Thank you Ozias for leading the charge to ruin this beautiful county. Your greed and ignorance shows no bounds. If I didn't have to work like a slave just to keep my head above water I would come down to your meeting and make an absolute fool out of you and your cronies. .
Four generations have been born and raised since Lyndon Johnson introduced the government dependency programs termed the Great Society. It's no wonder that an ever-increasing segment of our populatiin believes everything is or should be free.
The number of young mothers with strollers in a grocery checkout line using their SNAP card (and likely living in subsidized housing after birthing that baby with Medicaid) is a typical example of our nanny state.
Society has devolved to create a situation in which that child can grow up without an employed set of patents, yet there's food on the table and at school, a roof and warmth and just enough to subsist - and that's just fine and normal. All the necessities just miraculously appear.
An easy fix for Washington State would be DNA testing for all children. The mom and dad are identified by the DNA test. A deadbeat parent gets the monthly bill for the raising of the child (or more than 1 if prolific at this). The state thus provides NO $$$s. Do you hear us Olympia? Quick and easy solution! Go for it!
Actually Geoff, Thankfully Wa State does have laws to collect child support whether the parent works in or out of state. It's easily enforced when the deadbeat parent gets a job and the Social Security # pops up (wages are automatically garnished) It gets harder if the parent is paid under the table. It always catches up, there is no statue of limitation on back child support.
RCW 74.20.040 Duty of department to enforce child support
(1) Whenever the department receives an application for public assistance on behalf of a child, the department shall take appropriate action under the provisions of this chapter, chapter 74.20A RCW, or other appropriate statutes of this state to establish or enforce support obligations against the parent or other persons owing a duty to pay support moneys.
Just going through my email and maybe 6 yo 8 others liked my comment. Is the code cited above - only applicable if the male's name is entered as the father? And if no name is entered by the mother how does the state know whom to pursue for child support? ??
Geoff, IMO, I wouldn't want my child's DNA to be automatically entered and tracked into any government system. Unless the father has his DNA on file, there still wouldn't be a way to track him down.
The state tries its best to track down paternity whether its on the birth certificate or not when the mother is collecting any type of welfare. There are many legal ways a state can do it. Yes, I agree, not a full proof method.
Think that many parent would agree, not putting my DNA into a national registry. Note that many have done so already, in all likelihood, if they have submitted a sample of their DNA to an ancestry site.
Then tough love enters the picture? Mom, "The State wants the name of whom you suspect (or perhaps suspects) as the child's father."
Guessing that some of us readers think this may be a growing "line entry" into the state budget. Maybe there is a state lergislator that could respond?!
Jeff writes: "The arithmetic is simple: when government promises more “free,” either taxes go up, services get cut elsewhere, or both." Sadly, in the increasingly hard-left political climate that is Washington state as well as Clallam County, the only part of that equation that is true is that taxes go up, but government programs never shrink or get cut. Ever. Somebody in charge has to be a daddy and say no to that extra bowl of ice cream, and your credit cards are maxed out, so you have to pay them off before spending more money. And can we quit calling street people "homeless" and go back to using a more proper term, like vagrants?
I could not point to when and how Government drifted astray from Government functions. Infrastructure like roads, making laws and law enforcement, maintaining order and safety and protecting citizen rights are Government's charge. How that charge has morphed into drug use reinforcement, preferential ethnicity programs, supporting the arts, festivals and celebrations, etc. is where and how Governance has become unaffordable. There is no "free". When you start feeding the pigeons you get more pigeons. It is no different with indigence, homelessness and drug addiction. The drugs that the addicted use are already illegal to procure and use. Yet we support not only that using, but the entire production and trafficking of illegal drugs. Only a fool would consider that to be compassion.
John, What do you get when you cross the Climate Migrant Pigeon to the Homing Pigeons? (A Clallam livia domestica) A selectively bred bird that finds its way to FREE feedings in nicer climates over extremely long distances.
Great article with useful information, Jeff. Years ago I asked my adult son, "Why has slavery been an intrinsic part of every culture throughout history? And yes it still very much exists today." He rolled his eyes and said, "I don't know." I replied, "It's simple. Because it's profitable and always will be." So no matter what types of slavery exist today, as long as they are profitable to those who deftly exploit human frailties, there will be never be an end to this mess. All we can do is say NO to the government/government sponsored grants and "free" programs. It's the only way to unchain our society from the slave holders.
Time to reopen the State mental institutions. Housing the misfits and ending local hometown freebies. Thirty days in the drug-free cold-turkey cell. Then we could shift our focus on the children that may still show a glimmer of hope for the future. Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be dependent of freebies.
The unforeseen out come of deinstitutionalized population, has been the loss of continuity of care. Ex: no one to oversee compliance with medications. Two RNs in a clinic can help many people. Two RN’s driving all of the county would be good to have 3 encounters per day. There is the right combination for patient care. The public view is we don’t want a crazy institution, but the group home model only works for some diagnosis’ but not all.
The group home settings reflect “normal living”, but they aren’t the solution for all patients that have a mental health illness combined with drug addictions. When ever we throw a single answer at a variety of health needs, most will fall through the cracks. The low pay working in a group home tends to eliminate professionals with backgrounds and understanding of duo diagnosis.
The large facility type service was a priceless class room opportunity for undergrad students.
Unintended consequences. A skill Dems do not have. Even after the harm they cause is revealed, they dig in deeper and the problems get worse. Keep voting Dem folks, you ARE making a difference. If earthquakes and tsunamis do not sink the penninsula, you will.
Hey All, great BOCC Q&A today! See @JeffTozzer, no need to worry, OUR county showed up in droves, thanks to your advocacy efforts and platform, thank you, thank you, thank you!
With all good things, there are also limitations, as we are reminded on this podcast, of which we give our time and attention. TIME is the REAL commodity, not money, not all the other distractions, right? TIME is the one thing we can't get back. So, I hope to save you some time when it comes to moving forward with Harm Reduction and its metrics. I wrote this email to the BOCC: Please pass this information on to the BOCC; time ran out.
1. Regarding Harm reduction: JAMA Health Forum
Published Online: March 21, 2025
2025;6;(3):e250101.
doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0101
"Key Points
Question What is the association of the adoption of the safer supply policy and subsequent decriminalization of drug possession in British Columbia, Canada, with opioid overdose outcomes?
Findings Using the synthetic difference-in-differences method, this cohort study found that the safer opioid policy was associated with a statistically significant increase in opioid overdose hospitalizations but no change in overdose deaths; the addition of drug possession decriminalization was associated with a further increase in overdose hospitalizations.
Meaning Neither the safer opioid supply policy nor the decriminalization of drug possession appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis, and both were associated with an increase in opioid overdose hospitalizations."
It was good to hear your voice multiple times today, a voice not only of reason, but a voice that was prepared to speak with valid information to be considered. That's the only way I believe we will see a change as if we're prepared to speak in similar manners.
Thanks, @MK that means a lot. I agree, the more of us who show up prepared with solid info, the stronger our collective voice becomes. That’s how real change will happen.
I sent the commissioners the question on harm reduction success, along with background information on some unsuccessful methods, last week to give them time to prepare their response. You heard the response. I was not impressed. I am glad we have at least begun to whiteness a dialog, of sorts, and am hopeful this will expand in the future. It's only taken two years to get this far.
@ErikFehrmann, thank you and thanks to all of you who have kept voicing concerns even when it felt like shouting into an echo chamber. I know it’s been a long road just to get to the point of having commissioners respond at all. That persistence matters, and it’s the reason we’re even starting to see the beginnings of a real conversation now.
I share the frustration with the quality of the answers, but I also see the hope in finally having a foothold to build on. If we keep showing up with evidence, with lived experience, and with the same determination you and others have carried these past two years, I believe this dialogue can finally move beyond lip service into actual solutions.
Your work has not been in vain it’s laid the foundation for what comes next.
It's a lengthy discussion indeed that couldn't happen today for a variety of reasons. I'm glad that you asked some questions of them and that they had time to prepare and could speak to the information they were willing to share. Unfortunately what I didn't hear was the key ingredient of accountability being the impetus to likely drive people to seek treatment. If their desire, as I heard it, is to save lives then why wouldn't that key ingredient be part of the equation instead of hoping and waiting that in 5 years time someone decides to seek treatment because we could hold them long enough?
Government needs dependency. It can not exist without dependency. Anything free from the government is designed to create dependency and perpetuate the need. Even government workers need the free programs so they can justify their jobs by showing the need. Find a need, give it money, grow it, hire more government dependent workers, perpetuate the need and never fix it. That is the system we live in. Those of us outside that system are getting less and less every day while the dependent get more and more. Almost time to shrug.
The key here is personal responsibility, not governmental accountability. It is easy to say, "be kind, be compassionate," with someone else's time and money. We want to help hungry children, homeless people and substance addicts, but the "help" we are giving is NOT helping. The answer? Obviously we don't know.
I've been around people in ways that has let me see the problem, and solution. We can't stomach the solution because we've watched Bambi one too many times.
I'm always willing to give someone a fish if they're hungry and are in a fix, but the caveat that they then learn to fish for themselves is tied to my generosity. Don't want to learn how to fish? Meet survival of the fittest. Anything less is unwitting complicity in the enslavement of the minds of the subset of people our minds force us to help so that we can sleep at night. Society thinks that it's doing people a favor, but in reality it's an internal failing of the helper that makes it worse.
I' reminded often of Pres Reagan's statements ....The closest thing to eternal life on earth is a bureaucracy set in motion." or "the most dangerous words are 'the government is here to help you." Plain truth is the government can't manage anything well. Too much greed and nepotist and hands out to get their share of the pot. Seems to be everywhere. Greed really has no bounds. Change hasn't a chance to come here until the "free stuff" is stopped and new leaders are elected who have no ties to local NGOs or the tribe. Sad, very sad. Painful for those of us taxpayers carrying the load of all of it as it's chipped away. Thank you, Jeff, please keep writing. We need to hear you and the great comments from those reading the newsletters. !!!
That Know Overdose flyer is disgusting, showing a happy group shooting up like it's such fun everyone should try it. If that's how friends "take care of each other" who needs enemies?
Kathy, if I read what you wrote and didn't know it was true, I would have thought, "That's a ridiculous thing to say." I can't fathom how far the harm reduction has gone!
I once witnessed a big Buick passing everyone at 65+ on a compact snow highway (I-5 North) around Arlington...then they changed lanes from the fast lane to the slow lane and skidded and rolled off the highway upside down...I slowed enough to see people were exiting the vehicle...people over 60+ and just kept rolling.😎
Most of the problems in Clallam County are imported. From the imported mindset of the residents/ voters. To the the imported drug addicts and the drugs they use. And as if that wern't enough, we now are a dumping/ hiding ground for the Washington state sanctuary city policies. We need ICE and the National Gaurd to come im and clean up.
Just the beginning folks. Kroger is closing 7 Fred Meyers in the Puget Sound Metro. They are right up front with their reasons. Unprofitable due to theft and costs of increased security. 1700 jobs eliminated not to mention all the outside vendors that stock those stores from the Beverage Companies to Produce to the Frito-Lay representative.
The Mayor of Everett is condemning Kroger for placing "Profits over People". What a ridiculous thing to say. Its every Mayor, Social Justice Warrior, State Legislator our Wa. State Supreme Court and local Judges that have refused to hold the perpetrators of property crime responsible for creating the new "Urban Food Deserts" they are now predicting. Mayor Cassie Franklin needs to look in the mirror. These "woke" misguided policies in the name of compassion show no compassion for law abiding citizens. Ten years ago it was trendy to say you cannot arrest your way out of this. I beg to differ. Time to get firm. Incarcerated people don't commit crimes. I'm old school. If you do the crime you do the time.
Maybe in my quick read I missed it. Sequim Schools many years ago went to giving all kids vouchers for the free food. The district apparently did not want a stigma attached to those kids who needed and who used the voucher.
The people in power are probably afraid of not being reelected, so from their pulpit they dictate there will be little to no law enforcement (vagrancy, sex offenders, driving laws etc.). Remember with me the Executive Branch enforces the Laws the Legislature enacts.
Mom use to tell me, "it's the maids day off". And so us kids did chores like dishes, cook, dust, vacuum and so on -add your own list of farm chores too boot!. Today, that free pantry door is opened, items removed, consumed, and the trash tossed so somebody else gets to be their maid. And if luck holds for them you can clean up their excrement!
Why is it that the family of that homeless person won't take them back into the fold?? So if the family doesn't want to open the door, SUCKER (there's one born every minute according to PT Barnum) what makes you think you can change what they know as the good free life?
Remember the old days when you felt good when your child could walk to their nearby school and not pass the homeless, the druggies, needles on the path. Play in the park unattended!
Whatever happened to the Sequimites who vandalized the school after graduation? Probably invited back for their 5th reunion and in time to trash the new school?
How to right the ship? remember the cartoon a few days ago with Daryl rowing away? OMC ain't the only sinking ship?!?
Thank you Ozias for leading the charge to ruin this beautiful county. Your greed and ignorance shows no bounds. If I didn't have to work like a slave just to keep my head above water I would come down to your meeting and make an absolute fool out of you and your cronies. .
Ozias has plenty of 'free' help.
Cue the "Soverign Nation"
Four generations have been born and raised since Lyndon Johnson introduced the government dependency programs termed the Great Society. It's no wonder that an ever-increasing segment of our populatiin believes everything is or should be free.
The number of young mothers with strollers in a grocery checkout line using their SNAP card (and likely living in subsidized housing after birthing that baby with Medicaid) is a typical example of our nanny state.
Society has devolved to create a situation in which that child can grow up without an employed set of patents, yet there's food on the table and at school, a roof and warmth and just enough to subsist - and that's just fine and normal. All the necessities just miraculously appear.
An easy fix for Washington State would be DNA testing for all children. The mom and dad are identified by the DNA test. A deadbeat parent gets the monthly bill for the raising of the child (or more than 1 if prolific at this). The state thus provides NO $$$s. Do you hear us Olympia? Quick and easy solution! Go for it!
Actually Geoff, Thankfully Wa State does have laws to collect child support whether the parent works in or out of state. It's easily enforced when the deadbeat parent gets a job and the Social Security # pops up (wages are automatically garnished) It gets harder if the parent is paid under the table. It always catches up, there is no statue of limitation on back child support.
RCW 74.20.040 Duty of department to enforce child support
(1) Whenever the department receives an application for public assistance on behalf of a child, the department shall take appropriate action under the provisions of this chapter, chapter 74.20A RCW, or other appropriate statutes of this state to establish or enforce support obligations against the parent or other persons owing a duty to pay support moneys.
Jennifer
Just going through my email and maybe 6 yo 8 others liked my comment. Is the code cited above - only applicable if the male's name is entered as the father? And if no name is entered by the mother how does the state know whom to pursue for child support? ??
Geoff, IMO, I wouldn't want my child's DNA to be automatically entered and tracked into any government system. Unless the father has his DNA on file, there still wouldn't be a way to track him down.
The state tries its best to track down paternity whether its on the birth certificate or not when the mother is collecting any type of welfare. There are many legal ways a state can do it. Yes, I agree, not a full proof method.
Jennifer-
Think that many parent would agree, not putting my DNA into a national registry. Note that many have done so already, in all likelihood, if they have submitted a sample of their DNA to an ancestry site.
Then tough love enters the picture? Mom, "The State wants the name of whom you suspect (or perhaps suspects) as the child's father."
Guessing that some of us readers think this may be a growing "line entry" into the state budget. Maybe there is a state lergislator that could respond?!
Many thanks for setting me straight. Enjoy reading your comments on the various topics
If only we COULD legislate morals, but alas...🤨
They like it slow...and dirty!😎
LBJ was intimately involved with JFK's murder!
He also had his sister murdered...Great Society, indeed!😱
Jeff writes: "The arithmetic is simple: when government promises more “free,” either taxes go up, services get cut elsewhere, or both." Sadly, in the increasingly hard-left political climate that is Washington state as well as Clallam County, the only part of that equation that is true is that taxes go up, but government programs never shrink or get cut. Ever. Somebody in charge has to be a daddy and say no to that extra bowl of ice cream, and your credit cards are maxed out, so you have to pay them off before spending more money. And can we quit calling street people "homeless" and go back to using a more proper term, like vagrants?
I could not point to when and how Government drifted astray from Government functions. Infrastructure like roads, making laws and law enforcement, maintaining order and safety and protecting citizen rights are Government's charge. How that charge has morphed into drug use reinforcement, preferential ethnicity programs, supporting the arts, festivals and celebrations, etc. is where and how Governance has become unaffordable. There is no "free". When you start feeding the pigeons you get more pigeons. It is no different with indigence, homelessness and drug addiction. The drugs that the addicted use are already illegal to procure and use. Yet we support not only that using, but the entire production and trafficking of illegal drugs. Only a fool would consider that to be compassion.
Garry, great line you wrote, " When you start feeding the pigeons you get more pigeons"
Climate migrant pigeons.
John, What do you get when you cross the Climate Migrant Pigeon to the Homing Pigeons? (A Clallam livia domestica) A selectively bred bird that finds its way to FREE feedings in nicer climates over extremely long distances.
Do not confuse it with the Passenger Pigeon who gets here by FREE bus rides.
Quen es mos livia domestica
Mr. Worthington, I can't let this one slip by: Is this Pidgin Language ; )
Saturday Night Live pun. Quen as mach macho
🤣
Great article with useful information, Jeff. Years ago I asked my adult son, "Why has slavery been an intrinsic part of every culture throughout history? And yes it still very much exists today." He rolled his eyes and said, "I don't know." I replied, "It's simple. Because it's profitable and always will be." So no matter what types of slavery exist today, as long as they are profitable to those who deftly exploit human frailties, there will be never be an end to this mess. All we can do is say NO to the government/government sponsored grants and "free" programs. It's the only way to unchain our society from the slave holders.
Yes, the ancient, formidable and ancient word "NO" We need to embrace this word instead of being shamed because of saying it!
Time to reopen the State mental institutions. Housing the misfits and ending local hometown freebies. Thirty days in the drug-free cold-turkey cell. Then we could shift our focus on the children that may still show a glimmer of hope for the future. Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be dependent of freebies.
With a special section for politicians who can 'earn' their way out with 'reprogramming' training...just like rescuing cult members!😎
The unforeseen out come of deinstitutionalized population, has been the loss of continuity of care. Ex: no one to oversee compliance with medications. Two RNs in a clinic can help many people. Two RN’s driving all of the county would be good to have 3 encounters per day. There is the right combination for patient care. The public view is we don’t want a crazy institution, but the group home model only works for some diagnosis’ but not all.
The group home settings reflect “normal living”, but they aren’t the solution for all patients that have a mental health illness combined with drug addictions. When ever we throw a single answer at a variety of health needs, most will fall through the cracks. The low pay working in a group home tends to eliminate professionals with backgrounds and understanding of duo diagnosis.
The large facility type service was a priceless class room opportunity for undergrad students.
Unintended consequences. A skill Dems do not have. Even after the harm they cause is revealed, they dig in deeper and the problems get worse. Keep voting Dem folks, you ARE making a difference. If earthquakes and tsunamis do not sink the penninsula, you will.
I’m going with Tsunami as #1 choice
Hey All, great BOCC Q&A today! See @JeffTozzer, no need to worry, OUR county showed up in droves, thanks to your advocacy efforts and platform, thank you, thank you, thank you!
With all good things, there are also limitations, as we are reminded on this podcast, of which we give our time and attention. TIME is the REAL commodity, not money, not all the other distractions, right? TIME is the one thing we can't get back. So, I hope to save you some time when it comes to moving forward with Harm Reduction and its metrics. I wrote this email to the BOCC: Please pass this information on to the BOCC; time ran out.
1. Regarding Harm reduction: JAMA Health Forum
Published Online: March 21, 2025
2025;6;(3):e250101.
doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.0101
"Key Points
Question What is the association of the adoption of the safer supply policy and subsequent decriminalization of drug possession in British Columbia, Canada, with opioid overdose outcomes?
Findings Using the synthetic difference-in-differences method, this cohort study found that the safer opioid policy was associated with a statistically significant increase in opioid overdose hospitalizations but no change in overdose deaths; the addition of drug possession decriminalization was associated with a further increase in overdose hospitalizations.
Meaning Neither the safer opioid supply policy nor the decriminalization of drug possession appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis, and both were associated with an increase in opioid overdose hospitalizations."
It was good to hear your voice multiple times today, a voice not only of reason, but a voice that was prepared to speak with valid information to be considered. That's the only way I believe we will see a change as if we're prepared to speak in similar manners.
Thanks, @MK that means a lot. I agree, the more of us who show up prepared with solid info, the stronger our collective voice becomes. That’s how real change will happen.
I sent the commissioners the question on harm reduction success, along with background information on some unsuccessful methods, last week to give them time to prepare their response. You heard the response. I was not impressed. I am glad we have at least begun to whiteness a dialog, of sorts, and am hopeful this will expand in the future. It's only taken two years to get this far.
@ErikFehrmann, thank you and thanks to all of you who have kept voicing concerns even when it felt like shouting into an echo chamber. I know it’s been a long road just to get to the point of having commissioners respond at all. That persistence matters, and it’s the reason we’re even starting to see the beginnings of a real conversation now.
I share the frustration with the quality of the answers, but I also see the hope in finally having a foothold to build on. If we keep showing up with evidence, with lived experience, and with the same determination you and others have carried these past two years, I believe this dialogue can finally move beyond lip service into actual solutions.
Your work has not been in vain it’s laid the foundation for what comes next.
It's a lengthy discussion indeed that couldn't happen today for a variety of reasons. I'm glad that you asked some questions of them and that they had time to prepare and could speak to the information they were willing to share. Unfortunately what I didn't hear was the key ingredient of accountability being the impetus to likely drive people to seek treatment. If their desire, as I heard it, is to save lives then why wouldn't that key ingredient be part of the equation instead of hoping and waiting that in 5 years time someone decides to seek treatment because we could hold them long enough?
Thank you Dr Sarah for this information!
Government needs dependency. It can not exist without dependency. Anything free from the government is designed to create dependency and perpetuate the need. Even government workers need the free programs so they can justify their jobs by showing the need. Find a need, give it money, grow it, hire more government dependent workers, perpetuate the need and never fix it. That is the system we live in. Those of us outside that system are getting less and less every day while the dependent get more and more. Almost time to shrug.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.😱
The key here is personal responsibility, not governmental accountability. It is easy to say, "be kind, be compassionate," with someone else's time and money. We want to help hungry children, homeless people and substance addicts, but the "help" we are giving is NOT helping. The answer? Obviously we don't know.
I've been around people in ways that has let me see the problem, and solution. We can't stomach the solution because we've watched Bambi one too many times.
I'm always willing to give someone a fish if they're hungry and are in a fix, but the caveat that they then learn to fish for themselves is tied to my generosity. Don't want to learn how to fish? Meet survival of the fittest. Anything less is unwitting complicity in the enslavement of the minds of the subset of people our minds force us to help so that we can sleep at night. Society thinks that it's doing people a favor, but in reality it's an internal failing of the helper that makes it worse.
Amen...and women!😎
We don't... because we can't control unconscious breeding or legislate morals.
We can 'try' to get dead-beat parents to pay-up, but the bureaucracy necessary to carry that out probably costs more than collections are worth.
Letting chips fall where they may seems cruel but creating multi-generational dead-beats isn't very loving...is it?😎
I am sure that Mr. Walt just needs Housing First™️ then he will be right as rain
To think all of this could have been avoided if he had a dishwasher and a dog-washing station.
And FREE PIZZA
Now you know why a family doesn't want the old abuser back in the fold and kicked his ass out the door. "and don't you come back no more, no more".
I' reminded often of Pres Reagan's statements ....The closest thing to eternal life on earth is a bureaucracy set in motion." or "the most dangerous words are 'the government is here to help you." Plain truth is the government can't manage anything well. Too much greed and nepotist and hands out to get their share of the pot. Seems to be everywhere. Greed really has no bounds. Change hasn't a chance to come here until the "free stuff" is stopped and new leaders are elected who have no ties to local NGOs or the tribe. Sad, very sad. Painful for those of us taxpayers carrying the load of all of it as it's chipped away. Thank you, Jeff, please keep writing. We need to hear you and the great comments from those reading the newsletters. !!!
That Know Overdose flyer is disgusting, showing a happy group shooting up like it's such fun everyone should try it. If that's how friends "take care of each other" who needs enemies?
Kathy, if I read what you wrote and didn't know it was true, I would have thought, "That's a ridiculous thing to say." I can't fathom how far the harm reduction has gone!
With their contribution to overdoses maybe they should call it friend reduction instead.
I long ago decided that I would not go out of my way to try and fix people's stupidity...I have more that enough of my own.
But someone(s) are stealing from me and trying to fix people is not may favorite thing!😎
I once witnessed a big Buick passing everyone at 65+ on a compact snow highway (I-5 North) around Arlington...then they changed lanes from the fast lane to the slow lane and skidded and rolled off the highway upside down...I slowed enough to see people were exiting the vehicle...people over 60+ and just kept rolling.😎
Most of the problems in Clallam County are imported. From the imported mindset of the residents/ voters. To the the imported drug addicts and the drugs they use. And as if that wern't enough, we now are a dumping/ hiding ground for the Washington state sanctuary city policies. We need ICE and the National Gaurd to come im and clean up.
Lloyd, I second you wholeheartedly.
Just the beginning folks. Kroger is closing 7 Fred Meyers in the Puget Sound Metro. They are right up front with their reasons. Unprofitable due to theft and costs of increased security. 1700 jobs eliminated not to mention all the outside vendors that stock those stores from the Beverage Companies to Produce to the Frito-Lay representative.
The Mayor of Everett is condemning Kroger for placing "Profits over People". What a ridiculous thing to say. Its every Mayor, Social Justice Warrior, State Legislator our Wa. State Supreme Court and local Judges that have refused to hold the perpetrators of property crime responsible for creating the new "Urban Food Deserts" they are now predicting. Mayor Cassie Franklin needs to look in the mirror. These "woke" misguided policies in the name of compassion show no compassion for law abiding citizens. Ten years ago it was trendy to say you cannot arrest your way out of this. I beg to differ. Time to get firm. Incarcerated people don't commit crimes. I'm old school. If you do the crime you do the time.
Maybe in my quick read I missed it. Sequim Schools many years ago went to giving all kids vouchers for the free food. The district apparently did not want a stigma attached to those kids who needed and who used the voucher.
The people in power are probably afraid of not being reelected, so from their pulpit they dictate there will be little to no law enforcement (vagrancy, sex offenders, driving laws etc.). Remember with me the Executive Branch enforces the Laws the Legislature enacts.
Mom use to tell me, "it's the maids day off". And so us kids did chores like dishes, cook, dust, vacuum and so on -add your own list of farm chores too boot!. Today, that free pantry door is opened, items removed, consumed, and the trash tossed so somebody else gets to be their maid. And if luck holds for them you can clean up their excrement!
Why is it that the family of that homeless person won't take them back into the fold?? So if the family doesn't want to open the door, SUCKER (there's one born every minute according to PT Barnum) what makes you think you can change what they know as the good free life?
Remember the old days when you felt good when your child could walk to their nearby school and not pass the homeless, the druggies, needles on the path. Play in the park unattended!
Whatever happened to the Sequimites who vandalized the school after graduation? Probably invited back for their 5th reunion and in time to trash the new school?
How to right the ship? remember the cartoon a few days ago with Daryl rowing away? OMC ain't the only sinking ship?!?
Geoff, I think the difference when Daryl departed the ship, he had a band