By Dena Wood
The Times
2016 in Waitsburg - The Year of Contention
Share
Tweet
Times File Photo
In January, the Waitsburg City Fire Department ceased to exist and Columbia-Walla Walla Fire Dist. No. 2 assumed its duties.
WAITSBURG – 2016 in Waitsburg could be called The Year of Contention.
The year kicked off with the city council responding to public outcry by abandoning plans to approve a one-year trial lease with Brandon Kelly, who wanted to operate a race car track at the city fairgrounds. But that was just the beginning of citizens making their opinions known.
Voters rejected the school's capital improvements bond and community members shared their views about fairgrounds usage, removal of trees by the city, plans for the new Main Street Bridge, zoning changes, school staff cuts, and whether or not to all...
For access to this article please
sign in or
subscribe.
Reader Comments(0)