Thank you to the Election Inspector Stewart Andrew and his volunteers who dedicated many hours and energy in making sure the election process was as fair as possible and then tabulating and professionally presenting the results. Thank you to those who participated by voting. It is important to stay active as Members. This is an…
News as of 1pm, 9/18/2024: After it was revealed that he had signed the petition to recall the minority directors, Bob Eagan has withdrawn his name as a volunteer to help the Election Inspector with the Recall process.
Letter to Editor | A Cascade of Management Failures by Michael Riordan, Fred Klein, & Robert Austin III The Orcasonian editor has identified the identity thief (posting under the name of “Mike Douglas”) as a liar and banned the imposter from commenting.
RecallWater sent an email to the Members in order to explain EWUA’s proxy form because we think it is confusing. We also placed the instructions on our front page. We did have a question from a Member about why we put an “X” through Step II. We’ve explained that on this page.
It seems the curtain has been drawn back enough for Members to see who is pulling the strings. EWUA General Manager Dan Burke asked for his letter to the EWUA Membership to be published in the Orcasonian, then asked Lin to remove it again. Here’s Lin’s post about this. The GM had posted it on…
Recall Initiated The short version The petitions to initiate a recall meeting have been submitted. EWUA must call a Member meeting for sometime between August 11, 2024 and September 30, 2024 where a vote on the recall of several Directors will happen. We are demanding a neutral election inspector to manage the recall process be…
Update on the EWUA Regular Board Meeting for July 16, 2024. The Dominant Board Faction (DBF) rejected the motion to have the Association attorney participate in the naming of a neutral election inspector to manage the recall process. This is the second time DBF has formally refused. Yet, those who are being recalled (DBF) and…
During my college years of pursuing a teaching degree, I was a volunteer instructor and counselor at a Job Corps facility. Many of the kids were from low-income families who were there to learn a trade. As I understood it, some were given a choice between juvenile detention or Job Corps. As humans do, the…
Excerpt from an email to fellow EWUA Members, July 11, 2024: “The people being recalled should not be the people managing the recall meeting and counting the ballots that could remove them from the Board. “The dominant Board Faction — Jim Nelson, Teri Nigretto, Mike Cleveland, and Leith Templin — refuses to permit a neutral…
Michael Riordan’s comment on Director Carol Anderson’s Letter to the Editor: My jaw dropped when I read the title of the Sounder article, declaring that Carol Anderson and Ron Claus had broken the law by telling the truth. As a long-time author of many, many articles in the regional and national press (see my website),…