A nationally wanted homicide suspect allegedly cycled through Clallam County’s homeless, behavioral health, and law enforcement systems for years without anyone connecting the dots
The commissioners did not reply to yesterday's email requesting guidance on how the public should seek accountability of taxpayer dollars once funds are funneled into NGOs led by the county commissioners themselves. Here is today's email sent to the commissioners:
Dear Commissioners,
After learning about Johnny Talbert, many residents are asking: At what point do county policies stop being compassionate intervention and start enabling chronic offenders to remain here indefinitely?
According to Port Angeles Police Department records, Talbert reportedly had approximately 288 law enforcement contacts since 2011, including 14 arrests and multiple felonies. During those same years, the county expanded free services tied to homelessness and harm reduction.
Do you ever consider whether these policies may be attracting or sustaining people with severe criminal, behavioral, or addiction problems without meaningful accountability or treatment expectations?
Are these the same individuals who Shore Pool Boardmembers are referring for free shower vouchers at the public pool after visiting the Harm Reduction Health Center? Is there any screening for violent criminal history, predatory behavior, or repeated arrests before people are integrated into public facilities catering to families and children?
Many residents no longer believe the county is measuring success by recovery or public safety. It increasingly feels like the system only measures how many services are handed out while the underlying problems continue growing.
Jeff thanks for your valuable service. You're genetics must have gifted you with very "hard bark". I just learned that you were excommunicated from your church because of your political activism.
Does Commissioner French's PDC filing show the business revenue he is or was receiving based on his statement about selling his business and getting checks/dividends?
Dr. Sarah that is a fascinating question. I wonder if his business was successful and why he sold it. I wonder why Mr. French entered the political arena.
Regardless: Read between the lines! How was he here in this area for so long without notice!
Here's the PDN article:
Cold case arrest made in Port Angeles
Published 11:35 am Monday, May 25, 2026
By Brian McLean Peninsula Daily News
A police sketch of the suspect released shortly after the June 2008 double homicide at the Sun Drop bottling plant in Concord, N.C.
PORT ANGELES — A man wanted for nearly two decades for a double homicide and robbery with a dangerous weapon in North Carolina has been arrested in Port Angeles on an extraditable warrant.
Johnny Steven Talbert, 43, was arrested Thursday by the Port Angeles Police Department and made his first appearance in Clallam County Superior Court on Friday. He was being held without bail in the Clallam County Jail on Monday.
Judge Elizabeth Stanley signed an order to hold Talbert for 30 days. A status hearing was set for 9 a.m. June 12.
Talbert is the prime suspect in the June 13, 2008, murders of Donna Barnhardt, 59, and Darrell Noles, 44, according to court records. The shootings occurred during a robbery at the Sun Drop bottling plant in Concord, N.C., about 25 miles north of Charlotte.
Barnhardt was the office manager and had worked for the company for 18 years, and Noles was a leader of his church choir who had been recently laid off from a cable company and was applying for a job at the plant, according to published reports.
Investigators believe the shooter spent just a few minutes inside the plant, stole cash from the office, threw it in a box and took off running. Several witnesses saw the man, including Noles’ wife, who had been waiting for Darrell in her car in the parking lot, according to published reports.
A police sketch was released shortly after the shootings. A cash reward was offered and then eventually increased to $85,000. In May 2009, the case was featured on an episode of America’s Most Wanted, but no arrests had been made.
A warrant for Talbert’s arrest was issued Thursday in Cabarrus County, N.C., on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon. Talbert was arrested the same day in Port Angeles as a fugitive from justice from another state.
The warrant states $9,905.42 was taken from the bottling plant during the crime.
The Port Angeles Police Department was contacted on Dec. 19, 2025, by the Concord Police Department, which was investigating the cold case, according to court records.
Det. Sgt. Joshua Powless of the Port Angeles Police Department wrote in a report that Concord Police Det. Jason Higgins asked him in December if he was familiar with Talbert. Powless said he was familiar with him, both through his own patrol contacts and that Talbert is frequently contacted by PAPD.
“Talbert had been contacted by police shortly after the crimes but fled North Carolina shortly thereafter,” Powless wrote in his report. “I checked local police records, which indicated Talbert was first contacted by Port Angeles Police in November of 2011.”
Higgins and other investigators arrived in Port Angeles on May 18. After the arrest warrant was issued on Thursday, Talbert was located in the 2300 block of West 18th Street and taken into custody without incident, according to court documents.
Powless said he identified Talbert in multiple ways, including a Washington state identification card as well as a North Carolina identification card, in addition to a photograph Higgins supplied from Talbert’s North Carolina identification card. Talbert’s name, date of birth and physical description matched information provided on the warrant.
“It should be noted that, to end up in Port Angeles, Talbert has traveled at least 2,900 miles away from the jurisdiction in which the accused crimes occurred,” Powless wrote in his report. “Port Angeles is nearly the farthest away he could get within the continental United States. For this reason, I find it highly likely that, given the chance to flee, Talbert would do so to avoid prosecution.”
It's clear enough, to be fair: Detective Higgins from Concord, NC must have gotten a tip about Talbert down there and followed up with the PAPD last December. (The only obvious way it could have happened.) Our local police NEVER looked into this guy's background in ALL of those years! The article is telling enough. However, I DO like all of the additional information provided by Jeff. Between the two articles, it's easy to paint a picture, not a very good one for our local authorities, of what is going on here.
Michael J Williams it almost seem intentional however I don't understand the ultimate goal. If I wished to build a larger, stronger government agency I would allow crime to dominate a region and run on an "anti-crime" political position. Once elected I would receive the advantage of an incumbent unless I robbed bank. Though upon reflection bank robbers probably inflict less harm on our civilization than a few politicians.
‘The mayor will welcome them’: LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says Seattle’s policies will attract LA’s homeless population
In an interview with ABC, the former reality TV star said most people living on LA’s streets are battling addiction, not homelessness. If the city stops funding what he described as a “broken nonprofit system” intended to aid those experiencing homelessness, many will leave for cities with more permissive policies — like Seattle.
“They’re not homeless, they’re drug addicts,” Pratt said in the interview. “THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BUSED IN BY SCAM REHABS, SCAM NGO’S, SCAM HOMELESS NONPROFITS. THEY’RE ALL GOING TO SEATTLE, WHERE THE MAYOR WILL WELCOME THEM.”
During his campaign, Pratt has argued that LA’s homeless problem is not due to spending too little to address it, but due to spending too much on waste and “doing the wrong things.”
“FOR YEARS, THE HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX HAS PRIORITIZED PROCESS OVER OUTCOMES, WAREHOUSING OVER TREATMENT, AND PRESS RELEASES OVER RESULTS,”Pratt’s campaign stated. “SPENCER WILL DISMANTLE THAT SYSTEM AND REPLACE IT WITH A TREATMENT-LED RECOVERY MODEL THAT ADDRESSES MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION AS THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
I saw his 9 minute post and he is on fire! It's as simple as he stated: Once one organization gets a troubled person's social Security number, it is passed on to the next one, then the next one, etc., and this person gets endless services all supposedly to help him. The same happens with everyone with a landline or cell phone. Once AI has your number or address, the ads never stop.
Clallam Democrats LOVE Murderers, Rapists , Pedophiles and Thieves. Our county leaders seem to HATE their residents! These demorats in power in Clallam spit in the face of all county tax payers every day while hordes of demons walk the streets. I sure hope that the history books accurately show current county's leaders failures in the 21st century. To the average democrat, up is down, right is wrong, good is bad. The left hates Clallam county how obvious can it be. Was this dude hanging out at the memorial that had to be cleaned up for the upper echelon law enforcement photo shoot? These murder are the ones that Clallam democrat no kings voter types will be rioting for this summer? Well, this just proves we're right, democrats are the criminal party.
Free food. Free transportation. Free medical care. Free paraphernalia. Housing prioritization. Outreach teams. Safe parking programs. Hygiene vouchers. Permanent supportive housing. And above all, we have clueless leaders headin inept agencies created to "help."
About the segment with Mr. French defending recompete. Sure, I have no doubt that Clallam County won the grant because their application showed good ideas for using the money. However, if Clallam County wasn’t economically depressed, would they have even applied? That’s the issue.
If what is posted on a LinkedIn account doesn’t matter, does that mean they would hire people promoting pro-Trump ideas, or anti-tribe ideas? Only two people applied for the position, but I question if the two people who applied had promoted ideologies different than democrat party ideologies which are strong in Clallam County government, would the hiring body have settled for that or worked to find someone else who aligns with their beliefs?
The fact is there is no getting through to a narcissist, and that’s what Mr. French is.
In my research on narcissist public officials, this tidbit came up which reminded me of what was played in the podcast today:
* Credit Theft and Blame Shifting: They claim sole credit for systemic successes and aggressively scapegoat subordinates, opponents, or "the system" for any failures.
These social media snippets are just a highlight reel of some of the incidents involving Talbert. What might not be as obvious is the years of gaslighting of the community concerns. An army of outreach workers are ready to jump in the comments and downplay public safety issues- just give him a coke and sing to him and it will be fine- that's the way real, valid concerns are downplayed over and over. Deny your instincts that erratic behavior left to fester on the street and given easy access to narcotics is dangerous. The system is very broken and in need of complete overhaul.
"When Peninsula Behavioral Health’s new luxury permanent supportive housing complex opens, officials have already stated that individuals with frequent incarceration histories will be prioritized for placement."
And addiction is no barrier either, I understand. One doesn't have to be in rehab or treatment. How many times will the PAPD be responding to calls in and around the facility? How long before one of the residents burns the place down? Where does PBH get the money to build this? Please don't tell me that the Commissioners gave taxpayer money to an NGO that passed it through to PBH.
$350,000.00 EACH! There are 16 of them I recall! Luxury apartments….they have dishwashers, upgraded air conditioners, extra insulation, water & mountain views, dog washes, no requirements, no drug checks, no oversite all according to Sisk (PBH) & French (CC Commissioner) Yet when Allison Berry was at Jamestown, if you didn’t do the proper blood tests on time Berry would withhold necessary & required medications. Today I watched a show called Tiny Home where people, not druggies buy tiny homes to live in. Some of the homes are 200sqft and cost $35,000. They have a kitchen, bathroom, living room & bedroom. Some have water collection & some have compostable toilets. Did taxpayers of Clallam County get ripped off or what? $350,000.00 units for WHO exactly? How many more Talbert’s are out there wondering around? Get rid of one Talbert & be replaced by 5 others. Might as well flush our tax dollars down the drain because our money isn’t fixing anything as long as we have elected officials who can’t say “Nay”.
Yes. I did listen and that was a jaw dropping moment. No one even spoke after you finished your testimony, you said “Harm Reduction is Death!” And the whole room fell silent. Your testimony set the mood for the following testimonies, and all together it was a very solemn and impactful meeting. Sorry for your losses. Thanks for sharing your testimony.
Just looking at Talbert and all of those contacts, leaving out the murders, this is how our system works. The one that our Commissioners said would be fixed in 10 years, 16 years ago.
Absolutely broken, and our Commissioners continue on as if it all works because their experts in the system they support tell them it is.
Why would we continue with it as is without changing it?
Left hand, right hand, too many hands. The system is an octopus of hands, but the octopus is smarter because it can coordinate all of its hands for a common goal. Our system is unable to coordinate. Each hand seems to operate independently. As PW noted two days ago about Houston having made a dent in the homeless population, one of the major reasons was integration of NGO's and the government and their data. How well are the NGO's here operating in this concept?
We cannot afford more of the same, and more importantly the people we believe we're agreeing to use our tax dollars for to help are clearly not getting what we were told we'd get in exchange for agreeing to share our money.
This is at a minimum extreme ineptness, at worse fraud.
He does not and never did belong in any out-patient model.
I don't care how much a year it costs to house an individual like that but its got to be less than the millions we pay for the PBH serving "neighbors" like this in the outdoor asylum called Port Angeles..
Jeff, your statement in the podcast about why people, like Canadians, don't come here for visiting or participating in our events was very accurate. SAFETY. Comm. Johnson's failure to discuss the lack of safety and disturbing eyesores tells me he is in deep denial. PA is his district yet he blames everyone else but himself for the filth he sees and stands in. Tourists are subjected to mobs who greet them with signs about how much they hate America. Then add to that open drug use right in front of them, harassment, dilapidated store fronts and structures, bullet holes in street facing doors, broken windows, men with backpacks coming out from behind corners of abandoned business buildings. This isn't downtown LA, this is downtown PA. Compare that to Victoria and they'll say, no thanks, I'll keep and spend my money at home.
The stretch of "hwy 101 scenic highway" on Lincoln street through PA is shameful. The insinuation that residents talking about the reality are to blame is pro level gaslighting.
If that man had been arrested and convicted in 2008 he would already be out of prison and with complete immunity terrorizing the citizens of Port Angeles. BTW has anyone noticed that in certain situations the sketch doesn't match the killer? Is that procedure intentional? Our government hates it's decent citizens. Law enforcement agencies in left-wing regions are frightened to interact with certain individuals because if the suspect over-doses while in custody the officers involved will be sent to prison and across the country cities will burn to the ground. Our largest problem does not involve a king. Our largest problem is crime. We should not be forced to live like this. Misplaced empathy is suicide.
How Felony Murder Works in NCThe Rule: Under North Carolina General Statutes (§ 14-17), any killing committed during the perpetration or attempted perpetration of specific felonies—including robbery, burglary, arson, or kidnapping—is elevated to first-degree murder.Intent is Not Required: The prosecution does not need to prove that you intended to kill the victim. If a death occurs during the theft, you can be charged with first-degree murder simply because you intended to commit the underlying felony.Death Penalty: While North Carolina still technically maintains capital punishment, the application of the death penalty is rare and highly restricted, meaning life without parole is the standard maximum penalty applied to almost all convicted offenders.
Susie Blake. I love all your comments. However, do you remember the crazed governors during Covid? Well, NC had one of those, Roy Cooper, who released 3,500 prisoners because of you know Covid…and over half of those released recommitted crimes including 18 murders. So likely he would have ended up in the streets again. Don’t fully know. Crazy times.
The commissioners did not reply to yesterday's email requesting guidance on how the public should seek accountability of taxpayer dollars once funds are funneled into NGOs led by the county commissioners themselves. Here is today's email sent to the commissioners:
Dear Commissioners,
After learning about Johnny Talbert, many residents are asking: At what point do county policies stop being compassionate intervention and start enabling chronic offenders to remain here indefinitely?
According to Port Angeles Police Department records, Talbert reportedly had approximately 288 law enforcement contacts since 2011, including 14 arrests and multiple felonies. During those same years, the county expanded free services tied to homelessness and harm reduction.
Do you ever consider whether these policies may be attracting or sustaining people with severe criminal, behavioral, or addiction problems without meaningful accountability or treatment expectations?
Are these the same individuals who Shore Pool Boardmembers are referring for free shower vouchers at the public pool after visiting the Harm Reduction Health Center? Is there any screening for violent criminal history, predatory behavior, or repeated arrests before people are integrated into public facilities catering to families and children?
Many residents no longer believe the county is measuring success by recovery or public safety. It increasingly feels like the system only measures how many services are handed out while the underlying problems continue growing.
Jeff thanks for your valuable service. You're genetics must have gifted you with very "hard bark". I just learned that you were excommunicated from your church because of your political activism.
I was, but it all worked out for the best.
Does Commissioner French's PDC filing show the business revenue he is or was receiving based on his statement about selling his business and getting checks/dividends?
Good catch, Dr. Sarah, but I don't see it: https://my.pdc.wa.gov/financial-affairs/public/-#/public/statement/132045
Dr. Sarah that is a fascinating question. I wonder if his business was successful and why he sold it. I wonder why Mr. French entered the political arena.
Thanks, once again for bringing us the news that doesn’t make the news.
Actually, I was looking on ND yesterday. Someone mentioned the incident. I asked where the news tip came from. It was in PDN.
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/2026/05/25/cold-case-arrest-made-in-port-angeles/
notably they left out the info on the high number of previous contacts with PAPD
Regardless: Read between the lines! How was he here in this area for so long without notice!
Here's the PDN article:
Cold case arrest made in Port Angeles
Published 11:35 am Monday, May 25, 2026
By Brian McLean Peninsula Daily News
A police sketch of the suspect released shortly after the June 2008 double homicide at the Sun Drop bottling plant in Concord, N.C.
PORT ANGELES — A man wanted for nearly two decades for a double homicide and robbery with a dangerous weapon in North Carolina has been arrested in Port Angeles on an extraditable warrant.
Johnny Steven Talbert, 43, was arrested Thursday by the Port Angeles Police Department and made his first appearance in Clallam County Superior Court on Friday. He was being held without bail in the Clallam County Jail on Monday.
Judge Elizabeth Stanley signed an order to hold Talbert for 30 days. A status hearing was set for 9 a.m. June 12.
Talbert is the prime suspect in the June 13, 2008, murders of Donna Barnhardt, 59, and Darrell Noles, 44, according to court records. The shootings occurred during a robbery at the Sun Drop bottling plant in Concord, N.C., about 25 miles north of Charlotte.
Barnhardt was the office manager and had worked for the company for 18 years, and Noles was a leader of his church choir who had been recently laid off from a cable company and was applying for a job at the plant, according to published reports.
Investigators believe the shooter spent just a few minutes inside the plant, stole cash from the office, threw it in a box and took off running. Several witnesses saw the man, including Noles’ wife, who had been waiting for Darrell in her car in the parking lot, according to published reports.
A police sketch was released shortly after the shootings. A cash reward was offered and then eventually increased to $85,000. In May 2009, the case was featured on an episode of America’s Most Wanted, but no arrests had been made.
A warrant for Talbert’s arrest was issued Thursday in Cabarrus County, N.C., on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon. Talbert was arrested the same day in Port Angeles as a fugitive from justice from another state.
The warrant states $9,905.42 was taken from the bottling plant during the crime.
The Port Angeles Police Department was contacted on Dec. 19, 2025, by the Concord Police Department, which was investigating the cold case, according to court records.
Det. Sgt. Joshua Powless of the Port Angeles Police Department wrote in a report that Concord Police Det. Jason Higgins asked him in December if he was familiar with Talbert. Powless said he was familiar with him, both through his own patrol contacts and that Talbert is frequently contacted by PAPD.
“Talbert had been contacted by police shortly after the crimes but fled North Carolina shortly thereafter,” Powless wrote in his report. “I checked local police records, which indicated Talbert was first contacted by Port Angeles Police in November of 2011.”
Higgins and other investigators arrived in Port Angeles on May 18. After the arrest warrant was issued on Thursday, Talbert was located in the 2300 block of West 18th Street and taken into custody without incident, according to court documents.
Powless said he identified Talbert in multiple ways, including a Washington state identification card as well as a North Carolina identification card, in addition to a photograph Higgins supplied from Talbert’s North Carolina identification card. Talbert’s name, date of birth and physical description matched information provided on the warrant.
“It should be noted that, to end up in Port Angeles, Talbert has traveled at least 2,900 miles away from the jurisdiction in which the accused crimes occurred,” Powless wrote in his report. “Port Angeles is nearly the farthest away he could get within the continental United States. For this reason, I find it highly likely that, given the chance to flee, Talbert would do so to avoid prosecution.”
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Editor Brian McLean can be reached by email at brian.mclean@peninsuladailynews.com
It's clear enough, to be fair: Detective Higgins from Concord, NC must have gotten a tip about Talbert down there and followed up with the PAPD last December. (The only obvious way it could have happened.) Our local police NEVER looked into this guy's background in ALL of those years! The article is telling enough. However, I DO like all of the additional information provided by Jeff. Between the two articles, it's easy to paint a picture, not a very good one for our local authorities, of what is going on here.
Susie Blake, when did I join a circus? Many years ago PAPD protected the public.
I believe that the individual in custody only killed two individuals for $20K. When did he retire from such a lucrative business model?
Again you are right Jeff, there's a revolving door for the mentality unstable individuals in this county.
Michael J Williams it almost seem intentional however I don't understand the ultimate goal. If I wished to build a larger, stronger government agency I would allow crime to dominate a region and run on an "anti-crime" political position. Once elected I would receive the advantage of an incumbent unless I robbed bank. Though upon reflection bank robbers probably inflict less harm on our civilization than a few politicians.
KING CO (Mayor) VS CLALLAM CO (Commissioner) CANDIDATES
The article below is all to real and directly relevant to Clallam County.
VOTE JAKE SEEGERS FOR COMMISSIONER! Stop the madness.
https://mynorthwest.com/mynorthwest-politics/homeless-spencer-pratt/4241896
‘The mayor will welcome them’: LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says Seattle’s policies will attract LA’s homeless population
In an interview with ABC, the former reality TV star said most people living on LA’s streets are battling addiction, not homelessness. If the city stops funding what he described as a “broken nonprofit system” intended to aid those experiencing homelessness, many will leave for cities with more permissive policies — like Seattle.
“They’re not homeless, they’re drug addicts,” Pratt said in the interview. “THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BUSED IN BY SCAM REHABS, SCAM NGO’S, SCAM HOMELESS NONPROFITS. THEY’RE ALL GOING TO SEATTLE, WHERE THE MAYOR WILL WELCOME THEM.”
During his campaign, Pratt has argued that LA’s homeless problem is not due to spending too little to address it, but due to spending too much on waste and “doing the wrong things.”
“FOR YEARS, THE HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX HAS PRIORITIZED PROCESS OVER OUTCOMES, WAREHOUSING OVER TREATMENT, AND PRESS RELEASES OVER RESULTS,”Pratt’s campaign stated. “SPENCER WILL DISMANTLE THAT SYSTEM AND REPLACE IT WITH A TREATMENT-LED RECOVERY MODEL THAT ADDRESSES MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION AS THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
I saw his 9 minute post and he is on fire! It's as simple as he stated: Once one organization gets a troubled person's social Security number, it is passed on to the next one, then the next one, etc., and this person gets endless services all supposedly to help him. The same happens with everyone with a landline or cell phone. Once AI has your number or address, the ads never stop.
So they can't speak to one another, just when they want to.
Clallam Democrats LOVE Murderers, Rapists , Pedophiles and Thieves. Our county leaders seem to HATE their residents! These demorats in power in Clallam spit in the face of all county tax payers every day while hordes of demons walk the streets. I sure hope that the history books accurately show current county's leaders failures in the 21st century. To the average democrat, up is down, right is wrong, good is bad. The left hates Clallam county how obvious can it be. Was this dude hanging out at the memorial that had to be cleaned up for the upper echelon law enforcement photo shoot? These murder are the ones that Clallam democrat no kings voter types will be rioting for this summer? Well, this just proves we're right, democrats are the criminal party.
Free food. Free transportation. Free medical care. Free paraphernalia. Housing prioritization. Outreach teams. Safe parking programs. Hygiene vouchers. Permanent supportive housing. And above all, we have clueless leaders headin inept agencies created to "help."
About the segment with Mr. French defending recompete. Sure, I have no doubt that Clallam County won the grant because their application showed good ideas for using the money. However, if Clallam County wasn’t economically depressed, would they have even applied? That’s the issue.
If what is posted on a LinkedIn account doesn’t matter, does that mean they would hire people promoting pro-Trump ideas, or anti-tribe ideas? Only two people applied for the position, but I question if the two people who applied had promoted ideologies different than democrat party ideologies which are strong in Clallam County government, would the hiring body have settled for that or worked to find someone else who aligns with their beliefs?
The fact is there is no getting through to a narcissist, and that’s what Mr. French is.
In my research on narcissist public officials, this tidbit came up which reminded me of what was played in the podcast today:
* Credit Theft and Blame Shifting: They claim sole credit for systemic successes and aggressively scapegoat subordinates, opponents, or "the system" for any failures.
You nailed it.
These social media snippets are just a highlight reel of some of the incidents involving Talbert. What might not be as obvious is the years of gaslighting of the community concerns. An army of outreach workers are ready to jump in the comments and downplay public safety issues- just give him a coke and sing to him and it will be fine- that's the way real, valid concerns are downplayed over and over. Deny your instincts that erratic behavior left to fester on the street and given easy access to narcotics is dangerous. The system is very broken and in need of complete overhaul.
"When Peninsula Behavioral Health’s new luxury permanent supportive housing complex opens, officials have already stated that individuals with frequent incarceration histories will be prioritized for placement."
And addiction is no barrier either, I understand. One doesn't have to be in rehab or treatment. How many times will the PAPD be responding to calls in and around the facility? How long before one of the residents burns the place down? Where does PBH get the money to build this? Please don't tell me that the Commissioners gave taxpayer money to an NGO that passed it through to PBH.
The commissioners gave $4 million of your money directly to PBH for this single project.
Oh, jeez. Help me, my eyes have rolled so far back into my head that I can’t see.
$350,000.00 EACH! There are 16 of them I recall! Luxury apartments….they have dishwashers, upgraded air conditioners, extra insulation, water & mountain views, dog washes, no requirements, no drug checks, no oversite all according to Sisk (PBH) & French (CC Commissioner) Yet when Allison Berry was at Jamestown, if you didn’t do the proper blood tests on time Berry would withhold necessary & required medications. Today I watched a show called Tiny Home where people, not druggies buy tiny homes to live in. Some of the homes are 200sqft and cost $35,000. They have a kitchen, bathroom, living room & bedroom. Some have water collection & some have compostable toilets. Did taxpayers of Clallam County get ripped off or what? $350,000.00 units for WHO exactly? How many more Talbert’s are out there wondering around? Get rid of one Talbert & be replaced by 5 others. Might as well flush our tax dollars down the drain because our money isn’t fixing anything as long as we have elected officials who can’t say “Nay”.
There's a "neighbor" on the road His brain is squirmin' like a toad.....
"take a long holiday..." that's what we are going to do...leave. It's just too much bulls**t.
Then they win...9 little Greeblies living in our state a colonizer's taxed then there were 8.
10 little Greeblies clinging to our vine, one said goodbye then there were 9..
Good morning Doggers,
Johnny Talbert the sum of their efforts if compassion!
Get real some day commissioners...
Sarah. Kincaid you gave one of the strongest comments against Harm reduction I've heard.I hope the Bozo's felt it...who knows.
Thank you all and have a great day!
Sarah was great.
Thank you. It wasn't easy, but we all have a story and we need to tell it.
Was your story about your brother?
It was my cousin, we were very close.
Yes. I did listen and that was a jaw dropping moment. No one even spoke after you finished your testimony, you said “Harm Reduction is Death!” And the whole room fell silent. Your testimony set the mood for the following testimonies, and all together it was a very solemn and impactful meeting. Sorry for your losses. Thanks for sharing your testimony.
When Sarah speaks, everyone listens.
Just looking at Talbert and all of those contacts, leaving out the murders, this is how our system works. The one that our Commissioners said would be fixed in 10 years, 16 years ago.
Absolutely broken, and our Commissioners continue on as if it all works because their experts in the system they support tell them it is.
Why would we continue with it as is without changing it?
Left hand, right hand, too many hands. The system is an octopus of hands, but the octopus is smarter because it can coordinate all of its hands for a common goal. Our system is unable to coordinate. Each hand seems to operate independently. As PW noted two days ago about Houston having made a dent in the homeless population, one of the major reasons was integration of NGO's and the government and their data. How well are the NGO's here operating in this concept?
We cannot afford more of the same, and more importantly the people we believe we're agreeing to use our tax dollars for to help are clearly not getting what we were told we'd get in exchange for agreeing to share our money.
This is at a minimum extreme ineptness, at worse fraud.
We need a Wedge to initiate change.
Vote for Jake Seegers.
HEAR HEAR
He is not our "neighbor."
He does not and never did belong in any out-patient model.
I don't care how much a year it costs to house an individual like that but its got to be less than the millions we pay for the PBH serving "neighbors" like this in the outdoor asylum called Port Angeles..
Jeff, your statement in the podcast about why people, like Canadians, don't come here for visiting or participating in our events was very accurate. SAFETY. Comm. Johnson's failure to discuss the lack of safety and disturbing eyesores tells me he is in deep denial. PA is his district yet he blames everyone else but himself for the filth he sees and stands in. Tourists are subjected to mobs who greet them with signs about how much they hate America. Then add to that open drug use right in front of them, harassment, dilapidated store fronts and structures, bullet holes in street facing doors, broken windows, men with backpacks coming out from behind corners of abandoned business buildings. This isn't downtown LA, this is downtown PA. Compare that to Victoria and they'll say, no thanks, I'll keep and spend my money at home.
The stretch of "hwy 101 scenic highway" on Lincoln street through PA is shameful. The insinuation that residents talking about the reality are to blame is pro level gaslighting.
If that man had been arrested and convicted in 2008 he would already be out of prison and with complete immunity terrorizing the citizens of Port Angeles. BTW has anyone noticed that in certain situations the sketch doesn't match the killer? Is that procedure intentional? Our government hates it's decent citizens. Law enforcement agencies in left-wing regions are frightened to interact with certain individuals because if the suspect over-doses while in custody the officers involved will be sent to prison and across the country cities will burn to the ground. Our largest problem does not involve a king. Our largest problem is crime. We should not be forced to live like this. Misplaced empathy is suicide.
"Misplaced empathy" = $$$$$$$$$$$$$ And I should add: Money for Bleeding heart Libs
Maybe in WA, not in NC:
How Felony Murder Works in NCThe Rule: Under North Carolina General Statutes (§ 14-17), any killing committed during the perpetration or attempted perpetration of specific felonies—including robbery, burglary, arson, or kidnapping—is elevated to first-degree murder.Intent is Not Required: The prosecution does not need to prove that you intended to kill the victim. If a death occurs during the theft, you can be charged with first-degree murder simply because you intended to commit the underlying felony.Death Penalty: While North Carolina still technically maintains capital punishment, the application of the death penalty is rare and highly restricted, meaning life without parole is the standard maximum penalty applied to almost all convicted offenders.
Susie Blake. I love all your comments. However, do you remember the crazed governors during Covid? Well, NC had one of those, Roy Cooper, who released 3,500 prisoners because of you know Covid…and over half of those released recommitted crimes including 18 murders. So likely he would have ended up in the streets again. Don’t fully know. Crazy times.
wow crazy, I am surprised NC did that. I knew WA did.Thanks for the info. I