Jeff, you are not only speaking from personal interactions with Hodgson, you have presented more information on his career and volunteer services. I didn't realize he wore so many other hats. James R. Taylor lost to Navarra Carr by only 3-4% of the final vote count. To me, this is huge. I, frankly, think that it's a positive outcome. If Hodgson had not run unopposed, there may have been a different outcome based on Hodgson's reputation for multiple absences on his volunteer Boards. More and more sunshine is peering thru those cracks, and sooner than later, CC will have nothing but brighter days. JAKE SEEGERS 2026.
They groomed another local boy to give Xerxes his Ennis Creek Village ....The area under water in the NOAA map and ready to get pounded by a tsunami....trying to get good Chum genetics on a 7-9 percent grade...continue healing the bad relationship,,being the one holding the bag for the US Department of Economic Development.. whatever blue state fraud that unravels locally.
John I really appreciate the deep thinking that goes into your comments. Somehow you end up connecting all the issues together so lesser people than yourself can comprehend the message.
Now about Xerxes, well that is too deep a dive for me at this hour and feels random from my perspective.
Ron Allen developed a good thing. The JKT was killing it. Then, like Xerxes, he went too far. Xerxes had to attempt to wipe out Sparta rather than co-exist with Sparta and accept his current empire.. It cost him everything. He was assassinated and the empire fell further apart.
Xerxes on his way to Zeus is where he is at. Now I understand where Randy Johnson of JKT gets his influence to call me a crackpot. That's the JKT mindset right now.
Opposition is to be insulted and not contended with with any rationality. Xerxes actually believes that reparations for colonization stuff. He has facilitated the violations of the Point No Point Treaty, while taking money from Congress and BIA to uphold the treaty.
In other words Xerxes has not told BIA or Congress he needs to renegotiate the treaty per the Constitution. Xerxes has bypassed Congress and has intercepted environmental grants to acquire reparations, over in Obama's International NGO bypass sold locally by Howard Doherty.
Ron has earned the title of Xerxes because like Xerxes who listened to his brother in law , Ron listened to Howard Doherty.
I think they are going for the whole PA waterfront. Carr and Suggs have both made comments against the industrial/port zoning on the waterfront. Suggs wants to close First st downtowm for a "pedestrain mall"
Blaming property owners for not making investments while Ron Allen, Latrisha Suggs and Navara Carr cast Ron's shadow over downtown PA with unrealistic salmon restoration pursuits, is beyond unfair.
We need somebody in there that will stand up to Ron Allen and his minions.
IMO Ron Allen is a symptom of a larger problem which is the federal government. If my neighbor opens a food bank for rats does that neighbor share responsibility for an infestation of rodents?
Off topic; The Spartan zeitgeist stressed bravery and allegiance to the state whereas Athens was more interested in art, mathematics, science and philosophy. Bravery and self-sacrifice do not necessarily win battles when the enemy's weapons are superior. High IQ societies invent a rifle. Low IQ societies invent a spear. High IQ societies feel compassion for Low IQ societies and try to help them. Low IQ societies accept the remittance but past reason they hate their benefactors. I don't understand human behavior.
In classical Gnostic cosmologies, , they understood how the matrix is put together and how to work our way out of it...(which is why they were exterminated)
1. The Monad (The One)
At the very top.
Monad / Bythos – the ineffable Source
Beyond being, beyond names, beyond duality
1.A The Pleroma emanates from the Monad but is not identical to it.
If the Pleroma is fullness, the Monad is the depth from which fullness arises.
Shame on Sam Grello for criticizing downtown property owners while Xerxes flexes his flubber and magic bean muscles in front of a hotel and casts a salm0n restoration shadow. Sam Grello Resign now.
Keep it from being a working waterfront increasing reliance on ships and trucks. They have signed international contracts to take part in the globalization of Clallam County and its cities.
Undermining American interests with flubber and magic bean global and tribal bullshit.
Unfortunately, the Port Authority is the only entity really undertaking any business development in PA. The city council and development council seem utterly uninterested in anything besides more government agencies and NGOs. The city’s new business tax and apparent footdragging on helping new businesses get started is proof.
After Port Angeles becomes a utopian civilization for homeless perhaps property values might increase here in Sequim. Public transportation from Sequim to Port Angeles would need to be terminated, however. I really, really hate our leaders who have destroyed decent neighborhoods. PA has a beautiful view of the mountains and many attractive old houses. Some humans only destroy and never produce.
I have been to PA on a Monday. I took a visitor from E Wa there. Nothing was open. It looked like a set from an old Twilight Zone.
I didn’t realize that Mondays are a permanent day off!
What the hell. Don’t complain about lack of business. Maybe all the days of the week represent closed business days. If I had a business, I would be open especially on Monday holidays. Didn’t anyone go to Wharton? Retail made simple, post your hours, open the door, turn a few lights on.
If you are using the business to off set taxes, there are better ways. Got a picture of a business stating on sign it was open. Locked up like Ft Knox. Way to go PA
They have no idea. I remember the owner of a coffee spot who closed his business when he couldn’t get his Gen Z employees to get up early enough to bake anything.
Other prospectives seem to have no idea what a business plan is. There’s a Make Your Own Stuffy (like Build A Bear) store opening this week and I hear somebody wants to put a kids’ trampoline party place where the Odd Lots store was; that sounds like an orthopedic surgeon’s dream.
If that’s not bad enough, the city and county drag their feet regarding inspections so it can take a long time to open anything involving food.
First impressions matter. It’s an uphill battle to change what has been cemented in the brains of those that noticed the blatant absence . Unfortunately these missteps are often writing on the wall. Get your stuff (Mark)together you know, like an adult or kindly resign. Attendance should not be a lead story. We had enough with the CRC.
Perhaps our governments would perform more efficiently if the Social Justice Warriors avoided meetings. I believe in Laissez-faire government. OTOH when social ambitions produce a defective population then an intrusive government becomes a necessity. This seems to be a contradiction.
Meetings become the opportunity to schedule more meetings. All of them should be stand-up meetings. Once people settle into chairs, the process will exceed the actual time it should require. So when I’m in charge, prepare to “come and done”. Time is a resource that should not be wasted .
Then 2024 he was on PA Parks commission as chair but also missed a lot of meetings. It doesn't appear he was on PA PARKS since end of 2024 yet he left it on LinkedIn as if he still was a member, same with the Olympia thing. It looks like his presence on Olympia equity was 2024 same year he supposedly chaired PA parks- where did he actually live in 2024 and how could he transparently serve both cities at same time?
These are all socialists...LARP's...Live Action Role Players... and their ultimate goal is to be wealthy and powerful while dismantling societies! IOW, psychopaths!🤓
Previously, it was very difficult to remove PA board, committee, or commission members. There was no attendance policy. However, our 2024 revisions that I sponsored changed that.
City Code 2.25.060A: A member of a permanent committee is automatically removed after failing to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the committee. There are no excused absences, however the removed member is not prohibited from re-applying for the position and is for this purpose only, exempt from the four-year break in section 2.25.030.E.
This is an automatic process and doesn't require City Council or staff involvement. There was discussion on if it should be 2 or 3 missed meetings. The final decision was 3, but with the provision that there are no excused absences. The other option was 2 missed consecutive unexcused absences.
This code only applies to City controlled board, committees, and commissions.
What are the attendance policies for council members, and are there any limitations on how often they can attend virtually while off chasing their other ambitions?
We follow state law (RCW 35A.12.060) which states that a councilmember may forfeit their office if they fail to attend three consecutive regular council meetings without being excused by the City Council. Our Council Rules of Procedure states that remote participation should be the exception, not the rule, and remote participation is limited to 3 councilmembers per meeting. There isn't a limitation on how often a Council Member can attend remotely. By state law, we must allow for remote participation. (I'm not sure if I put a link in my comment if it will flag it as spam. So, I'll make an additional comment with the link to our Council Rules of Procedures.)
I believe I've only participated remotely once, and that was when I was out of town on a Council assignment.
If a private sector employee has a record like his, they get canned eventually. Try doing one thing well for now please...
Jeff, the breakfast went so well and we had a great time I brought a bag of Jake Seeger brittle to give to the seniors fundraiser and it was sold before I could set it on the table! Jake's a hit too!
I agree. The private sector has a different set of challenges, but most worthless unproductive employees are eventually discovered and canned. When they are not canned the reason usually involves a government "quota" system involving social justice scores. Oddly enough sometimes the leadership is woke and has a separate agenda that is independent of a profit motive.
The lad is stretched too thin. Unlike Ozias, Hodgson has to be available when on shift making multi tasking a limited probability. So when does he find time to deal effectively with these other entities, given he still has other daily personal affairs to tend to?
Susan C Bonallo I agree with your statement. I have never known anyone who could simultaneously master several difficult tasks properly. The strongest minds actually function in the opposite direction. The ability to focus requires an elimination of all extraneous data that corrupts the thought process. Off topic, I wonder if a correlation exists between the tolerance of loud offensive noises and an IQ below 80. When I watch the current protests I hear a lot of shrill screaming, loud banging on drums, honking and ear-piercing whistles.
The low IQ is and has been intentional...it is horrific the things that have been done to humans to dumb them down, sterilize them and drive them mad, control them and turn them into violent animals...All by design...It's not their fault, but it's their life!🤪
Perhaps it is out of an abundance of caution, with a dash of well-earned paranoia, that I must remind folks that this Hodgson character STILL needs to be officially sworn into office for him to actually legitimately conduct ANY official duties whatsoever~! That very obvious & historic potential "trick" of the criminal element within our web of dubious characters, who only exist to serve the public, should not be overlooked. Additionally, I am even more alarmed than usual to learn that Hodgson is STILL a Washington State Trooper~! Not to mention the glaring question - if he ever should have been a WASP officer??? Social Justice and Equity Commissioner of The City of Olympia~??? May it rain great wart infested Horney toads~! This "Social Justice and Equity" hogwash is COMPLETELY foreign to, if not an all-out treasonous assault upon, The American Constitution, so it is extremely concerning that Hodgson has SO many glaringly obvious extreme "conflicts of interests" and as such he poses a potentially direct danger to our community and state~! Do "we" really need another hysterically emotional "political activist" in our government who knows nothing of The American Constitution? God help the poor American who would be subject to a traffic stop or other state police activity involving such a "deeply confused and conflicted" peace officer~! How many more times will Hodgson be A.W.O.L. from his "many duties", one way or another, exactly WHO has installed him into ALL of these positions of power, and most importantly what is the true goal and agenda that he is involved in??? VERY disturbing~!
I do get your point, however at some time in the future I wonder just how much of a danger these treasonously subversive clowns will be to themselves Individually, and of course what kind of danger they will pose to each other because ultimately, they will find themselves in REAL trouble sooner or later~? I don't know when, but given the trajectory that these idiots are on I am sure that they will face very angry mobs of Americans that have had enough of their insanity and bullying tactics that expose good folks to all sorts of serious harm... In fact, we have been tracking attacks and even some murders of doctors and medical workers in the US over the past couple of years, which were all but unheard of until the COVID mass murder genocide. So, it would appear that some patients, or the patient's family members, have been very predictably taking matters into their own hands. The criminally corrupt media sure isn't going to honestly report on those "incidents" because they themselves are criminally complicit in the mass murder of millions of Americans and God only knows how many vaccine related injuries (many of which have now rendered many millions with lifelong handicaps). My point is that it is clear that Americans understand that the police and so-called "justice system" has betrayed them and there is little to no justice for the worst kinds of criminals on earth, so at some point folks who feel that they have nothing left to lose do strike back at those who have committed crimes against humanity. That is history and if things get out-of-control no one will be able to put that Genie back in the bottle any time soon... As an American Constitutionalist it is one of "my/our" greatest nightmares, but God willing "we" will see that some of the good folks in government and the military step in to do their jobs before things go that far... Yes, these criminals in government will keep pushing their insane agendas more and more because the people don't stop them peacefully, so that always means that sooner or later peace is no longer an option... Look at what is going on in Iran right now... That was all triggered by the criminals in government there and their brutally harsh treatment of just one young woman which ended up in her death... It is just a matter of time before these criminals here get someone hurt or killed and it triggers a VERY ugly response from folks who have had more than they can take...
Let us be thankful for the Goodness that we currently have~!
Hodgson was a milquetoast sycophant while on the Park’s Board. His first day no-show is only a preview of what’s to come. And we can only expect him to vote as the personally beneficial winds blow.
I read the entire (it’s really long, but someone read it or it wouldn’t have made it to press) Shoreline management material that includes (but not limited to) the establishment of an ocean viable species. It spells out all the things that must be addressed. Many I had not considered like the transport of a harvest from grow area to shore. The impact of the shore facility. The damage to seabed established animals, the need for utilities at area being utilized, (electric, water etc) including restroom facilities for workers. And so much more. So how can the JST put in an oyster growing entity without violating about half the laws that are established and federally regulated? Do they own the Dungeness Spit? The Feds have rules that must be followed even by a tribe. Wouldn’t you hate to look out at that area and see an industrial complex?
I think this is a Step To Far, even for the tribe, which no laws apply and if questioned Ozias will deal with you. Give me a call Mr Ozias, I’d love to talk about your relationship with the tribe that far out weighs your commitment to Clallam County Residents. But if you are hung up in DC, just stay there. I feel safer somehow when you aren’t around to fulfill orders from your largest donors. Bought and paid for, bully for you.
I can’t help myself. If it’s fine print, there is always something we should know that has been tucked into the verbiage. I am pleased to read for the team. It’s almost an addiction. But in a good way.
Definitely a Hobson’s Choice: We’re stuck with supporting Kate Dexter (bad) instead of Navarra Carr (worse).
It’s like this lifetime Philadelphia Eagles fan being forced to cheer for the Seahawks. The Seahawks will face off against the 49ers, which beat my Eagles on Sunday (although the Eagles really defeated themselves).
I think a lot of people are landing in the same place for a pretty simple reason: when a council is split and trust is already thin, stability matters. You don’t have to turn this into a morality play to understand why folks are leaning toward the person who’s already shown they can run a meeting calmly and keep the temperature down.
That’s not ideology. It’s not factional. It’s just a practical read of the moment.
What I don’t love is how this has turned into an attack on the incoming councilmember. Missing one meeting because of a work conflict isn’t a scandal, and it doesn’t justify dragging up old grievances or declaring someone unreliable before they’ve even taken their seat. You can prefer steady leadership without needing a villain.
Both Dexter and Carr were present during the pool oversight mess, and neither one walks away spotless from that chapter. What people are reacting to isn’t sainthood versus chaos; it’s temperament and process. Given the options, the public seems to be choosing the person least likely to make the next year harder than it needs to be.
That’s a reasonable instinct. The character assassination isn’t.
Fair enough, and hoestly it was a while ago... I was going off the way your own reporting framed the pool mess as part of a bigger oversight pattern, so I assumed the mayor would’ve had at least some visibility. If the city really had no operational role in the district’s finances, I appreciate the clarification. My only point is that it feels a little uneven to treat one councilmember as fully responsible and another as completely disconnected from the environment it happened in.
Transparency is a standard I apply to government and those exercising public authority—not a requirement that private citizens expose themselves to retaliation in order to participate in civic debate, which is a very real risk in Clallam County.
The letter is real, it is part of the public record, and anyone can verify it. I honored a private citizen’s request for discretion because protecting civic participation matters just as much as exposing government conduct.
IMO protecting civic participation is tantamount to exposing government deficiencies. If a citizen cannot be protected, then the corruption will continue.
Herb, who wrote the letter should not be of utmost concern especially if the author is a private citizen. The content is what needs focus & reason for action & concern. I for one appreciate anyone who pens concerns to our council, thank you.
Jeff, you are not only speaking from personal interactions with Hodgson, you have presented more information on his career and volunteer services. I didn't realize he wore so many other hats. James R. Taylor lost to Navarra Carr by only 3-4% of the final vote count. To me, this is huge. I, frankly, think that it's a positive outcome. If Hodgson had not run unopposed, there may have been a different outcome based on Hodgson's reputation for multiple absences on his volunteer Boards. More and more sunshine is peering thru those cracks, and sooner than later, CC will have nothing but brighter days. JAKE SEEGERS 2026.
They groomed another local boy to give Xerxes his Ennis Creek Village ....The area under water in the NOAA map and ready to get pounded by a tsunami....trying to get good Chum genetics on a 7-9 percent grade...continue healing the bad relationship,,being the one holding the bag for the US Department of Economic Development.. whatever blue state fraud that unravels locally.
John I really appreciate the deep thinking that goes into your comments. Somehow you end up connecting all the issues together so lesser people than yourself can comprehend the message.
Now about Xerxes, well that is too deep a dive for me at this hour and feels random from my perspective.
Ron Allen developed a good thing. The JKT was killing it. Then, like Xerxes, he went too far. Xerxes had to attempt to wipe out Sparta rather than co-exist with Sparta and accept his current empire.. It cost him everything. He was assassinated and the empire fell further apart.
Xerxes on his way to Zeus is where he is at. Now I understand where Randy Johnson of JKT gets his influence to call me a crackpot. That's the JKT mindset right now.
Opposition is to be insulted and not contended with with any rationality. Xerxes actually believes that reparations for colonization stuff. He has facilitated the violations of the Point No Point Treaty, while taking money from Congress and BIA to uphold the treaty.
In other words Xerxes has not told BIA or Congress he needs to renegotiate the treaty per the Constitution. Xerxes has bypassed Congress and has intercepted environmental grants to acquire reparations, over in Obama's International NGO bypass sold locally by Howard Doherty.
Ron has earned the title of Xerxes because like Xerxes who listened to his brother in law , Ron listened to Howard Doherty.
Also like Xerxes, Ron wished the people he is in the midst of slaughtering consider him to be merciful...
Apt analogy, John. A Greek tragedy from millenia ago playing before our eyes in the 21st century.
Thank you John. I needed that summed up!
Mythology
Mythology is always telling a true story from someone's perspective.😎
I think they are going for the whole PA waterfront. Carr and Suggs have both made comments against the industrial/port zoning on the waterfront. Suggs wants to close First st downtowm for a "pedestrain mall"
john worthington
director@pawaterfront.org
Hello,
Please resign from your position.
Blaming property owners for not making investments while Ron Allen, Latrisha Suggs and Navara Carr cast Ron's shadow over downtown PA with unrealistic salmon restoration pursuits, is beyond unfair.
We need somebody in there that will stand up to Ron Allen and his minions.
John Worthington
IMO Ron Allen is a symptom of a larger problem which is the federal government. If my neighbor opens a food bank for rats does that neighbor share responsibility for an infestation of rodents?
Reduce the budgets of all agencies and they lose their power.
Off topic; The Spartan zeitgeist stressed bravery and allegiance to the state whereas Athens was more interested in art, mathematics, science and philosophy. Bravery and self-sacrifice do not necessarily win battles when the enemy's weapons are superior. High IQ societies invent a rifle. Low IQ societies invent a spear. High IQ societies feel compassion for Low IQ societies and try to help them. Low IQ societies accept the remittance but past reason they hate their benefactors. I don't understand human behavior.
In classical Gnostic cosmologies, , they understood how the matrix is put together and how to work our way out of it...(which is why they were exterminated)
1. The Monad (The One)
At the very top.
Monad / Bythos – the ineffable Source
Beyond being, beyond names, beyond duality
1.A The Pleroma emanates from the Monad but is not identical to it.
If the Pleroma is fullness, the Monad is the depth from which fullness arises.
2. Within the Pleroma: Aeons & Syzygies
Often assumed but not stated
Aeons – divine emanations (Mind, Truth, Life, Grace, etc.)
Syzygies – paired Aeons (masculine/feminine balance)
Barbelo – first emanation in many systems (Divine Forethought)
Without Aeons, the Pleroma is a word without structure.
3. The Rupture: Sophia
The crucial missing hinge
Sophia (Wisdom) – Aeon whose imbalance or longing produces rupture
Her fall or overextension gives rise to:
The Demiurge
The Kenoma (deficiency / emptiness)
Sophia explains why there is a broken cosmos at all.
4. Between Pleroma and World: The Kenoma
Almost always missing, but essential
Kenoma = realm of lack, shadow, distortion
Not evil in essence, but severed from fullness
The Demiurge rules here, not the Pleroma
Without the Kenoma, the Demiurge makes no metaphysical sense.
5. Below the Demiurge: Fate (Heimarmene)
What empowers the Archons
Archons = rulers of systems (time, law, biology, psychology)
Heimarmene (Fate) – the mechanical necessity they enforce
Astrology, determinism, repetition, compulsion
Archons don’t rule by cruelty alone—they rule by automation.
6. Within Humanity: The Three Natures
Almost always overlooked
Hylic – material-bound (body-driven)
Psychic – soul/mind (moral, religious, rational)
Pneumatic – spirit (seed of the Pleroma)
The Archons cannot rule the Pneumatic—only distract it.
7. The Liberator: Logos / Christ
Not as redeemer-by-sacrifice, but awakener
Logos / Christ descends from the Pleroma
Brings Gnosis (remembering, not believing)
Does not fix the system—reveals the exit
Salvation is not forgiveness—it is remembrance.
8. What Ultimately Breaks the System: Gnosis
The final missing element
Gnosis = experiential knowing of origin
Restores the Pneumatic to the Pleroma
Ends Archonic power by making it irrelevant
The Demiurge cannot comprehend Gnosis—only law.
In One Line
👉 The Source above it, the rupture that caused it, the realm it rules, the spark trapped within us, and the remembering that dissolves it.
"This seems to be our hierarchical structure at the pre-material level."
You mean you didn't learn this too?🤣
They have intentionally misapplied salmon science developed and implemented at Jimmycomelately to achieve reparations for Colonization.
Just mentioning the 3 percent grade and baffling causes them to act like your holding their head under water.
The insults fly trying to get them to be real with salmon restoration. Right now its total fraud.
Shame on Sam Grello for criticizing downtown property owners while Xerxes flexes his flubber and magic bean muscles in front of a hotel and casts a salm0n restoration shadow. Sam Grello Resign now.
In other words, they want to kill the PA downtown and make it a wonderland for the homeless.
Keep it from being a working waterfront increasing reliance on ships and trucks. They have signed international contracts to take part in the globalization of Clallam County and its cities.
Undermining American interests with flubber and magic bean global and tribal bullshit.
Unfortunately, the Port Authority is the only entity really undertaking any business development in PA. The city council and development council seem utterly uninterested in anything besides more government agencies and NGOs. The city’s new business tax and apparent footdragging on helping new businesses get started is proof.
Carr will break the City of Port Angeles and put a grant fraud cloud over the city. The same one over Clallam County right now.
The same kind of people who will answer the call for more daycare centers in PA. They have friends in Minneapolis who already operate daycare centers.
After Port Angeles becomes a utopian civilization for homeless perhaps property values might increase here in Sequim. Public transportation from Sequim to Port Angeles would need to be terminated, however. I really, really hate our leaders who have destroyed decent neighborhoods. PA has a beautiful view of the mountains and many attractive old houses. Some humans only destroy and never produce.
They have a lot of the older home areas marked as "redevlopable" on future plans..The rulers of PA hate single family homes
I have been to PA on a Monday. I took a visitor from E Wa there. Nothing was open. It looked like a set from an old Twilight Zone.
I didn’t realize that Mondays are a permanent day off!
What the hell. Don’t complain about lack of business. Maybe all the days of the week represent closed business days. If I had a business, I would be open especially on Monday holidays. Didn’t anyone go to Wharton? Retail made simple, post your hours, open the door, turn a few lights on.
If you are using the business to off set taxes, there are better ways. Got a picture of a business stating on sign it was open. Locked up like Ft Knox. Way to go PA
They have no idea. I remember the owner of a coffee spot who closed his business when he couldn’t get his Gen Z employees to get up early enough to bake anything.
Other prospectives seem to have no idea what a business plan is. There’s a Make Your Own Stuffy (like Build A Bear) store opening this week and I hear somebody wants to put a kids’ trampoline party place where the Odd Lots store was; that sounds like an orthopedic surgeon’s dream.
If that’s not bad enough, the city and county drag their feet regarding inspections so it can take a long time to open anything involving food.
Under the guise of salmon restoration.
We've been 'fish-slapped'! 😱
First impressions matter. It’s an uphill battle to change what has been cemented in the brains of those that noticed the blatant absence . Unfortunately these missteps are often writing on the wall. Get your stuff (Mark)together you know, like an adult or kindly resign. Attendance should not be a lead story. We had enough with the CRC.
🎶Reeesssssiiiiignaaaations, are makin' me wait...they're keeepin' me waaaaaiiiiiiiitttiiin!🎶Carly Simon?
Good one!
Perhaps our governments would perform more efficiently if the Social Justice Warriors avoided meetings. I believe in Laissez-faire government. OTOH when social ambitions produce a defective population then an intrusive government becomes a necessity. This seems to be a contradiction.
Meetings become the opportunity to schedule more meetings. All of them should be stand-up meetings. Once people settle into chairs, the process will exceed the actual time it should require. So when I’m in charge, prepare to “come and done”. Time is a resource that should not be wasted .
Does Hodgson just hop cities when it suits his resume building? In this 2024 article he speaks as chair of that committee in Olympia and refers to "Our city" multiple times. https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article289984904.html
Then 2024 he was on PA Parks commission as chair but also missed a lot of meetings. It doesn't appear he was on PA PARKS since end of 2024 yet he left it on LinkedIn as if he still was a member, same with the Olympia thing. It looks like his presence on Olympia equity was 2024 same year he supposedly chaired PA parks- where did he actually live in 2024 and how could he transparently serve both cities at same time?
Excellent questions here to include where he truly resides for voting purposes.
From my knothole, Hodgson is looking to bolster his resume for something bigger.
Mark Ozias as a mentor...yes, yes, and yessir!
The correct spelling is NOzias!😊
Perhaps Hodgson was visiting an empty day care center. I understand that he is a social justice warrior.
These are all socialists...LARP's...Live Action Role Players... and their ultimate goal is to be wealthy and powerful while dismantling societies! IOW, psychopaths!🤓
He was installed like a contractor installs a toilet.
Boards on which I’ve served had an attendance policy. Miss two in a row and you’re out. Sounds like PA needs the same.
Previously, it was very difficult to remove PA board, committee, or commission members. There was no attendance policy. However, our 2024 revisions that I sponsored changed that.
City Code 2.25.060A: A member of a permanent committee is automatically removed after failing to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the committee. There are no excused absences, however the removed member is not prohibited from re-applying for the position and is for this purpose only, exempt from the four-year break in section 2.25.030.E.
This is an automatic process and doesn't require City Council or staff involvement. There was discussion on if it should be 2 or 3 missed meetings. The final decision was 3, but with the provision that there are no excused absences. The other option was 2 missed consecutive unexcused absences.
This code only applies to City controlled board, committees, and commissions.
What are the attendance policies for council members, and are there any limitations on how often they can attend virtually while off chasing their other ambitions?
We follow state law (RCW 35A.12.060) which states that a councilmember may forfeit their office if they fail to attend three consecutive regular council meetings without being excused by the City Council. Our Council Rules of Procedure states that remote participation should be the exception, not the rule, and remote participation is limited to 3 councilmembers per meeting. There isn't a limitation on how often a Council Member can attend remotely. By state law, we must allow for remote participation. (I'm not sure if I put a link in my comment if it will flag it as spam. So, I'll make an additional comment with the link to our Council Rules of Procedures.)
I believe I've only participated remotely once, and that was when I was out of town on a Council assignment.
Thanks for responding!
Link to Council Rules and Procedures:
https://www.cityofpa.us/DocumentCenter/View/10324/Council-Rules-of-Procedure-Updated-07032018
Can't have accountability or ethics...they get in the way of process!😱
Great theme song; so glad the interview inspired you to break out a Debbie Gibson tune!
Good morning Jeff,
Career politicians are from another planet!
If a private sector employee has a record like his, they get canned eventually. Try doing one thing well for now please...
Jeff, the breakfast went so well and we had a great time I brought a bag of Jake Seeger brittle to give to the seniors fundraiser and it was sold before I could set it on the table! Jake's a hit too!
Have a great day Doggers!
It was great to see you, Glen. Thanks for supporting the Class of '26 and for being a fundraising powerhouse!
My honor and pleasure!
I agree. The private sector has a different set of challenges, but most worthless unproductive employees are eventually discovered and canned. When they are not canned the reason usually involves a government "quota" system involving social justice scores. Oddly enough sometimes the leadership is woke and has a separate agenda that is independent of a profit motive.
Oh so sad but far often too true....
The lad is stretched too thin. Unlike Ozias, Hodgson has to be available when on shift making multi tasking a limited probability. So when does he find time to deal effectively with these other entities, given he still has other daily personal affairs to tend to?
Multitasking is doing several things poorly simultaneously!
Good one!!
Susan C Bonallo I agree with your statement. I have never known anyone who could simultaneously master several difficult tasks properly. The strongest minds actually function in the opposite direction. The ability to focus requires an elimination of all extraneous data that corrupts the thought process. Off topic, I wonder if a correlation exists between the tolerance of loud offensive noises and an IQ below 80. When I watch the current protests I hear a lot of shrill screaming, loud banging on drums, honking and ear-piercing whistles.
The low IQ is and has been intentional...it is horrific the things that have been done to humans to dumb them down, sterilize them and drive them mad, control them and turn them into violent animals...All by design...It's not their fault, but it's their life!🤪
That’s an interesting theory. So if we can’t tolerate that noise, we are gifted and of high IQ.
and sloppily!😎
Perhaps it is out of an abundance of caution, with a dash of well-earned paranoia, that I must remind folks that this Hodgson character STILL needs to be officially sworn into office for him to actually legitimately conduct ANY official duties whatsoever~! That very obvious & historic potential "trick" of the criminal element within our web of dubious characters, who only exist to serve the public, should not be overlooked. Additionally, I am even more alarmed than usual to learn that Hodgson is STILL a Washington State Trooper~! Not to mention the glaring question - if he ever should have been a WASP officer??? Social Justice and Equity Commissioner of The City of Olympia~??? May it rain great wart infested Horney toads~! This "Social Justice and Equity" hogwash is COMPLETELY foreign to, if not an all-out treasonous assault upon, The American Constitution, so it is extremely concerning that Hodgson has SO many glaringly obvious extreme "conflicts of interests" and as such he poses a potentially direct danger to our community and state~! Do "we" really need another hysterically emotional "political activist" in our government who knows nothing of The American Constitution? God help the poor American who would be subject to a traffic stop or other state police activity involving such a "deeply confused and conflicted" peace officer~! How many more times will Hodgson be A.W.O.L. from his "many duties", one way or another, exactly WHO has installed him into ALL of these positions of power, and most importantly what is the true goal and agenda that he is involved in??? VERY disturbing~!
Sincerely, Mike
Danger to the people of the state for sure, but I think an asset to 'the state'!😎
Yes, Patriot Robert James~!
I do get your point, however at some time in the future I wonder just how much of a danger these treasonously subversive clowns will be to themselves Individually, and of course what kind of danger they will pose to each other because ultimately, they will find themselves in REAL trouble sooner or later~? I don't know when, but given the trajectory that these idiots are on I am sure that they will face very angry mobs of Americans that have had enough of their insanity and bullying tactics that expose good folks to all sorts of serious harm... In fact, we have been tracking attacks and even some murders of doctors and medical workers in the US over the past couple of years, which were all but unheard of until the COVID mass murder genocide. So, it would appear that some patients, or the patient's family members, have been very predictably taking matters into their own hands. The criminally corrupt media sure isn't going to honestly report on those "incidents" because they themselves are criminally complicit in the mass murder of millions of Americans and God only knows how many vaccine related injuries (many of which have now rendered many millions with lifelong handicaps). My point is that it is clear that Americans understand that the police and so-called "justice system" has betrayed them and there is little to no justice for the worst kinds of criminals on earth, so at some point folks who feel that they have nothing left to lose do strike back at those who have committed crimes against humanity. That is history and if things get out-of-control no one will be able to put that Genie back in the bottle any time soon... As an American Constitutionalist it is one of "my/our" greatest nightmares, but God willing "we" will see that some of the good folks in government and the military step in to do their jobs before things go that far... Yes, these criminals in government will keep pushing their insane agendas more and more because the people don't stop them peacefully, so that always means that sooner or later peace is no longer an option... Look at what is going on in Iran right now... That was all triggered by the criminals in government there and their brutally harsh treatment of just one young woman which ended up in her death... It is just a matter of time before these criminals here get someone hurt or killed and it triggers a VERY ugly response from folks who have had more than they can take...
Let us be thankful for the Goodness that we currently have~!
Sincerely, Mike
Hodgson was a milquetoast sycophant while on the Park’s Board. His first day no-show is only a preview of what’s to come. And we can only expect him to vote as the personally beneficial winds blow.
What the heck is happening here?! https://www.olympicherald.com/p/clallam-county-superior-court-commissioner?utm_medium=web
What the hell?
Hell is the operative word!😱
Thanks, Lori! Corrupt judge, corrupt commissioner, corrupt voting system...When will justice be done!😱
This is a disturbing article. Parker and Basden need to be publicly scrutinized.
I think his absence tells the story. Look at his title in Olympia...SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY COMISSIONER.
Pretty much says it all. A paid job? He is NOT a serious person.
I read the entire (it’s really long, but someone read it or it wouldn’t have made it to press) Shoreline management material that includes (but not limited to) the establishment of an ocean viable species. It spells out all the things that must be addressed. Many I had not considered like the transport of a harvest from grow area to shore. The impact of the shore facility. The damage to seabed established animals, the need for utilities at area being utilized, (electric, water etc) including restroom facilities for workers. And so much more. So how can the JST put in an oyster growing entity without violating about half the laws that are established and federally regulated? Do they own the Dungeness Spit? The Feds have rules that must be followed even by a tribe. Wouldn’t you hate to look out at that area and see an industrial complex?
I think this is a Step To Far, even for the tribe, which no laws apply and if questioned Ozias will deal with you. Give me a call Mr Ozias, I’d love to talk about your relationship with the tribe that far out weighs your commitment to Clallam County Residents. But if you are hung up in DC, just stay there. I feel safer somehow when you aren’t around to fulfill orders from your largest donors. Bought and paid for, bully for you.
Thank you for reading all of that dry material, Susan. You're a brave woman.
I can’t help myself. If it’s fine print, there is always something we should know that has been tucked into the verbiage. I am pleased to read for the team. It’s almost an addiction. But in a good way.
Definitely a Hobson’s Choice: We’re stuck with supporting Kate Dexter (bad) instead of Navarra Carr (worse).
It’s like this lifetime Philadelphia Eagles fan being forced to cheer for the Seahawks. The Seahawks will face off against the 49ers, which beat my Eagles on Sunday (although the Eagles really defeated themselves).
Coming from a Hawks fan from their start... GO HAWKS 😎
I think a lot of people are landing in the same place for a pretty simple reason: when a council is split and trust is already thin, stability matters. You don’t have to turn this into a morality play to understand why folks are leaning toward the person who’s already shown they can run a meeting calmly and keep the temperature down.
That’s not ideology. It’s not factional. It’s just a practical read of the moment.
What I don’t love is how this has turned into an attack on the incoming councilmember. Missing one meeting because of a work conflict isn’t a scandal, and it doesn’t justify dragging up old grievances or declaring someone unreliable before they’ve even taken their seat. You can prefer steady leadership without needing a villain.
Both Dexter and Carr were present during the pool oversight mess, and neither one walks away spotless from that chapter. What people are reacting to isn’t sainthood versus chaos; it’s temperament and process. Given the options, the public seems to be choosing the person least likely to make the next year harder than it needs to be.
That’s a reasonable instinct. The character assassination isn’t.
Carr was on the pool board, Dexter was not.
Fair enough, and hoestly it was a while ago... I was going off the way your own reporting framed the pool mess as part of a bigger oversight pattern, so I assumed the mayor would’ve had at least some visibility. If the city really had no operational role in the district’s finances, I appreciate the clarification. My only point is that it feels a little uneven to treat one councilmember as fully responsible and another as completely disconnected from the environment it happened in.
CCW supports transparency and full disclosure. Why not disclose who wrote the letter to City Council (reproduced in full) supporting Kate Dexter?
Transparency is a standard I apply to government and those exercising public authority—not a requirement that private citizens expose themselves to retaliation in order to participate in civic debate, which is a very real risk in Clallam County.
The letter is real, it is part of the public record, and anyone can verify it. I honored a private citizen’s request for discretion because protecting civic participation matters just as much as exposing government conduct.
Thank you for recognizing that retaliation is the way of life in Clallam County and doing what you can to protect those who are trying to engage
Jim taught us that!
IMO protecting civic participation is tantamount to exposing government deficiencies. If a citizen cannot be protected, then the corruption will continue.
Herb, who wrote the letter should not be of utmost concern especially if the author is a private citizen. The content is what needs focus & reason for action & concern. I for one appreciate anyone who pens concerns to our council, thank you.