La Conner aims so small when so much is possible

Dear town residents.

The La Conner Municipal Code is in need of major revision.

Current practice here is to have the planner suggest piecemeal items for the planning commission and town council. He has spent interminable mind- numbing time on sign language, for example. Not exactly the big picture.

A planner-proposed code line to define tiny houses is another example. What is the big, big picture for tiny houses?

Where is the vision? Well, it is in our comprehensive plan – which has general language supporting affordability and neighborhood protection, for example. But those are empty words be...