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We ask you to sign both the petition and the proxy forms. Each form will let you mark whether you want to have your name made public or if you prefer to keep it private. We already have more than enough petition signatures to cause a Member meeting to be called. We ask you to…
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Welcome! The information that was on the 2023 RecallWater site is still relevant and available. You can get to it anytime by scrolling to the bottom of the 2024 home page and clicking on “Link to Round 1 RecallWater homepage.” Most every button is self-explanatory. What changes most, as proxies and petition signatures come in,…
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Did you see Director Jim Cook’s Statement? Here is an excerpt: “Five years later I met Steve Smith and discovered that the Board of Eastsound Water was fraught with irregularities, if not outright financial malfeasance, bullying, and related organizational dysfunction. Though much of this mess was supposedly “resolved” through a legal agreement between the Board…
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Did you read the full affidavit written by Ron Claus? Here are three paragraphs from it: “Unfortunately, in the 18 months I have been on the Board, I have discovered that the EWUA Board is dysfunctional because of certain key players. In my first full board meeting as a director, there was a surprise motion…
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Did you read the affidavit written by Director Carol Anderson? Here are three paragraphs from it: “I asked Dan Burke, EWUA General Manager, to issue Exhibit B, Board-approved ‘Notification from the EWUA Board dated 12-13-23”. It was posted on the EWUA website and in the Orcasonian (https://theorcasonian.com/), a local newspaper on December 15th, 2023. This…
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Letter to EWUA Members The current Secretary/Treasurer of Eastsound Water Users Association, Carol Anderson, along with fellow Directors, Jim Cook and Ron Claus, are asking the Members to recall Teri Nigretto, Jim Nelson, and Leith Templin for acting in bad faith. The General Manager, Dan Burke, and the majority of the Board, led by Teri…
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Farm to Market LLC lawsuit against Eastsound Sound Water Association This is not a new lawsuit but a continuation of the lawsuit filed in November 2023 regarding the seriously flawed election process. EWUA vigorously defended the multiple errors in the election. Motion to reset the election Declaration of Mike Parnell Declaration of Joan Pradhan Declaration…
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The Recall Effort Ends Our efforts to recall Eastsound Water Users Association Board members ends. The recall seems unnecessary now that most of the original list of those to recall are not there. Four of the Board members who we believed were responsible for the many problems at EWUA have departed. Board Members We have…
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The election instructions and the ballots that are being distributed by EWUA are seriously flawed. The flaws include: Incorrect identification of the seats that are up for election. The number of seats that are up for election. The instructions state two seats. It should have been three. The ballot states that if a Member votes…
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You have probably received a ballot and proxy form from EWUA. We have not received ours yet; they seem to like to pretend that we are not Members. Please do complete the ballot yourself. Vote for two. Make sure that your ballot is back in the EWUA offices by November 10. We suggest you do…