement officer and forming a volunteer citiz...