We support Stephanie Oday for County Council. This decision comes after attending the candidate forum on June 29, and watching the interviews with Stephanie and other candidates at CNL2
Stephanie Oday has demonstrated knowledge of the issues facing our county. She also shows an understanding of the issues facing the county council including the aging workforce, the morale of county employees and the out-of-control budget.
As an attorney she understands the complexities of the legal system. She has also proven that she is able to listen to all sides and negotiate a fair outcome. As a thirty-three-year citizen of San Juan County, she has been a frequent volunteer, giving time and money to community service events; often in leadership positions.
Most of all, she is a problem solver who has made a commitment to represent the citizens of all the islands and to hold regular meetings outside of council meetings to answer questions and keep “we, the people” informed.
~Jim and Minnie Knych
Originally our library occupied one room in the Friday Harbor Town Hall building. It was staffed by volunteers without any paid employees. In June 1983 the Town notified the Library Board that the Town needed the space and the library would be required to move. The Library Board selected a closed restaurant (called the Shrimp Boat) building and sold the citizens on the purchase of the building.
Hello fellow islanders. Welcome to the new face of hate on San Juan Island. Our local Pride Foundation has morphed from the hated to the haters, the bullied to the town bullies. They stampeded both the Grange and the Mullis Center into cancelling an appearance by a young man named Nicolas Blooms who was invited to the island to talk about his personal journey in and out of transgenderism. Not political, not polemical, not hostile or antagonistic and certainly not hateful. Merely his own story about identity suffering and ultimately healing his soul.
This is what we are not allowed to hear.
The San Juan County Land Bank has had a 34 year run. There’s multiple reasons to say enough is enough. San Juan County Initiative 2024-01 would Reduce Duration of Conservation Area Real Estate Excise Tax. Email