Promoting Responsible Government
Next Meeting - CANCELLED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER
Will be re-scheduled
Guest Speaker:
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Betsy Howe - COOMWA, Citizens Optimizing OSS Management Washington (and CAPR)
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Program Details
Betsy Howe is a leader in public education about on-site septic systems (OSS), which are often wrongly blamed for water pollution when the overwhelming majority of those systems organically and safely dispose of waste for more than 1 million households in Washington.
Howe will explain how these systems work, and the pressing need for common-sense laws and regulations about system upkeep and repairs. Well informed grassroots activists fought and defeated King County Council's "turd tax" in 2016. Proposed legislation is in Olympia right now (HB1338 and SB5503) that urgently needs public support. Howe has become aligned with CAPR, Citizens Alliance for Property Rights, in this current effort. Come - bring a guest - you'll learn a lot from this program.
A resident of Auburn for the past 25 years, Betsy founded COOMWA in response to a public outcry to fight King County’s proposed tax that was scuttled, but State law was found to be the source of misleading legislation. COOMWA actively blocked anti-OSS legislation in the 2017 session, and now reaches citizens in multiple counties. Betsy was invited to join the National Board of the Citizens Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR) which represents concerns of privacy, water resources, government takings and other critical issues facing property owners. Betsy is retired from a career in Nonprofit Administration, having served as the Executive Director for the Arthritis Foundation, Diabetes Association and other health organizations. She is married and has two grown children.
Howe will explain how these systems work, and the pressing need for common-sense laws and regulations about system upkeep and repairs. Well informed grassroots activists fought and defeated King County Council's "turd tax" in 2016. Proposed legislation is in Olympia right now (HB1338 and SB5503) that urgently needs public support. Howe has become aligned with CAPR, Citizens Alliance for Property Rights, in this current effort. Come - bring a guest - you'll learn a lot from this program.
A resident of Auburn for the past 25 years, Betsy founded COOMWA in response to a public outcry to fight King County’s proposed tax that was scuttled, but State law was found to be the source of misleading legislation. COOMWA actively blocked anti-OSS legislation in the 2017 session, and now reaches citizens in multiple counties. Betsy was invited to join the National Board of the Citizens Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR) which represents concerns of privacy, water resources, government takings and other critical issues facing property owners. Betsy is retired from a career in Nonprofit Administration, having served as the Executive Director for the Arthritis Foundation, Diabetes Association and other health organizations. She is married and has two grown children.
We expect a full house. Bring your friends and business guests. As always, we encourage you to arrive early to get a good seat. The price for admission/lunch is $10 for annual members and $15 for others. The buffet line will open at 11:30. The meeting concludes at 1:30 p.m.
