The Walla Walla County Democrats hold meetings on a regular basis. Newcomers are always welcome! You will find specific dates listed on our calendar, but the meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. The meetings are both in person and virtual. We meet in person in the board room of the Walla Walla School District Building, 364 S. Park St., Walla Walla. Zoom meeting links are regularly sent to our email list. If you would like to be added to our list or simply join one of our meetings virtually, please contact us for details or sign up for our mailing list here.
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Meet & greet with the candidate and ask questions. Ann Marie Danimus is a Democrat running for Congress in Washington State’s 5th District.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/395441079072119
Candidate for Congress, 5th Congressional District
Event registration here: https://www.natashaforcongress.com/events
Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86055131402?pwd=SFVvUDF2UkEyTlAzYmR0OVBCM2Yxdz09
An event of the Ag and Rural Caucus of the State Democratic Central Committee
Water Rights Adjudication: Theory, Yakima Experience, and the Nooksack Anticipation
Mary Verner, Department of Ecology: Theory
Tom Ring, veteran of Yakima adjudication: Experience
William Clarke, Whatcom County, Ag Water Board: Anticipation
Water Rights: The FundamentalsLet’s start at the beginning. Who has rights to use public waters and how did they get them? This is the business of water right adjudication. And the Department of Ecology, working for the state, is boss. Except that the state is a latecomer to claiming jurisdiction, about a hundred years. And except that only the courts can really adjudicate water rights.
Confused? Aside from one-on-one adjudications, there has been only one general basin adjudication, the Yakima. It took forty years. It wrapped up in2019. It is known by its court title: Ecology v Acquella.
Next up is the Nooksack (WRIA-01). Are landowners in Whatcom County looking forward to forty years of litigation?
Our meeting on 23 June takes up water right adjudication, the experience in the Yakima basin, and the anticipations in the Nooksack.
Do you or someone you know want to buy a home in Walla Walla County but can’t afford any homes on the market? Come to a family-friendly event on July 21st at 5:30 at Lions Park Community Center in College Place to find out about a new approach to homeownership. Common Roots Housing Trust is a community-based organization that will create permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for families earning between $28,000 and $65,000 per year. Please see the flyer, in English or Spanish, for more information and to share with people you know who want to buy a home but can’t afford to in Walla Walla County.
This is a free event with food, childcare, and live English-Spanish translation.