The mass resignation of the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council (VMICC) board late last year was deeply disturbing. Vashon had nine civic-minded people working hard to provide an open, neutral forum for discussion of Island issues. Suddenly, aggressive requests by an Islander citing the Public Records Act, along with a King County opinion that since the VMICC had an Unincorporated Area Council (UAC) contract with the county, the VMICC must comply with the far-reaching Public Records Act, caused the entire board to resign. I understand why the board resigned. No one in their right mind would want to let a lawsuit eat up countless hours of their time, on top of the hundreds of hours they were already volunteering. I’ve been there (in Vashon Village vs. Water District 19.) It’s no fun.
Articles by Frank Jackson
