The commissioners did not reply to yesterday's email about the proper way to ask questions and learn information from NGOs that rely on county funds. Here is today's question:
Dear Commissioners,
You’ve warned residents that budgets are tight and that public safety services may face cuts, yet this week you approved using taxpayer dollars to purchase $95-a-seat tickets to the EDC gala. How do you justify that expense to families being told to expect reductions and delays, and what standard are you using to decide which discretionary spending is appropriate when you’ve said the county is financially strained?
Below is a modeled good governance response demonstrating how an individual Clallam County Commissioner could answer a constituent’s question by grounding the explanation in applicable law, county code, and administrative policy while identifying potential governance improvements.
Dear Constituent,
Thank you for the question. It is fair.
County expenditures must be within an adopted budget (RCW 36.40), serve a legitimate public purpose under Article VIII, Section 7 of the Washington Constitution, and be approved in an open public meeting consistent with the Open Public Meetings Act (RCW 42.30). Clallam County Code establishes the Board’s budget authority and financial oversight framework (Clallam County Code [CCC]). The County’s Administrative Policies, including travel and reimbursement procedures (Clallam County Administrative Policy 503), govern the processing of official expenses.
However, neither the County Code nor the current Administrative Policies establishes a specific discretionary spending standard for elected officials during periods of fiscal strain. That is a governance gap.
When we are warning residents about possible service reductions, discretionary expenditures should meet a higher stewardship threshold: clear public benefit, transparency of funding source, proportionality, and acknowledgment of opportunity cost. If such standards are not already codified, I would support adopting a written discretionary spending policy for constrained budget cycles to ensure consistency and public confidence.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
Clallam County Board of Commissioners
References
Clallam County Code (CCC).
Clallam County Administrative Policy 503: Travel and Travel Reimbursement.
Municipal Research and Services Center. (2024). The Open Public Meetings Act: How it applies to Washington cities, counties, and special purpose districts
Susie Blake "UNSafeway" is a very funny meme. Are you detecting a pattern that connects Safeway stores? A senior citizen was beaten to death in the Sequim Safeway parking lot.
Susie, how much does one bag of Harm Reduction paraphernalia cost US? What Is Drug Paraphernalia?
Paraphernalia, is any material used to grown, USE, or make an illegal drug. Many people are often surprised when they realize that objects and materials can have both a legal purpose, and when they are used for their created and stated purpose, they are legal. However, a legal item can immediately become an illegal one if found with controlled substances.
Yes, you are correct. There are exceptions under federal law. Washington chose to be exempt, but it isn’t a Wa State Law, our county has a choice and can enact an ordinance or law to the regulations of harm reduction services concerning drug paraphernalia. Let's just say this, the County Commissioner's hands aren't tied, the trash can stop according to (2) in RCW 69.50.612 if the Commissioners choose to do so.
RCW 69.50.612 State preemption—Drug paraphernalia.
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed TO PROHIBIT CITIES OR COUNTIES FROM ENACTING LAWS OR ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OR REGULATION OF HARM REDUCTION SERVICES CONCERNING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
Under federal law the term drug paraphernalia means “any equipment, product or material of any kind which is primarily intended or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding,converting, concealing, producing, processing, preparing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body acontrolled substance.”
Jennifer, just so I understand your position clearly — when you say the County can “stop” it under RCW 69.50.612(2), are you suggesting operational regulations (like zoning, permitting, reporting, or waste enforcement), or are you suggesting a full prohibition on distribution? Because those are very different authorities under state preemption law.
I have worked in the government system under Indian Health Services. They work exactly under the same model as NGO's. The goal is to overspend by waste to justify asking for more money.
I also worked in private for profit hospitals. Billing and accounting are vastly different. One keeps a tight accounting of goods and services and maximizes their profit. The other doesn't have accurate accounting (it's more of a grab and go of goods) not itemized (but it seems so on the books)
Our County Commissioner are the grab and go accountants who use it to justify waste.
I remember as a teen(18), we could go into a "pot shop"(called The Melting Pot) and buy 'paraphernalia' but oh no, whatever you did with it, that was not legal.
It's like the Oscars. A bunch of like minded, out of touch reality peeps sitting around telling each other how wonderful they are. As the county burns down around them. They see world through their rose colored glasses. How'd that work out.
This speaks to me at so many levels. First and foremost, it's why I am voting for Jake. It's because I don't see him as being tribal and falling into the us or them category, rather The true false category.
There's really a lot to understand here. This person puts it in a way that frankly I'm not good at but I believe that the components he is speaking about are the source of the problems we're having with respect to social media and the lack of proper education we're getting to take conversations from the us versus them to the true false category.
I've been trying to take this approach as of late to many issues that I come across but I'm frequently frustrated that I can't have a true false conversation with people because how quickly they stay in the us versus them mindset.
Remaining unbiased, as hard as that can often be, is key to remaining in the "true / false" category of thinking. Oftentimes, enough data can lead you to a conclusion about a person, entity, organization, or party. This leads to taking "sides". So, remain neutral.
Thank you Jeff for alternate sites to read. Each one has reporting concerning Clallam County but a different angles. Toss subscriptions supported mainly by interest groups. When have you ever heard of independent sites supporting each other? It’s a new interactive grouping with the same goals.
Clallamity Jen’s - Sequim Monitor - The Strait Shooter - Clallam County Letters - Marolee Smith - The Olympic Herald - Forks Twilight Radio 96.7 - Seniors Sunset Times (not on line but in print)
Dr. Barry has been caught in a bare face lie and of course she’s gonna lash out and say that CC Watch Dog is not telling the truth. This woman is truly deranged in my opinion. The reason they’re attacking is because we’re starting to turn the tables and they don’t like it. Now more than ever we need to keep being vigilant and calling these money sucking commissioners and Dr. Barry accountable! I don’t know about everybody else, but I have had enough of this!
It's the classic juvenile game she learned in junior high school. She shows her lack of professionalism as a MD when she stoops to her emotional insecurity.
After reading about the cartel drug war happening in Puerto Vallarta, I started to think how Clallam County "harm reduction" indirectly funnels taxpayer money to cartels.
By encouraging illegal drug use and providing the tools to administer it, users still need to procure drugs to put in their "free" administration tools provided by Clallam County.
The drugs; fentanyl, methamphetamine, weed, etc... all come from cartels. Precursor chemicals and ingredients come from mostly China. Clallam County is not manufacturing their own drugs as part of harm reduction. The users are filling their free tools with drugs from cartels.
The criminal cartel networks smuggle their drugs into the US through our southern and northern border, as well as the massive Pacific shoreline. These networks also dabble in human trafficking and all sorts of other unsavory behavior.
By supplying tools and a permissive environment to use drugs provided by taxpayer money, are we not all helping to furthering the cartel violence? I think we are.
Yes, absolutely, these criminals in government right here in our community are without doubt working directly and/or indirectly for the same crime syndicates that are directly connected to these evil drug cartels~! That is EXACTLY what President Trump and the white hats need ALL Americans to put together now, so the next phase of this ongoing military operation can begin~! The quicker Americans wake up, the sooner this BS will come to an end... Nice work~! My compliments~!!!
Yes. We could destroy the cartels immediately if everyone would see the evil done by buying from their dealers/distributors. Too bad we can't just go back to having docs overwrite scripts for oxy and speed.
We are all grappling with the self destruction governing Clallam County. Walk down the streets, go to any open parking lot, business, park or random neighborhood and you would swear you are living in a Mad Max movie set of post-apocalyptic conditions and dystopia (a community that is undesirable and frightening). Place Dr Berry’s comment referring to homelessness in this context of tax payers point of view, and her statement is reality.
“Far too many of us could easily find ourselves in their shoes”
Dr Berry, we are already in their shoes, and have become prisoners of your device. We are trapped in a zoological nightmare, where all the dangerous animals are allowed to do as they wish. We feed and care for these conditions under the guise of Harm Reductions. MAT clinics. Free Housing. How much more is hidden away in the NGO programs?
“Harm Reduction is a MOVEMENT for SOCIAL JUSTICE built on a belief in, and respect for, THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS” Really?
I say the Harm Reduction program, and most of the other programs are illegal. There still are laws that should be maintained. Turning a blind eye does not make illegal, legal. It is Aiding and Abetting
AIDING AND ABETTING is a legal doctrine related to the guilt of someone who aids or abets (ENCOURAGES, incites) another person in the COMMISSION OF A CRIME (OR IN ANOTHER’S SUICIDE) . It exists in a number of different countries and generally allows a court to pronounce someone guilty for aiding and abetting in a crime EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT THE PRINCIPAL OFFENDER.
Aiding and abetting is an additional provision in United States criminal law, for situations where it cannot be shown the party personally carried out the criminal offense, but where another person may have carried out the illegal act(s) as an agent of the charged, working together with or under the direction of the charged, who is an accessory to the crime.
If that needle laying next to someone who has overdosed was given out under Harm Reduction, does it make it evidence of a crime?
The mentally ill, promoting grift/graft and corruption on behalf of the mentally ill...we all know how this turns out...we're seeing it in real-time!😱
With a bit of luck, Scary Berry Will end up on the street...her addiction to power, control and the gov't teat are on full display...should be interesting how that plays out 'on the street'!🤥
Jennifer. Unfair. You are using logic and reason to reply to the open displays of malfeasance in our county. Harm Reduction without the reduction. Gun control without crime reduction. Taxation without representation. (I read this someplace.) Sovereign governments receiving taxpayer funding without accountability. Confiscation threats as in Canada. Make noise. Where do our "leaders" think their voters get their information?
Dear Dr. Berry -- an obvious leftist who totally f'd up responses to the Covid mess -- here's the point about cleaning up discarded needles and other drug use paraphernalia distributed through Harm Reduction programs: They should not be there in the first place! Can you not see the disconnect? Government doles out drug use tools, addicts use them to stay high while never attempting to sober up, addicts discard said paraphernalia, government refuses to take ownership for the mess created, trash piles full of very dangerous needles, et. al., grow unless volunteers do the government's job of keeping the county clean and safe ... and you lash out at both the volunteers and general public who have had it up to their eyeballs with this drain on scarce public resources and the downward spiral of the quality of life for the vast majority of county residents? And you make excuses for this minority, saying they are "not the cause of our community's problems?" Whatever happened to taking ownership of your own life and its choices, good or bad? I am sick and tired of people like you telling me I "owe" them. It is on them to clean up their lives, or not, something they obviously choose not to do and made more difficult, not easier, through your misguided "harm reduction" experiment.
Terminology for these people matters. I'll not refer to this program as harm reduction anymore. It plays into the control needed to parlay this into a money grab, and destruction of our quality of life not to mention the environment (which I thought we're supposed to be concerned with).
I challenge Mark O and Ron A to walk the Tumwater Creek Corridor encampments and find sixteen or 36 people that would be willing to seek help at a “all expenses paid” treatment center. Ain’t happenin’! These tent-people have found their nirvana, no problemo, freebies and self governance. Affordability and fuel prices don’t bother them. They don’t want the available help. Until they are told they are not welcome to camp on public land, no Narcan is available, no free syringes are available and no more free rent, it’s another day down by the creek.
Good morning Dr. Berry. Let's revisit your Hippocratic oath. You are doing more harm than good with your support of harm infliction.
While often attributed to the Hippocratic Oath, the specific phrase "First, do no harm" is a separate Latin guiding principle for healthcare providers.
The Intent is to remind practitioners that given a choice between a high-risk intervention and doing nothing, "doing nothing" may be the better path if the treatment could worsen the patient's condition.
When the "property" in question involves drug needles (sharps) discarded on public property, the legal framework shifts from "Lost and Found" laws to Public Health, Criminal Littering, and Reckless Endangerment statutes.
In Washington State, once someone intentionally discards drug paraphernalia in a public space, they aren't "losing" property; they are committing a series of violations because the items are considered biohazardous waste.
1. Criminal Littering (RCW 70A.15.020)
Washington has strict laws regarding the disposal of waste. Throwing needles onto public property (sidewalks, parks, or roadsides) falls under Criminal Littering.
* Potentially Dangerous Litter: Because needles are "sharps" that can carry bloodborne pathogens, this is often classified more severely than throwing paper or plastic on the ground.
* Penalties: Depending on the jurisdiction and the volume, this can range from a significant civil fine to a misdemeanor charge.
2. Reckless Endangerment (RCW 9A.36.050)
If needles are left in a place where it is foreseeable that another person (like a child in a park or a sanitation worker) could be stuck and injured, the individual could be charged with Reckless Endangerment.
* This applies when a person "recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person."
3. Public Nuisance (RCW 7.48)
Leaving hazardous drug paraphernalia on public property is considered a public nuisance. This gives the city or state the authority to remove the items and, if the individual is identified, potentially sue them for the costs of the hazardous materials (HAZMAT) cleanup.
4. Possession vs. Abandonment
While the user may have "possessed" them legally (e.g., through a syringe exchange program, which is legal in Washington under RCW 69.50.412), that legal protection ends the moment the needles are disposed of unsafely.
* Safe Disposal: Under Washington health guidelines, needles must be placed in a puncture-resistant, leak-proof container (like a sharps bin) and disposed of at designated drop-off sites.
* Valid Possession: Abandoning them in public is not a valid transfer of possession; it is a forfeiture of ownership that triggers criminal and civil liability.
Bottom Line: In Washington, you cannot "abandon" biohazardous waste to gain the protections of abandoned property laws. Instead, the act of discarding them in public is treated as a crime against public safety.
MK the powers-to-be would certainly focus on this location if the watershed and the environmental problem is elevated. “You’re killing our fish habitat”. Contact the EPA and WA Dept of Ecology for action.
"During Tuesday’s meeting, Commissioner Ozias explained that he is lobbying to increase the federal Medicaid bed cap for inpatient mental and behavioral health facilities from 16 to 36 beds, while still qualifying for Medicaid reimbursement."
From a February, 2023 PDN article:
"Simcosky said 24 beds might be more preferable than 16, based on need. But the number of beds is tied to the reimbursement the tribe receives for running the clinic. “We’re designing it to add 16 more beds,” Allen said. “Roughly 32 is the target.”
If Ozias is just now requesting an increase in the the number of beds allowed how is it the tribe was planning on 32 beds three years ago? And was "roughly 32" the target because they didn't know how many Ozias would ask for?
This is incredible. I thought the Somolians had it figured out with daycares and transportation services.
The tribe makes them look like like a bunch of amateurs.
As for ol Markey Boy he has it all figured out. He'll be moving on to be a lobbyist for the tribes in DC. That's how Allen started. He figured out the whole Bureau of Indian Affairs and where all the money was. He not even Jamestown he ancestory comes from the plains tribes.
So $11M per year with 70-80% going to administration costs.
Well done.
I'm sure glad they can assign a dollar sign to everyone's forehead.
I see it that he's already their lobbyist, just double dipping. There's no way to know what benefits he gets from the tribe and I'm not talking about directly. The sleight of hand is strong here.
Dr. Berry and her merry band of misfits exist because of the three-legged Clallam County Commissioners. It's time to replace one of the legs with Jake Seegers.
Ozias continues to misuse his position as an operative for Ron Allen.
Where are the success stories from PBH? It's the mentally ill running the show at PBH, so how can they have a positive impact on the mentally ill?
"Look, even a crazy person can be a publicly funded grifter...you don't have to be a billionaire to succeed in a socialist/communist/capitalist/debt-based system...you just have to be crazy enough to run a self-congratulatory closed loop system with no demonstrable results...indefinitely." RJ😎
If the commissioners refuse to listen and act appropriately, I think they will show their allegiance to the $ tribe. It is shameful that anyone could live with their profits coming from enabling people to exist in a daily fog of drug abuse!
Dr. Berry must be removed, I've sent concerns to Olympia to her mental health and off remarks.
I missed yesterday a due to card in the shop. came back just in time to zoom and see Bruce Emery's apology...I was so glad because I've seen him interact with the public before and it wasn't a representation of his "rabid" comments.
Additionally, I got thinking about this Safeway in PA street scene. Well documented CCWD. With the public use of drugs and the public sale of narcotics no longer a law enforcement concern (obvious), this will soon become a self governed area. Sort of CHAZ like. Dealers will control who buys, who enters and who uses on site. Paraphernalia will be easily available from down the street. This will become a no- go for Joe public or law enforcement. The public will be told to “just avoid the area”. 911 will require escorts. What’s going to end this, mark my word, is a turf battle. A shoot out or stabbing over drugs.
No it won’t end. It will just move to another location in the city.
Safeway has always been a shit show. Laurel Street and 3rd Street can be very interesting at times. They come back faster than they are cleared out.
The alley behind Safeway is a 3rd world country at times.
Since Brian Cougenour son Cody recently went to rehab it's been a little calmer. About that, if anyone knows Cody he's been an off an on user for years. Enabling others while he's been enabled. Cody recently hit rock bottom and finally decided his two choices were die or get clean. He's already applied to Oxford House and is really making a go of it this time.
Cody was a Rhodes Scholar. If that tells you anything this can happen to anyone. I guess the recurring theme is Oxford House not PBH. Just saying.
Interesting. I am not familiar with this person, but am sure that there are many more like him. Both my cousins (in S. Calif.) were addicts. They were very talented guys, also. Hopefully, they are still clean.
I think everyone knows at least one addict in some form. The only ones who made it are the ones who chose it to be that way. The rest of us are powerless, including harm infliction policies.
The commissioners did not reply to yesterday's email about the proper way to ask questions and learn information from NGOs that rely on county funds. Here is today's question:
Dear Commissioners,
You’ve warned residents that budgets are tight and that public safety services may face cuts, yet this week you approved using taxpayer dollars to purchase $95-a-seat tickets to the EDC gala. How do you justify that expense to families being told to expect reductions and delays, and what standard are you using to decide which discretionary spending is appropriate when you’ve said the county is financially strained?
Below is a modeled good governance response demonstrating how an individual Clallam County Commissioner could answer a constituent’s question by grounding the explanation in applicable law, county code, and administrative policy while identifying potential governance improvements.
Dear Constituent,
Thank you for the question. It is fair.
County expenditures must be within an adopted budget (RCW 36.40), serve a legitimate public purpose under Article VIII, Section 7 of the Washington Constitution, and be approved in an open public meeting consistent with the Open Public Meetings Act (RCW 42.30). Clallam County Code establishes the Board’s budget authority and financial oversight framework (Clallam County Code [CCC]). The County’s Administrative Policies, including travel and reimbursement procedures (Clallam County Administrative Policy 503), govern the processing of official expenses.
However, neither the County Code nor the current Administrative Policies establishes a specific discretionary spending standard for elected officials during periods of fiscal strain. That is a governance gap.
When we are warning residents about possible service reductions, discretionary expenditures should meet a higher stewardship threshold: clear public benefit, transparency of funding source, proportionality, and acknowledgment of opportunity cost. If such standards are not already codified, I would support adopting a written discretionary spending policy for constrained budget cycles to ensure consistency and public confidence.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
Clallam County Board of Commissioners
References
Clallam County Code (CCC).
Clallam County Administrative Policy 503: Travel and Travel Reimbursement.
Municipal Research and Services Center. (2024). The Open Public Meetings Act: How it applies to Washington cities, counties, and special purpose districts
Open-Public-Meetings-Act (3)
Revised Code of Washington § 36.40.
Washington State Constitution art. VIII, § 7.
$95?!? while PA spirals down the drain $95 for the average family is like 2 whole bags of groceries at UNSafeway
Excellent! We should demand that they change their advertising and outdoor signage to reflect UNSAFEWAY. Call it truth in advertising.
Susie Blake "UNSafeway" is a very funny meme. Are you detecting a pattern that connects Safeway stores? A senior citizen was beaten to death in the Sequim Safeway parking lot.
The second subject is also unpleasant though. $95 for a family seems like a criminal act.
Susie, how much does one bag of Harm Reduction paraphernalia cost US? What Is Drug Paraphernalia?
Paraphernalia, is any material used to grown, USE, or make an illegal drug. Many people are often surprised when they realize that objects and materials can have both a legal purpose, and when they are used for their created and stated purpose, they are legal. However, a legal item can immediately become an illegal one if found with controlled substances.
It is time to start upholding the law!
@Jennifer, I am sorry the law protects the county to distribute drug paraphernalia: https://app.leg.wa.gov/Rcw/default.aspx?cite=69.50.612
Yes, you are correct. There are exceptions under federal law. Washington chose to be exempt, but it isn’t a Wa State Law, our county has a choice and can enact an ordinance or law to the regulations of harm reduction services concerning drug paraphernalia. Let's just say this, the County Commissioner's hands aren't tied, the trash can stop according to (2) in RCW 69.50.612 if the Commissioners choose to do so.
RCW 69.50.612 State preemption—Drug paraphernalia.
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed TO PROHIBIT CITIES OR COUNTIES FROM ENACTING LAWS OR ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OR REGULATION OF HARM REDUCTION SERVICES CONCERNING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
Under federal law the term drug paraphernalia means “any equipment, product or material of any kind which is primarily intended or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding,converting, concealing, producing, processing, preparing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body acontrolled substance.”
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2024-title21/pdf/USCODE-2024-title21-chap13-subchapI-partD-sec863.pdf
Jennifer, just so I understand your position clearly — when you say the County can “stop” it under RCW 69.50.612(2), are you suggesting operational regulations (like zoning, permitting, reporting, or waste enforcement), or are you suggesting a full prohibition on distribution? Because those are very different authorities under state preemption law.
I have worked in the government system under Indian Health Services. They work exactly under the same model as NGO's. The goal is to overspend by waste to justify asking for more money.
I also worked in private for profit hospitals. Billing and accounting are vastly different. One keeps a tight accounting of goods and services and maximizes their profit. The other doesn't have accurate accounting (it's more of a grab and go of goods) not itemized (but it seems so on the books)
Our County Commissioner are the grab and go accountants who use it to justify waste.
I remember as a teen(18), we could go into a "pot shop"(called The Melting Pot) and buy 'paraphernalia' but oh no, whatever you did with it, that was not legal.
Exactly the question that needs an exact answer. Why are the taxpayers footing their fun?
It's like the Oscars. A bunch of like minded, out of touch reality peeps sitting around telling each other how wonderful they are. As the county burns down around them. They see world through their rose colored glasses. How'd that work out.
Maybe we can get someone to fund protestors to greet the attendees?
Hi @MK, check out this podcast and concept about "True and False or Us Versus Them?" I would love your thoughts about it if you are willing. https://newdiscourses.com/2026/02/true-and-false-or-us-versus-them/
This speaks to me at so many levels. First and foremost, it's why I am voting for Jake. It's because I don't see him as being tribal and falling into the us or them category, rather The true false category.
There's really a lot to understand here. This person puts it in a way that frankly I'm not good at but I believe that the components he is speaking about are the source of the problems we're having with respect to social media and the lack of proper education we're getting to take conversations from the us versus them to the true false category.
I've been trying to take this approach as of late to many issues that I come across but I'm frequently frustrated that I can't have a true false conversation with people because how quickly they stay in the us versus them mindset.
Remaining unbiased, as hard as that can often be, is key to remaining in the "true / false" category of thinking. Oftentimes, enough data can lead you to a conclusion about a person, entity, organization, or party. This leads to taking "sides". So, remain neutral.
Agreed. I'm exhausted with the national politics D vs R infiltration into our everyday issues in Clallam County.
Thank you Jeff for alternate sites to read. Each one has reporting concerning Clallam County but a different angles. Toss subscriptions supported mainly by interest groups. When have you ever heard of independent sites supporting each other? It’s a new interactive grouping with the same goals.
Clallamity Jen’s - Sequim Monitor - The Strait Shooter - Clallam County Letters - Marolee Smith - The Olympic Herald - Forks Twilight Radio 96.7 - Seniors Sunset Times (not on line but in print)
The only thing I can still afford to do here is take a walk and even that is becoming dangerous.
Good Governance Daily Proverb:
Compassion without accountability erodes trust. Accountability without compassion erodes community. Good governance requires both.
Dr. Barry has been caught in a bare face lie and of course she’s gonna lash out and say that CC Watch Dog is not telling the truth. This woman is truly deranged in my opinion. The reason they’re attacking is because we’re starting to turn the tables and they don’t like it. Now more than ever we need to keep being vigilant and calling these money sucking commissioners and Dr. Barry accountable! I don’t know about everybody else, but I have had enough of this!
It's the classic juvenile game she learned in junior high school. She shows her lack of professionalism as a MD when she stoops to her emotional insecurity.
After reading about the cartel drug war happening in Puerto Vallarta, I started to think how Clallam County "harm reduction" indirectly funnels taxpayer money to cartels.
By encouraging illegal drug use and providing the tools to administer it, users still need to procure drugs to put in their "free" administration tools provided by Clallam County.
The drugs; fentanyl, methamphetamine, weed, etc... all come from cartels. Precursor chemicals and ingredients come from mostly China. Clallam County is not manufacturing their own drugs as part of harm reduction. The users are filling their free tools with drugs from cartels.
The criminal cartel networks smuggle their drugs into the US through our southern and northern border, as well as the massive Pacific shoreline. These networks also dabble in human trafficking and all sorts of other unsavory behavior.
By supplying tools and a permissive environment to use drugs provided by taxpayer money, are we not all helping to furthering the cartel violence? I think we are.
BINGO!
Awesome comment Patriot Bill~!
Yes, absolutely, these criminals in government right here in our community are without doubt working directly and/or indirectly for the same crime syndicates that are directly connected to these evil drug cartels~! That is EXACTLY what President Trump and the white hats need ALL Americans to put together now, so the next phase of this ongoing military operation can begin~! The quicker Americans wake up, the sooner this BS will come to an end... Nice work~! My compliments~!!!
Sincerely, Mike
Clever lot, the devil's minions!👹
Very true Patriot Robert James~!
However, there is a HUGE difference between being "clever" VS being Intelligent~!
This will be the criminals of humanity's downfall ;-))
Cheers~!
Mike
Yes. We could destroy the cartels immediately if everyone would see the evil done by buying from their dealers/distributors. Too bad we can't just go back to having docs overwrite scripts for oxy and speed.
We are all grappling with the self destruction governing Clallam County. Walk down the streets, go to any open parking lot, business, park or random neighborhood and you would swear you are living in a Mad Max movie set of post-apocalyptic conditions and dystopia (a community that is undesirable and frightening). Place Dr Berry’s comment referring to homelessness in this context of tax payers point of view, and her statement is reality.
“Far too many of us could easily find ourselves in their shoes”
Dr Berry, we are already in their shoes, and have become prisoners of your device. We are trapped in a zoological nightmare, where all the dangerous animals are allowed to do as they wish. We feed and care for these conditions under the guise of Harm Reductions. MAT clinics. Free Housing. How much more is hidden away in the NGO programs?
“Harm Reduction is a MOVEMENT for SOCIAL JUSTICE built on a belief in, and respect for, THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS” Really?
I say the Harm Reduction program, and most of the other programs are illegal. There still are laws that should be maintained. Turning a blind eye does not make illegal, legal. It is Aiding and Abetting
AIDING AND ABETTING is a legal doctrine related to the guilt of someone who aids or abets (ENCOURAGES, incites) another person in the COMMISSION OF A CRIME (OR IN ANOTHER’S SUICIDE) . It exists in a number of different countries and generally allows a court to pronounce someone guilty for aiding and abetting in a crime EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT THE PRINCIPAL OFFENDER.
Aiding and abetting is an additional provision in United States criminal law, for situations where it cannot be shown the party personally carried out the criminal offense, but where another person may have carried out the illegal act(s) as an agent of the charged, working together with or under the direction of the charged, who is an accessory to the crime.
If that needle laying next to someone who has overdosed was given out under Harm Reduction, does it make it evidence of a crime?
The mentally ill, promoting grift/graft and corruption on behalf of the mentally ill...we all know how this turns out...we're seeing it in real-time!😱
With a bit of luck, Scary Berry Will end up on the street...her addiction to power, control and the gov't teat are on full display...should be interesting how that plays out 'on the street'!🤥
Jennifer. Unfair. You are using logic and reason to reply to the open displays of malfeasance in our county. Harm Reduction without the reduction. Gun control without crime reduction. Taxation without representation. (I read this someplace.) Sovereign governments receiving taxpayer funding without accountability. Confiscation threats as in Canada. Make noise. Where do our "leaders" think their voters get their information?
Washington state is being run into the cesspool. It's been taken over by progressive socialists like dr. Berry.
Dear Dr. Berry -- an obvious leftist who totally f'd up responses to the Covid mess -- here's the point about cleaning up discarded needles and other drug use paraphernalia distributed through Harm Reduction programs: They should not be there in the first place! Can you not see the disconnect? Government doles out drug use tools, addicts use them to stay high while never attempting to sober up, addicts discard said paraphernalia, government refuses to take ownership for the mess created, trash piles full of very dangerous needles, et. al., grow unless volunteers do the government's job of keeping the county clean and safe ... and you lash out at both the volunteers and general public who have had it up to their eyeballs with this drain on scarce public resources and the downward spiral of the quality of life for the vast majority of county residents? And you make excuses for this minority, saying they are "not the cause of our community's problems?" Whatever happened to taking ownership of your own life and its choices, good or bad? I am sick and tired of people like you telling me I "owe" them. It is on them to clean up their lives, or not, something they obviously choose not to do and made more difficult, not easier, through your misguided "harm reduction" experiment.
Berry just ticks me off! She is an idiot. Why is she still here in a powerful position? It is the whole state of Washington. It is f'd up here.
yep. Astute... it's all f'd up.
ABeetle, when illegal becomes socially legal is extremely f'd up.
Seniors Sunset Times. Good Job. That intentional tribal flooding attempt story can't be told enough. The story that started it all.
Terminology for these people matters. I'll not refer to this program as harm reduction anymore. It plays into the control needed to parlay this into a money grab, and destruction of our quality of life not to mention the environment (which I thought we're supposed to be concerned with).
It's from here on out known as "harm infliction."
I like that. Yesterday, George Peterson started calling it "Accountability Reduction."
George was on fire yesterday🙂
They both work for the two different prongs associated with this problem.
It's called "reinterpretation" of language. Just like "time immemorial". It makes no sense but reads well and is catchy.
I'm a retired nurse and now identify as a "Certified Expert of Probing Orfices" CEPO but go by OF, Orfice Finders
I challenge Mark O and Ron A to walk the Tumwater Creek Corridor encampments and find sixteen or 36 people that would be willing to seek help at a “all expenses paid” treatment center. Ain’t happenin’! These tent-people have found their nirvana, no problemo, freebies and self governance. Affordability and fuel prices don’t bother them. They don’t want the available help. Until they are told they are not welcome to camp on public land, no Narcan is available, no free syringes are available and no more free rent, it’s another day down by the creek.
make this better...I challenge them to walk the Tumwater Creek Corridore after dark with $20 bills pinned to their clothing.....
And a blinged out shopping cart
Good morning Dr. Berry. Let's revisit your Hippocratic oath. You are doing more harm than good with your support of harm infliction.
While often attributed to the Hippocratic Oath, the specific phrase "First, do no harm" is a separate Latin guiding principle for healthcare providers.
The Intent is to remind practitioners that given a choice between a high-risk intervention and doing nothing, "doing nothing" may be the better path if the treatment could worsen the patient's condition.
When the "property" in question involves drug needles (sharps) discarded on public property, the legal framework shifts from "Lost and Found" laws to Public Health, Criminal Littering, and Reckless Endangerment statutes.
In Washington State, once someone intentionally discards drug paraphernalia in a public space, they aren't "losing" property; they are committing a series of violations because the items are considered biohazardous waste.
1. Criminal Littering (RCW 70A.15.020)
Washington has strict laws regarding the disposal of waste. Throwing needles onto public property (sidewalks, parks, or roadsides) falls under Criminal Littering.
* Potentially Dangerous Litter: Because needles are "sharps" that can carry bloodborne pathogens, this is often classified more severely than throwing paper or plastic on the ground.
* Penalties: Depending on the jurisdiction and the volume, this can range from a significant civil fine to a misdemeanor charge.
2. Reckless Endangerment (RCW 9A.36.050)
If needles are left in a place where it is foreseeable that another person (like a child in a park or a sanitation worker) could be stuck and injured, the individual could be charged with Reckless Endangerment.
* This applies when a person "recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person."
3. Public Nuisance (RCW 7.48)
Leaving hazardous drug paraphernalia on public property is considered a public nuisance. This gives the city or state the authority to remove the items and, if the individual is identified, potentially sue them for the costs of the hazardous materials (HAZMAT) cleanup.
4. Possession vs. Abandonment
While the user may have "possessed" them legally (e.g., through a syringe exchange program, which is legal in Washington under RCW 69.50.412), that legal protection ends the moment the needles are disposed of unsafely.
* Safe Disposal: Under Washington health guidelines, needles must be placed in a puncture-resistant, leak-proof container (like a sharps bin) and disposed of at designated drop-off sites.
* Valid Possession: Abandoning them in public is not a valid transfer of possession; it is a forfeiture of ownership that triggers criminal and civil liability.
Bottom Line: In Washington, you cannot "abandon" biohazardous waste to gain the protections of abandoned property laws. Instead, the act of discarding them in public is treated as a crime against public safety.
MK, Thank you for this list - now I have proof that Washington state has been taken over by the likes of Berry.
MK the powers-to-be would certainly focus on this location if the watershed and the environmental problem is elevated. “You’re killing our fish habitat”. Contact the EPA and WA Dept of Ecology for action.
"During Tuesday’s meeting, Commissioner Ozias explained that he is lobbying to increase the federal Medicaid bed cap for inpatient mental and behavioral health facilities from 16 to 36 beds, while still qualifying for Medicaid reimbursement."
From a February, 2023 PDN article:
"Simcosky said 24 beds might be more preferable than 16, based on need. But the number of beds is tied to the reimbursement the tribe receives for running the clinic. “We’re designing it to add 16 more beds,” Allen said. “Roughly 32 is the target.”
If Ozias is just now requesting an increase in the the number of beds allowed how is it the tribe was planning on 32 beds three years ago? And was "roughly 32" the target because they didn't know how many Ozias would ask for?
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/2023/02/08/25-7-million-asked-for-center-in-sequim/
This is incredible. I thought the Somolians had it figured out with daycares and transportation services.
The tribe makes them look like like a bunch of amateurs.
As for ol Markey Boy he has it all figured out. He'll be moving on to be a lobbyist for the tribes in DC. That's how Allen started. He figured out the whole Bureau of Indian Affairs and where all the money was. He not even Jamestown he ancestory comes from the plains tribes.
So $11M per year with 70-80% going to administration costs.
Well done.
I'm sure glad they can assign a dollar sign to everyone's forehead.
I see it that he's already their lobbyist, just double dipping. There's no way to know what benefits he gets from the tribe and I'm not talking about directly. The sleight of hand is strong here.
Sidetracked, again!
Dr. Berry and her merry band of misfits exist because of the three-legged Clallam County Commissioners. It's time to replace one of the legs with Jake Seegers.
Ozias continues to misuse his position as an operative for Ron Allen.
Posted to Calamity Jen today:
Robert James
Robert’s Substack
just now
Where are the success stories from PBH? It's the mentally ill running the show at PBH, so how can they have a positive impact on the mentally ill?
"Look, even a crazy person can be a publicly funded grifter...you don't have to be a billionaire to succeed in a socialist/communist/capitalist/debt-based system...you just have to be crazy enough to run a self-congratulatory closed loop system with no demonstrable results...indefinitely." RJ😎
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Good morning Jeff,
Wow great comment by Clark to lead the way!
If the commissioners refuse to listen and act appropriately, I think they will show their allegiance to the $ tribe. It is shameful that anyone could live with their profits coming from enabling people to exist in a daily fog of drug abuse!
Dr. Berry must be removed, I've sent concerns to Olympia to her mental health and off remarks.
I missed yesterday a due to card in the shop. came back just in time to zoom and see Bruce Emery's apology...I was so glad because I've seen him interact with the public before and it wasn't a representation of his "rabid" comments.
Thank you Jeff and go Doggers go!!!
have a great day!
Additionally, I got thinking about this Safeway in PA street scene. Well documented CCWD. With the public use of drugs and the public sale of narcotics no longer a law enforcement concern (obvious), this will soon become a self governed area. Sort of CHAZ like. Dealers will control who buys, who enters and who uses on site. Paraphernalia will be easily available from down the street. This will become a no- go for Joe public or law enforcement. The public will be told to “just avoid the area”. 911 will require escorts. What’s going to end this, mark my word, is a turf battle. A shoot out or stabbing over drugs.
No it won’t end. It will just move to another location in the city.
What happens in Seattle moves westward to here. Who wants it to be here?
It's unfortunately already here, just on a smaller overall scale, but likely commensurate with population percentages.
Safeway has always been a shit show. Laurel Street and 3rd Street can be very interesting at times. They come back faster than they are cleared out.
The alley behind Safeway is a 3rd world country at times.
Since Brian Cougenour son Cody recently went to rehab it's been a little calmer. About that, if anyone knows Cody he's been an off an on user for years. Enabling others while he's been enabled. Cody recently hit rock bottom and finally decided his two choices were die or get clean. He's already applied to Oxford House and is really making a go of it this time.
Cody was a Rhodes Scholar. If that tells you anything this can happen to anyone. I guess the recurring theme is Oxford House not PBH. Just saying.
The key concepts that can't be missed.
He decided to clean himself up
He inflicted more harm on others.
Interesting. I am not familiar with this person, but am sure that there are many more like him. Both my cousins (in S. Calif.) were addicts. They were very talented guys, also. Hopefully, they are still clean.
I think everyone knows at least one addict in some form. The only ones who made it are the ones who chose it to be that way. The rest of us are powerless, including harm infliction policies.