The OMC Commissioner and Board President addresses conflict-of-interest questions, financial accountability, and the hospital’s path to recovery in a written Q&A
Very concerning non-answers in so many places - repeatedly suggesting the Board deserves no blame for the Hospital's problems. Very interesting suggestion since she's also claiming credit for being on the way to fixing the problems through hiring the new turnaround specialists.
I agree on your non-answer analysis. Still no answer to recording meetings. As of last week Department of Health violations were still not corrected. Touts walking the floor since August of this year, where was she the last six years? Leadership?
It's easy to 'step out in front' as a last minute gesture, especially when there is no accountability, transparency or real ethics oversight...one can sign all kinds of disclosures but if those disclosures are not made public and have no accountability in REALITY, it's all dog-and-pony shows!🥸
Thanks Jeff. I would like to see that letter hard to believe a suevey was done in September and more than a month later, the Hosp is informed of problems?. Also, are the 70 clinicians sort of like the 50 former intelligence officials who were 100% confident that Hunters laptop was Russian disinformation?....I don't trust 70 clinicians out of hundreds. I dont trust the new candidates for non-partisan positions who refuse to reject partisan endorsement and have actually praised, welcomed and shared it.
Interesting. I'm going to suggest that the PDN is biased in its reporting, I know, newsflash. Also that the motives of the candidates are to win, not to be truthful to favor their competition. The DOH surveys were completed the week of Sept 22nd and the Hospital was DOH compliant on Oct 9th. The CERTIFICATE as I understand it, has not been issued because of the shutdown. I would suggest that both the PDN and the candidates, if past political posturing reveals anything, suggest that they carefully choose their words with something to the effect of "They still haven't been approved for their DOH Certificate" or "Still no DOH certification".....pardon my accusations, but I call that lies of omission or "false witness" and in a mail-in ballot system where a single vote counts, that stuff chaps my arse......
Having a “one on one” in-person conversation with Jeff, and not running her answers by her legal constituents, that would have made her additionally trustworthy & potentially “honest”.
Whereas her long.. un-accountable *recusing, blaming & deflecting statements will continue to keep me cynical and sided.
PS.
The Hospitals are all failing in “Rural” areas across the Country..
I listened to Speaker Johnson this morning.
It’s much bigger than the simple brain would want to believe.
Interesting, I didnt read it like this at all. I read explanations for why and what the boards role is NOT when it comes to the hospitals operational management.
The public hospital district commission shall appoint a superintendent, who shall be appointed for an indefinite time and be removable at the will of the commission.
(1) The superintendent shall be the chief administrative officer of the public district hospital and shall have control of administrative functions of the district. The superintendent shall be responsible to the commission for the efficient administration of all affairs of the district.
(1) The public hospital district superintendent shall have the power, and duty:
(a) To carry out the orders of the commission, and to see that all the laws of the state pertaining to matters within the functions of the district are duly enforced.
(b) To keep the commission fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the district.
The kommissars, whatever organization they are overseeing seem to be the key to the problems...and I mean the hospital kommissars. in this case...or any kommissar, in any organization.
How do we end up with these people? Not through transparency and accountability, that's obvious.😎
First off, Kommissars? Really? Pretty sure the Democratically elected Board members are not managing who says what to whom on behalf of the state...
Secondly, YOU. You voted for them...or didnt. YOU have one vote and 1 vote matrers in these elections. If you are not voting, you words are worth nothing.
You, as a cirizen, if you voted, have an obligation to monitor the job your elected representatives are doing. YOU can show up at meetings. You can speak. You can ask for records. YOU have access. Its all well and good to gripe about what you THINK but it is abundantly clear here, you dont KNOW and that? Is entirely up to YOU.
Yes, it’s up to me, attending meetings, writing emails, with no responses. Why do we hire people to handle running the hospital if we have to run it? Open public meeting act does not require transparency. Not publishing financials for most of year does not allow scrutiny by public. Your right it’s time to vote.
We elect. They run it. We scrutinize, they adjust. We are part of the mechanism of running the hospital since it is a public hospital. But we do not have a role if we are not engaged in it. Unanswered emails have to be escalated and/or show up and make it known. Even demanding a change to the system that emails must be answered inside a given time. In a society that does not defer all control of all social systems to the state, we can only have an impact on the things we decide to KEEP engaging with.
The cancelled interview wasn’t the first interview Ann and I had scheduled, and I truly tried to be flexible. The interview was originally set for that morning. However, at 6:18 p.m. the night before, Ann said she’d been called into work the next day but asked if we could move it to the afternoon (I get it, I worked on-call for 20 years). I agreed and adjusted my own schedule to make that work, but didn’t hear back.
At 10:16 a.m. on Wednesday (the day of the interview), I followed up to confirm a time for the afternoon. At 10:48 a.m., she replied that because it was Pregnancy and Infant Loss Memorial Day and she had several events (1:30, 5:00, and 6:00 p.m.), she preferred to postpone.
While I respect the significance of that day, it was the second time we’d had to reschedule, and I had already spent considerable time preparing — including gathering questions from community members — to publish before ballots went out. Given the repeated cancellations, the extensive pre-interview discussions, and the possibility of further delays, I decided not to reschedule. I felt my time was too limited to continue navigating that uncertainty.
I did notice she was active on Nextdoor that same day, which reinforced my sense that the cancellation wasn’t about capacity but priorities.
I received a very thoughtful card from Ann, which reinforced my belief that she’s a kind and polite person. I look forward to meeting her in person someday and thanking her for taking the time to compile these answers.
OMG, I may have to be treated for chronic stomach issues. How could she have a face to face when at least
4 ghost writers answered the questions? Jeff, I am so proud of the questions you wrote to address the on going concern of OMC. Seriously professional. Do you really think she could have those answers off-the-cuff? There is NO way. I don’t know why they need a CEO and a CFO. Sounds like she practically invented healthcare facilities and all the rules and procedures, according to her. And that pesky Covid ordeal keeps popping up and being blamed for everything, still. What is the expiration date on that excuse? I think she lost her warm, fuzzy nurse
persona and turned into a true politician.
What’s wrong with healthcare in America? Well, when healthcare turns into
Remember the "Twinkie defense"? If I remember (I'll probably get it wrong), Harvey Milk's killer blamed eating too many Twinkies and getting high on sugar... and that's why he shot Harvey Milk. Well, COVID is the new Twinkie defense. It's the reason I lost my hair, my Christmas cards go out late, and why I haven't mowed the lawn.
Jeff thank you for this. A couple of points. I asked Ms. Henniger in a Next Door chat whether she supported giving subsidized healthcare to illegals; she never responded. Also, with her conflicts with JKT she has to recuse herself from many important decisions. Don’t we need a commissioner that can participate in those decisions? Lastly, I find this last minute response to questions interesting in its timing. It was nicely put together but I see no acceptance for past problems, only promises “to do better.” You can’t blame problems on the current fiscal climate, over which you have no control. People are seeking solutions.
In a county like ours, its pretty difficult to not be in Healthcare and not be tied somehow to many different interests. Recusal is an ethical decision based in both the topic at hand AND your own or the legal counsels decisions if it is even necessary. We expect leaders in a small town who's spouses likely work in conflict, to recuse for the mere appearance of impropriety when the concept od recusal is about the capacity to separate ones own interests or the interests of another "boss" from the decisions at hand. Most of our Port and counry commissioners then are in perpetual conflict as are our city council persons. The folks running for the Board against the current folks will also be in conflict. One of them, a retired physician only recently moved here, who's spouse works at the hospital!
Many of us simply want more information before forming conclusions. That is why I spoke with roughly 20 current and former employees, attended multiple debates, and stayed after several Commissioner meetings to speak directly with most of the sitting Commissioners. After the pandemic surge, revenue rose sharply in 2021 and remained elevated in 2022. By early 2024, once the full-year 2023 results showed declining revenue and rising costs, I believe the Board should have pressed management more aggressively. I assume some discussions and actions were occurring internally, but building consensus on a seven-member board appears to have delayed decisive steps.
Several comments from Commissioners about Ann’s performance as the new Chair starting this year influenced my perspective. One noted she brought “greater organization and intensity,” and another stated, “I couldn't do as good a job as she has.” Those comments prompted me to reconsider my initial vote.
At the same time, I was stunned to learn that only 2 of 80 providers were meeting the 50th-percentile productivity benchmarks specified in their employment contracts. Providers receive monthly performance updates, yet prior leadership avoided enforcing expectations out of concern for turnover. The new candidates did not meaningfully address this issue, despite having direct knowledge, which concerned me.
Additional details on my research and reasoning are available on The Real Port Angeles Group on Facebook. Post election, I will continue to monitor productivity and financial indicators. I am finalizing historical data spreadsheets and plan to forecast through 2027. I am willing to share the worksheets with anyone interested.
It would have been nice to have a one-on-one conversation with her. Get her true reaction to the questions instead of long form written answers. Off the cuff in person gives more validity to me as we can tell by reaction and emotion. It is nice to get written answers but not without real time follow up questions. Thanks CCWD
Yes, this. Imagine choosing others with so much power and money behind them on written answers alone! Yes, she's out campaigning and hobknobbing, but that is not sufficient.
So much power and money behind them? You mean the other candidates that are endorsed by a Political party and who have accepted and promoted that emdosrement?
I was impressed with the answers. I had to look up;
Disproportionate Share Hospitals serve low-income patients and receive payments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to cover the costs of providing care to uninsured patients.
This explains to me a great deal. I would never have expected to fall below what is probably already a very low 8%. (Expecially in PA, a city that is definitional with 'low income'.)
It seems this and this alone really goes to the "millions".
I read a very intelligent person with good answers. I am certainly not an expert on the OMC so I leave it to another that is.
Someone with 'all the answers', which are no answers at all as far as making things better, seems suspicious to me...she's slick, that's for sure. A true 'professional' nurse!👩⚕️
It seems to me money is a big part of the problem. I know that's always the Dem answer to everything but in this case I think it is a contributing factor.
"We have a poor payer mix wherein 85% of our patients are covered by government insurance, which pays abysmally less than the cost of care provided."
I WILL say $250 grand per year AND raises is obscene for a hospital in this condition.
I really do NOT care that a hospital administrator makes $1 mill elsewhere... Yeah Cedars Sinai... Hardly a comparison and I do not hear they are going broke.
You FIX the situation you get the money.
Other than that I have no reason to doubt her response.
I do take issue with defending the obscene salary in Port Angeles WITH annual raises. That's ridiculous.
And WHAT have the consultants done to date that has CHANGED the situation?
Still there is no answer to how to fix the money issue.
My suspicion is we, we CC taxpayers, are paying for drug addicts and 'migrant workers'.
Re your last line. I looked into this myself and indeed, there is no mechanism in a public hospital system to decide who is eligible for care based on economic status, immigration status etc. The intake system doesnt go there. So if there is necessary change to that effect, it is at the state level AND of course, locally re indigent population, at the municipal level.
I asked Ann Marie about that. Her response :
"That’s the law we are bound to as a public hospital district"
I don't deny the law or the moral obligation. I am beyond unhappy at the state of the country in terms of immigration and drug addiction that drives the impact on our hospitals.
I can't find the comment BUT, we don't need to ATTRACT someone to CC. We have thousands of competent retired people who take this one for a year or two. $125k, plus incentives. Requirement, be mentally fit and implement solutions.
I appreciate Ann’s response to the questionnaire and thank her. I would have preferred a one on one interview, because many of the responses to the questions needed some follow up questioning to verify the accuracy of her statements: As in question # 1 and other statements made down the list.
Conflicts of Interest and Ethical Concerns. 1. Many people may not realize that you work for the Jamestown Tribe — a corporation that competes directly with OMC in several areas. That’s raised concerns about whether there’s a conflict of interest in serving on both sides of that relationship. How do you separate those roles and reassure voters that your loyalty is to OMC’s patients and taxpayers?
“I recuse myself from the vote. To date, there have been no conflicts re: Jamestown Tribe”
"When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns its back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe."
What catastrophe are we NOT learning lessons from? The catastrophe of our current predicament, for starters. Our only hospital is publicly funded and stands of the brink of total collapse under the enormous weight of mismanaged finances, failing policies, and a complete lack of true leadership. How can any person enter a position of management when they must answer to two separate and competing "bosses"? Common sense would dictate that it's not useful (nor honorable) to place any person in such a conflicted position. This is not a judgement against Ann. It's a logical deduction. Recusing yourself from a vote defeats the purpose of being put in a position to vote. It certainly doesn't seem like "progress" to me.
What would a better reaponse look like? OMC has to partner with Jamestown to meet our regions care needs. Seems to me the only way to do that is recusal when Board relative discussions take place. Its arguable that ANY board member in our area could be seen as in conflict if they have any other role where income or profit somehow tied to care. Much easier to separate in a larger area, but in a small county, many here have dual roles in the healthcare world.
I do wish Jeff had explained at the outset of this article WHY she cancelled. It reads like it was avoidance, I do not believe it was.
Your response here has bugged me since you wrote it. I expect you've already voted though. Nonetheless I felt it was worthwhile to share this in case you didnt read it in this thread when I posted it yesterday and that maybe you could soften your stance on that day and the everyday human beings it affects deeply.
I had reached out to her after she had to cancel the interview with Jeff and I asked Jeff if she could still respond. He offered that she could. So she did. I looked her answers over along with her friend. Yeah, small town real life.
Jeff didnt ask any detail about why she cancelled. I did and this is what she offered yesterday:
"There were two parts to that day. First I got called into work to cover for a coworker who called out sick.
Secondly, yes it was pregnancy and infant loss memorial day so I did take the time to grieve my seven children who have died. It is also the anniversary of the day that we got our daughter Jana’s diagnosis of trisomy 18. It’s an emotional day for me"
Technically yes, but if they werent there, we would have issues with providing adequate care and thus, OMC wouls have to SPEND more....so rather they are partners in care and separatley managed is what I would view it as. Our area, our patient demographic and our type of hospital, IMO, would not be able to handle all the care needed in the county. What I see is some attempt at finding balance between them vs competing agaisnt each other.
Do you think Jeff would have received the same type of responses in person? After all, she had the cheat sheet and plenty of time (just in the eve of voting) to create her answers.
It was such a set-up, she worked Jeff like a fine tuned instrument and then turn his blog into her soap box. Hate such obvious manipulation, like we won’t notice.
He would have. Though the medium in person would have let him ask for clarity or reveal an additional question that needed to be asked. Are there answers you have questions about before you vote?
I am not encouraged by the responses of Ann Henninger here, however if nothing else "we" now have her words on the public record as the community moves forward and that is at least somewhat useful. The bottom line is that Ann Henninger was on duty as our OMC experienced a terrible self-inflicted economic disaster, and I hope that the folks in Clallam County keep that firmly in mind as a hard & fast reality~! I do realize that there are a great many in our troubled society who STILL believe the blatant lies of the mainstream media and other nefarious bad actors, who keep pushing the same COVID deceptions and extremely dangerous "vaccines". So, I find it EXTREMELY troubling that anyone in the medical community would be so grossly incompetent and/or criminally inclined as to fail in the now widely easy to research established and well documented science that absolutely proves that the entire COVID agenda was planned for many years and orchestrated as the largest scale mass murder democide that has ever been conducted on earth~! This article gives me great concern about Ann Henninger's competence as a medical worker, because she "apparently" has absolutely no clue that she oversaw and actually administered the very crimes against humanity of the COVID agenda herself. Is she THAT incompetent as a scientist and medical worker, or is she just hoping to evade her own personal responsibility? I am very sad to say that either way, Ann Henninger has dramatically failed in her profession and her duties as an administrator. Sooner or later, someone is going to have to stand up and admit that the COVID and dangerous "mandates", especially the horrific "vaccines" were ALL part of a greater agenda to control, harm, and kill people, so until "we" (society) can get to that point it would be foolish to trust our local or national medical establishment. The truth is definitely our there about the COVID disaster, so at best these hospitals that made the decisions to go along with all of the criminal and unscientific "mandates" screwed themselves and everyone that they exist to serve~! I do NOT accept that the COVID disaster created ALL of the financial problems within the medical community, and I resent the claims that it did, because poor management cannot be allowed to get off of the hook that easily~!
Thanks Mike, since I really had no preconceived notion of her avoid/overwhelm scheme of communication, I was stunned . Not only by the length but like you said “none of it was her fault”. Easy to blame those that are gone. I haven’t seen that much self-aggrandizing maybe ever ! People that think they are the smartest ones in the building or county, usually go down in flames. We will see.
Thank you for your wonderful compliment, Patriot Susan C Bonallo~!
Far be it from me to be "political" in any way however it is my duty to empower & encourage ALL good Americans to carefully think their way through things, so that together "we" can build the best country and world possible~! Yes, this Henninger character is quite a piece of contrived manipulated "garbage" that is clearly being "packaged" like a turd in gold giftwrapping for public "feel good" consumption~! Pardon the "visual" ugliness, but being accurate when describing such "vile and insulting crappola" requires honestly descriptive words that everyone can relate to... Other than the basic understanding that the OMC had utterly failed its financial and civic obligation to our community for YEARS, I didn't have any preconceived opinions about any of these specific management people. That said, as an old school Personnel executive I simply can't "dumb myself down" to somehow forget how our corporate & business model really works, so of course the management leadership is ultimately responsible for the failures of the specific business in question. It could be no other way. So, I simply pulled back the thin curtain of BS that was clearly designed to make good folks believe that "These are not the droids that we are looking for" so that everyone could fairly and reasonably judge the situation for themselves~! It could definitely be said that my talent is to break through the BS machine that is constantly engaged in deceiving all of us, but ultimately, I do believe that the majority of Americans will do the right things IF they have honest and accurate information. Ha! That is really why the mainstream media has so long ago betrayed the public trust, because the handful of criminals of humanity very intentionally acquired all of the media outlets to feed us nothing but "fake news and "fake science" on literally everything in their constant attack upon America~! Keep up the great work and together we will continue to destroy these criminals and their evil games of deception and destruction~!
I would like to add one thing that caused disappearance from ND as soon as I hit send.
I took all five of the vaccines, and had blood work shortly after.
First it showed that I did not have Covid
Second it showed that I did not have any antibodies for Covid
Zero- so what the fluff was I being injected with/for.
Remember 65 and older- you get to go first. They wanted all the retired people to die and quit sucking back our social security money and Medicare benefits.
Enough didn’t die.
Only God knows what comes next.. but I will not get anything the CDC or the WH suggests. Remember we couldn’t travel without our card. Easy to make on the computer.
Yes, I would expect that questioning the fake "vaccines" in any way would immediately result in being blackballed by the criminal controlled platforms~! That should be more than enough evidence of the criminal's agenda and absolute proof of exactly who is operating the bad Internet platforms VS who are operating the good Internet platforms. I am distressed when I learn that those I love, like you, have taken any COVID vaccines (or other vaccines for that matter), however I NEVER encourage anyone to become afraid because that is the way of the evil ones and there is always hope in my experience. God matters ;-) If you received the COVID "vaccines" here in Washington State, or any other "blue state", you had a better chance of avoiding the "death jab" statistically speaking, because the criminals of humanity intentionally targeted the "red states" with the deadliest vaccine batches to kill as many Constitutional freedom loving Americans as they could. That said, yes there have been batches of vaccines that were FAR more deadly than others in all locations, but these criminals knew better than to deliver vaccines that were all dangerous, so by the grace of God you may have beaten the statistical odds and avoided the dangerous vaccines. We here never took any COVID vaccines at all; however, we have been regularly following some inexpensive natural detoxing protocols for years now out of an abundance of caution, and because it is also excellent advice because our entire environment has been compromised by poisons and toxins. RFK Jr. is doing an excellent job in trying to get the word out about a LOT of present dangers, as is President Trump to a lesser degree. You are wise to be leery of the CDC and all other agencies and entities, but of course that does not mean that everyone is involved in this extermination agenda. If you like I can suggest some detoxing protocols for you to research, but that has to be all up to you, my friend. As Constitutionalists we respect other's free will and personal decisions without giving advice regardless of how qualified we may be. The best medical scientists in the business who are specialists in laboratory studies have been warning folks that these dangerous mRNA COVID vaccines can instantly disable or kill the victims OR they can disable or kill the victims many YEARS later. This is because some batches of mRNA vaccines are drop dead deadly and disable or kill instantly, especially those folks who are individually predisposed to medical issues. It is widely understood that folks who got the dangerous mRNA vaccines have damaged their personal immune systems approximately 20% for every vaccine that they got, which is exactly why adverse vaccine reactions and deaths in that specific group of victims can occur many years after they received them. These criminals of humanity have been working on bioweapons and "gain of function" science for MANY decades. I was about 13-14 years old when I first learned about "gain of function" engineering of viruses and I will NEVER forget that day Susan~! Upon reading that absolutely HORRIFIC BS my interests in a medical career evaporated, I lost my childhood respect for ALL doctors and medical workers as a group, and I learned to severely question what the US government was really up to and what their true goals REALLY were. Now, in hindsight, I was absolutely right and ALL of those Ignorant idiots who foolishly believe me to be a "conspiracy nut" have without doubt proven themselves to have been absolutely dead wrong~! You are 100% correct, MANY times I have wishes and prayed that I was wrong about a great many things, only to have ultimately been proven to have been right all along. Such is the path of those who are here to help others~! Ha! If everyone was Intelligent and well informed of the truth, folks like "us" would not be necessary at all. We could do more fun stuff like boating and fishing... Lisa here has been watching a LOT of Internet horse platforms lately, which torments an old true horseman like me no end~! Our horses passed away from a combination of old age and vaccines a few tears ago, believe it or not, so there is little more painful than a REAL horseman who is "horseless"~! For right now anyway, but we do have hope of better days ahead... Yes, is should really be no surprise that the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex has clearly been very intentionally disabling and killing our pets and animals for many decades as well~! The entire medical sciences matrix has to be destroyed, the criminals prosecuted, and the new "patient first" system brought into our society (world). There is reason for hope, and it will not be "pretty", but eventually better times will come~!
I believe we are tasked with the job of getting truth out to anyone that will listen.
Lucky is when your brain has acquired knowledge as you age. In our early years, it’s college degrees, careers, marriage maybe families to raise. But now the call to all Americans who have seen it and lived the lies of government are so important. I truly was on autopilot the first 40+ years of life. My daughter asked me why I read so much and get worked up? The answer is, it is our time, our calling and duty. Younger people accept the way of the world because of lack of in sight and dedication now. They too will understand eventually, God willing. Someday she will be the one questioning harmful CDC mandates, if we raised her right.
It gets back to that statement, If not now, when, if not me, who?
Your words are powerful and you speak from a place of many experiences. Thank you for your support on this site. And Thank You Jeff for allowing open participation, you do more good than you can possibly comprehend. Yes IM TOTALLY FOR TOZZER! Ps: Jeff don’t run for office, they will beat you down until no original or cognizant gray matter is left. You’ll been seen stumbling around at meetings saying “ where’s my personal guard, I’m afraid to be in public, can I just zoom these meetings?” But it will be too late bc you will not remember how to zoom or even what political office you hold. Then in 10 more years you’ll say God Save the Queen, and staff will tell you that you live in the New World, called America. In short, politics kicks the stuffing out of good people. And the bad ones are naturally drawn to it.
I greatly admire your comment about being "on auto pilot for the first 40 years of (your) life"~! That shows that you are a very honest & humble Individual and at the same time it is a perfect example to others of what most experience and have to conquer to be capable of truly learning~! This is an extremely important personal revelation because the vast majority of folks experienced that same "fog" in their early lives. Many unfortunately never leave that "fog" and they always wonder what they have missed~! Ironic~! Yes, everyone is seduced (brainwashed) into a strange sort of "Intellectual blindness" that causes them to exist in a state of acceptance that there is nothing important to understand in life. We are bombed with completely insane sayings like; "You can't stand in the way of progress"! "Hope and change"~! HA! TOTAL BS~! We need to discover what these idiots and criminals intend as "progress" before allowing it~!!! The "fake scientists" constantly tell everyone that they have discovered "everything", then before long we learn that was never even close to the truth... We are ALL exposed to constant "make work" crappola no end, that keeps us too busy with our lives and endless stupid & foolish things to do, so that there is little time for the Individual to stop the madness to ponder about life and what is REALLY going on. All teachers and most professionals in the business world are forced to regularly attend "continuing education and/or training classes" of some kind that the vast majority admit did nothing to improve them or were actually harmful because they disturbed their very work and life schedule~! This insane hurry that "humans" are constantly pushed into from the earliest ages that robs them of their very childhoods, the foolish "graduate high school and get married" pressures that society constantly pounds everyone with even before puberty, the endless "forms" that everyone is forced to fill out, never-ending lines to stand in and traffic and on the roads that suck the very life out of most good folks year after year~! These things are just blindly accepted by most without the slightest thought that they are all part of a grand "rat trap" that has been very carefully planned and executed to keep "us" so damn busy accomplishing nothing, that it is a wonder so many do have successful lives in spite of it all. The real question is "How much more successful would their lives have been without all of the "make work" insanity~? Oh, how I have suffered decades of my life trying to get folks to slow down long enough to realize that they were completely missing the most important and critical thing that they were all obliged to do~! It is not "a contest" where the ones who do conquer this insanity by refusing to comply win, it IS the very purpose of our existence to be free~! We are NOT "here" to get through the (failed) government approved school, get jobs so that we can be "milked" for every penny that the "failed" government can steal, hoping that we live long enough to "retire" so we can enjoy a couple of years before all of the rest of our money and the remainder of our lives are stolen by the corrupt government~! So, thank you SO much for being a great example of the process that the vast majority of folks endure, which is of tremendous value to let everyone know of the very process that they must now understand to be able to play positive roles at this critical time of history~!!! There really is nothing positive for folks who continue to ignore their duty to overcome their own "chains of brainwashing", and in fact doing so very clearly puts them and their friends and loved ones at a severe risk. The fact is that the criminals of humanity are very well aware that most if not all humans who live long enough, will at some point eventually see their evil brainwashing and deadly oppressive "murder/death/kill control system. This is exactly why SO many in government and politics have been encouraging society to "marginalize" older people and in fact kill them off in large numbers. This is very obvious and can easily be seen with the dangerous and deadly COVID (fake) "vaccines" that are STILL being pushed for older folks, because for many elderly folks they were and still are absolutely lethal, and the government knows it~! When these evil monsters started pushing these same deadly vaccines on pregnant women, little babies & children, we here had to learn a new higher level of self-control that we never imagined that we were capable of~! HA~! Recently some of the evil clowns in the federal government have been pushing to delay the retirement age (Social Security) to 70 years old, which is very clear evidence that they do NOT want to have to repay them any of the retirement money that they stole from them all of their lives~! The truth really couldn't be clearer, for those with the guts and strength to see and admit it~! This absolutely proves the truth that the standard method of measuring any country or society, is in fact based upon how that country/society treats is most vulnerable (the youngest and oldest folks)~! The old "Andy Griffith Show" has one awesome episode where a stranger from out of town is in a BIG hurry to get through Mayberry and his car breaks down on a Sunday when businesses are closed, and folks are just enjoying the day of rest. This stranger just can't slow down to relax and enjoy life, try as the good folks of Mayberry attempting to get him to enjoy the day of rest, because he is in too much of a hurry to stay on the "rat race treadmill"~! Towards the end of that episode this stranger actually does start to realize the absolute value of slowing down to "smell the roses" and he is very clearly all the better off for it... One half hour TV show back in the early 50's could have changed the America and the entire world, had folks been paying any attention~! What a tragic shame that people were "too busy" to take their own lives seriously~! ;-) I remember being no more than 5 or 6 years old when I watched that Andy Griffith TV show and every year for many decades after that I watched it in the reruns. I think I have it in my DVD collection still. Over the years I easily accomplished everything that most view as success, government approved "wallpaper" that only indicates my willingness to sit in their dubious classes, many "certificates" of little real value, a professional resume that few would even be capable of comprehending, but my MOST highly valued achievement has always been my stubborn ability, and personal need, to take a day off from the rat race whenever I damn well pleased, just for fun! HA~! The more pressure that I was enduring from the "rat race" that I knew was just to burn my life and steal my money, the more likely it was that I would be taking control of my life to enjoy life itself~! Often times, I very intentionally used the time that I "clawed back" from the criminals of humanity and their evil rigged system, to specifically engage in Intellectual thought to discover the truth about our corrupt country and world. Anyone can get into that personal zone of activity or lack of activity, to enter a state of "reflection and deeper thought"~! Personal "Meditation" can come to everyone who wishes to enter that "Zone of Enlightenment" regardless of the Individuals state of activity or inactivity at that time, because "we" are all capable of using our brains as the marvel of "computers" that they truly are~! One does not need to sit on the floor with their legs crossed as they practice breathing control, because with proper motivation, Intent, and a safe opportunity we have enormous capabilities that the criminals of humanity have been desperate to keep us from learning about for a great many centuries~!!! Sometimes all it takes is one good Individual like you to tell folks that they have "permission" to think for themselves~! Very nice work Susan~! Keep up the excellent work my friend~!
Thanks Mike: it isn’t hard to have the BS detector going off when you read the piece of work Ann presented. The sad part to me is she thinks so little of the local intellect, she thought we’d buy it.
I am sure that you and the many Intelligent folks here on "The Watchdog" can see that Henninger's "non-response" bologna is just an ill-constructed and rather childish attempt to give cover to the OMC administration and of course Henninger~! These sick unqualified shills are installed into office to give cover to the past sick unqualified shills, and so on... Unfortunately for them, they have ALL been trapped by the very same "Information Age" trap that they set for "us" over the past few decades~! Irony can be fun, don't you think~? One of the most recent examples of this "reverse trap" is James Comey the corrupt ex-FBI goon, because it was just revealed that he was caught cold lying to congress about his involvement in and knowledge of the "fake news" Russian/Trump attack early in President Trump's first administration. These criminals failed to destroy all of the evidence of their crimes ;-) This is a HUGE problem for Comey, because it directly ties him to the 2020 election fraud, and the SCOTUS has long decided that anyone materially interfering with an American election can have ALL of their assets confiscated and they can be executed for treason if/when found guilty~! Most Americans do not know or understand this real news that was just reported and the corrupt mainstream media is framing it as "revenge" when it is really justice, but MANY of the mainstream media hacks have their own heads on the chopping block for treason and/or crimes against humanity themselves. Naughty Naughty~! HA~! Furthermore, some months ago President Trump did announce that Obama was guilty of treason, which was all but ignored by the mainstream media, and most Americans were not paying attention or foolishly ignored that EXTREORDINARY historic statement... The Comey criminal prosecutions will obviously lead to many other criminal prosecutions of even higher profile Individuals in due time, as the general public can handle more & more truth... So, my point is that these low-level local yokels who play similar games of constantly lying and covering up their crimes here in Clallam County, will be facing the same "reverse trap" as you so well suggested, and people like Henninger will be revealed to have "dug their own hole to land in"~! I am an old hand at identifying corrupt & fraudulent elections, so my guess is that New York City has now become the new/future "poster child" for corrupt election disaster, and even though I highly doubt that the folks there really voted for this new mayor from Hell, they are ALL going to pay the price in ways that will terrify (and awaken) the entire country. We shall see what we are told this past election results were here in Clallam County soon, but I am sad to say that "we" here will have our own hard lessons until enough people suffer... Most of the past 30 years I have lived here in Washington State and I have NEVER seen a legit election yet. Remember the "Keep counting the ballots until you win, Cantwell"??? HA! As soon as the "no ID - mail in vote only" crime spree is stopped, folks in Washington State will be able to better understand what has been done to them by the criminals of humanity for many decades~! Do Americans REALLY believe that they have voted for ALL of these criminals in government and their clearly destructive policies and agenda over the past several decades? If there is no evil organized criminal agenda against the original American Constitution, all of our freedoms and rights, and "US", then why are we experiencing exactly that~? I am stunned by the number of Americans who STILL fail to understand that the COVID & deadly fake "vaccine" attack is the largest scale mass murder genocide/democide in recorded history~! What's up with that? The truth about that still ongoing mass murder is out for all to see who have a little time to look for it... Maybe I am a little "fussy" but when the entire governmental system, with few exceptions, is trying to kill "us" (Americans) that could be a problem~! HA~! As many have said over the past couple of years; "We are going to need some new Conspiracy Theories, because almost ALL of the old ones have already proven to have been true all along"~! I think that is a clue, but shockingly there are STILL many who just don't/can't/won't see the obvious~! Those of us who do "get it" need to circle our wagons because this unfolding disaster has no end in sight from what I can see... Keep the faith my friend~!
Im ready to circle my wagon with folks like you. Always been accused of having a “conspiracy theory “
thinking mindset. But when it so often comes to fruition, how can you think otherwise? Trust me, I’d give up many things to be wrong, but time after time
bang, right in the face. A friend of ours in charge of security for Seattle Port Authority told me this
“If (especially women) listened to their gut feelings we would be a much safer society. But women tend to be more cordial and open to strangers.
So no matter what info we process, the
space between the lines tells the story.
Well our (departed) friend would be very proud of our daughter. She will shut down a person in a heartbeat! John taught her a lot of safety rules. We really miss him.
I always enjoy hearing from you and envisioning your fun life on land and sea~! Ha~! I remember in my early years trying to tell folks the bits and pieces of truth about our country/world that I had learned from my parents who were in "need-to-know" professions, so being falsely labeled a "conspiracy nut" or liar, etc. just automatically comes with that willingness to help others. Strong people are always threats to the weak... I personally honestly resent that, but then I have to take pity on those who are SO weak, shallow, and cowardly that all they can do is to attack the well-meaning messenger. The truly Ignorant ALWAYS respond with Ignorance, anger, hate, fear, lies, and endless insults because people who live lives of Ignorance stick with Ignorance all the way. They know no other way. We are ALL "Ignorant" about some things because none of us can EVER know everything, however as we all know, there is a significant percentage of the population that lives their entire existence as truly Ignorant people and that is their only "comfort zone". Then, there are those, like you and others here on "The Watchdog" who naturally have what has been termed "Inquiring Minds" where they are not afraid of learning and in fact have a personal commitment and drive to keep learning. The local criminals within our governmental system and larger community constantly attack the great folks who find The Watchdog to be highly useful, because they know that "we" can and do see through their lies and deceptions. THAT my friend scares them no end~! So, you could easily say that Jeff Tozzer built "The Clallam County Watchdog" specifically to gather like-minded folks who live to learn for the Goodness of our community, hoping that "we" would all learn & share together, and that is exactly why "we" are so attracted to the platform. The criminals ALWAYS go out of their way to insult, unjustly frame, and discredit us as some kind of weak-minded followers of Jeff Tozzer, in obviously extremely comical childish ways like little spoiled hateful children in kindergarten, but nothing could be further from the truth~! I would bet that most of us "Watchdoger's" would strongly support Jeff Tozzer if he chose to run for a public office, but that we would do so because we believe that he would "represent us" NOT because we would blindly follow him as a leader. You can always tell the REAL "leaders" because they don't judge their success by the numbers of "followers" that they have, their success is strictly based upon the number of people who THEY listen to because they always honor & respect the community in which THEY serve~! The sheep mindlessly follow their phony "leaders" and free sovereign Americans (decent humans) always work together for the betterment of the entire community through good communication (a meeting of the minds ;-) The original American Constitution defined (contractually created) an entire country of "leaders" who were/are supposed to be strong free-thinking Individuals who each possess the strength & Intelligence to learn & come together for the well-being of the entire country. Over the next decade+++ "we" (Americans) will ALL have to step up to our own Individual responsibility, that we contractually have as Americans, that is the direct price of our freedoms and rights. That is exactly why this time of history is SO painful because we have been betrayed by previous generations of "sheep" who mindlessly followed criminals who were only posing as honorable "leaders"~! This system of the criminals is what "we" are all witnessing collapse in real time right before our very eyes, while the criminals & Ignorant desperately attempt to get everyone to believe that their phony unconstitutional "democracy" should be defended. America is a Republic, NOT a democracy, because democracies are in fact "mob rule that is ALWAYS controlled by the few (kings ;-) Republics are representational governments where ALL have an equal say, representation, and responsibilities~! Our "wagons" are already circled my friend, and we are surrounded by evil hostile's~! The great news is that "we" (American Patriots) dramatically outnumber these criminals and their "Useful Idiots", and they can't survive is we NEVER allow them to divide us against each other~! Keep the faith and stay safe~!
Thank you for really spelling it out. I just wanted to scream when I read her well scripted answers. It takes many hours to be that long winded and readers finish with the “WHAT DID SHE SAY “, thought in their mind. Critically reading for content, assimilating the message, but not
Living in the "glass house" of often being verbose myself, I shall not cast stones at Henninger's long winded and deceptively devised ramblings, but where was her apology~? Even if she is too much of an underhanded political coward to take any personal responsibility for HER failures of the OMC on HER watch, I would reasonably expect that she would admit to them in a clearer more up-front general way. At best, Henninger only "eluded" to the management failures of the OMC in a shifty weak "we can do better" remark. Why on earth would anyone want her to remain in power I don't know~! Ha! Yes indeed "screaming" is the reasonable response when "we" are getting the standard "hose job" from those who are desperate to avoid the guilt that they SO well deserve. I don't know what others see in Henninger's elaborate "nonresponses" responses to the perfectly valid and honorable questions posed, but I have been around WAY too many lawyers who are paid to put political spins on everything, then for me to buy her "crappola cake"~! NO way is Henninger capable of constructing that kind of legalese garbage on her own, so what we have here is a previous meeting that was very intentionally postponed that allowed her and her attorneys on retainer with the OMC the time to carefully craft these ridiculously baffling & confusing "feel good" responses, that I am sure the average low information shallow thinking folks would lick up without giving it any real thought at all~! So, your inclination to "scream" was/is absolutely understandable and in that emotion itself it reveals the fact that you, as an intelligent Individual, know well that you were being "handled" and NOT well served as a member of this community~! Screaming can be a good stress reliever but today is voting day and that could be a better stress reliever is enough good folks take the time to carefully do that. I am not in any way saying that out elections are honest, but we can and should completely overload the system with honest votes and give these criminals a REAL problem~! I am sad to say that these criminals within our community have constructed their shady system against us very well and for many decades, so it will take some time and a LOT of hard work to overcome it~! Have a great day and I hope that you and your husband are doing well and finding time to enjoy every day~!
Yes, I understand what you are saying, but that really is my greater point~!
How many people who are employed in the Medical Industrial Complex are truly in it because they are in it for the scientific value, the science, with dedicated scientific minds~? Their job title is irrelevant~! This is exactly why and how the COVID mass murder democide was SO effective, because "we" have allowed WAY too many "hacks" who got into the field for the money and NOT for the science~? That goes for ALL field in the Medical Industrial Complex by the way, the technologists, the nurses, the doctors, and ironically the people who are actually paid as scientists themselves~! Ha! How many technologists, nurses, doctors and especially so-called "scientists" were either too ignorant and flat-out stupid who themselves fell for the very obviously fake science of COVID and ALL of the phony and themselves dangerous "mandates", including but in no way limited to the now proven dangerous and deadly vaccines? Hummmmm??? They were clearly NOT in the field for the science with well-trained scientific minds. This is abundantly clear by the fact that many of them have already killed themselves with the deadly COVID vaccines, so they did a LOT of harm to others AND ended up killing themselves just because they utterly failed as scientists. I don't know about you, and you are of course welcome to your own opinion, but I don't want ANY "help" from anyone in the medical field who is not a trained scientist in the general field of medicine and whatever specialty that they happen to be in. A GREAT example is my wife, who is demonstrably one of the best of the best vascular ultrasound technologists in the world~! For people who are ignorant of what vascular ultrasound folks do, they are the ONLY ones who actually identify and locate blood clots, and my wife was right on the front lines in early 2021 when the criminal Biden cabal released the deadly COVID vaccines and immediately proceeded to unconstitutionally "mandate" that everyone got the "clot shot"~! Yes, she is technically as good as it gets in her field, however what actually makes her one of the best of the best is that she is a VERY dedicated well-trained scientist with an excellent "scientific mindset"! Her choice in men is another matter! Ha Ha Ha! Anyway, almost 4 years ago my wife was viciously attacked, fired from her job, had her excellent reputation attacked, and threatened with criminal prosecution JUST because she was honestly answering her terrified patients' questions about their own vascular ultrasound tests~! So, my wife is ultimately one of the best because she puts her patient's health and wellbeing first and foremost~! Even though doing so has cost her well over $500,000.00 to date~! Do you know anyone currently in the medical field who has THAT kind of honor? HA~! Thousands of the best in the medical field got out when they saw what was really happening, so what kind of people do you think are in the medical field today??? Hummmm??? Now you are more than welcome to have all of the nurses, doctors, and so-called "scientists" that you want who are NOT in the field for the science, who don't have any personal or professional honor * integrity, and who will be happy to stick needles in you with dangerous things that they really know nothing about for their paycheck, but any sane individual would ONLY want medical workers who were REAL scientists! Did you know that medical malpractice has actually been one of the top three leading reasons of death in the US for decades now? Do you think that any old nurse is qualified to run an entire medical community, if he/she is NOT a truly dedicated scientist? Could that have anything to do with the financial and medical failures of the OMC? Ya think? Ha! Oh, and as a side note, "we" (American Patriots) are in fact fully aware that a number of doctors who are still working in the OMC not only refused to take the COVID vaccines themselves, but they told their nurses that they would be immediately fired if they told their patients the truth about those deadly vaccines. Many of these criminals who pose as "legitimate doctors" have already admitted that they NEVER take ANY vaccines whatsoever~! How do you like that? Not to worry though, because those doctors are already scheduled for Nuremberg style US Military Tribunals for their crimes against humanity, but many of them don't even know it (yet ;-) Sometimes I like surprises, don't you~??? HA~! Have a great day and keep the faith because this is the largest scale criminal "sting operation" the earth has ever known and in due time everyone on the planet will be aware of it and more than happy that the new medical system that focuses on the patient's well-being first has already been born~! Enjoy~!
Last year around this time we had a horrible experience with OMC involving our 96 year old mother after a medical emergency in her home. Transported to OMC and things went downhill from there. Admitted to hospital after hours in the ER. We were there with her the next two days but never got to talk to the "social worker" or a doctor, only the very kind nurses. Wednesday at 6:30 pm Mom called to say she had been released and was waiting for us to pick her up. We had had NO communication with the "social worker" or the doctor. Finally the "hospitalist" called us an hour or so later and said ok pick her up tomorrow. On the way to find out what was actually going on the "social worker" called asking when we would be there. When I questioned the lack of communication she go upset with me and HUNG UP ON ME. Long story short Mom had of course tested positive for "covid" and was required to go to a rehab facility. After hours of waiting and calling she was moved to the most horrendous dirty rehab in Port Angeles. Also she required 24/7 care and was stuck there for 10 days. Again just a horrible stressful situation that could have been totally been avoided had the social worker or maybe even a doctor informed us. This sweet lady had every brain cell she was born with and was sharp as a tack. But to OMC she was just an old lady they wanted to move out of that room. So sad that we were all put through that with our loved one. This might happen to you or your loved one.
Thank you...I was never able to verbalize this to the hospital administrators. We had enough to deal with so today this helped to get our story out there. Just not a very caring place in our opinion.
I say kudo's to Ann for giving such detailed and thoughtful exlanations! As well as to Jeff for initiating this conversation. I just wish this had been printed sooner as many of us have likely voted. Keep up the good work....we need more like the both of you!
Yeah OK... Technically a "dialogue", realistically in this case, favors the written response with no followup. In common use a dialogue is a conversation, not a written response. But good on you.
This is a pretty public forum. Election is tomorrow. Might as well ask your follow up question here. Still time for answers you might be looking for. No?
Written conversation, next to none, is incredibly pathetic in value when ideas and points are to be discussed and understood. I'd even go so far as to say that Commissioner Henninger may have done more damage to getting crucial points across.
I have one question for Ann. Just one. How many tribe members were consulted in the preparation of these answers? Seems that would be a conflict of interest. At least we know now why she recused herself from the interview. I would need more time to prepare answers too, if I were in such a conflicted position.
Zero. ZERO Tribe members. She consulted me and a good friend of hers. I had reached out to her after she had to cancel the interview with Jeff and I asked Jeff if she could still respond. He offered yes. Time for a one on one has passed. So she wrote her responses. I looked them over along with the friend. Yeah, small town real life.
Here are her responses to these sorts of questions which I shared with her today and asked for her responses:
Re Cancelling the interview: "There were two parts to that day. First I got called into work to cover for a coworker who called out sick.
Secondly, yes it was pregnancy and infant loss memorial day so I did take the time to grieve my seven children who have died. It is also the anniversary of the day that we got our daughter Jana’s diagnosis of trisomy 18. It’s an emotional day for me".
Re Jamestown conflict of interest:
" I tried to remind [in my answers] that there is working together/partnership in providing care but separation/recusal in management decisions"
Thank you for sharing. My sincere condolences to Ann for her unimaginable losses. Honest question though. Why would she schedule the interview on this day in the first place only to cancel at the last minute, if this day is such a heavy and significant event for her personally? Surely she could see the impression that created.
She isn't a politician, so what it looked like didnt cross her mind. Hence my call to her after Jeff mentioned the cancellation in his piece one day and the negative perception it brought.. She's a leader and about caring for people. The call in to work probably shifted what time she had left. I will ask, but I expect that both affected the outcome based on the time spot Jeff had scheduled for her.
Well, it's comforting to know that OMC-CEO is running things based on PERSONAL GOALS and that the public has no idea of performance reviews...I mean...why would we want to know how it's going?
Oh, Yeah, we can see how it's going...Golden Parachutes while the system implodes!
How come ALL CEO's are paid such high salaries...I guarantee MOST aren't 'EARNING' those 'salaries'. They get 'paid' even when incompetent and we get to PAY-and-Watch while the whole thing goes to shit!
It always makes me nervous when people like Ms. Henninger have SO MANY important positions all being played at the same time...kind of like the kommissars...lot's of secrets and few real answers.
I don't think or feel the answers are very useful...there is nothing to be done to correct it, if the BIGGEST problem is that O'Bummer Care doesn't pay anywhere near actual costs, which are already astronomical...we have a co-dependent pharmacological SICK CARE system, not a Health-Care system...and the grift and graft is obvious to anyone who has been paying attention.
We also must consider the DEI hires...the personal competency of some 'workers'...I experienced the best and the worst in competency when I had surgery at the V.A. Hospital in Seattle...you never know what you're going to get...and 'Doctor Knows Best'...even when they don't. We need to self-advocate or have a trusted person do it for us!
The best thing anyone can do is not get sick enough to require 'care', but that is not always possible.
The medical system is just another symptom of 'empire-in-decline'.
Tom-ay-to, Tom-ah-to. It seems the day was not so important to figure into scheduling the interview, yet important enough to be used as an out to avoid real-time Q and A.
You know I try to be level headed and reasonable in my thoughts expressed on social media. I reached out to Ann Marie and asked to give another go at Jeff's Questions. She thought his offer was off the table after her cancelation. He graciously offered that it was not. Time constraints by then meant no podcast, but that she could still offer her responses to his questions in writing. So she did. I and a good friend of Ann Marie's reviewed them and offered our thoughts. Not Jamestown. The result are these honest answers you read in Jeff's article. Contemplated and offered without prejudice.
I have known her for 20 years. Seeing your response and Roberts frankly heartless one, I reached out to Ann Marie and asked her for her response, which I already knew, but wished for her words to be expressed for you and others who don't or won't understand.
"There were two parts to that day. First I got called into work to cover for a coworker who called out sick.
Secondly, yes it was pregnancy and infant loss memorial day so I did take the time to grieve my seven children who have died. It is also the anniversary of the day that we got our daughter Jana’s diagnosis of trisomy 18. It’s an emotional day for me"
I want a human who knows what care is about on our Board of hospital commissioners. Ann Marie is that person.
My response can be taken however you like. The point is, we don’t currently have time travel, so still ‘too little, too late’. Ballots have been cast, decisions have been made.
Election is tomorrow. If you voted for somebody who you found out a dark story today and he/she won by 1 vote!!!??.......yeah, in not cool with that. I drop my ballot off on election day. Personally prefer polling stations for this reason. Mail reserved only for those who are absent from their areas.
Well, she is lucky to have a loyal friend like you. I found her written answers were scripted with an undertone of insincerity. A big pill too large to swallow.
Thanks. That ia the down side of written answers to questions made for a dynamic occasion like an interview. I find when that is the case, re reading, more than once, reveals what is easily missed in subtleties written vs heard. We know a novel has the space to delve deeper, Q and A of course, does not.
I had hoped, still do since we have until 8pm tonight to drop off ballots, that question would emerge and could be answeee here. Some have been if you read through.
I had wished for instance that Jeff had asked WHY she had to cancel. Which is answered here in replies. For many, the notion that she was dismissive of the value of the interview opportuntiy would have been quickly dispelled and understood as a noble reason vs avoidance had that been one of the questions.
I personally long for polling vs mail in as I have found, too many times, revelations about candidates revealed in the 11th hour that arguably can change a vote. In Presidential elections it is pretty hard to change the outcome since there is the electoral college system that delivers the outcome. But in municipal, board, state, commissioners, plebescites....every. single. Vote. Counts.....as much as a vote not cast counts and a vote wrongly or poorly cast, counts.
So, I hope folks who have questions, who have NOT voted, still ask them and get the clarity they need to make their decisions before casting their ballot.
You are so correct. The nuisance of the voice and the body language are surely missing in written answers. But it makes dissecting the words and being an astute reader even more important. I agree with the notion of a twice read information, I live it.
Reading may not be the number one way some people process
current events or even the world around them. I’m an obsessive reader, especially fine print. I can tell you how your broker is screwing you six ways to Sunday. But, I read Ann’s answers with no bias, just knew her schedule was full, but had an uncomfortable feeling about the last cancellation. Seems like a slight possibility she was encouraged
I've always heard you have to pay highly in order to get quality. Darryl Wolfe was CEO for five years, in which time his compensation increased by $71,000. Apparently the money isn't what really matters.
I should be paid because this week has been hard on my sensitive stomach. Also it is hard for people to assimilate new and truthful information so they should get “my brain hurts” compensation.
Jeff, I’m really working on not being snarky and rude. I hope people feel the love I send out in my comments. I’m getting older and I have seen some real government **it shows.
I have to Jeff. I’ve tried being different and not so cutting but I can’t control it. Some people are offended, which can also be delightful. See I’m a social wreck and no chance of changing but working on that politically correct crap!
Should every sadness bestowed upon civilization have a Memorial Day? Losing any life brings untold grief to some. I can think of many, but political grandstanding shouldn’t be tied to them.
Fair enough but apparently it did not capture the sympathy votes , which I believe should be left out. Of course full disclosure is always an option instead of misplaced guessing. Daniel, why exactly are you so invested in this portion of shared public information? We didn’t ask for her fertility information yet people had wild speculations when it became a vague topic. Is that over sharing or just selectively steering a conversation? Either way, the votes have been cast. Best of luck , no one wishes grief in other peoples lives.
Jeff's questions were very good - excellent, actually - all relevent and exactly what I wanted to know. But, it was obvious that Ms. Henninger does not in any way, hold herself responsible for what HAS happened. Covid and its effects are to blame. And her last 2 statements, in answer to "what will be different this time" - "I am non-partisan.
I do not have an axe to grind or an agenda to impose." Makes me think that her responses are all smoke and mirrors. Same old, same old. And that is just one of the reasons I did not vote for her.
The other candidates not only appear partisan, they havw accepted endorsements from local democratic party and organized. If the responsibility is non partisan, why would thise running other than Henninger openly accept partisan supoort if they didnt intend to make decisions in a partisan manner?
correction: you don't actually solicit endorsements from anyone... they don't ask permissions. So, its not really up to the candidate and you can't control what other people do. FYI.
Fwiw, I never suggested solicitation. We decide, as consituents, how well our elected reps are representing us or intend to represent us far less by what they accept and far MORE by what they reject.
Not at all the point. A GOOD non-partisan candidate. A sincere non-partisan candidate REJECTS partisan endorsement. Makes the effort to say "thanks, but no thanks, this is a non-partisan role and I do not accept your endorsement" simple realy if they actually intend to BE non-partisan.
See, clearly you have NEVER run for public office around here. You can say "no thanks" all you want, but people will endorse who they want to endorse. I'm really serious about this. And, people will make snarky comments -- it's nothing any candidate can control.
You do realize the other "non-partisan" candidates not only accepted the Partisan endorsements, but boasted of them and included a mention in their campaign materials.
I do realize that. I find it abhorrent. But, there are no rules against it and...meanwhile our city council has ZERO ethics rules in their self-imposed rules and procedures. The county has unenforceable 'on the books only' rules. The state doesn't give a damn, and neither did the Charter Review (oh they talked a game, but I don't see anything on the ballot, and I sincerely doubt, as slow as they move that one will be on NEXT years ballot, either.)
Please read what I am writing and not more between the lines, since there isnt any. There is a clear differnce between offering endorsement and accepting it. There will always be endorsement. But in a NON-PARTISAN office NO Partisan endorsement should be accepted. Indeed, they should be publicly rejected to emphasize the NON-Partisan intent of the candidate. Simple realy. If it hurts endorsers feelings, thats actually a good thing.
Please read what my REAL EXPERIENCE has been: no one asks (neither the candidate nor the people posting endorsements). You don't accept.... you don't decline. (Period). It's up to the whim of whomever is making the recommendation. No one asks you -- you just show up on a list (and both parties have many lists) and then there are the people announcing who they are voting for on Facebook, and those who make outrageous statements on reddit. I think you aren't understanding exactly HOW dysfunctional hyper-local politics are.
The bigger thing to focus on is who gets what $$$ check out who recommends whom with the ridiculous donations: https://www.pdc.wa.gov/
Yes, seats are won and lost by single votes. But, given there is very little mechanism for people to be informed (newspaper behind a paywall, not many attend any candidate forums, very few forums) many people have no idea who or what is going on for the election. And, along those lines, few people show up to council meetings, board meetings, or anything else. How to get around apathy? No clue. It's a real issue.
Very concerning non-answers in so many places - repeatedly suggesting the Board deserves no blame for the Hospital's problems. Very interesting suggestion since she's also claiming credit for being on the way to fixing the problems through hiring the new turnaround specialists.
I agree on your non-answer analysis. Still no answer to recording meetings. As of last week Department of Health violations were still not corrected. Touts walking the floor since August of this year, where was she the last six years? Leadership?
It's easy to 'step out in front' as a last minute gesture, especially when there is no accountability, transparency or real ethics oversight...one can sign all kinds of disclosures but if those disclosures are not made public and have no accountability in REALITY, it's all dog-and-pony shows!🥸
DOH violations have been corrected. Easy to find the public notice posted online.
Also, wasn't board president last year. So she has expressed strategy now, as president. Things she tried to bring in the past.
What source suggests the Department of Health stuff has not been corrected? The record shows that it is
"Last week, OMC received a letter from the state Department of Health notifying the hospital that it had found 20 deficiencies — 12 repeat and eight new — during its most recent survey." -- That's from the PDN 10/25 https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/clinicians-want-more-involvement/?utm_source=WhatCounts%20Email&utm_medium=Morning%20Headlines&utm_campaign=Morning%20Headlines%20Newsletter
Thanks Jeff. I would like to see that letter hard to believe a suevey was done in September and more than a month later, the Hosp is informed of problems?. Also, are the 70 clinicians sort of like the 50 former intelligence officials who were 100% confident that Hunters laptop was Russian disinformation?....I don't trust 70 clinicians out of hundreds. I dont trust the new candidates for non-partisan positions who refuse to reject partisan endorsement and have actually praised, welcomed and shared it.
The PDN last week, don't remember the date, and was also mentioned at the meet and great at the library last Saturday.
Interesting. I'm going to suggest that the PDN is biased in its reporting, I know, newsflash. Also that the motives of the candidates are to win, not to be truthful to favor their competition. The DOH surveys were completed the week of Sept 22nd and the Hospital was DOH compliant on Oct 9th. The CERTIFICATE as I understand it, has not been issued because of the shutdown. I would suggest that both the PDN and the candidates, if past political posturing reveals anything, suggest that they carefully choose their words with something to the effect of "They still haven't been approved for their DOH Certificate" or "Still no DOH certification".....pardon my accusations, but I call that lies of omission or "false witness" and in a mail-in ballot system where a single vote counts, that stuff chaps my arse......
Was that the meet and greet that only had the new candidates?
I don’t believe anything I can say will change your opinion.
Actually I don’t think your opinion can be changed.
Having a “one on one” in-person conversation with Jeff, and not running her answers by her legal constituents, that would have made her additionally trustworthy & potentially “honest”.
Whereas her long.. un-accountable *recusing, blaming & deflecting statements will continue to keep me cynical and sided.
PS.
The Hospitals are all failing in “Rural” areas across the Country..
I listened to Speaker Johnson this morning.
It’s much bigger than the simple brain would want to believe.
Empowering isn’t it?
Take back your own health.❤️
COVID, ILLEGALS, AFORDABLE CARE ACT.
yes.
& much much more…
i cant even believe my mind!💥💥
- then again..
now things are making sense as to *why and *how precision & push happen in county, state, country, Globally!
To be on the other side of the optics is some-what reassuring. 🙃🫤
And as for me, keeping my Faith in Jesus Christ.
Whew!
God Bless America & those that fight to protect us from Evil.
Not just America.. the world needs protection.
Jeffrey & Jake..
Protectors of Clallam County. YO
🫵🏻👊🏼🇺🇸 🇺🇸🙏🏼☝🏼
Interesting, I didnt read it like this at all. I read explanations for why and what the boards role is NOT when it comes to the hospitals operational management.
Who hires hospital management?
The public hospital district commission shall appoint a superintendent, who shall be appointed for an indefinite time and be removable at the will of the commission.
(1) The superintendent shall be the chief administrative officer of the public district hospital and shall have control of administrative functions of the district. The superintendent shall be responsible to the commission for the efficient administration of all affairs of the district.
(1) The public hospital district superintendent shall have the power, and duty:
(a) To carry out the orders of the commission, and to see that all the laws of the state pertaining to matters within the functions of the district are duly enforced.
(b) To keep the commission fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the district.
The kommissars, whatever organization they are overseeing seem to be the key to the problems...and I mean the hospital kommissars. in this case...or any kommissar, in any organization.
How do we end up with these people? Not through transparency and accountability, that's obvious.😎
First off, Kommissars? Really? Pretty sure the Democratically elected Board members are not managing who says what to whom on behalf of the state...
Secondly, YOU. You voted for them...or didnt. YOU have one vote and 1 vote matrers in these elections. If you are not voting, you words are worth nothing.
You, as a cirizen, if you voted, have an obligation to monitor the job your elected representatives are doing. YOU can show up at meetings. You can speak. You can ask for records. YOU have access. Its all well and good to gripe about what you THINK but it is abundantly clear here, you dont KNOW and that? Is entirely up to YOU.
Yes, it’s up to me, attending meetings, writing emails, with no responses. Why do we hire people to handle running the hospital if we have to run it? Open public meeting act does not require transparency. Not publishing financials for most of year does not allow scrutiny by public. Your right it’s time to vote.
We elect. They run it. We scrutinize, they adjust. We are part of the mechanism of running the hospital since it is a public hospital. But we do not have a role if we are not engaged in it. Unanswered emails have to be escalated and/or show up and make it known. Even demanding a change to the system that emails must be answered inside a given time. In a society that does not defer all control of all social systems to the state, we can only have an impact on the things we decide to KEEP engaging with.
I would remind she was just made President this year. 6 others are on the Board.
I maximally agree!😎
The cancelled interview wasn’t the first interview Ann and I had scheduled, and I truly tried to be flexible. The interview was originally set for that morning. However, at 6:18 p.m. the night before, Ann said she’d been called into work the next day but asked if we could move it to the afternoon (I get it, I worked on-call for 20 years). I agreed and adjusted my own schedule to make that work, but didn’t hear back.
At 10:16 a.m. on Wednesday (the day of the interview), I followed up to confirm a time for the afternoon. At 10:48 a.m., she replied that because it was Pregnancy and Infant Loss Memorial Day and she had several events (1:30, 5:00, and 6:00 p.m.), she preferred to postpone.
While I respect the significance of that day, it was the second time we’d had to reschedule, and I had already spent considerable time preparing — including gathering questions from community members — to publish before ballots went out. Given the repeated cancellations, the extensive pre-interview discussions, and the possibility of further delays, I decided not to reschedule. I felt my time was too limited to continue navigating that uncertainty.
I did notice she was active on Nextdoor that same day, which reinforced my sense that the cancellation wasn’t about capacity but priorities.
I received a very thoughtful card from Ann, which reinforced my belief that she’s a kind and polite person. I look forward to meeting her in person someday and thanking her for taking the time to compile these answers.
Jeff,
OMG, I may have to be treated for chronic stomach issues. How could she have a face to face when at least
4 ghost writers answered the questions? Jeff, I am so proud of the questions you wrote to address the on going concern of OMC. Seriously professional. Do you really think she could have those answers off-the-cuff? There is NO way. I don’t know why they need a CEO and a CFO. Sounds like she practically invented healthcare facilities and all the rules and procedures, according to her. And that pesky Covid ordeal keeps popping up and being blamed for everything, still. What is the expiration date on that excuse? I think she lost her warm, fuzzy nurse
persona and turned into a true politician.
What’s wrong with healthcare in America? Well, when healthcare turns into
“All About Ann”!
Remember the "Twinkie defense"? If I remember (I'll probably get it wrong), Harvey Milk's killer blamed eating too many Twinkies and getting high on sugar... and that's why he shot Harvey Milk. Well, COVID is the new Twinkie defense. It's the reason I lost my hair, my Christmas cards go out late, and why I haven't mowed the lawn.
No ghost writers answered a single question. Sorry that you feel that suspicious. Not at all the case. This isnt DC. This is local, real people.
As always you are the
Answer Man! Maybe I’ll return to the Covid Excuse, must be working, goodness, pandemics don’t come around every day.
Jeff thank you for this. A couple of points. I asked Ms. Henniger in a Next Door chat whether she supported giving subsidized healthcare to illegals; she never responded. Also, with her conflicts with JKT she has to recuse herself from many important decisions. Don’t we need a commissioner that can participate in those decisions? Lastly, I find this last minute response to questions interesting in its timing. It was nicely put together but I see no acceptance for past problems, only promises “to do better.” You can’t blame problems on the current fiscal climate, over which you have no control. People are seeking solutions.
Spot on..
Consistent “Recusing” cant keep the position free from Conflict!!
Recusing oneself is admirable, and I congratulate her on doing so. It's ethically proper.
What I can't discern is how much it reduces the effectiveness of her position if she can't weigh in on critical decisions.
Husband and Wife.
That’s a lot of recusing…🤔
Would love to be a fly on the wall in this HH.
😁
In a county like ours, its pretty difficult to not be in Healthcare and not be tied somehow to many different interests. Recusal is an ethical decision based in both the topic at hand AND your own or the legal counsels decisions if it is even necessary. We expect leaders in a small town who's spouses likely work in conflict, to recuse for the mere appearance of impropriety when the concept od recusal is about the capacity to separate ones own interests or the interests of another "boss" from the decisions at hand. Most of our Port and counry commissioners then are in perpetual conflict as are our city council persons. The folks running for the Board against the current folks will also be in conflict. One of them, a retired physician only recently moved here, who's spouse works at the hospital!
I fully understand COI's, and commended her for doing so.
There's a perception that only those with medical experience can sit in these positions, ala the COI.
BINGO.
Many of us simply want more information before forming conclusions. That is why I spoke with roughly 20 current and former employees, attended multiple debates, and stayed after several Commissioner meetings to speak directly with most of the sitting Commissioners. After the pandemic surge, revenue rose sharply in 2021 and remained elevated in 2022. By early 2024, once the full-year 2023 results showed declining revenue and rising costs, I believe the Board should have pressed management more aggressively. I assume some discussions and actions were occurring internally, but building consensus on a seven-member board appears to have delayed decisive steps.
Several comments from Commissioners about Ann’s performance as the new Chair starting this year influenced my perspective. One noted she brought “greater organization and intensity,” and another stated, “I couldn't do as good a job as she has.” Those comments prompted me to reconsider my initial vote.
At the same time, I was stunned to learn that only 2 of 80 providers were meeting the 50th-percentile productivity benchmarks specified in their employment contracts. Providers receive monthly performance updates, yet prior leadership avoided enforcing expectations out of concern for turnover. The new candidates did not meaningfully address this issue, despite having direct knowledge, which concerned me.
Additional details on my research and reasoning are available on The Real Port Angeles Group on Facebook. Post election, I will continue to monitor productivity and financial indicators. I am finalizing historical data spreadsheets and plan to forecast through 2027. I am willing to share the worksheets with anyone interested.
It would have been nice to have a one-on-one conversation with her. Get her true reaction to the questions instead of long form written answers. Off the cuff in person gives more validity to me as we can tell by reaction and emotion. It is nice to get written answers but not without real time follow up questions. Thanks CCWD
Yes, this. Imagine choosing others with so much power and money behind them on written answers alone! Yes, she's out campaigning and hobknobbing, but that is not sufficient.
So much power and money behind them? You mean the other candidates that are endorsed by a Political party and who have accepted and promoted that emdosrement?
I was impressed with the answers. I had to look up;
Disproportionate Share Hospitals serve low-income patients and receive payments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to cover the costs of providing care to uninsured patients.
This explains to me a great deal. I would never have expected to fall below what is probably already a very low 8%. (Expecially in PA, a city that is definitional with 'low income'.)
It seems this and this alone really goes to the "millions".
I read a very intelligent person with good answers. I am certainly not an expert on the OMC so I leave it to another that is.
Someone with 'all the answers', which are no answers at all as far as making things better, seems suspicious to me...she's slick, that's for sure. A true 'professional' nurse!👩⚕️
Making things better? I don't see that... We are in a hole and it seems explained as to the $$$ at least to me...
It seems to me money is a big part of the problem. I know that's always the Dem answer to everything but in this case I think it is a contributing factor.
"We have a poor payer mix wherein 85% of our patients are covered by government insurance, which pays abysmally less than the cost of care provided."
I believe this...
But it has always been this way, even during the years when they were making money.
...AND getting millions in DSH %...
I WILL say $250 grand per year AND raises is obscene for a hospital in this condition.
I really do NOT care that a hospital administrator makes $1 mill elsewhere... Yeah Cedars Sinai... Hardly a comparison and I do not hear they are going broke.
You FIX the situation you get the money.
Other than that I have no reason to doubt her response.
I do take issue with defending the obscene salary in Port Angeles WITH annual raises. That's ridiculous.
And WHAT have the consultants done to date that has CHANGED the situation?
Still there is no answer to how to fix the money issue.
My suspicion is we, we CC taxpayers, are paying for drug addicts and 'migrant workers'.
Re your last line. I looked into this myself and indeed, there is no mechanism in a public hospital system to decide who is eligible for care based on economic status, immigration status etc. The intake system doesnt go there. So if there is necessary change to that effect, it is at the state level AND of course, locally re indigent population, at the municipal level.
I asked Ann Marie about that. Her response :
"That’s the law we are bound to as a public hospital district"
I don't deny the law or the moral obligation. I am beyond unhappy at the state of the country in terms of immigration and drug addiction that drives the impact on our hospitals.
Agreed. Same.
I can't find the comment BUT, we don't need to ATTRACT someone to CC. We have thousands of competent retired people who take this one for a year or two. $125k, plus incentives. Requirement, be mentally fit and implement solutions.
Thank you @Jeff Tozzer for a great article that impacts us all.
I see again and again that people in leadership (especially Ozias, French and Johnson) accept and promote Mediocrity as the Norm!
They don't appear to aspire to be great, or even good, when compared to peers, peers groups or peers companies!
The Normalization of Mediocrity is a rabbit hole to ending in Socialism.
I appreciate Ann’s response to the questionnaire and thank her. I would have preferred a one on one interview, because many of the responses to the questions needed some follow up questioning to verify the accuracy of her statements: As in question # 1 and other statements made down the list.
Conflicts of Interest and Ethical Concerns. 1. Many people may not realize that you work for the Jamestown Tribe — a corporation that competes directly with OMC in several areas. That’s raised concerns about whether there’s a conflict of interest in serving on both sides of that relationship. How do you separate those roles and reassure voters that your loyalty is to OMC’s patients and taxpayers?
“I recuse myself from the vote. To date, there have been no conflicts re: Jamestown Tribe”
Dancing like a politician. Always reward failure and conflict of interesting. Nothing to watch here move along
"When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns its back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe."
--Frederic Bastiat, circa 1848
The problems are, who decides what is honorable and useful, and who decides what is progress? And what catastrophe are we learning lessons from?
What catastrophe are we NOT learning lessons from? The catastrophe of our current predicament, for starters. Our only hospital is publicly funded and stands of the brink of total collapse under the enormous weight of mismanaged finances, failing policies, and a complete lack of true leadership. How can any person enter a position of management when they must answer to two separate and competing "bosses"? Common sense would dictate that it's not useful (nor honorable) to place any person in such a conflicted position. This is not a judgement against Ann. It's a logical deduction. Recusing yourself from a vote defeats the purpose of being put in a position to vote. It certainly doesn't seem like "progress" to me.
This is true, I agree.
A real 'pro'!😎
What would a better reaponse look like? OMC has to partner with Jamestown to meet our regions care needs. Seems to me the only way to do that is recusal when Board relative discussions take place. Its arguable that ANY board member in our area could be seen as in conflict if they have any other role where income or profit somehow tied to care. Much easier to separate in a larger area, but in a small county, many here have dual roles in the healthcare world.
I do wish Jeff had explained at the outset of this article WHY she cancelled. It reads like it was avoidance, I do not believe it was.
She had to ponder dead baby day, or some such plus a couple other excuses and then only responds a couple days before 'selections'!🤪
Your response here has bugged me since you wrote it. I expect you've already voted though. Nonetheless I felt it was worthwhile to share this in case you didnt read it in this thread when I posted it yesterday and that maybe you could soften your stance on that day and the everyday human beings it affects deeply.
I had reached out to her after she had to cancel the interview with Jeff and I asked Jeff if she could still respond. He offered that she could. So she did. I looked her answers over along with her friend. Yeah, small town real life.
Jeff didnt ask any detail about why she cancelled. I did and this is what she offered yesterday:
"There were two parts to that day. First I got called into work to cover for a coworker who called out sick.
Secondly, yes it was pregnancy and infant loss memorial day so I did take the time to grieve my seven children who have died. It is also the anniversary of the day that we got our daughter Jana’s diagnosis of trisomy 18. It’s an emotional day for me"
they are competing bussinesses in essence.
Technically yes, but if they werent there, we would have issues with providing adequate care and thus, OMC wouls have to SPEND more....so rather they are partners in care and separatley managed is what I would view it as. Our area, our patient demographic and our type of hospital, IMO, would not be able to handle all the care needed in the county. What I see is some attempt at finding balance between them vs competing agaisnt each other.
Do you think Jeff would have received the same type of responses in person? After all, she had the cheat sheet and plenty of time (just in the eve of voting) to create her answers.
It was such a set-up, she worked Jeff like a fine tuned instrument and then turn his blog into her soap box. Hate such obvious manipulation, like we won’t notice.
He would have. Though the medium in person would have let him ask for clarity or reveal an additional question that needed to be asked. Are there answers you have questions about before you vote?
Not at all what happened and I answered similar speculation here with my knowledge of the timeline and answers to questions here which she provided.
A lot of words, and none of them being answers to the questions that were submitted. A typical response from someone running for a “voted” position.
I had already voted ( I didn’t vote for her) and her submitting these so called answers only confirms my decision of not casting my vote for her.
Thank you Jeff Tozzer~!
I am not encouraged by the responses of Ann Henninger here, however if nothing else "we" now have her words on the public record as the community moves forward and that is at least somewhat useful. The bottom line is that Ann Henninger was on duty as our OMC experienced a terrible self-inflicted economic disaster, and I hope that the folks in Clallam County keep that firmly in mind as a hard & fast reality~! I do realize that there are a great many in our troubled society who STILL believe the blatant lies of the mainstream media and other nefarious bad actors, who keep pushing the same COVID deceptions and extremely dangerous "vaccines". So, I find it EXTREMELY troubling that anyone in the medical community would be so grossly incompetent and/or criminally inclined as to fail in the now widely easy to research established and well documented science that absolutely proves that the entire COVID agenda was planned for many years and orchestrated as the largest scale mass murder democide that has ever been conducted on earth~! This article gives me great concern about Ann Henninger's competence as a medical worker, because she "apparently" has absolutely no clue that she oversaw and actually administered the very crimes against humanity of the COVID agenda herself. Is she THAT incompetent as a scientist and medical worker, or is she just hoping to evade her own personal responsibility? I am very sad to say that either way, Ann Henninger has dramatically failed in her profession and her duties as an administrator. Sooner or later, someone is going to have to stand up and admit that the COVID and dangerous "mandates", especially the horrific "vaccines" were ALL part of a greater agenda to control, harm, and kill people, so until "we" (society) can get to that point it would be foolish to trust our local or national medical establishment. The truth is definitely our there about the COVID disaster, so at best these hospitals that made the decisions to go along with all of the criminal and unscientific "mandates" screwed themselves and everyone that they exist to serve~! I do NOT accept that the COVID disaster created ALL of the financial problems within the medical community, and I resent the claims that it did, because poor management cannot be allowed to get off of the hook that easily~!
Sincerely, Mike
Thanks Mike, since I really had no preconceived notion of her avoid/overwhelm scheme of communication, I was stunned . Not only by the length but like you said “none of it was her fault”. Easy to blame those that are gone. I haven’t seen that much self-aggrandizing maybe ever ! People that think they are the smartest ones in the building or county, usually go down in flames. We will see.
Pass the TUMS please.
Tums Away~! ;-)
Ha~! Ha~! Ha~!
Thank you for your wonderful compliment, Patriot Susan C Bonallo~!
Far be it from me to be "political" in any way however it is my duty to empower & encourage ALL good Americans to carefully think their way through things, so that together "we" can build the best country and world possible~! Yes, this Henninger character is quite a piece of contrived manipulated "garbage" that is clearly being "packaged" like a turd in gold giftwrapping for public "feel good" consumption~! Pardon the "visual" ugliness, but being accurate when describing such "vile and insulting crappola" requires honestly descriptive words that everyone can relate to... Other than the basic understanding that the OMC had utterly failed its financial and civic obligation to our community for YEARS, I didn't have any preconceived opinions about any of these specific management people. That said, as an old school Personnel executive I simply can't "dumb myself down" to somehow forget how our corporate & business model really works, so of course the management leadership is ultimately responsible for the failures of the specific business in question. It could be no other way. So, I simply pulled back the thin curtain of BS that was clearly designed to make good folks believe that "These are not the droids that we are looking for" so that everyone could fairly and reasonably judge the situation for themselves~! It could definitely be said that my talent is to break through the BS machine that is constantly engaged in deceiving all of us, but ultimately, I do believe that the majority of Americans will do the right things IF they have honest and accurate information. Ha! That is really why the mainstream media has so long ago betrayed the public trust, because the handful of criminals of humanity very intentionally acquired all of the media outlets to feed us nothing but "fake news and "fake science" on literally everything in their constant attack upon America~! Keep up the great work and together we will continue to destroy these criminals and their evil games of deception and destruction~!
Sincerely, Mike
I would like to add one thing that caused disappearance from ND as soon as I hit send.
I took all five of the vaccines, and had blood work shortly after.
First it showed that I did not have Covid
Second it showed that I did not have any antibodies for Covid
Zero- so what the fluff was I being injected with/for.
Remember 65 and older- you get to go first. They wanted all the retired people to die and quit sucking back our social security money and Medicare benefits.
Enough didn’t die.
Only God knows what comes next.. but I will not get anything the CDC or the WH suggests. Remember we couldn’t travel without our card. Easy to make on the computer.
Hi again my friend~!
Yes, I would expect that questioning the fake "vaccines" in any way would immediately result in being blackballed by the criminal controlled platforms~! That should be more than enough evidence of the criminal's agenda and absolute proof of exactly who is operating the bad Internet platforms VS who are operating the good Internet platforms. I am distressed when I learn that those I love, like you, have taken any COVID vaccines (or other vaccines for that matter), however I NEVER encourage anyone to become afraid because that is the way of the evil ones and there is always hope in my experience. God matters ;-) If you received the COVID "vaccines" here in Washington State, or any other "blue state", you had a better chance of avoiding the "death jab" statistically speaking, because the criminals of humanity intentionally targeted the "red states" with the deadliest vaccine batches to kill as many Constitutional freedom loving Americans as they could. That said, yes there have been batches of vaccines that were FAR more deadly than others in all locations, but these criminals knew better than to deliver vaccines that were all dangerous, so by the grace of God you may have beaten the statistical odds and avoided the dangerous vaccines. We here never took any COVID vaccines at all; however, we have been regularly following some inexpensive natural detoxing protocols for years now out of an abundance of caution, and because it is also excellent advice because our entire environment has been compromised by poisons and toxins. RFK Jr. is doing an excellent job in trying to get the word out about a LOT of present dangers, as is President Trump to a lesser degree. You are wise to be leery of the CDC and all other agencies and entities, but of course that does not mean that everyone is involved in this extermination agenda. If you like I can suggest some detoxing protocols for you to research, but that has to be all up to you, my friend. As Constitutionalists we respect other's free will and personal decisions without giving advice regardless of how qualified we may be. The best medical scientists in the business who are specialists in laboratory studies have been warning folks that these dangerous mRNA COVID vaccines can instantly disable or kill the victims OR they can disable or kill the victims many YEARS later. This is because some batches of mRNA vaccines are drop dead deadly and disable or kill instantly, especially those folks who are individually predisposed to medical issues. It is widely understood that folks who got the dangerous mRNA vaccines have damaged their personal immune systems approximately 20% for every vaccine that they got, which is exactly why adverse vaccine reactions and deaths in that specific group of victims can occur many years after they received them. These criminals of humanity have been working on bioweapons and "gain of function" science for MANY decades. I was about 13-14 years old when I first learned about "gain of function" engineering of viruses and I will NEVER forget that day Susan~! Upon reading that absolutely HORRIFIC BS my interests in a medical career evaporated, I lost my childhood respect for ALL doctors and medical workers as a group, and I learned to severely question what the US government was really up to and what their true goals REALLY were. Now, in hindsight, I was absolutely right and ALL of those Ignorant idiots who foolishly believe me to be a "conspiracy nut" have without doubt proven themselves to have been absolutely dead wrong~! You are 100% correct, MANY times I have wishes and prayed that I was wrong about a great many things, only to have ultimately been proven to have been right all along. Such is the path of those who are here to help others~! Ha! If everyone was Intelligent and well informed of the truth, folks like "us" would not be necessary at all. We could do more fun stuff like boating and fishing... Lisa here has been watching a LOT of Internet horse platforms lately, which torments an old true horseman like me no end~! Our horses passed away from a combination of old age and vaccines a few tears ago, believe it or not, so there is little more painful than a REAL horseman who is "horseless"~! For right now anyway, but we do have hope of better days ahead... Yes, is should really be no surprise that the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex has clearly been very intentionally disabling and killing our pets and animals for many decades as well~! The entire medical sciences matrix has to be destroyed, the criminals prosecuted, and the new "patient first" system brought into our society (world). There is reason for hope, and it will not be "pretty", but eventually better times will come~!
Sincerely, Mike
I believe we are tasked with the job of getting truth out to anyone that will listen.
Lucky is when your brain has acquired knowledge as you age. In our early years, it’s college degrees, careers, marriage maybe families to raise. But now the call to all Americans who have seen it and lived the lies of government are so important. I truly was on autopilot the first 40+ years of life. My daughter asked me why I read so much and get worked up? The answer is, it is our time, our calling and duty. Younger people accept the way of the world because of lack of in sight and dedication now. They too will understand eventually, God willing. Someday she will be the one questioning harmful CDC mandates, if we raised her right.
It gets back to that statement, If not now, when, if not me, who?
Your words are powerful and you speak from a place of many experiences. Thank you for your support on this site. And Thank You Jeff for allowing open participation, you do more good than you can possibly comprehend. Yes IM TOTALLY FOR TOZZER! Ps: Jeff don’t run for office, they will beat you down until no original or cognizant gray matter is left. You’ll been seen stumbling around at meetings saying “ where’s my personal guard, I’m afraid to be in public, can I just zoom these meetings?” But it will be too late bc you will not remember how to zoom or even what political office you hold. Then in 10 more years you’ll say God Save the Queen, and staff will tell you that you live in the New World, called America. In short, politics kicks the stuffing out of good people. And the bad ones are naturally drawn to it.
Too many skeletons in my closet to become a politician :)
Great comments Patriot Susan C Bonallo~!
I greatly admire your comment about being "on auto pilot for the first 40 years of (your) life"~! That shows that you are a very honest & humble Individual and at the same time it is a perfect example to others of what most experience and have to conquer to be capable of truly learning~! This is an extremely important personal revelation because the vast majority of folks experienced that same "fog" in their early lives. Many unfortunately never leave that "fog" and they always wonder what they have missed~! Ironic~! Yes, everyone is seduced (brainwashed) into a strange sort of "Intellectual blindness" that causes them to exist in a state of acceptance that there is nothing important to understand in life. We are bombed with completely insane sayings like; "You can't stand in the way of progress"! "Hope and change"~! HA! TOTAL BS~! We need to discover what these idiots and criminals intend as "progress" before allowing it~!!! The "fake scientists" constantly tell everyone that they have discovered "everything", then before long we learn that was never even close to the truth... We are ALL exposed to constant "make work" crappola no end, that keeps us too busy with our lives and endless stupid & foolish things to do, so that there is little time for the Individual to stop the madness to ponder about life and what is REALLY going on. All teachers and most professionals in the business world are forced to regularly attend "continuing education and/or training classes" of some kind that the vast majority admit did nothing to improve them or were actually harmful because they disturbed their very work and life schedule~! This insane hurry that "humans" are constantly pushed into from the earliest ages that robs them of their very childhoods, the foolish "graduate high school and get married" pressures that society constantly pounds everyone with even before puberty, the endless "forms" that everyone is forced to fill out, never-ending lines to stand in and traffic and on the roads that suck the very life out of most good folks year after year~! These things are just blindly accepted by most without the slightest thought that they are all part of a grand "rat trap" that has been very carefully planned and executed to keep "us" so damn busy accomplishing nothing, that it is a wonder so many do have successful lives in spite of it all. The real question is "How much more successful would their lives have been without all of the "make work" insanity~? Oh, how I have suffered decades of my life trying to get folks to slow down long enough to realize that they were completely missing the most important and critical thing that they were all obliged to do~! It is not "a contest" where the ones who do conquer this insanity by refusing to comply win, it IS the very purpose of our existence to be free~! We are NOT "here" to get through the (failed) government approved school, get jobs so that we can be "milked" for every penny that the "failed" government can steal, hoping that we live long enough to "retire" so we can enjoy a couple of years before all of the rest of our money and the remainder of our lives are stolen by the corrupt government~! So, thank you SO much for being a great example of the process that the vast majority of folks endure, which is of tremendous value to let everyone know of the very process that they must now understand to be able to play positive roles at this critical time of history~!!! There really is nothing positive for folks who continue to ignore their duty to overcome their own "chains of brainwashing", and in fact doing so very clearly puts them and their friends and loved ones at a severe risk. The fact is that the criminals of humanity are very well aware that most if not all humans who live long enough, will at some point eventually see their evil brainwashing and deadly oppressive "murder/death/kill control system. This is exactly why SO many in government and politics have been encouraging society to "marginalize" older people and in fact kill them off in large numbers. This is very obvious and can easily be seen with the dangerous and deadly COVID (fake) "vaccines" that are STILL being pushed for older folks, because for many elderly folks they were and still are absolutely lethal, and the government knows it~! When these evil monsters started pushing these same deadly vaccines on pregnant women, little babies & children, we here had to learn a new higher level of self-control that we never imagined that we were capable of~! HA~! Recently some of the evil clowns in the federal government have been pushing to delay the retirement age (Social Security) to 70 years old, which is very clear evidence that they do NOT want to have to repay them any of the retirement money that they stole from them all of their lives~! The truth really couldn't be clearer, for those with the guts and strength to see and admit it~! This absolutely proves the truth that the standard method of measuring any country or society, is in fact based upon how that country/society treats is most vulnerable (the youngest and oldest folks)~! The old "Andy Griffith Show" has one awesome episode where a stranger from out of town is in a BIG hurry to get through Mayberry and his car breaks down on a Sunday when businesses are closed, and folks are just enjoying the day of rest. This stranger just can't slow down to relax and enjoy life, try as the good folks of Mayberry attempting to get him to enjoy the day of rest, because he is in too much of a hurry to stay on the "rat race treadmill"~! Towards the end of that episode this stranger actually does start to realize the absolute value of slowing down to "smell the roses" and he is very clearly all the better off for it... One half hour TV show back in the early 50's could have changed the America and the entire world, had folks been paying any attention~! What a tragic shame that people were "too busy" to take their own lives seriously~! ;-) I remember being no more than 5 or 6 years old when I watched that Andy Griffith TV show and every year for many decades after that I watched it in the reruns. I think I have it in my DVD collection still. Over the years I easily accomplished everything that most view as success, government approved "wallpaper" that only indicates my willingness to sit in their dubious classes, many "certificates" of little real value, a professional resume that few would even be capable of comprehending, but my MOST highly valued achievement has always been my stubborn ability, and personal need, to take a day off from the rat race whenever I damn well pleased, just for fun! HA~! The more pressure that I was enduring from the "rat race" that I knew was just to burn my life and steal my money, the more likely it was that I would be taking control of my life to enjoy life itself~! Often times, I very intentionally used the time that I "clawed back" from the criminals of humanity and their evil rigged system, to specifically engage in Intellectual thought to discover the truth about our corrupt country and world. Anyone can get into that personal zone of activity or lack of activity, to enter a state of "reflection and deeper thought"~! Personal "Meditation" can come to everyone who wishes to enter that "Zone of Enlightenment" regardless of the Individuals state of activity or inactivity at that time, because "we" are all capable of using our brains as the marvel of "computers" that they truly are~! One does not need to sit on the floor with their legs crossed as they practice breathing control, because with proper motivation, Intent, and a safe opportunity we have enormous capabilities that the criminals of humanity have been desperate to keep us from learning about for a great many centuries~!!! Sometimes all it takes is one good Individual like you to tell folks that they have "permission" to think for themselves~! Very nice work Susan~! Keep up the excellent work my friend~!
Happy Thanksgiving~!!!
Sincerely, Mike
Thanks Mike: it isn’t hard to have the BS detector going off when you read the piece of work Ann presented. The sad part to me is she thinks so little of the local intellect, she thought we’d buy it.
Eventually she may dig her own hole to land in.
You are very welcome, Patriot Susan C Bonallo~!
I am sure that you and the many Intelligent folks here on "The Watchdog" can see that Henninger's "non-response" bologna is just an ill-constructed and rather childish attempt to give cover to the OMC administration and of course Henninger~! These sick unqualified shills are installed into office to give cover to the past sick unqualified shills, and so on... Unfortunately for them, they have ALL been trapped by the very same "Information Age" trap that they set for "us" over the past few decades~! Irony can be fun, don't you think~? One of the most recent examples of this "reverse trap" is James Comey the corrupt ex-FBI goon, because it was just revealed that he was caught cold lying to congress about his involvement in and knowledge of the "fake news" Russian/Trump attack early in President Trump's first administration. These criminals failed to destroy all of the evidence of their crimes ;-) This is a HUGE problem for Comey, because it directly ties him to the 2020 election fraud, and the SCOTUS has long decided that anyone materially interfering with an American election can have ALL of their assets confiscated and they can be executed for treason if/when found guilty~! Most Americans do not know or understand this real news that was just reported and the corrupt mainstream media is framing it as "revenge" when it is really justice, but MANY of the mainstream media hacks have their own heads on the chopping block for treason and/or crimes against humanity themselves. Naughty Naughty~! HA~! Furthermore, some months ago President Trump did announce that Obama was guilty of treason, which was all but ignored by the mainstream media, and most Americans were not paying attention or foolishly ignored that EXTREORDINARY historic statement... The Comey criminal prosecutions will obviously lead to many other criminal prosecutions of even higher profile Individuals in due time, as the general public can handle more & more truth... So, my point is that these low-level local yokels who play similar games of constantly lying and covering up their crimes here in Clallam County, will be facing the same "reverse trap" as you so well suggested, and people like Henninger will be revealed to have "dug their own hole to land in"~! I am an old hand at identifying corrupt & fraudulent elections, so my guess is that New York City has now become the new/future "poster child" for corrupt election disaster, and even though I highly doubt that the folks there really voted for this new mayor from Hell, they are ALL going to pay the price in ways that will terrify (and awaken) the entire country. We shall see what we are told this past election results were here in Clallam County soon, but I am sad to say that "we" here will have our own hard lessons until enough people suffer... Most of the past 30 years I have lived here in Washington State and I have NEVER seen a legit election yet. Remember the "Keep counting the ballots until you win, Cantwell"??? HA! As soon as the "no ID - mail in vote only" crime spree is stopped, folks in Washington State will be able to better understand what has been done to them by the criminals of humanity for many decades~! Do Americans REALLY believe that they have voted for ALL of these criminals in government and their clearly destructive policies and agenda over the past several decades? If there is no evil organized criminal agenda against the original American Constitution, all of our freedoms and rights, and "US", then why are we experiencing exactly that~? I am stunned by the number of Americans who STILL fail to understand that the COVID & deadly fake "vaccine" attack is the largest scale mass murder genocide/democide in recorded history~! What's up with that? The truth about that still ongoing mass murder is out for all to see who have a little time to look for it... Maybe I am a little "fussy" but when the entire governmental system, with few exceptions, is trying to kill "us" (Americans) that could be a problem~! HA~! As many have said over the past couple of years; "We are going to need some new Conspiracy Theories, because almost ALL of the old ones have already proven to have been true all along"~! I think that is a clue, but shockingly there are STILL many who just don't/can't/won't see the obvious~! Those of us who do "get it" need to circle our wagons because this unfolding disaster has no end in sight from what I can see... Keep the faith my friend~!
Sincerely, Mike
Im ready to circle my wagon with folks like you. Always been accused of having a “conspiracy theory “
thinking mindset. But when it so often comes to fruition, how can you think otherwise? Trust me, I’d give up many things to be wrong, but time after time
bang, right in the face. A friend of ours in charge of security for Seattle Port Authority told me this
“If (especially women) listened to their gut feelings we would be a much safer society. But women tend to be more cordial and open to strangers.
So no matter what info we process, the
space between the lines tells the story.
Well our (departed) friend would be very proud of our daughter. She will shut down a person in a heartbeat! John taught her a lot of safety rules. We really miss him.
Good morning wonderful Patriot Susan C Bonallo~!
I always enjoy hearing from you and envisioning your fun life on land and sea~! Ha~! I remember in my early years trying to tell folks the bits and pieces of truth about our country/world that I had learned from my parents who were in "need-to-know" professions, so being falsely labeled a "conspiracy nut" or liar, etc. just automatically comes with that willingness to help others. Strong people are always threats to the weak... I personally honestly resent that, but then I have to take pity on those who are SO weak, shallow, and cowardly that all they can do is to attack the well-meaning messenger. The truly Ignorant ALWAYS respond with Ignorance, anger, hate, fear, lies, and endless insults because people who live lives of Ignorance stick with Ignorance all the way. They know no other way. We are ALL "Ignorant" about some things because none of us can EVER know everything, however as we all know, there is a significant percentage of the population that lives their entire existence as truly Ignorant people and that is their only "comfort zone". Then, there are those, like you and others here on "The Watchdog" who naturally have what has been termed "Inquiring Minds" where they are not afraid of learning and in fact have a personal commitment and drive to keep learning. The local criminals within our governmental system and larger community constantly attack the great folks who find The Watchdog to be highly useful, because they know that "we" can and do see through their lies and deceptions. THAT my friend scares them no end~! So, you could easily say that Jeff Tozzer built "The Clallam County Watchdog" specifically to gather like-minded folks who live to learn for the Goodness of our community, hoping that "we" would all learn & share together, and that is exactly why "we" are so attracted to the platform. The criminals ALWAYS go out of their way to insult, unjustly frame, and discredit us as some kind of weak-minded followers of Jeff Tozzer, in obviously extremely comical childish ways like little spoiled hateful children in kindergarten, but nothing could be further from the truth~! I would bet that most of us "Watchdoger's" would strongly support Jeff Tozzer if he chose to run for a public office, but that we would do so because we believe that he would "represent us" NOT because we would blindly follow him as a leader. You can always tell the REAL "leaders" because they don't judge their success by the numbers of "followers" that they have, their success is strictly based upon the number of people who THEY listen to because they always honor & respect the community in which THEY serve~! The sheep mindlessly follow their phony "leaders" and free sovereign Americans (decent humans) always work together for the betterment of the entire community through good communication (a meeting of the minds ;-) The original American Constitution defined (contractually created) an entire country of "leaders" who were/are supposed to be strong free-thinking Individuals who each possess the strength & Intelligence to learn & come together for the well-being of the entire country. Over the next decade+++ "we" (Americans) will ALL have to step up to our own Individual responsibility, that we contractually have as Americans, that is the direct price of our freedoms and rights. That is exactly why this time of history is SO painful because we have been betrayed by previous generations of "sheep" who mindlessly followed criminals who were only posing as honorable "leaders"~! This system of the criminals is what "we" are all witnessing collapse in real time right before our very eyes, while the criminals & Ignorant desperately attempt to get everyone to believe that their phony unconstitutional "democracy" should be defended. America is a Republic, NOT a democracy, because democracies are in fact "mob rule that is ALWAYS controlled by the few (kings ;-) Republics are representational governments where ALL have an equal say, representation, and responsibilities~! Our "wagons" are already circled my friend, and we are surrounded by evil hostile's~! The great news is that "we" (American Patriots) dramatically outnumber these criminals and their "Useful Idiots", and they can't survive is we NEVER allow them to divide us against each other~! Keep the faith and stay safe~!
Sincerely, Mike
Thank you for really spelling it out. I just wanted to scream when I read her well scripted answers. It takes many hours to be that long winded and readers finish with the “WHAT DID SHE SAY “, thought in their mind. Critically reading for content, assimilating the message, but not
eating what’s being dished up.
Brilliantly stated Patriot Susan C Bonello~!
Living in the "glass house" of often being verbose myself, I shall not cast stones at Henninger's long winded and deceptively devised ramblings, but where was her apology~? Even if she is too much of an underhanded political coward to take any personal responsibility for HER failures of the OMC on HER watch, I would reasonably expect that she would admit to them in a clearer more up-front general way. At best, Henninger only "eluded" to the management failures of the OMC in a shifty weak "we can do better" remark. Why on earth would anyone want her to remain in power I don't know~! Ha! Yes indeed "screaming" is the reasonable response when "we" are getting the standard "hose job" from those who are desperate to avoid the guilt that they SO well deserve. I don't know what others see in Henninger's elaborate "nonresponses" responses to the perfectly valid and honorable questions posed, but I have been around WAY too many lawyers who are paid to put political spins on everything, then for me to buy her "crappola cake"~! NO way is Henninger capable of constructing that kind of legalese garbage on her own, so what we have here is a previous meeting that was very intentionally postponed that allowed her and her attorneys on retainer with the OMC the time to carefully craft these ridiculously baffling & confusing "feel good" responses, that I am sure the average low information shallow thinking folks would lick up without giving it any real thought at all~! So, your inclination to "scream" was/is absolutely understandable and in that emotion itself it reveals the fact that you, as an intelligent Individual, know well that you were being "handled" and NOT well served as a member of this community~! Screaming can be a good stress reliever but today is voting day and that could be a better stress reliever is enough good folks take the time to carefully do that. I am not in any way saying that out elections are honest, but we can and should completely overload the system with honest votes and give these criminals a REAL problem~! I am sad to say that these criminals within our community have constructed their shady system against us very well and for many decades, so it will take some time and a LOT of hard work to overcome it~! Have a great day and I hope that you and your husband are doing well and finding time to enjoy every day~!
Sincerely, Mike
She's a nurse, not a scientist.
Yes, I understand what you are saying, but that really is my greater point~!
How many people who are employed in the Medical Industrial Complex are truly in it because they are in it for the scientific value, the science, with dedicated scientific minds~? Their job title is irrelevant~! This is exactly why and how the COVID mass murder democide was SO effective, because "we" have allowed WAY too many "hacks" who got into the field for the money and NOT for the science~? That goes for ALL field in the Medical Industrial Complex by the way, the technologists, the nurses, the doctors, and ironically the people who are actually paid as scientists themselves~! Ha! How many technologists, nurses, doctors and especially so-called "scientists" were either too ignorant and flat-out stupid who themselves fell for the very obviously fake science of COVID and ALL of the phony and themselves dangerous "mandates", including but in no way limited to the now proven dangerous and deadly vaccines? Hummmmm??? They were clearly NOT in the field for the science with well-trained scientific minds. This is abundantly clear by the fact that many of them have already killed themselves with the deadly COVID vaccines, so they did a LOT of harm to others AND ended up killing themselves just because they utterly failed as scientists. I don't know about you, and you are of course welcome to your own opinion, but I don't want ANY "help" from anyone in the medical field who is not a trained scientist in the general field of medicine and whatever specialty that they happen to be in. A GREAT example is my wife, who is demonstrably one of the best of the best vascular ultrasound technologists in the world~! For people who are ignorant of what vascular ultrasound folks do, they are the ONLY ones who actually identify and locate blood clots, and my wife was right on the front lines in early 2021 when the criminal Biden cabal released the deadly COVID vaccines and immediately proceeded to unconstitutionally "mandate" that everyone got the "clot shot"~! Yes, she is technically as good as it gets in her field, however what actually makes her one of the best of the best is that she is a VERY dedicated well-trained scientist with an excellent "scientific mindset"! Her choice in men is another matter! Ha Ha Ha! Anyway, almost 4 years ago my wife was viciously attacked, fired from her job, had her excellent reputation attacked, and threatened with criminal prosecution JUST because she was honestly answering her terrified patients' questions about their own vascular ultrasound tests~! So, my wife is ultimately one of the best because she puts her patient's health and wellbeing first and foremost~! Even though doing so has cost her well over $500,000.00 to date~! Do you know anyone currently in the medical field who has THAT kind of honor? HA~! Thousands of the best in the medical field got out when they saw what was really happening, so what kind of people do you think are in the medical field today??? Hummmm??? Now you are more than welcome to have all of the nurses, doctors, and so-called "scientists" that you want who are NOT in the field for the science, who don't have any personal or professional honor * integrity, and who will be happy to stick needles in you with dangerous things that they really know nothing about for their paycheck, but any sane individual would ONLY want medical workers who were REAL scientists! Did you know that medical malpractice has actually been one of the top three leading reasons of death in the US for decades now? Do you think that any old nurse is qualified to run an entire medical community, if he/she is NOT a truly dedicated scientist? Could that have anything to do with the financial and medical failures of the OMC? Ya think? Ha! Oh, and as a side note, "we" (American Patriots) are in fact fully aware that a number of doctors who are still working in the OMC not only refused to take the COVID vaccines themselves, but they told their nurses that they would be immediately fired if they told their patients the truth about those deadly vaccines. Many of these criminals who pose as "legitimate doctors" have already admitted that they NEVER take ANY vaccines whatsoever~! How do you like that? Not to worry though, because those doctors are already scheduled for Nuremberg style US Military Tribunals for their crimes against humanity, but many of them don't even know it (yet ;-) Sometimes I like surprises, don't you~??? HA~! Have a great day and keep the faith because this is the largest scale criminal "sting operation" the earth has ever known and in due time everyone on the planet will be aware of it and more than happy that the new medical system that focuses on the patient's well-being first has already been born~! Enjoy~!
Sincerely, Mike
Last year around this time we had a horrible experience with OMC involving our 96 year old mother after a medical emergency in her home. Transported to OMC and things went downhill from there. Admitted to hospital after hours in the ER. We were there with her the next two days but never got to talk to the "social worker" or a doctor, only the very kind nurses. Wednesday at 6:30 pm Mom called to say she had been released and was waiting for us to pick her up. We had had NO communication with the "social worker" or the doctor. Finally the "hospitalist" called us an hour or so later and said ok pick her up tomorrow. On the way to find out what was actually going on the "social worker" called asking when we would be there. When I questioned the lack of communication she go upset with me and HUNG UP ON ME. Long story short Mom had of course tested positive for "covid" and was required to go to a rehab facility. After hours of waiting and calling she was moved to the most horrendous dirty rehab in Port Angeles. Also she required 24/7 care and was stuck there for 10 days. Again just a horrible stressful situation that could have been totally been avoided had the social worker or maybe even a doctor informed us. This sweet lady had every brain cell she was born with and was sharp as a tack. But to OMC she was just an old lady they wanted to move out of that room. So sad that we were all put through that with our loved one. This might happen to you or your loved one.
This is such a tragedy! So very sorry for your family.
Thank you...I was never able to verbalize this to the hospital administrators. We had enough to deal with so today this helped to get our story out there. Just not a very caring place in our opinion.
God Bless you and your family.
I say kudo's to Ann for giving such detailed and thoughtful exlanations! As well as to Jeff for initiating this conversation. I just wish this had been printed sooner as many of us have likely voted. Keep up the good work....we need more like the both of you!
NOT a conversation... It's a written response...
A conversation can be in writing, which is known as dialogue.
Yeah OK... Technically a "dialogue", realistically in this case, favors the written response with no followup. In common use a dialogue is a conversation, not a written response. But good on you.
This is a pretty public forum. Election is tomorrow. Might as well ask your follow up question here. Still time for answers you might be looking for. No?
Written conversation, next to none, is incredibly pathetic in value when ideas and points are to be discussed and understood. I'd even go so far as to say that Commissioner Henninger may have done more damage to getting crucial points across.
I have one question for Ann. Just one. How many tribe members were consulted in the preparation of these answers? Seems that would be a conflict of interest. At least we know now why she recused herself from the interview. I would need more time to prepare answers too, if I were in such a conflicted position.
Zero. ZERO Tribe members. She consulted me and a good friend of hers. I had reached out to her after she had to cancel the interview with Jeff and I asked Jeff if she could still respond. He offered yes. Time for a one on one has passed. So she wrote her responses. I looked them over along with the friend. Yeah, small town real life.
Here are her responses to these sorts of questions which I shared with her today and asked for her responses:
Re Cancelling the interview: "There were two parts to that day. First I got called into work to cover for a coworker who called out sick.
Secondly, yes it was pregnancy and infant loss memorial day so I did take the time to grieve my seven children who have died. It is also the anniversary of the day that we got our daughter Jana’s diagnosis of trisomy 18. It’s an emotional day for me".
Re Jamestown conflict of interest:
" I tried to remind [in my answers] that there is working together/partnership in providing care but separation/recusal in management decisions"
Thank you for sharing. My sincere condolences to Ann for her unimaginable losses. Honest question though. Why would she schedule the interview on this day in the first place only to cancel at the last minute, if this day is such a heavy and significant event for her personally? Surely she could see the impression that created.
She isn't a politician, so what it looked like didnt cross her mind. Hence my call to her after Jeff mentioned the cancellation in his piece one day and the negative perception it brought.. She's a leader and about caring for people. The call in to work probably shifted what time she had left. I will ask, but I expect that both affected the outcome based on the time spot Jeff had scheduled for her.
Well, it's comforting to know that OMC-CEO is running things based on PERSONAL GOALS and that the public has no idea of performance reviews...I mean...why would we want to know how it's going?
Oh, Yeah, we can see how it's going...Golden Parachutes while the system implodes!
How come ALL CEO's are paid such high salaries...I guarantee MOST aren't 'EARNING' those 'salaries'. They get 'paid' even when incompetent and we get to PAY-and-Watch while the whole thing goes to shit!
It always makes me nervous when people like Ms. Henninger have SO MANY important positions all being played at the same time...kind of like the kommissars...lot's of secrets and few real answers.
I don't think or feel the answers are very useful...there is nothing to be done to correct it, if the BIGGEST problem is that O'Bummer Care doesn't pay anywhere near actual costs, which are already astronomical...we have a co-dependent pharmacological SICK CARE system, not a Health-Care system...and the grift and graft is obvious to anyone who has been paying attention.
We also must consider the DEI hires...the personal competency of some 'workers'...I experienced the best and the worst in competency when I had surgery at the V.A. Hospital in Seattle...you never know what you're going to get...and 'Doctor Knows Best'...even when they don't. We need to self-advocate or have a trusted person do it for us!
The best thing anyone can do is not get sick enough to require 'care', but that is not always possible.
The medical system is just another symptom of 'empire-in-decline'.
Stay well and enjoy the drama!🎭
It’s a shame this is ‘too little, too late’. Hopefully next election year infant mortality remembrance day will not pose such a conflict.
For what its worth, its called "Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance day" I would suggest it means far more than remembering a statistical metric.
Tom-ay-to, Tom-ah-to. It seems the day was not so important to figure into scheduling the interview, yet important enough to be used as an out to avoid real-time Q and A.
You know I try to be level headed and reasonable in my thoughts expressed on social media. I reached out to Ann Marie and asked to give another go at Jeff's Questions. She thought his offer was off the table after her cancelation. He graciously offered that it was not. Time constraints by then meant no podcast, but that she could still offer her responses to his questions in writing. So she did. I and a good friend of Ann Marie's reviewed them and offered our thoughts. Not Jamestown. The result are these honest answers you read in Jeff's article. Contemplated and offered without prejudice.
I have known her for 20 years. Seeing your response and Roberts frankly heartless one, I reached out to Ann Marie and asked her for her response, which I already knew, but wished for her words to be expressed for you and others who don't or won't understand.
"There were two parts to that day. First I got called into work to cover for a coworker who called out sick.
Secondly, yes it was pregnancy and infant loss memorial day so I did take the time to grieve my seven children who have died. It is also the anniversary of the day that we got our daughter Jana’s diagnosis of trisomy 18. It’s an emotional day for me"
I want a human who knows what care is about on our Board of hospital commissioners. Ann Marie is that person.
My response can be taken however you like. The point is, we don’t currently have time travel, so still ‘too little, too late’. Ballots have been cast, decisions have been made.
Election is tomorrow. If you voted for somebody who you found out a dark story today and he/she won by 1 vote!!!??.......yeah, in not cool with that. I drop my ballot off on election day. Personally prefer polling stations for this reason. Mail reserved only for those who are absent from their areas.
yes, this is one of the many things wrong with mail-in voting. I don't like it either. It was still too little too late as Eve So states.
Well, she is lucky to have a loyal friend like you. I found her written answers were scripted with an undertone of insincerity. A big pill too large to swallow.
Thanks. That ia the down side of written answers to questions made for a dynamic occasion like an interview. I find when that is the case, re reading, more than once, reveals what is easily missed in subtleties written vs heard. We know a novel has the space to delve deeper, Q and A of course, does not.
I had hoped, still do since we have until 8pm tonight to drop off ballots, that question would emerge and could be answeee here. Some have been if you read through.
I had wished for instance that Jeff had asked WHY she had to cancel. Which is answered here in replies. For many, the notion that she was dismissive of the value of the interview opportuntiy would have been quickly dispelled and understood as a noble reason vs avoidance had that been one of the questions.
I personally long for polling vs mail in as I have found, too many times, revelations about candidates revealed in the 11th hour that arguably can change a vote. In Presidential elections it is pretty hard to change the outcome since there is the electoral college system that delivers the outcome. But in municipal, board, state, commissioners, plebescites....every. single. Vote. Counts.....as much as a vote not cast counts and a vote wrongly or poorly cast, counts.
So, I hope folks who have questions, who have NOT voted, still ask them and get the clarity they need to make their decisions before casting their ballot.
You are so correct. The nuisance of the voice and the body language are surely missing in written answers. But it makes dissecting the words and being an astute reader even more important. I agree with the notion of a twice read information, I live it.
Reading may not be the number one way some people process
current events or even the world around them. I’m an obsessive reader, especially fine print. I can tell you how your broker is screwing you six ways to Sunday. But, I read Ann’s answers with no bias, just knew her schedule was full, but had an uncomfortable feeling about the last cancellation. Seems like a slight possibility she was encouraged
to avoid an interview.
So many 'socialist special days'
We need more grief pay for the poor administrators!
Coddle, coddle, coddle!
When you 'over-coddle' an egg, it falls apart!🤓
I've always heard you have to pay highly in order to get quality. Darryl Wolfe was CEO for five years, in which time his compensation increased by $71,000. Apparently the money isn't what really matters.
Money is what matters initially, but keeping all those juggled balls in the air becomes priceless, as in no amount is worth it.
I should be paid because this week has been hard on my sensitive stomach. Also it is hard for people to assimilate new and truthful information so they should get “my brain hurts” compensation.
Jeff, I’m really working on not being snarky and rude. I hope people feel the love I send out in my comments. I’m getting older and I have seen some real government **it shows.
I did not have sex with that woman.
I am not a crook.
God bless the Queen.
(She had passed away)
Affordable Healthcare for All Americans.
(And others as it turns out)
No new taxes! (holy crap)
I've met you, so I know what a witty kick in the pants you are. Keep being you :)
I have to Jeff. I’ve tried being different and not so cutting but I can’t control it. Some people are offended, which can also be delightful. See I’m a social wreck and no chance of changing but working on that politically correct crap!
What a sad response.
Should every sadness bestowed upon civilization have a Memorial Day? Losing any life brings untold grief to some. I can think of many, but political grandstanding shouldn’t be tied to them.
Fair enough but apparently it did not capture the sympathy votes , which I believe should be left out. Of course full disclosure is always an option instead of misplaced guessing. Daniel, why exactly are you so invested in this portion of shared public information? We didn’t ask for her fertility information yet people had wild speculations when it became a vague topic. Is that over sharing or just selectively steering a conversation? Either way, the votes have been cast. Best of luck , no one wishes grief in other peoples lives.
Jeff's questions were very good - excellent, actually - all relevent and exactly what I wanted to know. But, it was obvious that Ms. Henninger does not in any way, hold herself responsible for what HAS happened. Covid and its effects are to blame. And her last 2 statements, in answer to "what will be different this time" - "I am non-partisan.
I do not have an axe to grind or an agenda to impose." Makes me think that her responses are all smoke and mirrors. Same old, same old. And that is just one of the reasons I did not vote for her.
The other candidates not only appear partisan, they havw accepted endorsements from local democratic party and organized. If the responsibility is non partisan, why would thise running other than Henninger openly accept partisan supoort if they didnt intend to make decisions in a partisan manner?
correction: you don't actually solicit endorsements from anyone... they don't ask permissions. So, its not really up to the candidate and you can't control what other people do. FYI.
Fwiw, I never suggested solicitation. We decide, as consituents, how well our elected reps are representing us or intend to represent us far less by what they accept and far MORE by what they reject.
Not at all the point. A GOOD non-partisan candidate. A sincere non-partisan candidate REJECTS partisan endorsement. Makes the effort to say "thanks, but no thanks, this is a non-partisan role and I do not accept your endorsement" simple realy if they actually intend to BE non-partisan.
See, clearly you have NEVER run for public office around here. You can say "no thanks" all you want, but people will endorse who they want to endorse. I'm really serious about this. And, people will make snarky comments -- it's nothing any candidate can control.
You do realize the other "non-partisan" candidates not only accepted the Partisan endorsements, but boasted of them and included a mention in their campaign materials.
I do realize that. I find it abhorrent. But, there are no rules against it and...meanwhile our city council has ZERO ethics rules in their self-imposed rules and procedures. The county has unenforceable 'on the books only' rules. The state doesn't give a damn, and neither did the Charter Review (oh they talked a game, but I don't see anything on the ballot, and I sincerely doubt, as slow as they move that one will be on NEXT years ballot, either.)
Please read what I am writing and not more between the lines, since there isnt any. There is a clear differnce between offering endorsement and accepting it. There will always be endorsement. But in a NON-PARTISAN office NO Partisan endorsement should be accepted. Indeed, they should be publicly rejected to emphasize the NON-Partisan intent of the candidate. Simple realy. If it hurts endorsers feelings, thats actually a good thing.
Please read what my REAL EXPERIENCE has been: no one asks (neither the candidate nor the people posting endorsements). You don't accept.... you don't decline. (Period). It's up to the whim of whomever is making the recommendation. No one asks you -- you just show up on a list (and both parties have many lists) and then there are the people announcing who they are voting for on Facebook, and those who make outrageous statements on reddit. I think you aren't understanding exactly HOW dysfunctional hyper-local politics are.
The bigger thing to focus on is who gets what $$$ check out who recommends whom with the ridiculous donations: https://www.pdc.wa.gov/
This may be true. I didn't vote for anyone.
Your purview of course. Just remember that Boards, commissioner seats and city council seats are regularly won and lost by Single vote differences.
Yes, seats are won and lost by single votes. But, given there is very little mechanism for people to be informed (newspaper behind a paywall, not many attend any candidate forums, very few forums) many people have no idea who or what is going on for the election. And, along those lines, few people show up to council meetings, board meetings, or anything else. How to get around apathy? No clue. It's a real issue.