August 6, 2015

Governor lay Inslee
Office of the Governor
PO Box 40002

Olympia, WA 98504-0002

Dear Governor Inslee:

Thank you for making your staff available to work with the Squaxin island Tribe to finalize a marijuana
compact under the authority of House Bill 2000. As you may know, the Tribe worked for many months
and years with the Liquor Control Board, now the Liquor and Cannabis Board, to arrive at an appropriate
government-to-government approach to the state?s legalization of marijuana. have led the Tribe?s
efforts to fight drug abuse on the Squaxin Reservation and I arrive at my support for this new approach
only after long deliberation. But I recognize that continuing as an island of prohibition while surrounded
byjurisdictions that allow the sale and consumption of marijuana is unworkable. The draft lasttransferred
by Squaxin staff to LCB by email has my full support. I hope you can sign it as it stands, but I understand
the LCB may have few final changes to propose. Please take whatever steps you can to encourage the fair
and timely completion of this process, and please direct your staff to continue to work with staff attorney

Nathan Schreiner on the details of the document. lam available if you wish to discuss any aspect of this
with me directly.

Sincerely, ,1

I  

David Lopeman
Chairman

cc: Sandy Mullins, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor

 

SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE 10 S.E. Squaxin Lane Shelton, WA 98584 Phone (360) 426?9781
Fax (360) 426-6577