Residents speak out at town council meeting

The people have spoken.

But unlike at the polls, where such voices are heard in the form of marked ballot choices, Maple Hall was filled with residents and property owners expressing views on a host of pressing issues last week.

Public comments filled about 30 minutes of the two-hour Sept. 26 La Conner Town Council hybrid meeting.

Nearly a dozen people addressed the council at the meeting’s start, covering topics ranging from zoning changes proposed by the Port of Skagit at La Conner Marina and the lingering controversy over a three-story condo project planned on Center Street to future uses o...