Insist on good government

Dear Citizens,

A contract was given to the council for discussion at the last minute last week so you are probably unaware of it. That is par for the town’s inability to provide transparency. Basically, the developer has proposed some outrageous language.

The Easement Release Maple Ball Field agreement the town council received from Landed Gentry and discussed at their July 13 meeting gives no apparent advantage to the town. Encourage your favorite council member to vote against signing it.

The deal is – Gentry would get what they said they did not actually want or need (ingress and egress through the easement across the park) in return for the town’s relinquishment of the set size requirements for the houses that the town/planning commission required as a condition of the sale.

And this topic is not returning to the planning commission for comment according to the planning commission agenda for July 20.

Next council meeting is the 27th. It might be Zoom.

The next planning commission meeting is the 20th. The agenda is posted but the details of what is being asked for do not seem to be there. Send an email to the council telling them that you are opposed to the permits because you do not know what they are about. That is enough to make you a person of record – meaning that you can testify at the hearing which happens a few days later.

Pushing for good government,

Linda Talman

La Conner