At this point in time this County is sinking so fast we need succint plans to rebuild it! I'd like to see French and Seeger debate! I've YET to see either of their pithy plans element by element to save CC. Gov't grants plug little holes that are only getting larger.
@BillyTWilson, I agree that slogans won’t stabilize a county — only transparent, measurable plans will. Here’s where Clallam stands using current Treasurer data:
• 2025 property taxes billed total $139.6M (up from $125.7M in 2024).
• County General levy generates about $12.1M annually.
• General Fund ending balance is $11.9M.
• Total investments held are $42.4M.
• Sales tax and REET show cyclical volatility.
So the issue isn’t immediate insolvency — it’s long-term structural sustainability.
The real questions are:
1. Are we expanding durable private-sector production?
2. How dependent are we on cyclical or external revenue streams?
3. Are reserves being used strategically or structurally?
Without that clarity, debate becomes noise instead of reform.
From your words I read, "CC is taxing the people who are not 'campers' to support any and all feel good projects: Needles, boof kits, etc. From your words I read no solution to the economic future of CC beyond taxing inhabitants.
I have been reading CCWD for over a year. I get it, we all get it, things are bad.
But bad bad bad day in day out with no precise plan for the future is just tiring.
Let's see REAL solutions. Bring in real jobs, real futures for young people to grow here. Wage slaves in retirement homes and casinos is no future.
The blue lens, is to build a blue page bureaucracy of aloof elites that tell us to leave garbage all over town and which red x to stand on to "flatten the curve."
The red lens has been and appears to always be rock the Casbah so they can't nuke us...for rocking the Casbah...
I thought Trump was going to actually make America great again instead of rocking the Casbah again..
Real solutions will probably require a new party and the Cascade party isn't it.
Billy T Wilson I agree with the thrust of your words and momentum is important but I must admit this region though it has declined for the last half decade probably will never reach the homicide rate in my own neighborhood that demonstrated a higher property value rate.
Dr. Sarah. Just one event in Olympia and I thought how antagonizing our Federal Government is another unprofessional action. Sanctuary Cities, ICE denial, Hate and Discontent. Too many actions disregarding the best interests of the state. I am looking for some professionals in our state government that seek assistance for our citizens rather confrontation from the Feds. A lived experience.
Lost in the woods.
Democrats vs. ICE: If You Can’t Shut It Down, Tax It
February 27, 2026.
Washington Democrats are escalating their long-running fight with the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma — this time by proposing steep fines, a new tax surcharge, and expanded reporting requirements for the privately operated detention facility run by The GEO Group.
Here we go again. Washington State plans to take on our Federal Government. Does anyone remember where a large portion of the state money comes from? You can poke a stick in the eye of Uncle Sam, but stand back for the counter punch.
Of course, we Washington State taxpayers will end up paying for this confrontation. If those folks disagree with these actions then plan to vote against those in office who spend our money. I am sure there are people in our state willing to replace our present set of inept office holders.
I continue to find the logic hard to understand. We frequently read about our state, and county, not having enough funding. We then read that we confront our Federal administration and still ask for more Federal money. We taxpayers carry the load when our elected officials disregard the local residents in favor of hostile attacks on our duly elected Federal government. This position seems self defeating. I believe in the term; “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”
We want representation. We citizens want our voices heard and supported. We don’t need an expensive, and unlawful, fight with the Federal administration. Are we just lost in the political woods? Obey the law.
Our foolish representatives are finding a way to waste more taxpayer funds with more frivolous contrived laws and lawsuits. Our state gov't is run by arrogant self-serving lawyers.
These cretins are shoveling tax dollars into a blast furnace. The reason our state gov't is run by self-serving lawyers is because of our dense population that should not be allowed to vote.
I watched some of your videos and became depressed because when you attempted to communicate with that group of bureaucrats the communication reminded me of a Kafka novel.
I was a drug addict for much of my teens and twenties. But the drugs were different then. Meth, cocaine, and heroin were devastating enough - yet what we are seeing today is something far more dangerous.
Now, fentanyl dominates the landscape. It is intensely addictive, and the question often isn’t if it will kill someone, but when. If mental health struggles already existed, fentanyl magnifies them many times over, accelerating both physical and psychological decline.
My heart breaks for those trapped in the hopeless cycle of addiction, as well as for the families, neighborhoods, and innocent people affected by the destruction that follows. Compassion matters -but so does honesty. And honestly our current form of "compassion " is hurting our community as well as the people whom are causing their own demise.
From lived experience, I believe real change only begins when individuals are faced with the consequences of their actions. Accountability, paired with opportunity for recovery, is what ultimately saves lives and restores our community.
I sincerely hope our leadership comes to recognize that balance.
And Marge -your voice is strong, even when it challenges others. Strong arguments sometimes invite personal attacks when opposing positions lack substance. Your willingness to stand firm and speak openly inspires many who may not always feel comfortable speaking up themselves. Shine on!
Thank you, Jeff and SC. I am a huge proponent of the First Amendment. It is sad that we have lost the ability to engage in civil discourse. Thankful for our watchdog community!
If I was across the water in the bigger cities then crack cocaine was my drug of choice. People here on the peninsula were naive about smoking it and if you found it over here by chance it was super cut. Given this is over 15 years ago. I'm sure it's had it's strong presence here, but it was before my time.
If I was here in Clallam County then my drug of choice was meth. This has been a very meth driven place for many years. Easy to find, easy to get.
I didn't like heroine, and frankly I was disgusted by the people who used it, so I occasionally sold it to fund my other habits.
I remember eating a tiny corner of a fentanyl patch once when I was driving on 1-5 and immediately had to pull over and sleep. It was like heroine but way more potent and kind of scary.
What do you want for your representation? A voice of reason or a continuing voice of favoritism for those who promote contradicting, self- promoting, actions. Currently we are seeing our Clallam County Counsel move toward favoritism for Non-Governmental Organizations, interests of a Sovereign Nation, and pandering to individuals who actually do not live in our county. This is not representation for our county constituents.
The list of mistakes is long. Harm Reduction is expensive and does NOT aid an addicted individual. All that money and no positive outcome. The same applies to the MAT clinic that offers no information about successful treatment for addiction. Add the presence of encampments of lawless elements dealing in drugs, encroaching on the rights of landowners and businesses, and impacting the lives of law abiding citizens.
Homelessness is a multifaceted problem. Providing expensive, but unregulated, housing will fail. Other communities have proven this outcome. What is needed is individual mental health treatment, programs for overcoming addictions, and attention to people instead of wasteful operations.
Law abiding citizens deserve protection. We want to choose our Sheriff. Growing lawlessness is a force that will drive out businesses, harm tourism, and only add to growing expenses for the taxpayer. We citizens deserve attention to improving prosperity, finding ways to assist private business, protect existing holdings, represent those who elected our officials, not some appointed committee. Those who obey our laws should have priority. Where are our representatives? I am asking for governance, not posturing.
I blame modern females for the homeless problem. You feminists should declare victory. You defeated the male population and now they are living in tents. They are no longer wanted nor valuable.
I understand the City of Port Angeles will come together for a workshop on April 7th on this homelessness matter. Sure they'll hear from the stakeholders, the ones that sit in the offices and crunch numbers and beg for grants. "Look what we've accomplished in the past year". The NGO's will speak about their jobs with no measurable matrix or accountability. Policy wonks will have their prepared speeches to tell us how much money they have thrown at the homeless situation. We'll see numbers that the Sheriff, PAPD, PBH and HHS. Bottom line. It isn't working. Whack-a-mole continues.
Sheldon: Sounds just like the last levy sought from the CCD….no real numbers & what was presented shows CCD in the hole even with the levy…..the NGO benefits very few and another county organization should be doing what the CCD is doing but are not! Our leaders have gone so far passing everything in site it makes people so dizzy they are just trying to hang on. Yeah Dr. Berry people are right on the edge of homelessness so why aren’t our leaders listening and seeing taxes and levy’s are not going to fix anything. People already have job security, it’s called having a job and bringing home a pay check. Stop with the enormous pay raises, stop with the levy’s and genuinely fix our county, quit with the fluff and excuses! Yeah very little to show for it, 35 water tests last year and taxpayers get to pay $200K for 10 years…..that is real results alright!
SC great notes here and I commend you for your "normal" life now. A key point of yours, is when it hits the families and neighborhoods. Then it starts to get personal. It's "someone you know". Relatives, friends, children, and 4.0 students. The drug and alcohol problem is getting closer and closer. Kids are told to walk around the campsite on the sidewalk or find a different route, the entrance to your favorite eatery is blocked by poop or a bum in it, public transportation is being avoided because some dude has decided it his home and shooting gallery for the day.. The problem is getting closer and closer.
Harm reduction compassion is not working. Arrest records and jail recycling is not working. Kicking unhoused out of the Tumwater area is not working. Frequent visit by paramedics is not working. Frequency visits by law enforcement is not working. The Narcan white knight is not working. The shelters and subsidized housing is not working. The community has reached its end.
It is extremely disheartening that our children are growing up desensitized in this current scene. Their impressionable young minds are being taught that this behavior is tolerable.
You aren't supposed to reward unsavory behavior.
I wonder how many parents of today actually are paying attention to what we are showing our children as " normal" and attempting to teach them about actual accountability and responsibility.
Given some of the examples of my youngest child's peers in school doesn't help to ease any of my worries about our future.
CCWD, practically the only place where there are no rules to expression and disagreement. A breath of fresh air where ideas are brought to light, and disagreement isn't the end of the world.
Sequim Nextdoor, diametrically opposite. Their need to control someone's voice, while within their right, speaks to the mindset that has beseached Clallam County. I can't tell them apart from the County Committees, the Charter Review Commission, the local media, Commissioner Ozias, NGOs, etc.
The para's response is true to this sick culture tearing the county apart. If you aren't in lockstep with her thoughts then you have MAGA attributes. As a para one would like to believe that she's a bit more intelligent than such a binary position, but nonetheless is indicative of the problem this county is facing.
Interesting little tidbit a friend of mine was on the Seattle ferry noticed a Jamestown van with a friend driving it , he asked him what he was doing over there , the driver said he was trolling for drug addicts in downtown Seattle for the MET clinic, good to see the tribe is still keeping up with their traditional fishing rights
All you have to do is look at your portion of the tax burden (real estate assessments) that we got this week.
When you see all the failed programs and waste, it’s enough to piss a person right off! If the county was acting in our best interest the sting wouldn’t be so acute.
The MAT has to stay viable with patients at any cost. Are addicts being paid to go yet? What happens when the surrounding towns run dry? No one will know because JST doesn’t have to account to anyone……no one! Asking questions gets no where and they will certainly tell you so…..
I am very concerned that Skylar, a SpEd teacher, would be so vile in her posts. Do the parents of her students know about these and other posts? Marge is a champion of civility, and I hope see is reinstated on ND. If something so simple as a comment about the true status of our city/county is triggering extreme rage from an acquaintance online, then you know that Skylar is desperate to salvage her fight for her beliefs. But why be so vitriolic?
An absolutely inappropriate display of professional conduct.
Public comment sites must be considered as though we are speaking directly to students and parents. Its in the regs and safety modules taken every school year.
There is an admin on Nextdoor who has been helping me with my appeal(s) on Nextdoor. I have only received auto-generated responses, the latest was a suggestion that I not use the word “republican”. I have NEVER used the word republican in any of my posts. It’s frustrating because ND’s auto-response does not apply to anything. I am supposed to be allowed to post again March, 2. Let’s see what happens!
There's not much that ND does that does apply to anything, everything's left up to some bot to decide if a person did something wrong. Though I suppose even if it wasn't automated at all it would come down to who's lap a complaint landed in as to what the end results would be. And here it is March 2nd! Are you back on ND?
Danyl Edgar only served 6 months for a conviction that carries a max sentence of 5 years. All other charges released by prosecutor. This was not his first time in jail. Another transient rapist in PA...Our criminal justice system protects criminals more than victims
We saw the democrats just sit there in their seats when it came time to stand up for the Ukrainian girl that was stabbed in the open air asylum. They are just terrible people inside and they have no business being in leadership positions.
A BRAVE American helicopter hero who risked his life saving others came to barely stand up or sit down because of his injuries before the State of the Union to receive the highest honor for carrying out a dangerous mission to capture a wanted fugitive……WHILE THE DEMOCRATS REMAINED SEATED, YES REMAINED SEATED! The hero was honored by everyone except democrats for his honor & bravery……he risked his life and the lives of others for all of us, YET NOT ONE DEMOCRAT STOOD! (Maybe Fedderman?)
Absolutely. And look at our county judicial system. The cases are backlogged by one judge at an appaling rate of nearly 10% more than the state average. The true victimes of these many domestic violence and protection order cases, are still waiting for justice while these folks are out and about. And look how many charges on repeated offenders are released or dropped by the prosecutor. And it is the first responsibility of the government to keep it's citizens safe. Keep your head on a swivel.
Wow! This awakened some stuff I had put on the shelf. First, my prejudices: there were no “paras” in my day. I see them as I view PBH, corruption - ruining people’s lives in order to create a lucrative industry and a dangerous mentality.
Allow me to take you back in time to before we had two parakeet cages on 8th Street. Remember the jumpers? One was a school girl, which was the final straw for the “do something” crowd. I looked at “paras” around that time and found PA had almost one for every two teachers. Think about that, please.
There was a judge who was retiring then whose wife had sustained an eye injury as a “para.” They couldn’t get out of here fast enough to their vineyard in the Mediterranean.
I looked into teacher pay. It was mixed with administrators. I concluded the average pay for both lumped together and including benefits that included employer’s share of FICA and Medicare was $140,000 per year. No one wanted to believe it. The candidate who ran against Sheriff King told me he was meeting with some union leaders and would address it. Nothing.
Does the thought of losing benefits keep people in line?
I have been concerned with schools for decades now. God, discipline, honor, truth, and other virtues are supreme or should be, but something else could be tipping the scales, CO2. I wonder if the County Health Hag has ever tested classrooms. She doesn’t even seem to be aware it is good for bacteria.
Meanwhile the kids know the climate BS.
I don’t have anything on classrooms here, but if you visit conspAIRacy dot com, you can find some old stuff on other places. Remember: the left and Dems always have their fingers on the scale to get what they want. What do they want?
Sorry, but it is now time for one of my canned rants.
Why do you think some school officials now want later start times and 4 day weeks? Why little or no homework? It’s racist, don’t you know? Nothing to do with the fact kids have a harder time concentrating. Their homes are as bad or worse than the schools.
Seems there is an issue authorities don’t want to address. Over forty years of it. It has now created an epidemic, a mental health crisis and stupidity crisis.
Look up Berkeley Labs’ study of the impact of 1,000 ppm CO2 on learning. (Sponsored by NIH. Read their summary too). There are more serious mental and medical problems that are not discussed.
How about more fresh air for teachers and their students? Why are females taking over teaching? Why were there no adult males killed at Sandy Hook?
Why are more males affected by SIDS, autism, and ADHD?
Why are boys the first to become distracted and act up in school?
Here’s how you reduce anxiety, mental illness, ADHD, violence, and more in your school - learn what our ancestors knew. Study a school built in the 1920s after the Tenement House Acts and the Spanish Flu.
Notice they didn’t provide just one source of incoming fresh air that could be filtered/masked. They did the opposite.
High ceilings that increased the total air volume, so the exhaled CO2 remained a smaller portion of the air, lower parts per million, many tall windows that opened at top and bottom for good air circulation and to bring in fresh air and let stagnant air out. Window sills close to the floor below the level of students noses seated at desks. CO2 is 50% heavier than air and tends to go down, filling a room from the bottom up. A window opened at the bottom allowed the CO2 to escape before getting back up to nose level.
Plus, each room provided its own ventilation, so kids weren’t breathing the same air as kids in another room.
The “class size” complaints you may have heard teachers make today is really because of the CO2 and poor ventilation. The average class of 20 students now has CO2 in their air as if 46 were there.
Kids weren’t sexually confused or shooting other kids before tighter homes and schools with high exhaled indoor CO2 and poor ventilation because of climate lies.
In 1995, the CDC said to treat violence as a health issue. What did they know and hide?
Was this the beginning and excuse to over prescribe opioids?
Did Behavioral Health Pill Mills appear everywhere?
BTW, the result of tighter buildings is more energy use.
Can you guess why we were more civil when ashtrays were everywhere? Healthier too.
Good Governance Daily Proverb:
If policy cannot withstand daylight, it will collapse under lived experience.
At this point in time this County is sinking so fast we need succint plans to rebuild it! I'd like to see French and Seeger debate! I've YET to see either of their pithy plans element by element to save CC. Gov't grants plug little holes that are only getting larger.
@BillyTWilson, I agree that slogans won’t stabilize a county — only transparent, measurable plans will. Here’s where Clallam stands using current Treasurer data:
• 2025 property taxes billed total $139.6M (up from $125.7M in 2024).
• County General levy generates about $12.1M annually.
• General Fund ending balance is $11.9M.
• Total investments held are $42.4M.
• Sales tax and REET show cyclical volatility.
So the issue isn’t immediate insolvency — it’s long-term structural sustainability.
The real questions are:
1. Are we expanding durable private-sector production?
2. How dependent are we on cyclical or external revenue streams?
3. Are reserves being used strategically or structurally?
Without that clarity, debate becomes noise instead of reform.
Reference
Clallam County Treasurer. (2025). Treasurer’s 2025 tax and timber report. https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/22774/2025---Tax-and-Timber-Report---upload?bidId=
From your words I read, "CC is taxing the people who are not 'campers' to support any and all feel good projects: Needles, boof kits, etc. From your words I read no solution to the economic future of CC beyond taxing inhabitants.
I have been reading CCWD for over a year. I get it, we all get it, things are bad.
But bad bad bad day in day out with no precise plan for the future is just tiring.
Let's see REAL solutions. Bring in real jobs, real futures for young people to grow here. Wage slaves in retirement homes and casinos is no future.
So how do you do that from a blue or red lens.
The blue lens, is to build a blue page bureaucracy of aloof elites that tell us to leave garbage all over town and which red x to stand on to "flatten the curve."
The red lens has been and appears to always be rock the Casbah so they can't nuke us...for rocking the Casbah...
I thought Trump was going to actually make America great again instead of rocking the Casbah again..
Real solutions will probably require a new party and the Cascade party isn't it.
Billy T Wilson I agree with the thrust of your words and momentum is important but I must admit this region though it has declined for the last half decade probably will never reach the homicide rate in my own neighborhood that demonstrated a higher property value rate.
Dr. Sarah. Just one event in Olympia and I thought how antagonizing our Federal Government is another unprofessional action. Sanctuary Cities, ICE denial, Hate and Discontent. Too many actions disregarding the best interests of the state. I am looking for some professionals in our state government that seek assistance for our citizens rather confrontation from the Feds. A lived experience.
Lost in the woods.
Democrats vs. ICE: If You Can’t Shut It Down, Tax It
February 27, 2026.
Washington Democrats are escalating their long-running fight with the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma — this time by proposing steep fines, a new tax surcharge, and expanded reporting requirements for the privately operated detention facility run by The GEO Group.
Here we go again. Washington State plans to take on our Federal Government. Does anyone remember where a large portion of the state money comes from? You can poke a stick in the eye of Uncle Sam, but stand back for the counter punch.
Of course, we Washington State taxpayers will end up paying for this confrontation. If those folks disagree with these actions then plan to vote against those in office who spend our money. I am sure there are people in our state willing to replace our present set of inept office holders.
I continue to find the logic hard to understand. We frequently read about our state, and county, not having enough funding. We then read that we confront our Federal administration and still ask for more Federal money. We taxpayers carry the load when our elected officials disregard the local residents in favor of hostile attacks on our duly elected Federal government. This position seems self defeating. I believe in the term; “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”
We want representation. We citizens want our voices heard and supported. We don’t need an expensive, and unlawful, fight with the Federal administration. Are we just lost in the political woods? Obey the law.
This says it succinctly: it’s not government funding it’s government spending that is the issue. https://youtube.com/shorts/YG4sKTRpQ-4?si=zHFkgwyTO4sY-EMX
Our foolish representatives are finding a way to waste more taxpayer funds with more frivolous contrived laws and lawsuits. Our state gov't is run by arrogant self-serving lawyers.
Vote 'em out. Remember our history. "No taxation without representation." Stamp Act 1765
These cretins are shoveling tax dollars into a blast furnace. The reason our state gov't is run by self-serving lawyers is because of our dense population that should not be allowed to vote.
I watched some of your videos and became depressed because when you attempted to communicate with that group of bureaucrats the communication reminded me of a Kafka novel.
I was a drug addict for much of my teens and twenties. But the drugs were different then. Meth, cocaine, and heroin were devastating enough - yet what we are seeing today is something far more dangerous.
Now, fentanyl dominates the landscape. It is intensely addictive, and the question often isn’t if it will kill someone, but when. If mental health struggles already existed, fentanyl magnifies them many times over, accelerating both physical and psychological decline.
My heart breaks for those trapped in the hopeless cycle of addiction, as well as for the families, neighborhoods, and innocent people affected by the destruction that follows. Compassion matters -but so does honesty. And honestly our current form of "compassion " is hurting our community as well as the people whom are causing their own demise.
From lived experience, I believe real change only begins when individuals are faced with the consequences of their actions. Accountability, paired with opportunity for recovery, is what ultimately saves lives and restores our community.
I sincerely hope our leadership comes to recognize that balance.
And Marge -your voice is strong, even when it challenges others. Strong arguments sometimes invite personal attacks when opposing positions lack substance. Your willingness to stand firm and speak openly inspires many who may not always feel comfortable speaking up themselves. Shine on!
Thank you, Jeff and SC. I am a huge proponent of the First Amendment. It is sad that we have lost the ability to engage in civil discourse. Thankful for our watchdog community!
Marge I completely agree with your opinion for both civic and psychological reasons.
SC I am curious. What was your favorite drug?
If I was across the water in the bigger cities then crack cocaine was my drug of choice. People here on the peninsula were naive about smoking it and if you found it over here by chance it was super cut. Given this is over 15 years ago. I'm sure it's had it's strong presence here, but it was before my time.
If I was here in Clallam County then my drug of choice was meth. This has been a very meth driven place for many years. Easy to find, easy to get.
I didn't like heroine, and frankly I was disgusted by the people who used it, so I occasionally sold it to fund my other habits.
I remember eating a tiny corner of a fentanyl patch once when I was driving on 1-5 and immediately had to pull over and sleep. It was like heroine but way more potent and kind of scary.
A Voice of Reason. February 11, 2026.
What do you want for your representation? A voice of reason or a continuing voice of favoritism for those who promote contradicting, self- promoting, actions. Currently we are seeing our Clallam County Counsel move toward favoritism for Non-Governmental Organizations, interests of a Sovereign Nation, and pandering to individuals who actually do not live in our county. This is not representation for our county constituents.
The list of mistakes is long. Harm Reduction is expensive and does NOT aid an addicted individual. All that money and no positive outcome. The same applies to the MAT clinic that offers no information about successful treatment for addiction. Add the presence of encampments of lawless elements dealing in drugs, encroaching on the rights of landowners and businesses, and impacting the lives of law abiding citizens.
Homelessness is a multifaceted problem. Providing expensive, but unregulated, housing will fail. Other communities have proven this outcome. What is needed is individual mental health treatment, programs for overcoming addictions, and attention to people instead of wasteful operations.
Law abiding citizens deserve protection. We want to choose our Sheriff. Growing lawlessness is a force that will drive out businesses, harm tourism, and only add to growing expenses for the taxpayer. We citizens deserve attention to improving prosperity, finding ways to assist private business, protect existing holdings, represent those who elected our officials, not some appointed committee. Those who obey our laws should have priority. Where are our representatives? I am asking for governance, not posturing.
I blame modern females for the homeless problem. You feminists should declare victory. You defeated the male population and now they are living in tents. They are no longer wanted nor valuable.
I agree with the tenor of your thoughts though
I understand the City of Port Angeles will come together for a workshop on April 7th on this homelessness matter. Sure they'll hear from the stakeholders, the ones that sit in the offices and crunch numbers and beg for grants. "Look what we've accomplished in the past year". The NGO's will speak about their jobs with no measurable matrix or accountability. Policy wonks will have their prepared speeches to tell us how much money they have thrown at the homeless situation. We'll see numbers that the Sheriff, PAPD, PBH and HHS. Bottom line. It isn't working. Whack-a-mole continues.
Whack-a-mole. A great description. Little to show for the money spent.
Sheldon: Sounds just like the last levy sought from the CCD….no real numbers & what was presented shows CCD in the hole even with the levy…..the NGO benefits very few and another county organization should be doing what the CCD is doing but are not! Our leaders have gone so far passing everything in site it makes people so dizzy they are just trying to hang on. Yeah Dr. Berry people are right on the edge of homelessness so why aren’t our leaders listening and seeing taxes and levy’s are not going to fix anything. People already have job security, it’s called having a job and bringing home a pay check. Stop with the enormous pay raises, stop with the levy’s and genuinely fix our county, quit with the fluff and excuses! Yeah very little to show for it, 35 water tests last year and taxpayers get to pay $200K for 10 years…..that is real results alright!
Jake showing up there was huge. They were so scared of his math they filibustered 20 minutes past the agenda for the 2nd public comment period.
The liars were caught figuring.......
When there are no consequences for bad behavior, that behavior will never change. It's that simple.
Most of us learned that as toddlers and small children. Sadly clearly not all of us.
SC great notes here and I commend you for your "normal" life now. A key point of yours, is when it hits the families and neighborhoods. Then it starts to get personal. It's "someone you know". Relatives, friends, children, and 4.0 students. The drug and alcohol problem is getting closer and closer. Kids are told to walk around the campsite on the sidewalk or find a different route, the entrance to your favorite eatery is blocked by poop or a bum in it, public transportation is being avoided because some dude has decided it his home and shooting gallery for the day.. The problem is getting closer and closer.
Harm reduction compassion is not working. Arrest records and jail recycling is not working. Kicking unhoused out of the Tumwater area is not working. Frequent visit by paramedics is not working. Frequency visits by law enforcement is not working. The Narcan white knight is not working. The shelters and subsidized housing is not working. The community has reached its end.
It is extremely disheartening that our children are growing up desensitized in this current scene. Their impressionable young minds are being taught that this behavior is tolerable.
You aren't supposed to reward unsavory behavior.
I wonder how many parents of today actually are paying attention to what we are showing our children as " normal" and attempting to teach them about actual accountability and responsibility.
Given some of the examples of my youngest child's peers in school doesn't help to ease any of my worries about our future.
CCWD, practically the only place where there are no rules to expression and disagreement. A breath of fresh air where ideas are brought to light, and disagreement isn't the end of the world.
Sequim Nextdoor, diametrically opposite. Their need to control someone's voice, while within their right, speaks to the mindset that has beseached Clallam County. I can't tell them apart from the County Committees, the Charter Review Commission, the local media, Commissioner Ozias, NGOs, etc.
The para's response is true to this sick culture tearing the county apart. If you aren't in lockstep with her thoughts then you have MAGA attributes. As a para one would like to believe that she's a bit more intelligent than such a binary position, but nonetheless is indicative of the problem this county is facing.
We need balance. Vote for Jake.
Sad to think people like her are “educating” our children.
Agreed. That's child abuse, IMO.
We are witnessing the total collapse of our County...
In Port Angeles, we could start by getting Navarra, Miller and Suggs out of the city council.
Interesting little tidbit a friend of mine was on the Seattle ferry noticed a Jamestown van with a friend driving it , he asked him what he was doing over there , the driver said he was trolling for drug addicts in downtown Seattle for the MET clinic, good to see the tribe is still keeping up with their traditional fishing rights
Destroying the county, to make a dollar.
All you have to do is look at your portion of the tax burden (real estate assessments) that we got this week.
When you see all the failed programs and waste, it’s enough to piss a person right off! If the county was acting in our best interest the sting wouldn’t be so acute.
The MAT has to stay viable with patients at any cost. Are addicts being paid to go yet? What happens when the surrounding towns run dry? No one will know because JST doesn’t have to account to anyone……no one! Asking questions gets no where and they will certainly tell you so…..
yes and then they drop them off at PA tree park
I am very concerned that Skylar, a SpEd teacher, would be so vile in her posts. Do the parents of her students know about these and other posts? Marge is a champion of civility, and I hope see is reinstated on ND. If something so simple as a comment about the true status of our city/county is triggering extreme rage from an acquaintance online, then you know that Skylar is desperate to salvage her fight for her beliefs. But why be so vitriolic?
An absolutely inappropriate display of professional conduct.
Public comment sites must be considered as though we are speaking directly to students and parents. Its in the regs and safety modules taken every school year.
Yes. The example used for our orientation was a teacher who posted a vacation photo of her sipping a margarita in a Mexican restaurant in Mexico.
Marge should do more than just file an appeal, this happens far too often. And she should do the same when it comes to Skylar O'Connor.
There is an admin on Nextdoor who has been helping me with my appeal(s) on Nextdoor. I have only received auto-generated responses, the latest was a suggestion that I not use the word “republican”. I have NEVER used the word republican in any of my posts. It’s frustrating because ND’s auto-response does not apply to anything. I am supposed to be allowed to post again March, 2. Let’s see what happens!
There's not much that ND does that does apply to anything, everything's left up to some bot to decide if a person did something wrong. Though I suppose even if it wasn't automated at all it would come down to who's lap a complaint landed in as to what the end results would be. And here it is March 2nd! Are you back on ND?
Yes I am going to start sharing this week. I started with just ❤️ on other people’s posts.
Danyl Edgar only served 6 months for a conviction that carries a max sentence of 5 years. All other charges released by prosecutor. This was not his first time in jail. Another transient rapist in PA...Our criminal justice system protects criminals more than victims
We saw the democrats just sit there in their seats when it came time to stand up for the Ukrainian girl that was stabbed in the open air asylum. They are just terrible people inside and they have no business being in leadership positions.
A BRAVE American helicopter hero who risked his life saving others came to barely stand up or sit down because of his injuries before the State of the Union to receive the highest honor for carrying out a dangerous mission to capture a wanted fugitive……WHILE THE DEMOCRATS REMAINED SEATED, YES REMAINED SEATED! The hero was honored by everyone except democrats for his honor & bravery……he risked his life and the lives of others for all of us, YET NOT ONE DEMOCRAT STOOD! (Maybe Fedderman?)
They pulled the same tantrum last year when they didn't stand for kid who survived cancer. Beyond shameful - it's inhumane.
Absolutely. And look at our county judicial system. The cases are backlogged by one judge at an appaling rate of nearly 10% more than the state average. The true victimes of these many domestic violence and protection order cases, are still waiting for justice while these folks are out and about. And look how many charges on repeated offenders are released or dropped by the prosecutor. And it is the first responsibility of the government to keep it's citizens safe. Keep your head on a swivel.
Skylar, the “para.”
Wow! This awakened some stuff I had put on the shelf. First, my prejudices: there were no “paras” in my day. I see them as I view PBH, corruption - ruining people’s lives in order to create a lucrative industry and a dangerous mentality.
Allow me to take you back in time to before we had two parakeet cages on 8th Street. Remember the jumpers? One was a school girl, which was the final straw for the “do something” crowd. I looked at “paras” around that time and found PA had almost one for every two teachers. Think about that, please.
There was a judge who was retiring then whose wife had sustained an eye injury as a “para.” They couldn’t get out of here fast enough to their vineyard in the Mediterranean.
I looked into teacher pay. It was mixed with administrators. I concluded the average pay for both lumped together and including benefits that included employer’s share of FICA and Medicare was $140,000 per year. No one wanted to believe it. The candidate who ran against Sheriff King told me he was meeting with some union leaders and would address it. Nothing.
Does the thought of losing benefits keep people in line?
I have been concerned with schools for decades now. God, discipline, honor, truth, and other virtues are supreme or should be, but something else could be tipping the scales, CO2. I wonder if the County Health Hag has ever tested classrooms. She doesn’t even seem to be aware it is good for bacteria.
Meanwhile the kids know the climate BS.
I don’t have anything on classrooms here, but if you visit conspAIRacy dot com, you can find some old stuff on other places. Remember: the left and Dems always have their fingers on the scale to get what they want. What do they want?
Sorry, but it is now time for one of my canned rants.
Why do you think some school officials now want later start times and 4 day weeks? Why little or no homework? It’s racist, don’t you know? Nothing to do with the fact kids have a harder time concentrating. Their homes are as bad or worse than the schools.
Seems there is an issue authorities don’t want to address. Over forty years of it. It has now created an epidemic, a mental health crisis and stupidity crisis.
Look up Berkeley Labs’ study of the impact of 1,000 ppm CO2 on learning. (Sponsored by NIH. Read their summary too). There are more serious mental and medical problems that are not discussed.
How about more fresh air for teachers and their students? Why are females taking over teaching? Why were there no adult males killed at Sandy Hook?
Why are more males affected by SIDS, autism, and ADHD?
Why are boys the first to become distracted and act up in school?
Here’s how you reduce anxiety, mental illness, ADHD, violence, and more in your school - learn what our ancestors knew. Study a school built in the 1920s after the Tenement House Acts and the Spanish Flu.
Notice they didn’t provide just one source of incoming fresh air that could be filtered/masked. They did the opposite.
High ceilings that increased the total air volume, so the exhaled CO2 remained a smaller portion of the air, lower parts per million, many tall windows that opened at top and bottom for good air circulation and to bring in fresh air and let stagnant air out. Window sills close to the floor below the level of students noses seated at desks. CO2 is 50% heavier than air and tends to go down, filling a room from the bottom up. A window opened at the bottom allowed the CO2 to escape before getting back up to nose level.
Plus, each room provided its own ventilation, so kids weren’t breathing the same air as kids in another room.
The “class size” complaints you may have heard teachers make today is really because of the CO2 and poor ventilation. The average class of 20 students now has CO2 in their air as if 46 were there.
Kids weren’t sexually confused or shooting other kids before tighter homes and schools with high exhaled indoor CO2 and poor ventilation because of climate lies.
In 1995, the CDC said to treat violence as a health issue. What did they know and hide?
Was this the beginning and excuse to over prescribe opioids?
Did Behavioral Health Pill Mills appear everywhere?
BTW, the result of tighter buildings is more energy use.
Can you guess why we were more civil when ashtrays were everywhere? Healthier too.
conspAIRacy.com/evilcdc.html
All good points!
A visible signal that something isn’t working ------------ WAKE UP CITY COUNCIL!!
The Ole Hippie Hags will be marching down Washington on Sunday. Avoid the traffic. Or is that Saturday?