Larry Collinge This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. The New Terminators: A Guide to the Anti-Sovereignty Movement

   www.ratical.org/ratville/NewTe - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/26/2001   Last Visited: 5/18/2002

   "The tribe doesn't own it [the land]," contends Larry Collinge, a spokesman of FAIR. "We own it as citizens and taxpayers of this republic."
   ...
   Collinge, who has lived on the Swinomish reservation for twenty years, gathered about 200 signatures from non-Indian property owners on the petition, which advocates repeal of the "memorandum of understanding" between the Swinomish and Skagit County. (Parr, Dec. 15, 1998) Under the joint arrangement, landowners must apply for permits from both Skagit County and the Swinomish. FAIR believes that county zoning should prevail. The net result: the Swinomish would lose authority over land use on nearly half their reservation to which non-Indians hold title.
   
   During the late fall of 1998, FAIR hosted an informational meeting for a capacity crowd at the Hope Island Fire Hall in LaConner, "to address the Swinomish Tribe's new 3 percent business privilege tax ordinance." (Angry Group) The tax, approved by the Tribal Senate in August, "will be charged to utility providers, who will likely pass down the cost to their customers." (Angry Group) Utilities falling under the tax include water, power, garbage collection, cable, local and long- distance telephone services, wireless communications (cell phones and pagers), septic services, gas, propane, heating oil and sewer.

2. 2. The New Terminators: A Guide to the Anti-Sovereignty Movement

   www.ratical.com/ratville/NewTe - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/1/1997   Last Visited: 5/4/2004

   "The tribe doesn't own it [the land]," contends Larry Collinge, a spokesman of FAIR.
   ...
   Collinge, who has lived on the Swinomish reservation for twenty years, gathered about 200 signatures from non-Indian property owners on the petition, which advocates repeal of the "memorandum of understanding" between the Swinomish and Skagit County. (Parr, Dec. 15, 1998) Under the joint arrangement, landowners must apply for permits from both Skagit County and the Swinomish.