The school board accepted a half million dollar payment from the Whatcom Land Trust last December under the condition that the district would not oppose the reconveyance.
School board chair Russ Pfeiffer-Hoyt says claims that he was a board member of the Whatcom Land Trust are not true.
Pfeiffer-Hoyt says he has supported and given donations to the Land Trust over the years.
A group of school district residents filed charges late last month to recall Pfeiffer-Hoyt claiming he had a conflict of interests.
He says the agreement with Whatcom Land Trust was made at open public meetings, and the board accepted the payment because the district had no other way to make up lost timber revenues if the reconveyance goes through.
A group of school district residents filed charges late last month to recall Pfeiffer-Hoyt claiming he had a conflict of interests.
He says the agreement with Whatcom Land Trust was made at open public meetings, and the board accepted the payment because the district had no other way to make up lost timber revenues if the reconveyance goes through.
