Port Townsend Public Record Request #23-512 was deliberately, knowingly, willfully stonewalled by Council Member Libby Wennstrom, City Manager John Mauro and Public Records Officer Haylie Truesdel.
Council Member Wennstrom posted online in her campaign for city council that she understood that public records requests that were not answered would cost the city a $100 a day fine and she would be sure and not have this happen. Then she knowingly stonewalled this public record for 582 days. This Bad Faith will Cost the City $100 a day per page of the documents withheld.
PRR# 23-512 has 15 pages. 582 × 100 × 15 = $873,000. Then Libby Wennstrom went on Social Media that whole time ranting about the lawsuit and claiming that Cox was suing for money, costing the city money meanwhile Libby kept stonewalling the records. Cox’s public records request was lawful, Libby Wennstrom’s withholding the records was unlawful and deliberately knowingly costing the city money.
This is ONLY one of 60 different requests over 3 years, the city ignored with NO COMMUNICATION of a Timeline whatsoever to the requester. Meanwhile, even after being sued, Council Members Neil Nelson, David Faber, Amy Howard and Libby Wennstrom continued to retaliate, bully and intimidate the public records requester, UCOL directors, that they were in a lawsuit with. So when City Manager John Mauro claims it is city policy to not comment on current and pending litigation, that is a flat out lie. City Council is ALWAYS above the law and NEVER held accountable.
Details of PRR 23-512
On December 11, 2023 UCOL, through director Reverend Crystal Cox ordered Port Townsend Public Record Request #23-512, after receiving a tip from Salish Rescue Whistleblower Jenny Odessa Ellison. Cox Requested “I request all text messages and facebook messages to or from Libby Wennstrom August 15, 2022. I have reason to believe Libby was communicating with people in the mob.”
On January 3, 2024 Port Townsend Public Records Officer Haylie Truesdel stated, “the current anticipated fulfillment date for this request is February 1, 2024”
On June 26, 2024 Universal Church Of Light Vs City Of Port Townsend Case Number. 24-2-00131-16 was Filed to obtain these records.
558 days after the last communication, 582 days after ordering the record and 385 days after suing the city for the records, On July 15, 2025 Public Records Officer Kincaid Gould updated Cox that the request was completed.
On July 15, 2025 PRR #23-512 was released.
In this July 15, 2025 Publics Records Release is where we see that Council Member Libby Wennstrom, Salish Rescue (Libby’s Nonprofit), the Port Townsend Police, Chief Tom Olson, and City Manager John Mauro Coordinated and Organized the attack on the Julie Jaman Press Conference with the Most Violent Far Left Extremist Militia Group, ANTIFA Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club.
Reverend Crystal Cox, Victims
Advocate, Director Universal Church of Light, Public Benefit 501(3)(c) Port Townsend, Washington
Advocate, Director Universal Church of Light, Public Benefit 501(3)(c) Port Townsend, Washington