The Clallam County Charter Review Commission (CCCRC)should write a review on its accomplishments this past year. As of today it has managed to get ONE proposal to the ballot, which is actually mandated by the State’s Attorney General’s edict on the Coroner’s office. Good for you, CCCRC. The rest of the review would have to be about personal attacks on one of its members and public citizens private security for one member, disregarding public input on priorities for purposed amendments, and claiming how hard it worked at accomplishing…? Compare its accomplishments with Whatcom County. Too bad for us. This CCWatchdog story shines a light on the importance of transparency or lack thereof. Insanity?
Well that explains the history of Jim Stoffer being a career “pain in the a**”. What it doesn’t explain is how he keeps being voted in to offices, that by all accounts, when he is unable to maintain confidentiality. The fact that a lawyer had to speak for him, shows the gutless nature of Stoffer. His need for personal security may speak of his perceived importance or an ongoing paranoid personality condition. It seems appropriate, in light of limited accomplishments of CRC, that Mr Stoffer contributes in one positive way, and that is by immediately resigning.
They have to hide what they are doing because its clear they are altering the terms of a treaty. However, there is now too much information out there to show the intentional tribal meddling in Clallam County government to do just that. Somebody needs to reign them in and explain they are usurping Congressional authority and are undermining the BIA's existence. If the tribes can just bypass Congress and go to the Counties....That's trouble for the tribes and the Counties.
BUSTED !! It would appear that there very well could also be liability in a civil case. Blatant undermining - under the cover of darkness. All the earmarks of a plant or a mole.
Voters do expect elected officials have enough common sense not to be brainwashed by outsiders.It is disappointing that some of these elected that have displayed their magnificent resumes with mass amounts of what appears to be high levels of intelligence but once elected just shows high levels of ignorance.
I don't like to attach national politics/movements to our local matters, it's truly what's ailing us.
We have instances of Commissioners Stoffer and Fisch at a No Kings march.
The loudest voices are usually those who engage in the behavior they decry.
The Kings are among us, and the hypocrisy is unacceptable.
I've heard Dr. Sarah speak at the CRC meetings, and BOCCC. She's quite involved in her own way and I appreciate her thoughtful and measured responses backed up by facts. Her points sound reasonable and practical. They tend to be the same questions every citizen would like answers to, or her opinion on what's good for the general working order of county business. She's another fine example of an independent thinking person we're fortunate to have among us. Thank you Dr. Sarah.
Jim Stoffer did not resign from the Sequim School Board. I gave the school board proof he had given me confidential information and provided that proof and Eric Pickens allowed his buddy to quietly resign but the truth is in the emails. Eric had no choice as I was going to go public. This is another shining example of friends protecting friends instead of telling the truth. Jim Stoffer is a LIAR.
In all transparency - I helped him lie originally. I thought he was helping women who were being sexually harassed in the Sequim school district when in actuality he was harming them even more behind the scenes. It’s why Jennifer Maughan got close to a million dollars without ever filing a lawsuit and Hanna McAndie got 1.5 million. They were both victims of repeated sexual harassment by the superintendent. I had the dirt on the school board and was set to testify.
That shows how oily he is when paired with his other actions. Some might consider it master manipulator skills, sociopath qualities. Thus the sense I get is that right or wrong is dismissed as long as the objective is met. How anyone with a compunction of sanity can hitch their wagon to him now that they know his character is a character flaw they themselves must struggle with.
But they do. He bullies women and they cover for him. Just like he bullied me and I covered for him. It is a pattern with him. If you don’t give him the respect he feels he is owed due to being in the coast guard and volunteering in the community, you are literal shit to him.
He has done that exact same thing to me, but I challenged him on his snide actions several times, his actions to degrade me and then he hasn’t done it since. However I don’t try and engage him either but I’m sure if I did I would get more of the same of his “nice” type interaction. Pathological liar comes to mind. His behavior is unacceptable, he needs to be called out and there needs to be consequences! Hold on a sec I gotta go get my pitchfork……..
WOW, Shennaigans, a load to carry and a load to unload! Yet another CITIZEN COMES FORWARD! There is no moral shame in politics. I can't wait for other Citizens who have information to step forward. It ain't easy by any means. Thank you Shennaigans.....Thank you again Shennairgans!!!
Excellent teamwork, Dr. Sarah and Jeff!! Anyone who attended the CRC meetings was hit with the stench of mendacity coming from the usual players. This information is not surprising. I'm just relieved it's getting out to the public more and more. This all sounds like desperation from the Tribe. The exposure of JST's questionable business practices and taxpayer freebies are making those on the Tribe's "buddy list" look suspicious and in need of investigation. This leaked email between Stoffer and Pickins should have Dee Boughden fuming. I hope he makes a statement Monday night, because at this moment, he's contributing to the stench.
Dr. Sarah, your research is outstanding! I am so very happy to have met you, and I always look forward to all of your pinpoint comments. You have great energy, too!
More evidence that Democratic operatives have colluded with the tribes in the CCRC process. Of course, they were elected by their people for this purpose. Any thinking that they were going to be impartial is naive.
Take a look at the Washington State League of Women Voters’ mission and vision statement at https://www.lwvwa.org/Mission-&-Vision. Doesn’t say anything about the tribes. The local focus on the tribes is a perversion of the LWVWA mission and vision.
JJW, they all have the same script and are nonpartisan...or are they? Below is their commitment to the Tribes (or rather, to a sovereign nation) If this isn't partisan, the rest of us must be stupid.
The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a NONPARTISAN American nonprofit political organization.
Nonpartisanship, also known as nonpartisanism, is a lack of affiliation with a political party and a LACK OF POLITICAL BIAS.
When composing a land acknowledgement, it is important to pair any land acknowledgement with a COMMITMENT TO ACTION...it is also important to honor the tribes that are current stewards of the land and let them know that WE AS AN ORGANIZATION see them now at the same time that we are also acknowledging the history of colonialism, genocide and trauma that was inflicted on Indigenous communities…
Working with Indigenous Communities...This can be done by showing up at events, supporting initiatives and learning about the needs of local Indigenous communities...Propose ADVOCACY/ACTION ON SPECIFIC ISSUES affecting the Indigenous Nations...(It then goes onto giving a reference of composing the land acknowledgment)
Imagine meeting in 2021, and admitting they have a "property buy back program" that they don't want to pay 'market value' for flooded properties..that were intentionally flooded by intentionally building something that was "worse than no habitat" and killed 40 thousand juvenile Chinook salmon by stranding them in shallow hot water. I thought we were dealing with environmental stewards not greedy treaty breakers looking for revenge on "colonizers."
It ante about whiskey and rifles anymore... Well not visually at the forefront anyway. (And yes there is weapoized weed - it's in reverse, payback time) No, it's redistribution of wealth.
Even more evidence of corruption by County officials, inbreeding of various County orgainizatiins, and crossing the line between County elected officials and tribes. Let's look at the financials...where is our money going and is the tribe's money buying elcted officials? The smell is becoming overwhelming!
When the tribe is involved there needs to be a BIA and Congressional approval. I am sure Congress would just love to hear about this "broken relationship' after forking over 4 billion to BIA to keep it a good one....
They have been intercepting non race based federal grants and turning them into race based grants with the specific documented goal to set up a "compensation mechanism."
Its just a matter of time before the paper trail finds the Supreme Court or Congress which ever comes first.
I look forward to the day LSW is exposed for all his manipulations. Where is he nowadays? Not present at the PA council meetings in person but he logs in and collects his check while controlling the council and ignoring the public, unless they are there with prepared comments to support his surprise late agenda items. The public comments and he smacks his lips and looks bored, can't be bothered with what the people want.
To follow the money is like unpacking a Matryoshka dolls -- the nesting kind. Where you have to unpack the nesting figures to figure out whats in the very center. Here is a quick, rudimentary search.
So, firelandswa is registered as a WA nonprofit corporation since 2024 by Stina Janssen twice (slight variations on names, with two distinct corporate nonprofit EIN: 99-2778572 AND EIN: 99-2778211) which is common. It's a ploy where money is moved, and essentially 'washed' from one non-profit group to another. (That's where the nesting dolls come in)
The last EIN is the only one that can be found in the IRS charitable database. It was approved for nonprofit status on 1/23/2025. So, as yet no 990N (the tax return that non profits must turn in every year) has been filed.
Prior to receiving the non-profit status it was "fiscally sponsored" by the https://www.latinocommunityfund.org/ (website seems broken) It is an organization that primarily operates in Washington State. Its a "charitable corporation" (nonprofit ein 20-5987399) started in 2006 This is a group that has received 6.7m in grants, with a total revenue of 7.4m as a private foundation. They gave a grant to another organization for a lobbying purpose in the amount of $23,000.
I do not see that firelands listed on their return (re: fiscal sponsorship, but the return was PRIOR to the founding of firelandswa).
ODDLY, LSW was listed as a lobbyist in 2022 for Firelands Workers Action thorough Washington Community Action Network; and in 2023 for Firelands Workers United/Trabajadores Unidos (prior to the corporation's founding). The Washington Community Action Network is another non-profit.
Washington Community Action Network (https://www.washingtoncan.org/) a civic, political, social group established in 1983 (EIN 91-1206728) the last 990n filing was for 2023. It shows grants of 3.1m received, and total revenue of 3.3m. This is broken down into 883k for 'membership dues' and 675k for related organizations, and then gifts/grants as 1.6m.
On their return they show a nesting corporation. They have a WCAN education and research fund -- related corporation, (EIN 91-1259403) with same people -- the total revenue is 912k and, aside from salaries, it appears to give all funds as grants to other domestic organizations, and lobbying efforts. (Which, I would assume is how LSW is getting paid.)
So, that's the nugget. He's sucked into the vast network of non-profits pushing around money that has been handed around like a cheap hooker -- to multiple different organizations. Who knows where the money comes from.... it's actual source. It is part of the huge political machine.....
Mimi, I need to set up a whole room for pins and string to follow this one. Forensic for sure. God Almighty, I say, and I'm not a religious person but now I'm thinking about it!
There they are..The salmon killers...Its shocking they would spend 14 years killing salmon with science they know doesn't work...to obtain "ancestral" property..They are wringing their hands for an atmospheric river this weekend..,,If there is major flooding property owners should know I made the Jimmycomelately arguments 5 years ago. Plenty of time to adjust what they did. Good luck 3 crabs.
Keep rending the veil, Jeff. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it - transparency.
Hopefully, between your efforts and those of Jake Seegers, we can get the county back to being somewhat transparent in their dealings with the public. 🙏🏻🤞🏻Hope springs eternal.
The Clallam County Charter Review Commission (CCCRC)should write a review on its accomplishments this past year. As of today it has managed to get ONE proposal to the ballot, which is actually mandated by the State’s Attorney General’s edict on the Coroner’s office. Good for you, CCCRC. The rest of the review would have to be about personal attacks on one of its members and public citizens private security for one member, disregarding public input on priorities for purposed amendments, and claiming how hard it worked at accomplishing…? Compare its accomplishments with Whatcom County. Too bad for us. This CCWatchdog story shines a light on the importance of transparency or lack thereof. Insanity?
Well that explains the history of Jim Stoffer being a career “pain in the a**”. What it doesn’t explain is how he keeps being voted in to offices, that by all accounts, when he is unable to maintain confidentiality. The fact that a lawyer had to speak for him, shows the gutless nature of Stoffer. His need for personal security may speak of his perceived importance or an ongoing paranoid personality condition. It seems appropriate, in light of limited accomplishments of CRC, that Mr Stoffer contributes in one positive way, and that is by immediately resigning.
It's getting harder to maintain any semblance of 'sanity' in this crazy-assed world!🤪
They have to hide what they are doing because its clear they are altering the terms of a treaty. However, there is now too much information out there to show the intentional tribal meddling in Clallam County government to do just that. Somebody needs to reign them in and explain they are usurping Congressional authority and are undermining the BIA's existence. If the tribes can just bypass Congress and go to the Counties....That's trouble for the tribes and the Counties.
BUSTED !! It would appear that there very well could also be liability in a civil case. Blatant undermining - under the cover of darkness. All the earmarks of a plant or a mole.
Voters do expect elected officials have enough common sense not to be brainwashed by outsiders.It is disappointing that some of these elected that have displayed their magnificent resumes with mass amounts of what appears to be high levels of intelligence but once elected just shows high levels of ignorance.
I don't believe it's ignorance. The actions demonstrate intent. They have a national agenda, and it isn't to serve the citizens of Clallam County.
@MK, your national agenda point proven at the 54:20 minute mark on November 10th, 2025, CCCRVC meeting: https://clallamcowa.portal.civicclerk.com/event/3124/media
Oh yes, wasn't that a speach.
They are Tribulating us!😱
I don't like to attach national politics/movements to our local matters, it's truly what's ailing us.
We have instances of Commissioners Stoffer and Fisch at a No Kings march.
The loudest voices are usually those who engage in the behavior they decry.
The Kings are among us, and the hypocrisy is unacceptable.
I've heard Dr. Sarah speak at the CRC meetings, and BOCCC. She's quite involved in her own way and I appreciate her thoughtful and measured responses backed up by facts. Her points sound reasonable and practical. They tend to be the same questions every citizen would like answers to, or her opinion on what's good for the general working order of county business. She's another fine example of an independent thinking person we're fortunate to have among us. Thank you Dr. Sarah.
Perfectly stated, MK: " The loudest voices are usually those who engage in the behavior they decry."
simplified to a juvenile level, "he who smelt it dealt it"
We all know something stinks around here
@MK thanks for the encouraging words and I hope my integrity can hold up and not devolve into what behaviors I decry…
Jim Stoffer did not resign from the Sequim School Board. I gave the school board proof he had given me confidential information and provided that proof and Eric Pickens allowed his buddy to quietly resign but the truth is in the emails. Eric had no choice as I was going to go public. This is another shining example of friends protecting friends instead of telling the truth. Jim Stoffer is a LIAR.
I have no doubt coaching from LSW helped him achieve expert level liar skills
In all transparency - I helped him lie originally. I thought he was helping women who were being sexually harassed in the Sequim school district when in actuality he was harming them even more behind the scenes. It’s why Jennifer Maughan got close to a million dollars without ever filing a lawsuit and Hanna McAndie got 1.5 million. They were both victims of repeated sexual harassment by the superintendent. I had the dirt on the school board and was set to testify.
That shows how oily he is when paired with his other actions. Some might consider it master manipulator skills, sociopath qualities. Thus the sense I get is that right or wrong is dismissed as long as the objective is met. How anyone with a compunction of sanity can hitch their wagon to him now that they know his character is a character flaw they themselves must struggle with.
But they do. He bullies women and they cover for him. Just like he bullied me and I covered for him. It is a pattern with him. If you don’t give him the respect he feels he is owed due to being in the coast guard and volunteering in the community, you are literal shit to him.
I appreciate you being so candid. So many sneaky manipulators in "leadership" roles in this county
He has done that exact same thing to me, but I challenged him on his snide actions several times, his actions to degrade me and then he hasn’t done it since. However I don’t try and engage him either but I’m sure if I did I would get more of the same of his “nice” type interaction. Pathological liar comes to mind. His behavior is unacceptable, he needs to be called out and there needs to be consequences! Hold on a sec I gotta go get my pitchfork……..
Thank you!
I thank her 10 times over!!!
WOW, Shennaigans, a load to carry and a load to unload! Yet another CITIZEN COMES FORWARD! There is no moral shame in politics. I can't wait for other Citizens who have information to step forward. It ain't easy by any means. Thank you Shennaigans.....Thank you again Shennairgans!!!
Where this goes, so far, nobody knows
Thank you once more, Mr. Jeff Tozzer, Clallam County’s finest reporter!
Excellent teamwork, Dr. Sarah and Jeff!! Anyone who attended the CRC meetings was hit with the stench of mendacity coming from the usual players. This information is not surprising. I'm just relieved it's getting out to the public more and more. This all sounds like desperation from the Tribe. The exposure of JST's questionable business practices and taxpayer freebies are making those on the Tribe's "buddy list" look suspicious and in need of investigation. This leaked email between Stoffer and Pickins should have Dee Boughden fuming. I hope he makes a statement Monday night, because at this moment, he's contributing to the stench.
@deniselapio, I learned from the best of them, standing on the shoulders of giants, those who have come before us. Thank you for mentoring us!
Dr. Sarah, your research is outstanding! I am so very happy to have met you, and I always look forward to all of your pinpoint comments. You have great energy, too!
Stoffer is on medical leave, alright...he appears to be mentally ill...brain appears to be melting...too many jabby-jabs?
He and Fisch seem to be birds of a feather...something 'Fischy' going on!😎
Snapshot of the whole socialist Communist league. Ready to break Clallam County.
Agreed. This fellow needs a psychiatric evaluation.
More evidence that Democratic operatives have colluded with the tribes in the CCRC process. Of course, they were elected by their people for this purpose. Any thinking that they were going to be impartial is naive.
Take a look at the Washington State League of Women Voters’ mission and vision statement at https://www.lwvwa.org/Mission-&-Vision. Doesn’t say anything about the tribes. The local focus on the tribes is a perversion of the LWVWA mission and vision.
Is the LWV one of the "groups" allowed to sit at the table with Clallam County Commissioners?
It's the only debate or forum Commissioner Ozias will participate in.
Attorney - Client privilege is on the agenda for Monday. Huh. Should be fun to watch.
Are we going to watch Dee explain it all away, we’ll see?
Mandatory review (watching) before Monday's CCCRC meeting: https://clallamcowa.portal.civicclerk.com/event/3124/media
So it seems when Fisch is there.
Does the state or national level of the LWV have any oversight on local branches. Or would they all have the same script.
JJW, they all have the same script and are nonpartisan...or are they? Below is their commitment to the Tribes (or rather, to a sovereign nation) If this isn't partisan, the rest of us must be stupid.
The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a NONPARTISAN American nonprofit political organization.
Nonpartisanship, also known as nonpartisanism, is a lack of affiliation with a political party and a LACK OF POLITICAL BIAS.
https://my.lwv.org/wisconsin/article/land-acknowledgement-guide
LWV LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT GUIDE
Composing a Land Acknowledgement –
When composing a land acknowledgement, it is important to pair any land acknowledgement with a COMMITMENT TO ACTION...it is also important to honor the tribes that are current stewards of the land and let them know that WE AS AN ORGANIZATION see them now at the same time that we are also acknowledging the history of colonialism, genocide and trauma that was inflicted on Indigenous communities…
Working with Indigenous Communities...This can be done by showing up at events, supporting initiatives and learning about the needs of local Indigenous communities...Propose ADVOCACY/ACTION ON SPECIFIC ISSUES affecting the Indigenous Nations...(It then goes onto giving a reference of composing the land acknowledgment)
SomeSome, they do have a land acknowledgement. That's enough for me.
Ick.
SomeSome, when you plant potatoes you get potatoes : )
Imagine meeting in 2021, and admitting they have a "property buy back program" that they don't want to pay 'market value' for flooded properties..that were intentionally flooded by intentionally building something that was "worse than no habitat" and killed 40 thousand juvenile Chinook salmon by stranding them in shallow hot water. I thought we were dealing with environmental stewards not greedy treaty breakers looking for revenge on "colonizers."
It ante about whiskey and rifles anymore... Well not visually at the forefront anyway. (And yes there is weapoized weed - it's in reverse, payback time) No, it's redistribution of wealth.
Even more evidence of corruption by County officials, inbreeding of various County orgainizatiins, and crossing the line between County elected officials and tribes. Let's look at the financials...where is our money going and is the tribe's money buying elcted officials? The smell is becoming overwhelming!
When the tribe is involved there needs to be a BIA and Congressional approval. I am sure Congress would just love to hear about this "broken relationship' after forking over 4 billion to BIA to keep it a good one....
ANOTHER CITIZEN COMES FORWARD! The past and present are coming together. The dots are being connected. We’ve been hoodwinked way too long.
Hoodwinked
To deceive by false appearance : dupe
People who allow themselves to be hoodwinked by such promises
Lots of winking going on behind those hoods...can anyone say CONSPIRACY?😎
They have been intercepting non race based federal grants and turning them into race based grants with the specific documented goal to set up a "compensation mechanism."
Its just a matter of time before the paper trail finds the Supreme Court or Congress which ever comes first.
I look forward to the day LSW is exposed for all his manipulations. Where is he nowadays? Not present at the PA council meetings in person but he logs in and collects his check while controlling the council and ignoring the public, unless they are there with prepared comments to support his surprise late agenda items. The public comments and he smacks his lips and looks bored, can't be bothered with what the people want.
LSW is working as a lobbyist. You can look him up on the PDC website https://apollo.pdc.wa.gov/lobbyist/public/-/#/public/firm-profile/2027581
the group he represents: https://www.firelandswa.org/
To follow the money is like unpacking a Matryoshka dolls -- the nesting kind. Where you have to unpack the nesting figures to figure out whats in the very center. Here is a quick, rudimentary search.
So, firelandswa is registered as a WA nonprofit corporation since 2024 by Stina Janssen twice (slight variations on names, with two distinct corporate nonprofit EIN: 99-2778572 AND EIN: 99-2778211) which is common. It's a ploy where money is moved, and essentially 'washed' from one non-profit group to another. (That's where the nesting dolls come in)
The last EIN is the only one that can be found in the IRS charitable database. It was approved for nonprofit status on 1/23/2025. So, as yet no 990N (the tax return that non profits must turn in every year) has been filed.
Prior to receiving the non-profit status it was "fiscally sponsored" by the https://www.latinocommunityfund.org/ (website seems broken) It is an organization that primarily operates in Washington State. Its a "charitable corporation" (nonprofit ein 20-5987399) started in 2006 This is a group that has received 6.7m in grants, with a total revenue of 7.4m as a private foundation. They gave a grant to another organization for a lobbying purpose in the amount of $23,000.
I do not see that firelands listed on their return (re: fiscal sponsorship, but the return was PRIOR to the founding of firelandswa).
The 990n for the last filing period (2022) available for Latino Community Fund is here: https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/205987399_202212_990_2024010322158702.pdf
ODDLY, LSW was listed as a lobbyist in 2022 for Firelands Workers Action thorough Washington Community Action Network; and in 2023 for Firelands Workers United/Trabajadores Unidos (prior to the corporation's founding). The Washington Community Action Network is another non-profit.
Washington Community Action Network (https://www.washingtoncan.org/) a civic, political, social group established in 1983 (EIN 91-1206728) the last 990n filing was for 2023. It shows grants of 3.1m received, and total revenue of 3.3m. This is broken down into 883k for 'membership dues' and 675k for related organizations, and then gifts/grants as 1.6m.
the 990N for the Washington Community Action Network (WCAN) https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/911206728_202312_990O_2024071122681476.pdf
On their return they show a nesting corporation. They have a WCAN education and research fund -- related corporation, (EIN 91-1259403) with same people -- the total revenue is 912k and, aside from salaries, it appears to give all funds as grants to other domestic organizations, and lobbying efforts. (Which, I would assume is how LSW is getting paid.)
WCAN education and research fund 990n return https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/911259403_202312_990_2024071122682013.pdf
So, that's the nugget. He's sucked into the vast network of non-profits pushing around money that has been handed around like a cheap hooker -- to multiple different organizations. Who knows where the money comes from.... it's actual source. It is part of the huge political machine.....
Mimi, I need to set up a whole room for pins and string to follow this one. Forensic for sure. God Almighty, I say, and I'm not a religious person but now I'm thinking about it!
Yes some forensic investigation of the hidden history of the last 5000 years and especially about 2000 years ago could be very eye opening. Bless you.
This money does far more damage than the cheap hooker - orders of magnatude. An apology is in order.
would you settle for a nice shot of penicillin?
Not now..
Thank you, Mimi. That is quite detailed and disturbing.
wow, this will take some time to unpack
this is one of the more simple ones.... its quite the network of non-profits out there all woven together.
Mimi, too much for us I'm afraid ; (
There they are..The salmon killers...Its shocking they would spend 14 years killing salmon with science they know doesn't work...to obtain "ancestral" property..They are wringing their hands for an atmospheric river this weekend..,,If there is major flooding property owners should know I made the Jimmycomelately arguments 5 years ago. Plenty of time to adjust what they did. Good luck 3 crabs.
Pilots have instruments in their hands much of the time - hand wringing not a good idea or necessary.
These people are all corrupt and they think they can just do whatever the hell they want .
Keep rending the veil, Jeff. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it - transparency.
Hopefully, between your efforts and those of Jake Seegers, we can get the county back to being somewhat transparent in their dealings with the public. 🙏🏻🤞🏻Hope springs eternal.
@SallyKincaid, Jake Seegers for Clallam county commissioner 2026: https://www.jakeseegers.com/