First a public service announcement — fall flu clinics are coming shortly, between Sept 20th and Nov 15th, depending on your island.

Also, campfire restrictions are being eased. It’s been a bad year for fires!

Lasty, the “local newspapers are producing the second annual Senior Resource Guide. Like last year, it will feature information about local services that strive to meet just about every senior need from housing to healthcare. We have incredible organizations and dedicated volunteers in San Juan County… If you have a business or program that you would like to be in the guide, please call Colleen Armstrong at the Sounder at 360-376-4500.”

“After being in the hands of the Ericson family for decades, 380 A Street, the property housing Friday Harbor Freight Lines, Susie Mopeds, Groovy Things, and KFD Construction, sold to JAC 175 Web San Juan LLC of Seattle, for $1,770,000 on Aug. 21.”
On a related subject:

The county is attempting to increase the amount of affordable housing. “The San Juan County Land Bank has owned the 1.7 acres of empty lots at the corner of Malcolm Street and Argyle Avenue since 2003, according to data from the county assessor’s office… A public hearing on the sale is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 3”

It’s hard to see how 1.7 acres of land would make a difference unless they build apartments, and I’ve never seen them do that. Also, some conservatives have serious concerns about some of thes organizations. But it might be a great idea, who knows? If you do, let me know.
Also, the Comprehensive plan update meetings begin in a couple weeks, Oct 2-4. I posted this link last week as well. This matters quite a bit for land use and housing.

The county has quite a bit of detail on their website here. It also has a calendar for the upcoming events and access to many of the documents.

This stuff isn’t sexy, but it matters quite a lot. I’d like to publish some research based work by conservatives that deal with these subjects. If you’re interested, you know the number (as it were): sjcrpchair@gmail.com . I actually do check it, and answer it; many of you have taken me up on that offer.

News

A few weeks ago I mentioned a major state transportation meeting in our county. Sound Publishing posted this account, titled “Ranker speaks to Washington State Transportation Commission about summer ferry interruptions.” It notes that more coverage is forthcoming.

A few weeks ago I noted that hunting season opened, and that our deer density is too high currently. The paper published an article on that, though they posted it two days before the event it mentions so part of the article is irrelevant. Article titled “The impact of deer on the San Juan Islands“

“The release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing an increase of EA-18G Growler aircraft at the NAS Whidbey Island complex, originally scheduled for autumn of this year, is being extended for about 10 months.”