We'll still be harvesting into October, but the sales always seem to slow down right after Labor Day. Calls are coming from all over the Northwest, said Hope Tuttle, director of consumer services in the Seattle office of the attorney general. Northwest Family Reunion has scheduled a meeting Saturday at the Trade, Recreation and Agricultural Center in Pasco to promote its plan, but concerned county officials who operate TRAC are considering canceling the event because they fear the venture may not be legal. We haven't gone one way or another on the contract. He said county officials plan to make a decision today.
Participants move up the diagram as they recruit new participants.
The promise of a rapid profit has the state and the BBB worried about whether it is a legitimate operation. According to the state Department of Licensing and the city of Prosser, Northwest Family Reunion is not licensed to do business in the state or the city. But Taylor said Northwest Family Reunion doesn't require a license because it isn't a business. We're just family and friends. She said the program involves gifting, or giving a donation, not investing.