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Jeff Tozzer's avatar

The commissioners did not reply to yesterday's email asking if Clallam County is better off than when they took office. Here is today's email to the commissioners and Health Officer Berry:

Dear Commissioners and Dr. Berry,

After reading the article below, I’m left with a straightforward concern: why is Clallam County not consistently enforcing existing laws meant to protect public health and safety?

State law (including RCW 70.05.060) is clear that local health officials are responsible for preventing and abating conditions that are harmful to the public. Yet residents continue to report open drug use, indecent exposure, and unsafe conditions in public spaces—often without meaningful intervention or follow-up.

A few questions:

What specific enforcement actions are being taken to address these ongoing public health and safety violations?

How do you reconcile current conditions with your statutory duty to abate nuisances and protect the public?

At what point does non-enforcement become a failure to uphold state law?

What measurable outcomes should residents expect to see change—and on what timeline?

I would appreciate a clear response, as I intend to share your answers in full.

Jennifer's avatar

RESIGNATION OR REVITALIZATION?

Thank you Jake for pointing us towards ways to end the big pink elephant sitting on the court house lawn. Your solutions don’t throw it back on the citizens to solve through vigilantism but rather a collaboration of the citizens and the local government to come together and use the resources that ARE LEGAL AND AVAILABLE.

By definition, CC is in the middle of Street Anarchy. We cannot begin to revitalize the county without solving a basic need for safety and security.

anarchy

noun

1. a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems

SIGNS of anarchy

: a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority

: absence of government

: a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government

: absence or denial of any authority or established order

: absence of order : disorder

Garry Blankenship's avatar

My regret, ( remorse ? ), for what Jake Seegers son experienced. Now living the life of a Senior I see naivety in all things sexually related as a treasured asset. There truly is no benefit to accumulating as much sexuality knowledge as possible, as soon as possible. Some sexuality schooling on the part of adults is important to help our youth avoid undesirable situations, but again there's no hurry. I'm frustrated by the safety responsibility chain you reveal. I find our local BOH leader both educationally brainwashed and driven by naive misdirected compassion that ignores reality. Unfortunately Allison Berry can only be removed for incompetence by our State Board of Health which also mandated the injection of unsafe and ineffective experimental toxins. The State BOH is equally brainwashed by the pharma controlled medical training institutions. Aside from the need for new leadership on our BOH, the laws that allowed them to mandate the injection of experimental toxins must be changed. Let the BOH take their case to our Sheriff who knows law enforcement and the Sheriff can then decide on enforcement. I would hope our Sheriff would allow anyone smart enough to not inject experimental toxins to dine at a restaurant. Regarding the revolving drug / homelessness issue, the only solution I see is to make all illegal drug distribution complicity lethal. The recent lethal destruction of drug trafficking boats is an example. Providing drug dealers a roof and meals for life is an insufficient deterrent. Addicts cannot become addicted, if the drugs are not attainable.

Scott's avatar

City decline is a choice

City revitalization can ALSO be a choice