Some landowners contend that they are being denied information about what land is tax exempt.
A group of Suquamish area property owners is suing Kitsap County over what it considers unequal treatment of Indian and non-Indian property in what is generally called the Suquamish reservation. The suit asks for improved enforcement of state environmental and county land-use regulations, and for expanded taxation of land in the Suquamish area. The defendants are the county, the county commissioners and County Assessor Jim Avery. The Suquamish Tribe is not named. The plaintiffs are the 100 or so members of the Association of Property Owners and Residents of Port Madison Area.