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Greg Hertel and his wife Lunnette have been my landlords for almost nine years. We live across the driveway from each other so we know each other fairly well. When I first moved in, my space was rather small, but I loved the little cottage. A couple days later, Greg and Lunnette asked me up to their house to have coffee and told me that he was planning on expanding my living space and building an art studio for me! It brought me to tears, I was so grateful. He also built a deck right outside the sliding glass doors overlooking the Alder forest!

The Journal sat down with the Friday Harbor Port Commission candidates Greg Hertel and Rich Goodhart to ask them why they wanted to run, and some perspectives on the direction of the Port. Note: the comments have been edited for length and clarity. The general election will take place Nov. 7.

Submitted by The League of Women Voters Observer Corps.

Primaries are notorious for low voter turnout. True to form, as of Aug. 1 at 8 p.m.the San Juan County Elections office calculated only 29 percent of registered voters turned in their ballots, with 600 left to be counted. In the candidate races, the top two will progress to the general election.

Two of the three Friday Harbor Port Commission candidates attended the League of Women Voters July 13.