Friday, October 18, 2024by Jeff Noedel PUBLISHED IN SANJANS.TODAY & THE JOURNAL OF THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS Many political yard signs are placed on publicly owned land and rights-of-way in San Juan County. While a relative few citizens continue to display yard signs on their personal property long after an election, the great majority of…
Friday, August 9, 2024 @ 11:00 p.m.by Jeff Noedel With approximately 99 percent of ballots counted from Tuesday’s primary election, home-grown San Juan Island resident Adrian Kilpatrick, 39, came in third place in the County Council residency district 1 race, behind two well-known candidates who have long been in the public eye. The general election…
Friday, August 9, 2024 @ 10:45 p.m.by Jeff Noedel Jonathan “Jonnie” Welch will not be progressing to the general election for San Juan County Council residency district 2. But his primary election opponents are crediting him with making it a better race, and thanking him for running a campaign with integrity. If there was an…
UPDATE 2: Friday, August 9, 2024 @ 5:05 p.m. SAN JUAN COUNTY COUNCILResidency District 1 (in order of filing)Top 2 vote-getters advance to general election 2,262………30.54%…..Stephanie O’Day3,724………50.28%…..Kari McVeigh1,400………18.9%…..Adrian Kilpatrick21…………… .28%…..Write-in SAN JUAN COUNTY COUNCILResidency District 2 (in order of filing)Top 2 vote-getters advance to general election 387………..5.42% …..Jonathan “Jonnie” Welch3,600……50.38%…..Rick Hughes3,140……43.95%…..Justin Paulsen18…………. .25%…..Write-in SAN JUAN…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE CNL2 intended to host a forum summarizing the pros and cons of the library levy lid lift on the Aug. 6 ballot. Only the “pro” side chose to participate. CNL2 is devoted to staying fair and neutral on political issues and creating access to our…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Tuesday’s League of Women Voters candidates forum was held Thursday evening at the Orcas Senior Center. All three primary candidates for County Council Residency District 2 participated. Our recording is presented in three parts. This is part 1. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Tuesday’s League of Women Voters candidates forum was held Thursday evening at the Orcas Senior Center. All three primary candidates for County Council Residency District 2 participated. Our recording is presented in three parts. This is part two. This CNL2 video is approximately 29-3/4 minutes in…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Tuesday’s League of Women Voters candidates forum was held Thursday evening at the Orcas Senior Center. All three primary candidates for County Council Residency District 2 participated. Our recording is presented in three parts. This is part three. This CNL2 video is approximately 29 minutes in…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Tuesday’s League of Women Voters candidates forum was held at the San Juan Island Grange. All three primary candidates for County Council Residency District 1 participated. Our recording is presented in three parts. This is part 1. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here….
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Tuesday’s League of Women Voters candidates forum was held at the San Juan Island Grange. All three primary candidates for County Council Residency District 1 participated. Our recording is presented in three parts. This is part two. This CNL2 video is approximately 35 minutes in…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Tuesday’s League of Women Voters candidates forum was held at the San Juan Island Grange. All three primary candidates for County Council Residency District 1 participated. Our recording is presented in three parts. This is part three. This CNL2 video is approximately 27-3/4 minutes in…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Rick Hughes is a candidate for San Juan County Council residency district 2, a position he held for two terms in the 2010’s. During his previous tenure on the Council, transportation was a top priority. He made many connections with leadership in Washington State Ferries…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Here is part 2 (of 2) from last week’s interview of Kari McVeigh, candidate for San Juan County Council, resident district 1. Kari shares that the number one issue that voters are asking about is the County budget. She says people are worried about “a…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Wednesday, July 3, 2024Video directed by Dave SchnuckelAudio Engineering by Jeremy TylerSummary written by Jeff Noedel Kari McVeigh is a candidate for San Juan County Council Residency District 1. She interviewed with Jeff Noedel and Heather Spaulding, Editor of the Journal of the San Juans…
Saturday, June 29, 2024by Jeff Noedel A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE All six candidates for both Residency Districts in the San Juan County Council primary gathered in front of an overflow crowd for a balanced, fair, calm, rational, and informative forum today. The organizer was Minnie Knych. The moderator was…
