BREAKING: Masks needed for council meetings

Mayor Ramon Hayes issued an executive order Monday, July 26 that people attending “all special and regular La Conner Town Council meetings shall be required to wear a facemask, regardless of vaccination status.”

Seven statements of fact are listed in support of the decision, starting with “COVID-19 case rates have increased in recent weeks, and there have been increased outbreaks and hospitalizations in the month of July.”

The order notes sources of transmission, from churches and weddings to council meetings. It identifies tourists and “reports of people who have traveled while contagious.” I...