Council deliberations, small and large

How can the La Conner community, residents, businesses and town staff, support the town’s council so they act more effectively?

They have met three times in the last week, having special meetings Sept. 16 and 19 after their regular Sept. 13 session. Their meeting this Tuesday was to reverse a poor decision they made Friday.

On a small issue – opening to the public a legal memo they paid for on researching the validity of a 1986 contact refund agreement – they made the wrong decision: they voted no. Council members Rick Dole, Mary Wohleb and Annie Taylor apparently did not understand the issue...