Yakima County Commissioners continue to foist on an unsuspecting public a relocated junkyard that will despoil the entrance to Lower Yakima Valley agri-tourism country for decades. The County's agent, Mr. Quintin Douglas, is proceeding apace with construction of a fence around his county-funded 10-acre junkyard.

The Lawsuit

On April 3, 2008, Citizens Protecting Resources filed a lawsuit in the Yakima County Superior Court to begin efforts to stop the move of the Douglas Wrecking Yard to the county-owned Yakima Valley Highway property.

On 3 April 2008, our attorneys called the county on its failure to extend the Conditional Use Permit that expired on 31 March 2008. Two attorneys checked the project files and were unable to find extension documents. Amazingly, the county's Legal Counsel, on 4 Apr 2008, found said documents dated 25 February and 5 March 2008. He, Mr. Terry Austin, could offer no explanation of why the County was nearly two months late filing the documents.

Thus far, the County has not responded to a legal complaint filed by Citizens Protecting Resources.

Documents

Copy of the Complaint [ 2.33 MB]
Letter to Yakima County Planning Department regarding the Conditional Use Permit - 4/3/2008 [ 52 KB]
Summons [ 93 KB]
Letter to Attorney Generals's office regarding Taxpayer Action, requesting Washington State Attorney General's office institute a lawsuit against Yakima County due to improper extension of public credit and gifting of public funds. [ 2 MB]

Letter to Yakima County regarding Expiration of Conditional Use Permit - 4/15/08 [ 152 KB]