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Community forum: veterans' VA contract concerns, septic inspection delays, police body‑camera records, and calls for accountability
Summary
During the Pierce County Council’s community forum on Feb. 25, residents raised multiple concerns, including unpaid VA contractors disrupting care, delays in implementing a DIY septic inspection program, requests for audit logs of police body‑camera recordings, and calls for police accountability and improved records access.
During the Pierce County Council’s community forum on Feb. 25, multiple residents raised separate issues affecting county constituents, including disrupted VA contractor payments, delays in a do‑it‑yourself septic inspection program, requests for council assistance obtaining audit logs for police body‑camera records, and calls for improved police accountability.
Laurie Lee Litman, who identified herself as a 100% service‑connected veteran, warned that contractors who provide medical care under the American Lake VA were not being paid and that some contractors are canceling contracts. She said that unpaid contractors are affecting veterans’ access to care and that contractors were “going after us, veterans, for…
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