From the Desk of Teri NigrettoBoard President Good afternoon EWUA members. We got this lovely letter from our partners over at Olga Water Users, Inc. about our amazing staff and they wanted us to share it with you all. Teri Nigretto, Board President     A...

From the Desk of Teri Nigretto Board President Good afternoon Members and Friends, – “Why would someone who’s been given a $2,900 Apple laptop also need a $900 iPad?” This question first appeared in the May 21, 2023 preliminary letter from Acuity Forensics’ Tiffany...

From the Desk of Teri NigrettoBoard President Good afternoon Members, Because the airwaves (and cyberspace) around Eastsound are so filled with misinformation, we need to step forward and state the truth – in this case, to clarify our current motion before the San...

From the Desk of Teri NigrettoBoard President Good evening EWUA Members. I have been asked by EWUA’s voting Members to provide additional clarification of the terms under which Dan Burke was awarded a payment of accrued vacation pay in 2022. Sadly, this payment has...

From the Desk of Teri NigrettoBoard President Good afternoon EWUA members. We just received this amazing letter in support of Dan Burke and his Eastsound Water staff from the Washington Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water (ODW) – our regulatory...

From the Desk of Teri NigrettoBoard President Good evening EWUA members. At last Tuesday’s recorded Board meeting, one of our voting members asked Director Jim Cook why he was cooperating with Steve Smith? “I have nothing to do with Steve Smith,” Jim said. “But you...

From the Desk of Joe CohenFormer President and Treasurer, EWUA Good-morning to the good people of the EWUA. The following is my record of two conversations I had with Steve Smith in 2021, during his term as President. Conversation #1 Steve and I were taking a hike...

From the Desk of Teri NigrettoPresident, Eastsound Water Users Association Good evening EWUA members. Today, we need to address “access” – specifically, the operational access to financial record keeping that is provided to the organization’s Treasurer. Let me be...

From the Desk of Teri NigrettoPresident, Eastsound Water Users Association Good afternoon EWUA members. Today, we need to talk about elephants – every room has one, or so it seems. Like any good elephant, this one is tough and stubborn. But Steve Smith and some of his...

From the Desk of Teri Nigretto President, Eastsound Water Users Association Good evening EWUA members, The Water House plan was a big deal for Steve Smith when he was President of EWUA. He worked hard on the proposal in 2021 and pulled Dan Burke temporarily off his...