"What should I do with the sign I found under the Eigth (Spelling Eighth) Street Bridge?"
In my humble opinion, since the West 8th Street Bridge is municipal property and the sign’s text crosses the line from a simple zoning nuisance into potential felony drug distribution and human trafficking, Jake Seegers should deliver the physical sign directly to the Port Angeles Police Department (PAPD).
Because it is physical evidence of a crime committed within city limits, it belongs in the custody of city law enforcement. To maximize the impact and maintain a highly professional, constructive posture, Jake should present the sign to the PAPD Duty Officer at the station, accompanied by a formal, written Evidence Handover and Public Safety Memorandum.
Copies of this memorandum should also be sent directly to Port Angeles City Manager Nathan West, the Port Angeles City Council, and Clallam County Sheriff Brian King (for OPNET coordination).
Before handing it over as evidence, Jake should bring it physically to all of the above and announce his intention. Showing these cowards the evidence by poster or photo won't make a difference. Those elected and appointed to gov't leadership must face the consequences of their actions. The public needs to know what's happening and how those we trust to keep us safe are failing repeatedly and devasting our area.
In the drug economy, sex can become currency. What happens to a human being when their body becomes currency?
I think I know what I will be writing my next substack essay on.
Thank you for opening the floodgates on an uncomfortable subject that our county should be carefully navigating. We should not be contributing to the turmoil that already exists.
Give to county commissioner and send pictures to ALL these agencies AND to every politician in our community so no one can say “I wasn’t aware”… also, share on all social platforms and contact KOMO and KING news. It is a major story in every community and needs priority action.
One thought of what to do with that wicked sign is to have it made into a limited-editon sticker of three, and then gift them, publicly, to those who are proud of their public-paid laptop sticker graffiti! 😏🤔
We can help ensure that ALL the voting populace in Clallam County knows about this and votes the miscreants out. And the incomers can ensure that laws are followed in the future.
Edward is Harm Reduction actually aiding Recidivism?
Compare the Effectiveness of HARM REDUCTION’S ROLE and the Part it Plays in RECIDIVISM.
Recidivism is one of the most fundamental concepts in criminal justice. It refers to a person's relapse into criminal behavior, often after the person receives sanctions or undergoes intervention for a previous crime.
Understanding whether and how programs and policies discourage recidivism through incapacitation, specific deterrence, rehabilitation, and desistance is important to identify effective evidence-based practices.
I've said it before but Allison Berry should have a psych evaluation. What kind of monster allows this in any community?
Sanctuary State status comes with way too many side effects and the saddest is the protection of criminals.
Mark Ozias is a huge problem and shares his love for Marxism with Mike French his pupil of destruction. I can't wait for them to be voted out forever and never hold a public office anywhere.
Thank you all , do a brain scrub and have a great day all...
I think you should contact Michael Powell at The Atlantic (who recently wrote the powerful article, "The Cities that said Yes to Drugs") and invite him to do a small town follow-up. The destructive effects of excessive harm reduction policies are even more blatantly obvious in Clallam county than what he exposed in Seattle. Some wider scrutiny might help!
It is truly astounding that the same local leaders who tout democracy, economic development, and tourism do everything possible to avoid listening to constituents whose safety, livelihoods, homes, and wellbeing are negatively impacted. Instead, they steadfastly refuse any course-correction, despite the clear evidence of rapid decline and the many diverse voices calling for commonsense change. If it wasn't so tragic, it'd be absurd.
My heart breaks for what's happening to vulnerable young people, right in our midst, while the conditions for their exploitation are enabled by local leaders who should have the clarity of vision to see what's happening and stop it.
Even regarding the shower vouchers, the pool board admits that there's no real need for this program-- it averages just one used per day. For that simple fact (among many other reasons), why would a board of directors (who are also leaders in city and county government) continue to push this program despite public outcry and appropriate facilities existing elsewhere?
Their message is clear: your voice doesn't matter.
Yeah, I keep bringing up this article because it creates common ground for left, right and independents to talk about the obvious problems that happen when addiction is enabled at the expense of community safety and flourishing.
It's truly amazing how determined our local leaders are to ignore their constituents and double down on policies that other places admit have failed. I'd never want to be a politician, but in my imagination, thing #1 would be to listen to the people you're supposed to represent.
You're an absolute gem for Clallam County (Jake is too but this is to you). I can't imagine that people listening to today's podcast will feel it any differently than I did. It shakes you to the core knowing what actually happens out there.
The material you shared is shocking and heartbreaking. The points about bringing this mess and the realities into the open, spot on. For anyone who voted for these policies, go and see for yourselves what's happening.
The politicians who rallied for this 15+ years ago and told us that they'd solve it in 10 had no idea they were unleashing their own Vietnam, as an anology. They used it to get votes, and true to progressive policies are the ultimate oppressors to maintain their control holding those identity groups down in the process. The slavery of the mind and body is what's going on yet no one supporting these policies blinks an eye.
The druggies-are-victims politicians don't realize (or do they?) that legalizing drugs and providing freebies puts the whole of society at risk and in a collectively altered state as well. There is a collective consciousness, and well, certain fraction/factions have gone insane. They believe they are doing good. During our history lessons, we all wondered, "How could the people, the Germans, the Russians, the Chinese, the Cambodians, the Nigerians, and so on, go along with such nonsense." Well here we are. We can add the US to that list, though in some ways, it's worse because of the rhetorical shenanigans, which keeps mainstream media viewers compliant believers. ~100,000 recorded OD deaths in the US in 2022. (Not to mention close to a million abortions per year in the US.)
A catholic friend and I used to walk downtown to chat and pray (and pass out books) with the homeless and anyone who was interested. We did this during the covid years. They would tell us stuff. One man and his wife lived here and there in their tent doing drugs, finding food and relating to others in that community. Their children were/are in the foster system in Port Angeles. His wife would prostitute herself so they could buy drugs.
More recently when Mike French and I did a walk through the Tumwater encampments, we noticed two young women (20s) camping alone who were clearly on drugs. We also noticed at least one woman who was intellectually impaired who was with a group of men. I had a bag of books. She took one. It was a kid's book I happened to have. She said she wasn't good at reading.
What we're doing in Port Angeles is not compassion, it's enabling a parallel counterculture to not only grow, but thrive. This is not the Greenwich Village counterculture of the 60s, but a culture of extreme drug use combined with a mix of antisocial personality disorder and how-ever-many-other DSM-5 disorders in the mix, all operating without real care from our community leaders.
How could this happen under our watch? (I know some of you have been working tirelessly.)
This situation has largely developed because leaders have fallen prey to groupthink, prioritizing the appearance of compassion over real solutions. Oppressed vs. Oppressor mentality. Drug users are oppressed. Those who don't or won't work are oppressed. The oppressed are victims. Those of us who promote social integrity and common sense are oppressors. By viewing complex issues strictly through a lens of oppression and victimization, decision-makers often feel pressured to support popular ideological policies, even when those strategies fail to deliver real-world help or accountability. Thankfully, just like fidget-spinners, fads fade. I'm ready for this one to fade fast!
We close down a massage parlor in PA in one day. It is currently closed with boards on the entrance. We take months to protect and arrest a pervert preying on young girls. If this problem is not tied to the policies of our current commissioners we will continue to read about these horrible acts by the sexual predators infiltrating CC because we allow it. The current remedies are not working, when do we wake up and understand that 90% of the homeless want to stay that way and no amount of money thrown their way is going to stop their behavior? Yet we build them $350k condos so now they will have a better place to run their whorehouse. Not clean come to PA we will house you, feed u, drugs aplenty, no arrests, and luxury condos are here, and building more apts for u homeless unfortunate humans. Jake thank u for bringing this out to discuss as now the CCpoliticians CANT say I didn’t know. This is a horrible story but it is common place in CC.
Um, have you seen the one on Race between 1st and Front? Sure looks like the same signage as the one on 101 that got shut down. There was a series of those in western WA that got shut down and made their local news but not much coverage here
I am sharing with u a personal incident we endured in GA. My ex wife(45 years ago) married a man that molested my then 8 year old granddaughter for 5 years before being ousted by her. He is currently in prison with 15 more years of a 30 year sentence to serve. He has been denied parole twice with our intervention in the process. He will die there! Thank God he didn’t get out I would have killed him. The good news my granddaughter is 28 and a school teacher living a normal life with scars she will never be free of. This behavior is a sickness and is not stopped by prison even. When this PA sex offender gets out in 4 years he will repeat all this again on some other young innocent CHILD. How sick are CC leaders who I blame for allowing this pervert and others to flourish in our CC? These sexual predators are slick and dangerous. They have skills that are unbelievable to further their deviant ways that I don’t have room to share. DANGEROUS! The sad thing it doesn’t require addiction for this to happen. It can happen without drugs right in front of u with no suspicion
Thank you for sharing your family story. As difficult as it is to talk about these things, for the survivor it is often the family response (or lack therof) that impacts the long term recovery from these events as much as the event itself.
It is a long process and very humbling to be part of. The old story of not in my family is true until it becomes reality. Very sad! But you try to mend the life of a little girl and so far it has been a success. May the pervert rot in jail and go to hell!
Someone posted a video on Nextdoor giving the main reasons people become homeless. The reasons were foster care, jail, hospital stay, relationship breakups, poverty and climate change. One commenter said addiction wasn't on the list because it's an outcome, not the root cause. I have a hard time believing the every day citizen turns to addiction to get through a tough time.
Kathy, I agree, we would all be in some form of addiction under that Nextdoor's philosophy. Life happens to us all, it's sometimes self inflicted and sometimes not. Regardless, everyone here, without exception, has had bad periods in our lives. We got through it.
What should you do with the drugs for sex sign? Make stickers from the sign and paste them all over French's and other miscreants' political signs. (just kidding) Keep reminding the populace what these irresponsible miscreants are aiding and abetting. Find an attorney willing to take them on in a class action lawsuit.
"What should I do with the sign I found under the Eigth (Spelling Eighth) Street Bridge?"
In my humble opinion, since the West 8th Street Bridge is municipal property and the sign’s text crosses the line from a simple zoning nuisance into potential felony drug distribution and human trafficking, Jake Seegers should deliver the physical sign directly to the Port Angeles Police Department (PAPD).
Because it is physical evidence of a crime committed within city limits, it belongs in the custody of city law enforcement. To maximize the impact and maintain a highly professional, constructive posture, Jake should present the sign to the PAPD Duty Officer at the station, accompanied by a formal, written Evidence Handover and Public Safety Memorandum.
Copies of this memorandum should also be sent directly to Port Angeles City Manager Nathan West, the Port Angeles City Council, and Clallam County Sheriff Brian King (for OPNET coordination).
Before handing it over as evidence, Jake should bring it physically to all of the above and announce his intention. Showing these cowards the evidence by poster or photo won't make a difference. Those elected and appointed to gov't leadership must face the consequences of their actions. The public needs to know what's happening and how those we trust to keep us safe are failing repeatedly and devasting our area.
great idea
In the drug economy, sex can become currency. What happens to a human being when their body becomes currency?
I think I know what I will be writing my next substack essay on.
Thank you for opening the floodgates on an uncomfortable subject that our county should be carefully navigating. We should not be contributing to the turmoil that already exists.
Thank you, SC. I look forward to learning from your essay.
Sex and drugs were currency in late junior high and into high school years already in the 70's. We're inheriting the realities of the free love era.
Give to county commissioner and send pictures to ALL these agencies AND to every politician in our community so no one can say “I wasn’t aware”… also, share on all social platforms and contact KOMO and KING news. It is a major story in every community and needs priority action.
GREAT idea!
In light of Jake's reporting, we all must ask ourselves: What the Hell is going on, and What on Earth we can do For Heaven's sake??!
It's not enough to simply know about the criminal behaviors being coddled by our County cronies: we must confront their failure to correct them.
Harm redistribution afflicts everyone as it spreads among our streets, homes, businesses, and recreational areas.
Has anyone ever been weaned off of bad behaviors while supporting their continuation in them?!
Good thoughts, Ed. It was good seeing you at the fair!
One thought of what to do with that wicked sign is to have it made into a limited-editon sticker of three, and then gift them, publicly, to those who are proud of their public-paid laptop sticker graffiti! 😏🤔
We can help ensure that ALL the voting populace in Clallam County knows about this and votes the miscreants out. And the incomers can ensure that laws are followed in the future.
Edward is Harm Reduction actually aiding Recidivism?
Compare the Effectiveness of HARM REDUCTION’S ROLE and the Part it Plays in RECIDIVISM.
Recidivism is one of the most fundamental concepts in criminal justice. It refers to a person's relapse into criminal behavior, often after the person receives sanctions or undergoes intervention for a previous crime.
Understanding whether and how programs and policies discourage recidivism through incapacitation, specific deterrence, rehabilitation, and desistance is important to identify effective evidence-based practices.
Everyone would like to believe that good behavior, alone: automatically returns when one gets the right mix of positive incentives!
No one has ever seen that happen, but gamblers on it throw a LOT of (other people's) money at it!!
History lesson. Not advocating. Google or ChatGPT The Battle of Athens Tennessee.
Good morning Jeff,Jake, Doggers,
I've said it before but Allison Berry should have a psych evaluation. What kind of monster allows this in any community?
Sanctuary State status comes with way too many side effects and the saddest is the protection of criminals.
Mark Ozias is a huge problem and shares his love for Marxism with Mike French his pupil of destruction. I can't wait for them to be voted out forever and never hold a public office anywhere.
Thank you all , do a brain scrub and have a great day all...
I think you should contact Michael Powell at The Atlantic (who recently wrote the powerful article, "The Cities that said Yes to Drugs") and invite him to do a small town follow-up. The destructive effects of excessive harm reduction policies are even more blatantly obvious in Clallam county than what he exposed in Seattle. Some wider scrutiny might help!
It is truly astounding that the same local leaders who tout democracy, economic development, and tourism do everything possible to avoid listening to constituents whose safety, livelihoods, homes, and wellbeing are negatively impacted. Instead, they steadfastly refuse any course-correction, despite the clear evidence of rapid decline and the many diverse voices calling for commonsense change. If it wasn't so tragic, it'd be absurd.
My heart breaks for what's happening to vulnerable young people, right in our midst, while the conditions for their exploitation are enabled by local leaders who should have the clarity of vision to see what's happening and stop it.
Even regarding the shower vouchers, the pool board admits that there's no real need for this program-- it averages just one used per day. For that simple fact (among many other reasons), why would a board of directors (who are also leaders in city and county government) continue to push this program despite public outcry and appropriate facilities existing elsewhere?
Their message is clear: your voice doesn't matter.
I read that as well and couldn't help but wonder how the progressives who love The Atlantic took in that article.
Yeah, I keep bringing up this article because it creates common ground for left, right and independents to talk about the obvious problems that happen when addiction is enabled at the expense of community safety and flourishing.
It's truly amazing how determined our local leaders are to ignore their constituents and double down on policies that other places admit have failed. I'd never want to be a politician, but in my imagination, thing #1 would be to listen to the people you're supposed to represent.
You've hit the nail on the head why I'm voting for Jake.
If that story is in the Atlantic, it means the Left is receiving the fruits of their very bad, bad policies. It's the only way issues get righted.
Thank you @Jake Seeger for informing us of this ongoing tragedy! The recommendations are helpful too.
Thank you, Philip.
Good morning Jeff.
You're an absolute gem for Clallam County (Jake is too but this is to you). I can't imagine that people listening to today's podcast will feel it any differently than I did. It shakes you to the core knowing what actually happens out there.
The material you shared is shocking and heartbreaking. The points about bringing this mess and the realities into the open, spot on. For anyone who voted for these policies, go and see for yourselves what's happening.
The politicians who rallied for this 15+ years ago and told us that they'd solve it in 10 had no idea they were unleashing their own Vietnam, as an anology. They used it to get votes, and true to progressive policies are the ultimate oppressors to maintain their control holding those identity groups down in the process. The slavery of the mind and body is what's going on yet no one supporting these policies blinks an eye.
Why is that?
The druggies-are-victims politicians don't realize (or do they?) that legalizing drugs and providing freebies puts the whole of society at risk and in a collectively altered state as well. There is a collective consciousness, and well, certain fraction/factions have gone insane. They believe they are doing good. During our history lessons, we all wondered, "How could the people, the Germans, the Russians, the Chinese, the Cambodians, the Nigerians, and so on, go along with such nonsense." Well here we are. We can add the US to that list, though in some ways, it's worse because of the rhetorical shenanigans, which keeps mainstream media viewers compliant believers. ~100,000 recorded OD deaths in the US in 2022. (Not to mention close to a million abortions per year in the US.)
You just put that into an impactful perspective. Unfortunately, accurate.
Ditto
A catholic friend and I used to walk downtown to chat and pray (and pass out books) with the homeless and anyone who was interested. We did this during the covid years. They would tell us stuff. One man and his wife lived here and there in their tent doing drugs, finding food and relating to others in that community. Their children were/are in the foster system in Port Angeles. His wife would prostitute herself so they could buy drugs.
More recently when Mike French and I did a walk through the Tumwater encampments, we noticed two young women (20s) camping alone who were clearly on drugs. We also noticed at least one woman who was intellectually impaired who was with a group of men. I had a bag of books. She took one. It was a kid's book I happened to have. She said she wasn't good at reading.
What we're doing in Port Angeles is not compassion, it's enabling a parallel counterculture to not only grow, but thrive. This is not the Greenwich Village counterculture of the 60s, but a culture of extreme drug use combined with a mix of antisocial personality disorder and how-ever-many-other DSM-5 disorders in the mix, all operating without real care from our community leaders.
How could this happen under our watch? (I know some of you have been working tirelessly.)
This situation has largely developed because leaders have fallen prey to groupthink, prioritizing the appearance of compassion over real solutions. Oppressed vs. Oppressor mentality. Drug users are oppressed. Those who don't or won't work are oppressed. The oppressed are victims. Those of us who promote social integrity and common sense are oppressors. By viewing complex issues strictly through a lens of oppression and victimization, decision-makers often feel pressured to support popular ideological policies, even when those strategies fail to deliver real-world help or accountability. Thankfully, just like fidget-spinners, fads fade. I'm ready for this one to fade fast!
Get God and pray and vote Jake, all aboard!
On board!
Giving it to any of those who perpetuate the problem will only see it buried and ignored just like the problem itself.
Kepp it and show it every time you speak to someone who votes for this nonsense.
Thank you for all your efforts to help people understand the current way is not the answer.
USE THIS IN your campane Jake people need to know why common sence is better.
Pass it on to all: Clallam County Board of Commissioners, Health Officer Berry, and Pool Board.
We close down a massage parlor in PA in one day. It is currently closed with boards on the entrance. We take months to protect and arrest a pervert preying on young girls. If this problem is not tied to the policies of our current commissioners we will continue to read about these horrible acts by the sexual predators infiltrating CC because we allow it. The current remedies are not working, when do we wake up and understand that 90% of the homeless want to stay that way and no amount of money thrown their way is going to stop their behavior? Yet we build them $350k condos so now they will have a better place to run their whorehouse. Not clean come to PA we will house you, feed u, drugs aplenty, no arrests, and luxury condos are here, and building more apts for u homeless unfortunate humans. Jake thank u for bringing this out to discuss as now the CCpoliticians CANT say I didn’t know. This is a horrible story but it is common place in CC.
Um, have you seen the one on Race between 1st and Front? Sure looks like the same signage as the one on 101 that got shut down. There was a series of those in western WA that got shut down and made their local news but not much coverage here
Maybe their clients are the ones we write about. Somebody is frequenting these places and it’s not the homeless broke people
Exactly, Jedj! Who do those in high places know that keep frequenting these places?
Jeff it’s Julie(and Darrell:)
We were so happy to meet you yesterday
Okay— I am writing so it’s my whole enamored love with your compassion— we are with you
Reach out
We are with You
Thank you, Darrell. It was great meeting you too.
I love seeing new names posting their support.
I am sharing with u a personal incident we endured in GA. My ex wife(45 years ago) married a man that molested my then 8 year old granddaughter for 5 years before being ousted by her. He is currently in prison with 15 more years of a 30 year sentence to serve. He has been denied parole twice with our intervention in the process. He will die there! Thank God he didn’t get out I would have killed him. The good news my granddaughter is 28 and a school teacher living a normal life with scars she will never be free of. This behavior is a sickness and is not stopped by prison even. When this PA sex offender gets out in 4 years he will repeat all this again on some other young innocent CHILD. How sick are CC leaders who I blame for allowing this pervert and others to flourish in our CC? These sexual predators are slick and dangerous. They have skills that are unbelievable to further their deviant ways that I don’t have room to share. DANGEROUS! The sad thing it doesn’t require addiction for this to happen. It can happen without drugs right in front of u with no suspicion
Thank you for sharing your family story. As difficult as it is to talk about these things, for the survivor it is often the family response (or lack therof) that impacts the long term recovery from these events as much as the event itself.
It is a long process and very humbling to be part of. The old story of not in my family is true until it becomes reality. Very sad! But you try to mend the life of a little girl and so far it has been a success. May the pervert rot in jail and go to hell!
Someone posted a video on Nextdoor giving the main reasons people become homeless. The reasons were foster care, jail, hospital stay, relationship breakups, poverty and climate change. One commenter said addiction wasn't on the list because it's an outcome, not the root cause. I have a hard time believing the every day citizen turns to addiction to get through a tough time.
Kathy, I agree, we would all be in some form of addiction under that Nextdoor's philosophy. Life happens to us all, it's sometimes self inflicted and sometimes not. Regardless, everyone here, without exception, has had bad periods in our lives. We got through it.
What should you do with the drugs for sex sign? Make stickers from the sign and paste them all over French's and other miscreants' political signs. (just kidding) Keep reminding the populace what these irresponsible miscreants are aiding and abetting. Find an attorney willing to take them on in a class action lawsuit.