As the coordinator of the League of Women Voters of the San Juans (LWVSJ) Observer Corps and the observer at the March 16, 2023 meeting of the Friday Harbor town council, I am writing in response to the letter from Ketonk LLC printed in the April 12 edition of the Journal. The misinformation referred to in the letter was my error alone and I take full responsibility for mishearing and thus misreporting an element of a public comment. The websites that published the notes relied on my accuracy and moved quickly to acknowledge and correct the error.

I apologize to Ketonk LLC and the public. I very much regret the error, as the main goal of the LWVSJ Observer Corps is to help the public get accurate information about what occurs at public meetings. The LWVSJ is grateful to both The Journal of the San Juans and the Islander for publishing Observer Corps notes.

Sincerely,

Necia L. Quast

LWVSJ Observer Corps Coordinator

San Juan Island