Mission-Critical: Ask the Hospital Board to Follow Its Own Bylaws
Forks Community Hospital added language to its bylaws—after two years of work—that supports public access to meetings in line with RCW 42.30.220. The law encourages agencies to offer remote access so the public can observe their government deliberate on their behalf.
But the board still hasn’t implemented it. We’ve been told it’s “too expensive” or “too risky,” even though remote access is standard across Washington and costs almost nothing.
This is a small ask with a big impact. Transparency matters. Accessibility matters. Trust matters.
I support providing remote access to public meetings and recording them. In our rural area, remote access can save a drive from Neah Bay or Sekiu. Recorded meetings provide engagement for people who work and cannot attend meetings, and it promotes participation and democracy. This does not have to be expensive; it can be as simple as an iPad recording in the corner, which is later uploaded to YouTube (look at Port Angeles Business Association for how easy this is).
I appreciate your consideration in promoting transparency,
Jeff Tozzer
Sequim
“Transparency is the opposite of secrecy.” — Unknown
If the meeting can be "attended" via Zoom, can't it be recorded via zoom as well? Posted...somewhere. On CCWatchdog perhaps? This might also increase your viewership, therefore spreading the news about our crooked community leadership!
This needs some additional visibility, and I submitted my comments. This "fright" scenario is the same baloney OMC has floated, yet everywhere else it has been implemented it works just fine. Jeez, buncha babies they are. This could be a HIPAA halo effect, who knows.
Is the mill coming or not. True re-compete programs set it all up..a complete infrastructure not just the living wage job pushing federal pencils..or LEO funding throwing them in a cop car.
Yes! So far WE the county & city of forks have approved $400,000 “free money” to pay an outside consultant to evaluate the forks industrial park for needed improvements to lease the space to businesses.
$400,000 is a lot of money to provide a fancy report! Maybe the timber for the printed report is from the WestEnd?
Whatever Fleck's paper trail was, it didn't have one offer to get the USDA grant that was available for an American company... or another 60 grand to support that grant. It was strictly Canadian, state and county. This is the lens you need to look at when fighting these people. They can't help America or Americans..
My own use of the PA branch of the library has changed with the shift in the library's core mission.
I once sat in the alcoves to preview a stack of selected books before checking them out, but find those chairs now permanently occupied.
Being a neat freak also makes me question the sanitation issues the library staff must now contend with.
I notice the librarians often check the public library bathrooms. I assume it's to deter bathing in the sinks, to check for overdosed patrons in the stalls or to look for damages. I no longer use those facilities out of caution, just as I no longer venture into the bathroom on the city pier.
Maybe I have nothing to fear from the growing numbers of unhoused folks, but the reptilian part of my brain feels unsure and cautious in this new world.
That is admirable though. Drug an alcoholism have not diverted the natural tendency for proper grooming. I always feel better when I shave at least part of my face.
When I was a little boy my mother told me that if I had to pee I should avoid the restrooms in both Carkeek Park and Revenue Park in Seattle. Spit baths were common in those days and never prosecuted.
Reptiles have been around a long, long time because of that brain...good that we have it, I guess!
It is a little disconcerting, though, that the most primal part of our brain/mind interface has to be primal reptilian, though...it says a lot about the realm we are dwelling in.😎
GMO reptilian/simian beings are we. Real science proves it, via genetic research and genetic engineering...our 'scientists' have been doing chimeric 'research' for decades...blending genetics between species...playing God with no common sense and shrouded in secrecy...along with mRNA modifications in real time via 'the jabs'!😎
Good thing we have that reptilian brain to warn us of danger, but not everyone pays attention to it, or they use it to scare themselves into compliance with tyranny!😎
That deep primitive brain makes us react when something moves like a snake. It also senses danger when we don’t ignore it. Don’t ignore it, gut feelings are real and save lives. My departed friend that worked on the Green River murders task force said, women need to listen and acknowledged these feelings. Stay safe.
Susan C Bonallo when I first saw a snake slither my emotions were filled with revulsion though I really feared spiders. The Green River murders are interesting. Modern psychology has failed for an explanation. I believe the unconscious motive involves sex. That is why your message is important. I believe that Ridgeways victims were all prostitutes
Yes the Green River murders we’re all street workers from Sea Tac area. They had a bunch of Public health dental records and X-rays. That was my first day on the job for Seattle King County. Usually they treat the newbie easy on day one. Nope hookers and murders welcome aboard!
I’m bigger than spiders but a snake of any kind is horrifying to me. I can tell when and where I have had snake encounters for my entire life. Now that’s crazy, but those mother fluffers are fast and bitey!
Rogert James thanks for introducing an important element inside the human thought process. The reptilian brain probably dominates most of our thought processes in sprite of the addition of a cortex attached long ago. That code still controls the thought process.
By the way a lot of indigents look and smell & how they are living I wouldn’t want to even go to the library and think of nicely sitting down in any chair, EVER! There is so much that can happen there like walking through a dog dumping ground and tracking home things you don’t want on yourself or in your house. I love dogs and people but not when they lick another dogs butts and then lick your mouth or face or perhaps get fentanyl residue exposed, lice, urine who knows what will be tracked home from homeless people camping at the library…..nope not going there!
In defense of canines, they can work for a living and demand nothing, benefits or retirement pay. You are correct, dog poop carries one of the largest groups of bacteria known to man. When they lick their wounds they have such a high immune system, infection is rare. I love my dog, I’m not crazy about other dogs. Keep them on a leash, clean up poop and stay the hell away from dog parks. They are a steaming cesspool of infections waiting to happen. I don’t even know how dog park thinking caught on. Oh, and don’t were your street shoes inside your house. Gross cross contamination. I could freak anyone out with a black light and a microscope. Have a great day😁
PS dogs do not carry lice. So many other skin diseases that are not identifiable by just looking. Most will not transfer to humans. Many are allergies bc of the crap that represents “dog food”.
They would not be able to take the horrible smell that surrounds the unhoused. It’s right up there with baby seal vomit ( yes I have smelled both) one in a Barnes and Noble store the other at a rescue center on Vancouver Island.
They can get a shower for a free $719 occurrence at the Healing Wellness Center but they have to be addicted, non addicted can’t get free showers…..YET. That will be next. The more of a crisis & the more we complain the more our officials will find ways to provide help and charge the tax payer for it all…..
For the Sheriff's Office to list libraries as warming centers boggles my mind. How about the Courthouse or the DSHS or any and all government holdings? This in no way makes sense. But then again....
Or maybe I should call the 1-800 number at the bottom of my screen..or maybe you've been taking your time calling the 1-800 number at the bottom of your screen.
In the old days Sally Strother's would be telling us it costs less than a cup of coffee. Jerry Lewis would hold a telethon...etc Now..they raise property taxes almost exclusively.
They have to change the optics and to do that they have to change their tact.
Agree - it isn't appropriate! Not being familiar with the libraries here, don't they have separate areas for children's library, story time and play? I hope someone else (a Librarian, perhaps) can fill us in on what exactly is happening...
AFB, I don't feel that separate areas should be considered "safe zones" or that the librarian's or the people putting on the events should have to be safety monitors. Children wander everywhere, and a library, most certainly, should at least be as safe as possible.
I'm going through my mind the increasing areas of Clallam County that are not safe anymore. The list is growing. The new motto, "Be Aware Of Your Surroundings" is a weak warning that our leaders are giving us, as if to say, we are now the guardians of our safety.
So far this applies to our Parks, Sidewalks, Outdoor Restrooms, Businesses, Playgrounds, Trails and more. The homeless Elephant is sitting there and taking over the county's security.
Yes, I too wonder how the librarians feel about this ; )
I understand your opinions and agree. But I also see an institution that has moved away from "books" and reading, to babysitters and social workers. Yes, children will wander, but there used to be a separate area or room for the children's books, along with a 'childrens librarian', a separate job title'pay...
The 'wonder' of 'wandering' is rapidly closing in, I'm afraid.
We were 'prairie wanderers' as kids and although I had a close-call from a 'pedo', I cherished my 'freedom' as a kid...sadly a completely different world now and the 'system' of 'justice' and 'order' is and has been failing us all.🥸
AFB, you know, I could very well be wrong. I haven't used a library since my college days. Long Long ago. I'm must be hanging onto the Ghost of Library Past. It actually pains me to think that my fond memories are so outdated ; (
Yes, they have. However, I don't recall seeing them in Sequim. It's part of the reason that people have generally been attracted to this place. It's always felt "safe". Now, not so much.
Literally the sidewalk out my front door in my "walkable" location had a repeat offender who likes to abuse his girlfriends, tasered after a police chase on my front lawn while the druggie got 2ambulances and 4 medics and a free ER trip. I have to dodge the fentanyl smoke on the sidewalk to go to the grocery store. Can't go to the Hoodwill on my day off and shop for cheap work clothes without worrying about getting caught in middle of drug deals and transients scraming in the parking lot. PA has fallen, SOS to the county
That is really sad. Not what you signed up for when you got your house. We must demand our leaders do better. And for the person that said more LE would mean 50 percent of the budget, safety is job 1, at any cost!
"Children wander everywhere..." I hope they are supervised, though, by their parents. I wouldn't let little kids wander around a library. If they're old enough to know better, 14+, maybe 13(?), then I would expect that they know the score, how to behave. That's our job as parents. Not to helicopter, but to teach our kids about what they are exposed to and how to behave properly in society.
I'm not in disapproval of your comment, by the way. I just wanted to comment about this part of your comment because we all know that many parents are neglectful with their children in public. It not only can annoy others, but it can even be dangerous for others or for the child.
ANDREA, true about supervision, but who suffers when they aren't supervised? I lost my child in a clothing store once. It was when Adam Walsh was abducted. I had one in a stroller, the 3 year old went between the hanging clothes. It took 3 hours to locate him. He had gone to a toy store we pasted by...my point is, children can slip away from the best of parents. I hated those leashes they put on children...I got one after that.
Yes, it's real. I have kids, I totally get that. I think that I had in mind that people have used libraries as a "babsitter" for their older children, even as young as 10. A few years ago, this may have been okay. NOT NOW. Right? So, I wanted to emphasize this. Some parents are pretty clueless. We've seen them. Staring at their phone while their 4 year old is on the ground kicking, crying, and screaming. Or another who dumps their 10 and 12 year old off at the library while they run errands. It's just not safe. Certainly not to let kids "wander" in a public library. It's always been a hot-spot for pedo and weirdos. Not so much in Sequim, but now... it's different.
My daughter did the same thing. That store was in lock down mode in about 1 minute. She was standing on the cross bar of the clothing rack, so when we were all looking for little feet, we didn’t see any. I was so proud of how quickly they reacted. A mall JCPennys in Vancouver, Wa.
I just want to point out- the health dept rents a building downtown at $3500 a month, spent tens of thousands to upgrade interior of the place, and uses it 2 days a week for a few hours to pass out "harm reduction". That is an underused space taxpayers already fund
We continue to see and experience the negative ramifications of these sleazy criminals within our governmental system, who very Intentionally work to hide all of their obvious failures, so that they can further destroy our otherwise great community~! I look forward to hearing from these criminals in our government system and the fools who support them in the general population, by hearing of THEIR homes and businesses that they have opened up to the homeless population that THEY are responsible for being here~! Crickets~! Only crickets~!!!
Tim Wheeler at last Monday's RV Ordinance hearing publicly commented that he has a big beautiful house and the homless and struggling residents need available spaces to park an RV and feel safe. Not once did he, a devout Communist, offer his place to house and help anyone.
Ha~! Yes, these socialists/communists/Marxists/Satanic worshippers always shove their evil BS on all of us, but I have NEVER seen any of them step up to help anyone but themselves. They only want to create confusion, destruction, and social problems for "us", but they very carefully quickly "disappear" when things go sideways. I remember about 8 or 9 years ago when I was in Port Townsend to buy something on Craigslist, and it was DEEP into a residential neighborhood where no one would ever go unless they had specific business there. One of these phony liberal democrat hypocrites had a sign in front of their multi-million-dollar home "Migrants Welcome Here"~! HA~! It was just virtue signaling. Not a chance in Hell would any illegal alien EVER be in that neighborhood, unless one of these treasonous "slavers" were looking for a maid, housekeeper, or someone cheap to cut their grass~! I have researched this very issue for many decades, and the undeniable truth is that these criminals within our country really are the new modern "slave owners" who don't really give a damn about the illegal aliens at all, because all they care about is saving their money regardless of the harm it causes to anyone else. For many years these treasonous underhanded scumbags were trained like pet monkeys to automatically scream that they didn't want to pay what the fair market price of a tomato would be without illegal alien farm workers, so that was their phony excuse for faking their support of these illegal aliens. Of course, now many have realized that the criminally corrupt democrat party and lying criminally corrupt democrat voters know full well that these criminal illegal aliens will ILLEGALLY vote for the democrats that have perverted our country, violated our laws, and rigged our elections against us for many decades with millions & millions of fraudulent votes. This is the ONLY reason that America is SO screwed up, because the legal legitimate American voters would NEVER have voted for the BS that we are all dealing with today. Yes, there are some democrat voters who are really just too stupid to understand what they are doing, but then again "we" need to investigate the completely corrupt and failed educational system that has NEVER had a single successful year in well over 60 years~! The "dumbing down" of Americans has been VERY intentional and is many generations in process now, to the point that many high school graduates today can't read, write, or do simple basic math even at elementary school levels that existed 20 years ago... These criminals in our government and our community have destroyed America and a great many American lives, all because they are rotten to the core greedy selfish treasonous clowns who have sold us all out, all of their miserable worthless lives~! I know these things for sure, because in my long life I have for many years been in professions where I was able to see financials and tax returns of these treasonous criminals and people would be absolutely SHOCKED at how and why these fake "humanitarians" act the way that they do~!!! They would sell their entire family out for $20 in a heartbeat~! Have a great day and thanks for your most relevant comment!
Oh yes, they do LOVE to advertise their feel good "virtue signaling" and I am sure that they are too stupid to understand it right now, but it is already too late. They have already lost their evil agenda to destroy America. I am "here" on The Watchdog to help my community, but I am really an expert on the "macro" (large scale) ongoing war, such as it is... So, I know what is coming for these local criminals of humanity and it isn't going to be pretty~! Stay frosty, well stocked up just in case, and definitely enjoy every day as much as possible. These criminals really hate it when "we" enjoy our lives because it spoils all of their fun and their true evil purpose in life ;-) Have a great Thanksgiving my friend~!
The Sequim Methodist Church I believe was awarded $100,000 this year and nobody is using that service. How about the Methodist Church be a warming center? I am sure that Jim Stoffer would support this as well. It may be something we could agree on.
Missing from the list of available warming centers are the Police Stations, Court buildings, and Fire Stations, to name just a couple of already maintained facilities. These too are tax payer funded but they do not interact as open public facilities with children present. Why is the MAT not listed as an open facility or the Tribes' Library? Just asking as a concerned citizen.
Kenneth, there's a whole new world of warming centers. When is the Tribe going to start being part of the community and show compassion without making a profit?
The unanswerable dilemma. How to balance compassion for the indigent without becoming a magnet for the indigent. Nature's system for coping with compromised life is harsh. A deer with a broken leg does not get a cast and aided recovery care to heal. We are all genetically unique. That uniqueness can manifest as someone who is exceptionally competent or someone unable to provide the most basic needs. Regardless of how much effort and resources are dedicated to indigence, it cannot be irradicated. We simply cannot fix everyone. Natures system of dealing with the indigent has developed over roughly 300,000 years. Moving the compassion meter a bit closer to natures model is worth consideration. Sink or swim has it's merit.
Every life is NOT equally precious...that is a story made up by beings terrified of death.
A violent, child rapist is NOT equal to the child and we will NEVER solve these problems by coddling and 'accepting/tolerating' them.
We accept they are 'real' issues but we don't have to accept it on-goingly as ok, or right, or unsolvable...they must be removed from society, institutionalized and rehabbed, if possible...helped on to the next life, if not. Wandering the community, wreaking havoc cannot be one of the options.
The violent child rapist undoubtedly has a similar life-experience that brought them to that condition of being...but it IS NOT AN EQUAL LIFE!😎
Compassion can mean 'letting them go' or 'helping them go'...it isn't compassion to support suffering and allow the deep dysfunctions to cause general suffering.😎
m b The Clallam County Courthouse has a lot of offices with chairs. The courtrooms have huge areas to sit in. There's bathroom facilities to clean up in. It could be a warming center too. PLUS, There's in house security! Perfecto.
Eric, we should make it as comfortable as possible, put out the neon light, attract as many as possible so that the commissioners can enjoy what the citizens enjoy. PS You forgot the Poet Laureate! Let's offer foot massages too.
How long do you think judges would allow the homeless to stay in their courtrooms just to stay warm? It is a public place. Hey, I think we are on to something ; ) SIXTH AMENDMENT
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and PUBLIC TRIAL"
I was thinking the same thing! I'm currently visiting the land of the free, where the local news prints the sheriff's articles warming outlaws to stay out or he'll get them!
Kommissars don't care about the pool...they just sit and drool...too bad you have to step around 'stool' and hope your kids are ok at the schools...I know we have been ignorant and naive...but we're not a bunch of fools! Or are we?😎
So many still asleep but the worse things get, the more will wake up!?
This requires MASS CONCIOUSNESS application! Keep going! Wake-em-up and Shake-em-up!😎
Do they hate churches and missions because they are a threat to their blue page govement services section jobs..We had a mechanism for this that did not assault homeowners.
It's a secular society which has forgone Higher Guidance and replaced it with human-based values.
The churches require some level of decency and accountability in order to interface with the needy...they can't and shouldn't be asked to deal with the criminally insane and our government isn't dealing with it either...rock and hard place...what shall be done?
Also, many of the churches are dwindling because of aging out and secularism, so less able to absorb and support the marginalized.
We didn't used to have the epidemic of hard-core street addicts to deal with...now we do...this isn't solvable at the secular level...it is a spiritual/psychological thing...it requires a vision of something beyond this world...faith, for those of us who have not had a 'conversion' experience...(once you know...you know.)..I don't 'know', yet, but I believe and have faith that this realm is NOT IT!😎
Jeff, thanks for this "angle" on a widespread and complicated problem that exists here. It's not one that we would generally have thought about, or I speak for myself, among the many ways in which this issue is plaguing our community.
Clallam County's Path to Broke: Projections Through 2028
Yes, based on the latest official projections and recent events, Clallam County is on a trajectory that could lead to effective "broke" status—meaning depleted reserves, severe service cuts, or insolvency—by 2028 if current trends hold and no major revenue fixes materialize. Reserves have already eroded 26.7% since 2021 (from $12.4M to $9.1M post-2025 draws), and the failed November 2025 levy lid lift (59% against) locked in deeper shortfalls. County Administrator Todd Mielke's August 2025 presentation warned of escalating deficits without intervention: $3.8M in 2026, $6.6M in 2027, and $8.2M in 2028—potentially exhausting funds amid $3M+ annual tribal trust land revenue losses and statewide pressures like insurance hikes (up 5%) and slowing grants.
Straight Shooters (satire) article today relates to the only way out of a Path to Broke is VOTE in the right people. His article is funny and dead on true.
Letter to the Editor
To Whom It May Concern,
I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this Jake Seegers fellow running for Clallam County Commissioner in District 3, and frankly, I’m stumped. Completely baffled. Thoroughly disoriented.
From what I gather, this guy actually has accounting experience. Real accounting experience — not the “I once balanced my checkbook in 1998” type that we’ve grown accustomed to in local politics. On top of that, he’s got actual business experience too. Again, not the usual “I ran a Facebook page for my cousin’s dog-walking startup” résumé padding we see every election season.
And then — and this is the part I’m really struggling with — he seems to want to talk to people. Regular people. The voters. The taxpayers. The same people politicians usually avoid like they’re handing out subpoenas. Jake Seegers is apparently out there chatting with citizens, answering questions, and acting like our opinions matter. What on earth is going on?
Honestly, it’s all a bit suspicious. A candidate with relevant experience, a work ethic, and an actual interest in the community? That’s not how this is supposed to go. Most politicians wander in with zero background in anything remotely useful, mutter a few vague talking points, collect a pension, and vanish behind a wall of bureaucratic fog until reelection time. That’s the system we know. That’s the system we understand.
But Jake? He wants to serve the public and use his skills to do it. If this catches on, we might accidentally end up with competent leadership — and I don’t think this county is mentally prepared for that level of disruption.
Are you sure he isn’t a AI bot? Seems too good for this county. Not that we don’t really deserve it and it couldn’t come at a better time, considering how many years commissioners have not dealt with anything. I have doubts that he’s real. Going to check for a power source next time I see him. We’ve been cheated out of elected leaders working for the voters. You can understand my need to verify .
I'm 'feeling' less and less safe in our county. I don't park anywhere out of sight of a major thoroughfare to go for a walk...I had my car broken into and camera gear and other stuff stolen years ago in Spokane, both times in 'out of the way' places.
I hadn't thought about it much through the years...but now, I think about it often.
I grew up in Forks in the 60's and 70's and while there was some 'outlaw' activity, it was rare for theft or assault...except Friday, Saturday nights, downtown got kind of rough now and then...but, if you minded your own business...it was live-and-let-live...now...not so much!
Mission-Critical: Ask the Hospital Board to Follow Its Own Bylaws
Forks Community Hospital added language to its bylaws—after two years of work—that supports public access to meetings in line with RCW 42.30.220. The law encourages agencies to offer remote access so the public can observe their government deliberate on their behalf.
But the board still hasn’t implemented it. We’ve been told it’s “too expensive” or “too risky,” even though remote access is standard across Washington and costs almost nothing.
This is a small ask with a big impact. Transparency matters. Accessibility matters. Trust matters.
Take One Minute
Email the board: board@forkshospital.org
Ask them to implement remote access for all public meetings, as their bylaws already support.
A community shouldn’t need to fight to simply watch its own government work.
Hello,
I support providing remote access to public meetings and recording them. In our rural area, remote access can save a drive from Neah Bay or Sekiu. Recorded meetings provide engagement for people who work and cannot attend meetings, and it promotes participation and democracy. This does not have to be expensive; it can be as simple as an iPad recording in the corner, which is later uploaded to YouTube (look at Port Angeles Business Association for how easy this is).
I appreciate your consideration in promoting transparency,
Jeff Tozzer
Sequim
“Transparency is the opposite of secrecy.” — Unknown
If the meeting can be "attended" via Zoom, can't it be recorded via zoom as well? Posted...somewhere. On CCWatchdog perhaps? This might also increase your viewership, therefore spreading the news about our crooked community leadership!
This needs some additional visibility, and I submitted my comments. This "fright" scenario is the same baloney OMC has floated, yet everywhere else it has been implemented it works just fine. Jeez, buncha babies they are. This could be a HIPAA halo effect, who knows.
Is the mill coming or not. True re-compete programs set it all up..a complete infrastructure not just the living wage job pushing federal pencils..or LEO funding throwing them in a cop car.
Ya'll want mill workers in Forks or not..
Yes! So far WE the county & city of forks have approved $400,000 “free money” to pay an outside consultant to evaluate the forks industrial park for needed improvements to lease the space to businesses.
$400,000 is a lot of money to provide a fancy report! Maybe the timber for the printed report is from the WestEnd?
Whatever Fleck's paper trail was, it didn't have one offer to get the USDA grant that was available for an American company... or another 60 grand to support that grant. It was strictly Canadian, state and county. This is the lens you need to look at when fighting these people. They can't help America or Americans..
John, I thought America was designed to help other countries, not Americans?
Sometimes Merv has to go OOOHHHH AFTER THE CAMERAS TURN OFF.
Big imposing strong ones
My own use of the PA branch of the library has changed with the shift in the library's core mission.
I once sat in the alcoves to preview a stack of selected books before checking them out, but find those chairs now permanently occupied.
Being a neat freak also makes me question the sanitation issues the library staff must now contend with.
I notice the librarians often check the public library bathrooms. I assume it's to deter bathing in the sinks, to check for overdosed patrons in the stalls or to look for damages. I no longer use those facilities out of caution, just as I no longer venture into the bathroom on the city pier.
Maybe I have nothing to fear from the growing numbers of unhoused folks, but the reptilian part of my brain feels unsure and cautious in this new world.
Yes, I've felt like an "intruder" walking into the men's room of the PA library while someone is having a spitbath in the sink and shaving.
You, too, Jeff. Stay safe.
That is admirable though. Drug an alcoholism have not diverted the natural tendency for proper grooming. I always feel better when I shave at least part of my face.
Very few homicides are committed in public restrooms
When I was a little boy my mother told me that if I had to pee I should avoid the restrooms in both Carkeek Park and Revenue Park in Seattle. Spit baths were common in those days and never prosecuted.
You have every right to feel unnerved by the presence of a possible threat...shame on our county one more time on top of all the others!
Yes, Rita, always be cautious. Stay safe.
Denise, I'm gobsmacked that we are actually having to tell people to be cautious and stay safe in a LIBRARY FOR GODS SAKE!
It's sad and frustrating.
Reptiles have been around a long, long time because of that brain...good that we have it, I guess!
It is a little disconcerting, though, that the most primal part of our brain/mind interface has to be primal reptilian, though...it says a lot about the realm we are dwelling in.😎
GMO reptilian/simian beings are we. Real science proves it, via genetic research and genetic engineering...our 'scientists' have been doing chimeric 'research' for decades...blending genetics between species...playing God with no common sense and shrouded in secrecy...along with mRNA modifications in real time via 'the jabs'!😎
Good thing we have that reptilian brain to warn us of danger, but not everyone pays attention to it, or they use it to scare themselves into compliance with tyranny!😎
That deep primitive brain makes us react when something moves like a snake. It also senses danger when we don’t ignore it. Don’t ignore it, gut feelings are real and save lives. My departed friend that worked on the Green River murders task force said, women need to listen and acknowledged these feelings. Stay safe.
Susan C Bonallo when I first saw a snake slither my emotions were filled with revulsion though I really feared spiders. The Green River murders are interesting. Modern psychology has failed for an explanation. I believe the unconscious motive involves sex. That is why your message is important. I believe that Ridgeways victims were all prostitutes
Yes the Green River murders we’re all street workers from Sea Tac area. They had a bunch of Public health dental records and X-rays. That was my first day on the job for Seattle King County. Usually they treat the newbie easy on day one. Nope hookers and murders welcome aboard!
I’m bigger than spiders but a snake of any kind is horrifying to me. I can tell when and where I have had snake encounters for my entire life. Now that’s crazy, but those mother fluffers are fast and bitey!
Rogert James thanks for introducing an important element inside the human thought process. The reptilian brain probably dominates most of our thought processes in sprite of the addition of a cortex attached long ago. That code still controls the thought process.
By the way a lot of indigents look and smell & how they are living I wouldn’t want to even go to the library and think of nicely sitting down in any chair, EVER! There is so much that can happen there like walking through a dog dumping ground and tracking home things you don’t want on yourself or in your house. I love dogs and people but not when they lick another dogs butts and then lick your mouth or face or perhaps get fentanyl residue exposed, lice, urine who knows what will be tracked home from homeless people camping at the library…..nope not going there!
In defense of canines, they can work for a living and demand nothing, benefits or retirement pay. You are correct, dog poop carries one of the largest groups of bacteria known to man. When they lick their wounds they have such a high immune system, infection is rare. I love my dog, I’m not crazy about other dogs. Keep them on a leash, clean up poop and stay the hell away from dog parks. They are a steaming cesspool of infections waiting to happen. I don’t even know how dog park thinking caught on. Oh, and don’t were your street shoes inside your house. Gross cross contamination. I could freak anyone out with a black light and a microscope. Have a great day😁
PS dogs do not carry lice. So many other skin diseases that are not identifiable by just looking. Most will not transfer to humans. Many are allergies bc of the crap that represents “dog food”.
Disclaimer:: dogs get dog lice, people get human lice but they do not transfer between the two species.
Wouldn’t the Jamestown Healing Clinic be a viable warming center? I don’t see it on the list. 🤨
This is why I love our comments section!
Jamestown Healing Center is the only safe place in Sequim.
Sarah, you've summed it up! The only safe place is a Drug Addiction Treatment Center. That, is the definition of insanity!
The fire department wont let any more people in the sweat lodge....
These are jokes Jeff's people. I though Julie Grinnell was one of the most beautiful creatures on the planet. I have a treaty....
Gay, you are brilliant : )
They would not be able to take the horrible smell that surrounds the unhoused. It’s right up there with baby seal vomit ( yes I have smelled both) one in a Barnes and Noble store the other at a rescue center on Vancouver Island.
They can get a shower for a free $719 occurrence at the Healing Wellness Center but they have to be addicted, non addicted can’t get free showers…..YET. That will be next. The more of a crisis & the more we complain the more our officials will find ways to provide help and charge the tax payer for it all…..
BINGO!
Triple LIKE!!!
For the Sheriff's Office to list libraries as warming centers boggles my mind. How about the Courthouse or the DSHS or any and all government holdings? This in no way makes sense. But then again....
Or the Commissioners' Boardroom?
Jeff, it already has fingernails on the floor, so I say yes.
Donna, my very thoughts too.
I don’t see how you mix children with a warming center. It isn’t appropriate or safe.
NORTH OLYMPIC LIBRARY EVENTS Nov 14, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025
TODDLER STORYTIME Get wiggles out at this Storytime full of movement, songs, and stories!
FAMILY STORYTIME Listen to great books, learn new songs, and shake your wiggles out with plenty of movement and fun!
TEEN NIGHT Sweet Tooth Party -Dress up and enjoy free pizza and snacks while watching Willy Wonka.
WATERCOLOR Enjoy a reception for the North Olympic Watercolorists exhibition with music by a classical trio.
YARN CIRCLE Drop in to sip and stitch among fellow crafters.
BUILD IT! WITH LEGOS Build stories, brick by brick, with hands-on LEGO fun for kids. Drop in to create and play!
CROSSWORD COMPETITION The timed contest begins at 2pm sharp! Teams of two will race to complete all three puzzles.
MAGIC MONDAY GRADES 4-12 Come play Magic: The Gathering at the library!
LITTLE HANDS ART Get messy with the littles making sensory art.
Look kids its Socialism and Communism...Mr. Duncan could have explained it real good.
John, maybe tours should be organized ( on a secure schoolbus ) where these
problems exist. With a tour guide saying ‘ look kids this is where you do not want to end up’.
Or maybe I should call the 1-800 number at the bottom of my screen..or maybe you've been taking your time calling the 1-800 number at the bottom of your screen.
In the old days Sally Strother's would be telling us it costs less than a cup of coffee. Jerry Lewis would hold a telethon...etc Now..they raise property taxes almost exclusively.
They have to change the optics and to do that they have to change their tact.
True, and true, John. I suer do miss conversations with Mr. D.
I guess I exceeded the speed limit there, "sure."
Agree - it isn't appropriate! Not being familiar with the libraries here, don't they have separate areas for children's library, story time and play? I hope someone else (a Librarian, perhaps) can fill us in on what exactly is happening...
AFB, I don't feel that separate areas should be considered "safe zones" or that the librarian's or the people putting on the events should have to be safety monitors. Children wander everywhere, and a library, most certainly, should at least be as safe as possible.
I'm going through my mind the increasing areas of Clallam County that are not safe anymore. The list is growing. The new motto, "Be Aware Of Your Surroundings" is a weak warning that our leaders are giving us, as if to say, we are now the guardians of our safety.
So far this applies to our Parks, Sidewalks, Outdoor Restrooms, Businesses, Playgrounds, Trails and more. The homeless Elephant is sitting there and taking over the county's security.
Yes, I too wonder how the librarians feel about this ; )
I understand your opinions and agree. But I also see an institution that has moved away from "books" and reading, to babysitters and social workers. Yes, children will wander, but there used to be a separate area or room for the children's books, along with a 'childrens librarian', a separate job title'pay...
The 'wonder' of 'wandering' is rapidly closing in, I'm afraid.
We were 'prairie wanderers' as kids and although I had a close-call from a 'pedo', I cherished my 'freedom' as a kid...sadly a completely different world now and the 'system' of 'justice' and 'order' is and has been failing us all.🥸
AFB, it's not what the libraries were in my day, but then again, "The Times They Are a-Changin'" and "The Crimes They Are a-Changin"
Of course, I agree. But, libraries have always attracted pedos and hobos.
AFB, you know, I could very well be wrong. I haven't used a library since my college days. Long Long ago. I'm must be hanging onto the Ghost of Library Past. It actually pains me to think that my fond memories are so outdated ; (
Yes, they have. However, I don't recall seeing them in Sequim. It's part of the reason that people have generally been attracted to this place. It's always felt "safe". Now, not so much.
Some of them are 'rogue' bull elephants and doing a lot of destruction!😱
Literally the sidewalk out my front door in my "walkable" location had a repeat offender who likes to abuse his girlfriends, tasered after a police chase on my front lawn while the druggie got 2ambulances and 4 medics and a free ER trip. I have to dodge the fentanyl smoke on the sidewalk to go to the grocery store. Can't go to the Hoodwill on my day off and shop for cheap work clothes without worrying about getting caught in middle of drug deals and transients scraming in the parking lot. PA has fallen, SOS to the county
That is really sad. Not what you signed up for when you got your house. We must demand our leaders do better. And for the person that said more LE would mean 50 percent of the budget, safety is job 1, at any cost!
From what I have seen so far, I think the pool issues are just the tip of the iceberg of local waste and misuse of funds
Furious and heartbroken
"Children wander everywhere..." I hope they are supervised, though, by their parents. I wouldn't let little kids wander around a library. If they're old enough to know better, 14+, maybe 13(?), then I would expect that they know the score, how to behave. That's our job as parents. Not to helicopter, but to teach our kids about what they are exposed to and how to behave properly in society.
I'm not in disapproval of your comment, by the way. I just wanted to comment about this part of your comment because we all know that many parents are neglectful with their children in public. It not only can annoy others, but it can even be dangerous for others or for the child.
ANDREA, true about supervision, but who suffers when they aren't supervised? I lost my child in a clothing store once. It was when Adam Walsh was abducted. I had one in a stroller, the 3 year old went between the hanging clothes. It took 3 hours to locate him. He had gone to a toy store we pasted by...my point is, children can slip away from the best of parents. I hated those leashes they put on children...I got one after that.
Yes, it's real. I have kids, I totally get that. I think that I had in mind that people have used libraries as a "babsitter" for their older children, even as young as 10. A few years ago, this may have been okay. NOT NOW. Right? So, I wanted to emphasize this. Some parents are pretty clueless. We've seen them. Staring at their phone while their 4 year old is on the ground kicking, crying, and screaming. Or another who dumps their 10 and 12 year old off at the library while they run errands. It's just not safe. Certainly not to let kids "wander" in a public library. It's always been a hot-spot for pedo and weirdos. Not so much in Sequim, but now... it's different.
My daughter did the same thing. That store was in lock down mode in about 1 minute. She was standing on the cross bar of the clothing rack, so when we were all looking for little feet, we didn’t see any. I was so proud of how quickly they reacted. A mall JCPennys in Vancouver, Wa.
"A picture is worth a thousand words"
Pedo's, pedo's everywhere, we need to stop and THINK!🤔
Makes me think about it being a Washington state law that trans men are allowed to use women’s restrooms. Gross.
Kirsten, what if you walked in on someone Boofing? When it comes time for my life to flash before my eyes, I sure hope this wouldn't be one of them.
Right?!
Sounds like a 'pedo' event to me! Eyes and ears open, everyone...'they' have 'theirs' activated!🥸
Man! That sound like it would be fun! I hope the unhoused will enjoy it!
I just want to point out- the health dept rents a building downtown at $3500 a month, spent tens of thousands to upgrade interior of the place, and uses it 2 days a week for a few hours to pass out "harm reduction". That is an underused space taxpayers already fund
Excellent article and commentary Jeff Tozzer~!
We continue to see and experience the negative ramifications of these sleazy criminals within our governmental system, who very Intentionally work to hide all of their obvious failures, so that they can further destroy our otherwise great community~! I look forward to hearing from these criminals in our government system and the fools who support them in the general population, by hearing of THEIR homes and businesses that they have opened up to the homeless population that THEY are responsible for being here~! Crickets~! Only crickets~!!!
Great work~!
Sincerely, Mike
Tim Wheeler at last Monday's RV Ordinance hearing publicly commented that he has a big beautiful house and the homless and struggling residents need available spaces to park an RV and feel safe. Not once did he, a devout Communist, offer his place to house and help anyone.
Hello Patriot Denise Lapio~!
It's great to hear from you again~! :]
Ha~! Yes, these socialists/communists/Marxists/Satanic worshippers always shove their evil BS on all of us, but I have NEVER seen any of them step up to help anyone but themselves. They only want to create confusion, destruction, and social problems for "us", but they very carefully quickly "disappear" when things go sideways. I remember about 8 or 9 years ago when I was in Port Townsend to buy something on Craigslist, and it was DEEP into a residential neighborhood where no one would ever go unless they had specific business there. One of these phony liberal democrat hypocrites had a sign in front of their multi-million-dollar home "Migrants Welcome Here"~! HA~! It was just virtue signaling. Not a chance in Hell would any illegal alien EVER be in that neighborhood, unless one of these treasonous "slavers" were looking for a maid, housekeeper, or someone cheap to cut their grass~! I have researched this very issue for many decades, and the undeniable truth is that these criminals within our country really are the new modern "slave owners" who don't really give a damn about the illegal aliens at all, because all they care about is saving their money regardless of the harm it causes to anyone else. For many years these treasonous underhanded scumbags were trained like pet monkeys to automatically scream that they didn't want to pay what the fair market price of a tomato would be without illegal alien farm workers, so that was their phony excuse for faking their support of these illegal aliens. Of course, now many have realized that the criminally corrupt democrat party and lying criminally corrupt democrat voters know full well that these criminal illegal aliens will ILLEGALLY vote for the democrats that have perverted our country, violated our laws, and rigged our elections against us for many decades with millions & millions of fraudulent votes. This is the ONLY reason that America is SO screwed up, because the legal legitimate American voters would NEVER have voted for the BS that we are all dealing with today. Yes, there are some democrat voters who are really just too stupid to understand what they are doing, but then again "we" need to investigate the completely corrupt and failed educational system that has NEVER had a single successful year in well over 60 years~! The "dumbing down" of Americans has been VERY intentional and is many generations in process now, to the point that many high school graduates today can't read, write, or do simple basic math even at elementary school levels that existed 20 years ago... These criminals in our government and our community have destroyed America and a great many American lives, all because they are rotten to the core greedy selfish treasonous clowns who have sold us all out, all of their miserable worthless lives~! I know these things for sure, because in my long life I have for many years been in professions where I was able to see financials and tax returns of these treasonous criminals and people would be absolutely SHOCKED at how and why these fake "humanitarians" act the way that they do~!!! They would sell their entire family out for $20 in a heartbeat~! Have a great day and thanks for your most relevant comment!
Have a happy Thanksgiving~!
Sincerely, Mike
Yes remember those signs what a joke. I guess it makes them feel good about themselves and sends a message to others, look what great people we are.
Good evening Patriot 4 Reasonable Development~!
Oh yes, they do LOVE to advertise their feel good "virtue signaling" and I am sure that they are too stupid to understand it right now, but it is already too late. They have already lost their evil agenda to destroy America. I am "here" on The Watchdog to help my community, but I am really an expert on the "macro" (large scale) ongoing war, such as it is... So, I know what is coming for these local criminals of humanity and it isn't going to be pretty~! Stay frosty, well stocked up just in case, and definitely enjoy every day as much as possible. These criminals really hate it when "we" enjoy our lives because it spoils all of their fun and their true evil purpose in life ;-) Have a great Thanksgiving my friend~!
Sincerely, Mike
Everything we were raised to resist Tim Wheeler a card carrying communist. I think my dad and his Air Force bros would kick Tim Wheelers ass.
The Sequim Methodist Church I believe was awarded $100,000 this year and nobody is using that service. How about the Methodist Church be a warming center? I am sure that Jim Stoffer would support this as well. It may be something we could agree on.
Good question why isn’t the Methodist taking in the people especially since Stoffer is all inclusive, what’s wrong with this picture?
Missing from the list of available warming centers are the Police Stations, Court buildings, and Fire Stations, to name just a couple of already maintained facilities. These too are tax payer funded but they do not interact as open public facilities with children present. Why is the MAT not listed as an open facility or the Tribes' Library? Just asking as a concerned citizen.
Kenneth, there's a whole new world of warming centers. When is the Tribe going to start being part of the community and show compassion without making a profit?
Casino?
The unanswerable dilemma. How to balance compassion for the indigent without becoming a magnet for the indigent. Nature's system for coping with compromised life is harsh. A deer with a broken leg does not get a cast and aided recovery care to heal. We are all genetically unique. That uniqueness can manifest as someone who is exceptionally competent or someone unable to provide the most basic needs. Regardless of how much effort and resources are dedicated to indigence, it cannot be irradicated. We simply cannot fix everyone. Natures system of dealing with the indigent has developed over roughly 300,000 years. Moving the compassion meter a bit closer to natures model is worth consideration. Sink or swim has it's merit.
Enabling is not compassion.
This county suffers greatly from lack of accountability and pathological compassion
Every life is NOT equally precious...that is a story made up by beings terrified of death.
A violent, child rapist is NOT equal to the child and we will NEVER solve these problems by coddling and 'accepting/tolerating' them.
We accept they are 'real' issues but we don't have to accept it on-goingly as ok, or right, or unsolvable...they must be removed from society, institutionalized and rehabbed, if possible...helped on to the next life, if not. Wandering the community, wreaking havoc cannot be one of the options.
The violent child rapist undoubtedly has a similar life-experience that brought them to that condition of being...but it IS NOT AN EQUAL LIFE!😎
Your comparison to the deer is a good one. If we’re not permitted to show compassion to deer, why are we forced to deliver it to humans?
Compassion can mean 'letting them go' or 'helping them go'...it isn't compassion to support suffering and allow the deep dysfunctions to cause general suffering.😎
TOUGH LOVE.
My mother was a Librarian, and I can state that this has always been happening, especially for mentally ill and pedophiles. But I did find a good article in the American Library Magazine from 2019. Discussing the west coast predicament: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/06/03/give-them-shelter-library-camping-bans/
Also, this link within the article: https://alastore.ala.org/content/librarians-guide-homelessness-empathy-driven-approach-solving-problems-preventing-conflict
"The Librarian's guide to Homelessness" from 2018.
Will taxes rise for our schools because the public libraries are no longer safe?
What's next, the pool?
m b The Clallam County Courthouse has a lot of offices with chairs. The courtrooms have huge areas to sit in. There's bathroom facilities to clean up in. It could be a warming center too. PLUS, There's in house security! Perfecto.
Maybe pizza too? Coffee and doughnuts to share with commissioners?
The kommissars have to eat the pizza in front of the public after being served by the unwashed criminals, no gloves allowed!
Let Justice be served!😎
LOL!
Eric, we should make it as comfortable as possible, put out the neon light, attract as many as possible so that the commissioners can enjoy what the citizens enjoy. PS You forgot the Poet Laureate! Let's offer foot massages too.
How long do you think judges would allow the homeless to stay in their courtrooms just to stay warm? It is a public place. Hey, I think we are on to something ; ) SIXTH AMENDMENT
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and PUBLIC TRIAL"
...That red communist apple.
And the jail is nearby when things go sideways..everyday...but the jail is now a rehab center, so....?🤪
Robert J Bingo, it's a twofer! So I vote for a Courthouse Warming Center
I was thinking the same thing! I'm currently visiting the land of the free, where the local news prints the sheriff's articles warming outlaws to stay out or he'll get them!
Kommissars don't care about the pool...they just sit and drool...too bad you have to step around 'stool' and hope your kids are ok at the schools...I know we have been ignorant and naive...but we're not a bunch of fools! Or are we?😎
So many still asleep but the worse things get, the more will wake up!?
This requires MASS CONCIOUSNESS application! Keep going! Wake-em-up and Shake-em-up!😎
Thanks, now I have a song stuck in my mind by the late great Bob Marley
Get up, stand up, don't give up your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up your fight
Do they hate churches and missions because they are a threat to their blue page govement services section jobs..We had a mechanism for this that did not assault homeowners.
It's a secular society which has forgone Higher Guidance and replaced it with human-based values.
The churches require some level of decency and accountability in order to interface with the needy...they can't and shouldn't be asked to deal with the criminally insane and our government isn't dealing with it either...rock and hard place...what shall be done?
Also, many of the churches are dwindling because of aging out and secularism, so less able to absorb and support the marginalized.
We didn't used to have the epidemic of hard-core street addicts to deal with...now we do...this isn't solvable at the secular level...it is a spiritual/psychological thing...it requires a vision of something beyond this world...faith, for those of us who have not had a 'conversion' experience...(once you know...you know.)..I don't 'know', yet, but I believe and have faith that this realm is NOT IT!😎
Jeff, thanks for this "angle" on a widespread and complicated problem that exists here. It's not one that we would generally have thought about, or I speak for myself, among the many ways in which this issue is plaguing our community.
Clallam County's Path to Broke: Projections Through 2028
Yes, based on the latest official projections and recent events, Clallam County is on a trajectory that could lead to effective "broke" status—meaning depleted reserves, severe service cuts, or insolvency—by 2028 if current trends hold and no major revenue fixes materialize. Reserves have already eroded 26.7% since 2021 (from $12.4M to $9.1M post-2025 draws), and the failed November 2025 levy lid lift (59% against) locked in deeper shortfalls. County Administrator Todd Mielke's August 2025 presentation warned of escalating deficits without intervention: $3.8M in 2026, $6.6M in 2027, and $8.2M in 2028—potentially exhausting funds amid $3M+ annual tribal trust land revenue losses and statewide pressures like insurance hikes (up 5%) and slowing grants.
Straight Shooters (satire) article today relates to the only way out of a Path to Broke is VOTE in the right people. His article is funny and dead on true.
Letter to the Editor
To Whom It May Concern,
I’ve been trying to wrap my head around this Jake Seegers fellow running for Clallam County Commissioner in District 3, and frankly, I’m stumped. Completely baffled. Thoroughly disoriented.
From what I gather, this guy actually has accounting experience. Real accounting experience — not the “I once balanced my checkbook in 1998” type that we’ve grown accustomed to in local politics. On top of that, he’s got actual business experience too. Again, not the usual “I ran a Facebook page for my cousin’s dog-walking startup” résumé padding we see every election season.
And then — and this is the part I’m really struggling with — he seems to want to talk to people. Regular people. The voters. The taxpayers. The same people politicians usually avoid like they’re handing out subpoenas. Jake Seegers is apparently out there chatting with citizens, answering questions, and acting like our opinions matter. What on earth is going on?
Honestly, it’s all a bit suspicious. A candidate with relevant experience, a work ethic, and an actual interest in the community? That’s not how this is supposed to go. Most politicians wander in with zero background in anything remotely useful, mutter a few vague talking points, collect a pension, and vanish behind a wall of bureaucratic fog until reelection time. That’s the system we know. That’s the system we understand.
But Jake? He wants to serve the public and use his skills to do it. If this catches on, we might accidentally end up with competent leadership — and I don’t think this county is mentally prepared for that level of disruption.
Sincerely,
A Very Confused Voter
Are you sure he isn’t a AI bot? Seems too good for this county. Not that we don’t really deserve it and it couldn’t come at a better time, considering how many years commissioners have not dealt with anything. I have doubts that he’s real. Going to check for a power source next time I see him. We’ve been cheated out of elected leaders working for the voters. You can understand my need to verify .
Love it!
Don’t reply to BIA request for economic impact on trust land.
I'm 'feeling' less and less safe in our county. I don't park anywhere out of sight of a major thoroughfare to go for a walk...I had my car broken into and camera gear and other stuff stolen years ago in Spokane, both times in 'out of the way' places.
I hadn't thought about it much through the years...but now, I think about it often.
I grew up in Forks in the 60's and 70's and while there was some 'outlaw' activity, it was rare for theft or assault...except Friday, Saturday nights, downtown got kind of rough now and then...but, if you minded your own business...it was live-and-let-live...now...not so much!