CAPR PIERCE COUNTY ALERT! Final Draft Comprehensive Plan and 2024-2044 Capital Facilities Plan
This notification from Pierce County will change the county GMA ordinances you have worked hard to improve!
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King County Proposed Septic System Ordinance Final CAPR Comments
By Cindy Alia 10/20/24
The King County Department of Health has been drafting proposed ordinance for On-site Septic Systems (OSS). CAPR has been following the process of and evaluating the stated goals of the Department of Health in the proposed ordinance and has now had the opportunity to read and analyze the formal draft ordinance produced on September 17. King County has set a public comment deadline of Monday October 21, 2024.
As a brief overview of what we perceive as potential negative aspects of the draft ordinance:
Government Pet Projects – Special Interests Get Special Laws
By Cindy Alia
8/30/23
When government works at becoming a savior, what can go wrong? Despite years of government spending on “solutions”, the problem of the “unhoused” is still widespread in our state. Governmental claims for ending homelessness often require throwing money at solutions without accountability for results. A case in point is the Pierce County project to create a “Community First” tiny house village, which appears to be patterned after a communistic utopia, but which is an impractical scheme for social improvement in rural Pierce County.
Reparation Through Taxation?
By Cindy Alia
February 21, 2023
What is the difference between a fee and a tax? Few seem to know, especially the sponsors of HB 1474
SHB 1474
Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state.
February 21, 2023
Bills of Concern Status 2/26/2021
February 26 2021 By Cindy Alia
Today we are in the midst of the legislative session with 38 days left for bills to become law. There have been 2 cutoff dates met and we are nearing the point where bills heard in the house of origin must pass a floor vote in order to be heard in the opposite house. There is still time to fight bad bills that may have passed the house of origin but have not yet made the transition to the floor of the opposite house.
February 27, 2021
Rental Property Owners Face Onerous Demands in Legislative Bills
A suite of Tenant/Landlord Bills have been introduced and are progressing through the legislature. It is self-evident that no genuine effort has been made by bill sponsors to solicit input from industry-wide stakeholders. Tenant advocates have been candid (and successful) with their opposition to landlords having a seat at the table. That is why these bills are generally so short-sighted.
Tenant/Landlord relationship and interaction is dynamic and complex, and these bills fail to recognize the on the ground circumstances created with real people living real lives. Additionally the bills do not consider that both landlords and fellow tenants can suffer the consequences of a bad apple tenant.
The Orca – Fact Versus Political Hysteria
By Cindy Alia
January 27, 2019
As much as I would like to take credit for this article, a very savvy and critically thinking facebook follower often has very in depth and well thought out comments to articles posted there. Grateful for this kind of response and the research behind it, I feel compelled in this case to share the thoughts and conclusions reached from the research the follower had done.
January 27, 2019
CAPR Works to Protect Property Owners’ Rights and Their Septic Systems
Until this summer, property owners have never been represented on the Washington State Department of Health Onsite Sewage System (OSS) policy and technical rule revision Committee (basically an ad hoc committee to determine Washington State’s rules regarding septic systems).
Historically, only bureaucrats, environmental extremists, and industry representatives (septic pumping, designers, etc.) were involved. This may have been one reason why these policies seem to keep getting worse and more hostile to property owners over the years.
AVISTA / HYDRO ONE Sale Denied by WUTC!
by Cindy Alia, December 8, 2108
The Energy and tenacity of Citizens' Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR), Spokane Treasurer Rob Chase who pursued coordination under the the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, Idaho based Avista Customer Group, and many concerned and commenting citizens of both Washington and Idaho were very effective in putting pressure on the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Committee (WUTC), who in Washington State had the final say in determining if Avista, a United States owned utility company could be purchased by a Canadian utility company, Hydro One!
December 8, 2018
Skagit County - Charter Push to Deny Rights - Denied! – Winning The Fight to Defeat the Charter Initiative
Skagit County – Winning The Fight to Defeat the Charter Initiative
Twenty-one days after the November 6th election, the excruciating slow process of counting votes in Skagit County was over. However, after only a week of sorting through ballots, it was evident the initiative to transform Skagit into a county that resembled its dysfunctional neighbors was soundly beaten back. In the end, voters turned down charter government by a 2 to1 margin.
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