Kiket Island, eh? Here it is, about three miles east of Deception Pass.
[Chart generated by Rose Point Coastal Explorer 2009.]
Chris Grygiel has the story in the Post-Intelligencer:
State lawmakers last month approved $8 million to buy a small island in Skagit County to preserve the area as a marine park.
The capital budget expenditure didn’t get much publicity, though Republicans complained that it made no sense to spend money buying land for a park at a time when the park system is finding it hard to pay for its existing expenses.
When the legislative session began, it looked like lawmakers might have to close dozens of parks to help deal with a $9 billion state operating budget deficit. To help avoid closures, they passed a bill that adds a $5 opt-out fee on driver’s license renewals to fund state park operations. Proponents hope that fee could bring in about $20 million a year.
The capital budget is separate from the operating budget, which as its name suggests pays for the day-to-day operations of state government. The capital budget is used for things like construction of new government buildings and land acquisition — like the Kiket Islandpurchase.
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Wasn’t there discussion of siting a nuke. power plant here during the WPPS eara?