Clallam County Democrats showed up in force at the state convention in Spokane. Among them were a disgraced school board member, a writer for Communist Party USA, and two charter review commissioners who tried to muzzle free speech. And somehow I’m the “extremist” for pointing it out.
This follows an article titled Dear Democrats (Part I).
Who Showed Up for Clallam County?
The 2026 Washington State Democrats Convention ran June 19 to 21 at the Spokane Convention Center, and Clallam County Democrats were there. The convention is where the state party sets its official positions, local activists speak for their communities, and party leaders from across Washington meet.
In other words, it’s where Clallam County Democrats put their best face forward on the state stage. The convention photos on Facebook show faces CC Watchdog readers will recognize.
Jim Stoffer: The Leaker Who Cries “Nazi”
Jim Stoffer was there.
Stoffer left the Sequim School Board under a cloud of controversy. His fellow board members moved to censure him after a whistleblower said he had leaked confidential district information for years. He resigned mid-term. He then won a seat on the Charter Review Commission, where he forwarded an attorney-client privileged memo to his personal email and to a tribal ambassador with no role in the commission. He also demanded taxpayer-funded private security, which his friend Commissioner Mark Ozias helped arrange at $57.50 an hour.
Now he is a featured endorser of Democrat Commissioner Mike French, and he spends his time on Facebook comparing French’s opponent to history’s worst. Under a Peninsula Daily News story on the rise of the Ku Klux Klan on the North Olympic Peninsula, Stoffer wrote: “Looks like History is repeating itself via the Calico Cat Club, Jake Seegers, & CCWD.”
In another thread, he accused Jake’s campaign of wanting to “round up people and put them in camps; that was tried in WW11 and didn’t go over so well.”
A Safe Parking volunteer answered him: “I must have missed the part where Jake said they need to be rounded up and placed in camps?” No one else had heard Jake say it either, because he never did.
Most recently, Stoffer has started mocking a local woman for supporting Jake.
Even Democrats Have Had Enough
You don’t have to take my word for it. Ron Richards was a fellow Charter Review Commissioner and, in his own words, “a good Democrat.” Here’s what he posted in the CC Watchdog comments after Stoffer’s attack on Kelly Johnson:
“As a good Democrat I have found the party’s, and their allies, tactics in their campaign against Jake Seegers disgusting. From anonymous derogatory stickers posted around town; to many inaccurate allegations against Mr. Seegers; to supporting anonymous hit pieces and publications that print misleading allegations and then ban from commenting individuals who attempt to correct those allegations; to Indivisible Sequim banning people from their Facebook page for posting anything that does not match the exact politics of Indivisible Sequim’s anonymous leaders; and then Jim Stoffer’s hit piece against Kelly Johnson quoted above. Not only is the allegation in that hit piece a ridiculous stretch that could be argued against any supporter of any county commissioner candidate who happens to live near that county commissioner candidate, but it’s also notable for Mr. Stoffer’s inability to spell ‘Realtor’ correctly. Perhaps no big deal, but that’s so consistent with the lack of thinking that has permeated a lot of the political dialogue in this campaign. You would expect something better from a person who portrays himself as a leader in Democratic politics. While examples of this same type of conduct can be found among those supporting Mr. Seegers, and certainly worse from the leader of the Republican Party, it is particularly concerning to me for the Democrats to have stooped to this level. There are good reasons to vote against Mr. Seegers, as there are good reasons to vote against Mr. French, but it would be much better to keep the campaign on a more intellectual level.”
Richards isn’t a Seegers supporter. He openly says there are good reasons to vote against Jake, and he’s critical of both sides. That’s exactly why it matters. When a loyal Democrat calls his own party’s campaign “disgusting,” the problem isn’t the critics. It’s the conduct.
Tim Wheeler: The Communist Who Pulled the Markers
Tim Wheeler is a trustee of the Clallam County Democrats. He is also a writer for Communist Party USA and its newspaper, People’s World, and he has attended Communist Party conventions around the world.
He was also one of the five self-described “Troublemakers” who filmed themselves tearing boundary markers out of the Doc Holliday timber sale, on trust land that funds our schools and junior taxing districts.
On camera, Wheeler said, “There are some things more important than just obeying a law.” The repair cost came to $9,536. DNR police recommended felony charges. No charges were ever filed.
Christy Holy: Muzzling the Messenger
Former Charter Review Commissioner Christy Holy was there too. On the commission’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, she voted for a rule that would have barred commissioners from naming public commenters “orally, in printed publications, or electronically.” Its target was obvious: an elected commissioner who reports on public meetings at CC Watchdog.
This blatantly violated constitutionally protected First Amendment rights. Public comment is part of the public record. Holy still pushed to keep it off limits, and the rule failed only on a 6-6 tie.
Susan Fisch: The “Nonpartisan” Gatekeeper
Former Charter Review Chair Susan Fisch also attended. She is a retired judge and ran for the Charter Review as Secretary of the “nonpartisan” League of Women Voters.
She ran the Charter Review Commission like a private club. She stopped speaking to commissioners who wouldn’t go along with her and kept their items off the agenda. She handed the public survey to her ally Jim Stoffer, and that survey charted the commission’s course. Her single biggest effort was reconvening the Bylaws Committee to limit what could be reported about public meetings. Video of one meeting even showed League members in the audience passing her hand signals to direct how Fisch ran the meeting.
She silenced commissioners, and with them, entire parts of the county they represented. She made accusations she couldn’t back up. In my view, no one has done more to erode public trust in local government since Mark Ozias.
Is This Your Democratic Party?
So this is who shows up for Clallam County Democrats: people who hide information, try to muzzle reporting, trample constitutionally protected rights, and a man who writes for the Communist Party.
Meanwhile, other prominent local Democrats have gone after Mike French’s opponent, demanding tens of thousands of dollars in fines because his signs used the wrong font size. They hold up font size as a scandal. Then, to show off our county, they bring along a man who filmed himself tearing out markers on public land.
“Right-Wing MAGA Extremist”? Who, Me?
I commonly get called a “right-wing MAGA extremist.” Me, the gay vegan.
Yes, I’m biased. This is an opinion blog. I give my opinion, then I show you how I got there with facts and public records. Some people agree, and some don’t, and that’s fine.
As for “only attacking Democrats,” I’m not attacking anyone. I’m asking questions and demanding accountability. Democrats happen to be in power in this county, and they are the ones who stalled the completion of Towne Road, the issue that started CC Watchdog in the first place. Thank you, Commissioners Ozias and French, for waking me up.
Show me a Republican in power in Clallam County who is fleecing taxpayers, hiding documents, handing out vouchers so drug addicts can shower with children, trying to give away our county parks, renaming our courthouse, or sending money to the NGOs whose boards they sit on. If there is a Republican in power in Clallam County who isn’t being transparent with the people who elected them and who pay their salaries, I’ll report on them every day.
How Each Party Has Treated Me
On a personal note, the rudest people I’ve met these past three years hold leadership roles in the local Democratic Party.
Chris Walker, founder of the Sequim Good Governance League, called me a “f**ker” while I was holding a door open for her. It was the first word she ever said to me.
At the fair, the Clallam County Democrats’ tent sold pins promoting a blog that claimed my husband and I are having affairs with a Mexican prostitute. That was official party merchandise.
What have the Republicans done to me? They’ve invited me to speak at their events twice. They share my push for transparency in local government, accountability, careful use of our tax dollars, and safeguards against fraud and wasteful spending. They haven’t cursed at me or spread rumors about me. They’ve fed and welcomed me.
I still haven't received an invitation to speak to the League of Women Voters or the Clallam County Democrats.
What Mom Would Say
If you knew my mom when she was active in civic life, you might be surprised that Judy Tozzer’s son isn’t a staunch Democrat. She certainly was, but she wouldn’t be today.
She cared about social programs, especially for children, and she cared about respect. Honestly, she reminds me a lot of Jake Seegers. She would be shocked by how local Democrats behave today: whom they shun, whom they shut out, and how far they’ll go to get their way, even when it means giving up any moral consistency.
Dear Democrats,
So, what’s the plan? Is this how you attract people? Is this how you build your base?
Because when you’ve turned a gay vegan who voted for Hillary Clinton and Pramila Jayapal into an independent, it may be time to rethink who you send to represent Clallam County.
See You Tomorrow!
Please return your ballot to a secure ballot box (locations here). Let’s get together and remind our neighbors to vote.
Gosh, Jeff, it almost sounds like you’d rather have tax dollars helping children than tax dollars going to out-of-county drug addicts that are drawn here like flies. No, Jeff, you are not a good Democrat. You are expelled.
Thank you, Jeff. You're the one voice of reason in this County of underhanded, self dealing , vitriolic office holders and their supporters who try to silence anyone who dares to challenge their under handed NGO supporting, self dealing, raising taxes and tribe giveaway operations. With your voice and our vote hopefully we can loosen the grip of these people have on our money and our County government that operates to serve special interests rather than we the people.