Originally Posted By: stonefish
Larry,
I know in the past the Norm Dicks at times would get involved in issues involving the tribes.
Do you know if Derek Kilmer has been involved to possibly helping break the stalemate regarding the launch?
SF


Oh yes! Boating United sponsored a town hall meeting 8 Aug 2019 on the importance of boating with Rep. Kilmer as the keynote speaker. After his spiel he opened up to comments and a number of people spoke to the PNP issue and the fact that it had been with the Corps 6 years and asked him to intervene to get a decision from them. Lots of head nodding but the resulting action was less than responsive.

Rather than just leaning on the Corps he made an effort to orchestrate further dialog between the Suquamish and WDFW rather than become directly involved. At that point the new Director agreed to meet with tribal leaders but when he arrived they refused to discuss; essentially snubbed his overture.

Worse, Rep. Kilmer's local staff repeatedly tried to dodge the issue by asserting we were trying to have Kilmer to take a side which was patently wrong. The requests were for Rep. Kilmer to "encourage" the Corps to make a decision.

As a result another year was lost in what has become a true bureaucratic debacle.

Draw your own conclusions.
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