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…
The recall results have been announced by the Election Inspector. Ron Claus, Carol Anderson, and Jim Cook were recalled. They are no longer directors at EWUA. The members retained Jim Nelson, Teri Nigretto, Mike Cleveland, and Leith Templin. The four directors have asked the Court to punish those who had asked for: 1) an election…
Privacy of Vote Is your vote in the recall election private? Thankfully, yes. This was a major point of contention in the negotiations between the two sides in the recall election. We strenuously argued for privacy while the dominant Board faction (dBf) sought a public vote. This is our understanding of the process. If you…
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1pm, 9/18/2024: After it was revealed that he had signed the petition to recall the minority directors, Bob Eagan has withdrawn his name as a volunteer to help the Election Inspector with the Recall process.
Election Inspector Questions After receiving the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Election Inspector had the following questions. The Board is divided on how to answer the questions and, as a result, both the dominant Board faction and the minority faction are providing their own set of answers, with the inspector left to decide how to…
||| FROM RANDALL GAYLORD ||| Members should be sure to vote in the Eastsound Water recall election even though this election lacks checks and balances we are accustomed to for removing public officials from office. When a recall of a public official is made, the Prosecuting Attorney prepares a ballot synopsis and sends it to…
Reasons to Disqualify the Retaliatory Petitions The petitions against Ron Claus, Carol Anderson, Jim Cook, are invalid for multiple reasons: The dominant Board faction has initiated retaliatory recall against the minority directors for the purpose of revenge and to confuse the members. The reasons cited in the submission letter and that used to solicit…
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.
By Elisabeth Britt
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…