Shelter Bay residents hear lease terms
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May 27, 2015
Several residents turned out to demonstrate their dislike for the terms of the proposed new Shelter Bay master lease on Tuesday night. Gathered outside the Shelter Bay Clubhouse before the community meeting were residents from, left: Joan Schaefer, Kim Sampson, Mark Sampson, Lisa Versteegh; in back, Jan Henri, a dog wearing a “No taxation without representation” T-shirt, Faye Urland, with her back turned, talking to Dennis Versteegh and Bill Urland on the right. – Photo by Don Coyote
The Shelter Bay Community held the first of three meetings for homeowners last night to a standing room only crowd.
People arriving at the meeting were met by a group of homeowners wearing T-shirts and carrying signs urging their neighbors to “just say no” to the new lease proposal.
Two more meetings are scheduled on Thursday and on June 6. Residents were also given the option of listening to the meetings over the Internet.
The Swinomish Senate has provided Shelter Bay Community with the tribe’s “best and final proposal” for its terms to extend the land lease.
Most of the people who spoke at t...
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