Council takes second vote, says yes to memo access

The La Conner Town Council voted to approve requests making public a privileged memorandum and specific email correspondence from hired outside legal counsel during a special Zoom meeting Tuesday morning, Sept. 20.

The action reversed a 3-0 council vote to block access to the documents during a special session last Friday.

The Weekly News is among parties that filed a public records request for the material, prepared by the Kenyon Disend law firm, in order to quote accurately and more extensively what Town Administrator Scott Thomas had paraphrased during the council’s Sept. 13 meeting. The fi...