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Pause. Can we take a pause?

Maybe it is time for a pause. The joy of Halloween is behind us and the rush to the end of the year holiday season is not yet started, although a well-planned Christmas tree is twinkling in Heather Smith’s Latitude Longitude shop.

Election returns, while preliminary, may be telling – or not. The first tallies came after these words were crafted.

Will election results in La Conner make people cheerful? Certainly for at least the winning candidates and their families. Will Mary Wohleb wake up to find she is the only woman on council?

Will Annie Taylor find...