The Town of La Conner did not violate Washington’s constitution in its purchase and sale of the Hedlin family’s Maple Avenue property last April. The lawyer for Maple Field, the Landed Gentry development company responded with a three page letter Sept. 15 to the Bricklin and Newman law firm representing the Reclaim Hedlin Field group organized by resident Linda Clark. Bricklin lawyer Bryan Telegin sent a Sept. 1 letter to Landed Gentry calling the sale “likely illegal.”

There will not be a “compromise of Maple Field agreeing to not develop the property for one year so that your client can atte...