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Jeff Tozzer's avatar

Commissioner Mike French, who serves on the County's Canvassing Board, did not respond to questions about concerns surrounding a planned Democratic Socialists of America outreach event at Tree Park this weekend, where organizers have indicated they intend to print ballots while registering homeless individuals to vote. Questions also addressed concerns that some sample ballots appear to have been altered in ways that could misidentify candidates.

Here is today's email sent to the League of Women Voters (info@lwvcla.org), Indivisible Sequim (info@indivisiblesequim.org), and Indivisible Port Angeles (info@indivisibleportangeles.com).

Dear League of Women Voters and Indivisible,

Your organizations have stated a commitment to defending democracy and ensuring voters have the information they need to make informed decisions.

I am not suggesting that the League of Women Voters participated in Indivisible's recent candidate questionnaire. I am including the League because it has publicly supported, promoted, amplified, and lent credibility to Indivisible and its activities in our community.

My question is this: How is democracy strengthened when voters are discouraged from accessing information about candidates or issues simply because of the source? If the goal is an informed electorate, shouldn't voters be encouraged to consider a broad range of information and decide for themselves what is credible?

How does suppressing or discouraging access to information align with your organizations' stated mission of defending democracy?

I appreciate your response.

Karlark's avatar

Hello, my name is Karla Rogers, and I am co-leader of Indivisible Sequim's Election Task Force. We received Jeff's email about the missing link to Jake Seegers' response to the aforementioned questionnaire on our 2026 Midterm Elections website page. We apologize to Mr. Seegers for this mistake. It was always out intention to include Jake Seegers' response on that page and we have corrected this. The website page that Jeff and others accessed was a working draft that should have been hidden until we completed corrections and proofed it.

If you check the "Resources" page of Indivisible Sequim's website, you will see that in the past two newsletters, we have included links leading to Mr. Seegers' questionnaire. We also include a link to our 130+ page Candidate Research document. Mr. Seegers' questionnaire is included there--along with all the candidates to whom we sent questionnaires--and has been since Thursday, July 16.

Again, on behalf of the Election Task Force, my apologies to Mr. Seegers. We appreciated that he took the time to respond to the questionnaire and hope he accepts our apology and our immediate action to correct this mistake.

Clallamity Jen's avatar

Are you going to apologize for all the misinformation the resources page continues to spread about Jake? https://www.indivisiblesequim.org/2026election

He did not give a sermon; he was asked to address the congregation. Speaking in church does not automatically make it a sermon. When Indivisible Sequim speaks at St. Luke’s, is that a sermon too?

As well, has anyone in Indivisible Sequim listened to Jake’s interview with Will: https://www.ccwatchdog.com/p/jake-seegers-faces-rumors-head-on or is Indivisible Sequim not interested in what Jake has to say because your minds are already made up?

In the interview, Jake explains that the PDC has told him he does not have to disclose his association with his grandfather’s foundation which is based in Texas; he only has to disclose his associations to Washington State entities. As well, he does not own Reve LLC; that is his father’s trust; Jake is a trustee.

How much does Indivisible Sequim expect Jake to disclose when the PDC doesn’t require it? Is Indivisible Sequim expecting more from Mike French than the PDC requires of him?

On the Seegers Foundation, that is Jake’s grandfather’s foundation of which Jake has very little say in the incredible donations the foundation makes. You are condemning Jake for decisions he never made in his role as a trustee. Again, listen to his interview with Will to learn the truth behind the misinformation your group is spreading.

While the Foundation did give to 4PA, what you left out of your article is how much time Jake spends volunteering with 4PA to improve this community. I notice you made sure to include Mike French’s community involvement, and yet you completely ignored Jake’s selfless contributions he makes both in time and money.

As well, where is any information about Mike French’s position as a board member to the William Shore Memorial Pool District where he had oversight, along with his campaign manager, during a time alleged fraud occurred, which is currently under investigation by the state? Please point that out.

Also, where is any information about Mike French’s wife, their incomes, their real estate, and their charitable donations? Is it only relevant when it involves Jake?

Something else that caught my eye; why does it say that the district 3 commissioner race is “Not on the primary ballot, but will be on the midterm ballot.” It is on the ballot for district 3. It is not on all ballots in the county, just district 3. Why is this statement made when it is incorrect and misleading?

What professional training has anyone involved with Indivisible Sequim received to make them qualified to put out this kind of information that’s on the resources page? Indivisible supports democrats, period, so why bother trying to promote both sides fairly when Indivisible is 100% bias?

This blatant smear campaign tells me that Indivisible has nothing to stand on but misinformation, lies, and omissions.

And of course the republican party will put Jake’s sign in the window. They’re not going to support the democrat. LOL.

MK's avatar
Jul 23Edited

What Indivisible demonstrated is actually of immense value to the everyday voters who feel unheard by party "politics."

These voters are tired of the ridiculous lopsided control over just about every issue and feel hopelessness that an elected official will actually represent their everyday lived experiences.

If it was me I would have never entertained responding to those clowns given their leadership structure by the same people who hijacked the Charter Review Commission. Absolute control freaks.

Along comes Jake with just about his most effective campaign capital. He's here to represent everyone, not just a small segment of the the entire Clallam County population. By trying to represent the everyday citizens he's taken advantage of but is willing to take the abuse.

Jake is the Wedge this county needs to bring balance back for the everyday hard working citizen. I'm voting for Jake Seegers, and I approve of this message.

John Worthington's avatar

They are just a mob in power trying to keep power.

Geoff Fox's avatar

What I fear is that the mob in power through their network of getting grants , little tax measures through the County et cetera, well $s/jobs provided translate to votes to keep the mob in power?

veronica's avatar

Little tax measures that add up to a whole lot, money for family and cronies. Typical measures to keep power, yep!!

Geoff Fox's avatar

Lou Tice, motivational speaker, worked with the University of Washington and Don James and the Husky football team. One of Lou's key thoughts: Can you visualize: Where you see yourself in 5, 10, 15 years! With the current direction of Clallam County where do you see this county in 5, 10, 15 years? Will it be a county you want to live in?

John Worthington's avatar

As long as my check is in the mail they will bury me in Clallam County.

Steve O.'s avatar

I chose cremation over burial because the caskets don't offer internet. Underground Wi Fi would probably fail also. I am too old to leave Clallam County ( especially with all of the free entertainment on street corners ). I read about the temperatures in the southern part of our country and I shudder. I want my ashes thrown in somebody's face.

Steve O.'s avatar

Geoff Fox regarding your fear my mood is dark. We can only hope that the harridans wearing the silly red costumes will stop voting once they arrive at the assisted living facility.

Steve O.'s avatar

John Worthington I think that power rules both the animal and human kingdoms. The noble ethics are worthless without power.

TLL's avatar

Common sence too! It was kinda creepy reading indivisibles Goals and Objectives it was all about who they are and represent. Look in the mirror!

Robert's avatar

Reminds me of the old joke that ends, “You knew I was a snake when you picked me up.” Both IS and LWV need to be removed from any and all official actions related to elections, don’t they?

Steve O.'s avatar

Robert, the song based upon the old joke creeped me out. We see compassion in the beginning but it often leads to treachery. During my entire life I have watched the result of misplaced and I believe pathological compassion. That is especially true when offering nourishment and medical attention to a frozen rattlesnake.

Jennifer's avatar

Clearly we have two very different approaches to solving Clallam Counties ‘Pink Elephants’.

The MILQUETOAST APPROACH: Give feeble, insipid or bland answers.

The CALM AND ASSERTIVE APPROACH: Hit the problems head on with vigorous solutions.

Do we really want someone who is a milquetoast halfhearted candidate? OR;

Do we really want someone who has sound solutions and inspires confidence?

Michael Heath's avatar

Great comment, Patriot Jennifer~!

Sincerely, Mike

Steve O.'s avatar

Your second sentence perfectly summarizes our situation with government officials. I can promise you that feeble, insipid and bland answers plus buzz words control popular parlance. I am sick of internet slang.

Denise Lapio's avatar

I give a standing ovation to Jake Seegers. He's smart. He knew his words would be manipulated to fit IS's narrative, yet he still participated and engaged in a civic manner, as he wants to reach out to everyone in CC. He did his part. IS proved it cannot be trusted to abide by its own standards. It's in multi-color type and out in the universe forever. Another source for proving selective preference by the usual people is last Tuesday's Board of Health meeting. During the Public Comment period Jake was told one thing while the Board continued in another contradiction. You have to watch until the end to see it all. Jake held his own and so did his campaign manager. Good job! Thank you Jeff for anotherday of doing the hard work to get this out to the public.

Susie Blake's avatar

I listened to that on my lunch break yesterday. Mike was seething in his attempt to control the narrative and maintain the status quo. The absolute deference to Berry at all costs is alarming.

Denise Lapio's avatar

At that moment I thought he was going to lay his body in front of Berry to protect her. Berry is perfectly able to handle things on her own. And then to single out the District 5 Fire Chief and address him directly to answer his comment after telling Jake the Board doesn't individually address gallery members just proved it all.

Susie Blake's avatar

yep. Personally I take issue with District 5 trying to imply things are better in the county because of harm reduction. Maybe his remote district fares better but it's a world away from what happens in my neighborhood and right outside the courthouse windows. Seemed like he was invited there to bolster the pro HR model.

Denise Lapio's avatar

I agree. He also wants to be on the BoH. So maybe it was just flattery.

CAS's avatar

Jeff, your clip and comment about Mr. Hodgson and his complete support of the CCA, and then he talks about affordability, but supports projects that increase costs for all of us. This got me to thinking…..a bit off your article today, but here it is.

Highlighting a structural problem that has emerged in Washington’s Climate Commitment Act and in the broader homeless response system, both of which affect us here on the peninsula.

Although these two policy arenas address very different issues, they now share a troubling similarity: both began with the promise of measurable, results driven solutions, yet each has evolved into a large, expensive bureaucracy where accountability is diffuse, transparency is limited, and the flow of money has become easier to track than the outcomes it was supposed to produce.

The Climate Commitment Act was presented as a market based strategy to reduce emissions and invest in statewide resilience. Instead, it has grown into a multi agency administrative system where billions of dollars move through layers of accounts, grant programs, and contractors. The recent consolidation of CCA accounts may simplify internal management, but it also reduces visibility into how funds are used and whether they produce quantifiable reductions in emissions. When dozens of agencies administer climate dollars without uniform performance metrics, the public cannot determine whether the investments are solving the problem or simply sustaining the administrative structure built around it.

The homeless response system has followed a similar trajectory. Washington spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on homelessness, yet unsheltered homelessness continues to rise. The network of nonprofit contractors, overlapping agencies, and fragmented data systems has created an environment where funding is guaranteed but results are optional. In some cases, audits have revealed missing funds, inconsistent reporting, and programs that continue to receive money despite failing to demonstrate meaningful outcomes. The system has become so large and so dependent on continuous funding that it now functions more as a management apparatus than a solution to homelessness.

The common thread between these two systems is the emergence of what can fairly be described as publicly funded ecosystems that reward activity rather than results. When accountability is weak, when reporting is inconsistent, and when agencies and contractors become financially dependent on the continuation of the crisis, the public loses confidence and the intended beneficiaries—whether residents suffering from pollution or individuals trapped in homelessness—pay the price.

We need to restore outcome based governance. That means transparent reporting, independent oversight, unified data systems, and funding structures that reward measurable results rather than administrative expansion. The public deserves assurance that these programs are solving problems, not perpetuating them. Remember this when you vote!

Jeff Tozzer's avatar

Bingo! Hodgson thinks more taxes and government are the answer to everything.

TLL's avatar

it also seems DITTO for our 3 current Comms.

Steve O.'s avatar

Keynesian economics classes all taught students that lesson. Jeff Tozzer, I wish that increasing the size of government could solve all problems but it only seems to create dependence. Yet the opposite extreme also creates problems yet one system always triumphs over the academic models.

Eve So's avatar

Yes! Exactly why so many of us voted against the long term care tax. It’s.5% of every salary (x infinite administrative costs) for up to a $35,000 benefit per resident. A simple savings account created for every resident with that money would have cost almost nothing to set up and could have much more meaningful results. But it would create no salaries, so…

MK's avatar

The nitwit money laundering agency known as the Washington State Department of Commerce is hilding a webinar on 7/27 for a climate action planning webinar. More lies.

"The 90-minute meeting will cover Washington's Comprehensive Climate

Action Plan (CCAP), the climate and modeling results in the CCAP and the next steps for planning and implementation.

The goal of the CCAP is to create an actionable, equitable and comprehensive plan to reach net-zero greenhouse gas

emissions by 2050."

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19FW7sVVzF/

Glen Parker's avatar

Good morning Jeff and Doggers,

I would expect less from a group filled with the likes of Jim Stoffer and Mark O.

They lack integrity and can't measure up to the likes of Jake Seegers.

What can they do but lie and try their best to steal elections. Anything is okay as long as they can keep in power and our money flowing to the absolute corrupt.

I'll side with the light every time...thank you!

I wish

Diane L. Gruber's avatar

Apparently Jake Seegers is white and his opponent is "BIPOC" and/or a lunatic Leftist. You cannot expect a violence-promoting, Soros-funded organization to be "fair." They are only interested in destroying our nation and our society, and turning us into a Third World cesspool. I am on their email list. BTW, in Pacific County, WA they receive tax money, as well.

Jeff Tozzer's avatar

They receive tax dollars? Wow, you have just out-crazied Clallam County!

jedjennings50's avatar

Be careful don’t give them any ideas

Michael Heath's avatar

Great comment, Patriot Diane L. Gruber~!

Yes, it is wise to learn the ways of one's enemies, and that you have done well!

Sincerely, Mike

Diane L. Gruber's avatar

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Michael Heath's avatar

Good evening, Patriot Diane L. Gruber~!

I will keep an eye out for your information as I stumble around doing my usual research ;-) Long story short, I have actually been a dedicated American Constitutionalist for about 60 years now, so I am one of the last surviving "old geezers" who has been seriously dedicated to this oldest of wars all my life. I do have some government issued "wallpaper", somewhere, but I have also been right on the front lines of this old war in the civilian arena ever since I declined the congressional appointment to Annapolis that I worked SO hard for as a young child for about 10 years... Both of my parents were in "need-to-know" professions that gave me an insight into what was really going on in America and by extension the world, at a VERY young age. Not being a particularly bright child, I realized that I had to pick up my game if I was going to figure this global mess out and try to do something about it... Ha! What a ride~! Are you aware of "The Re-Inhabit the Republic" American movement to terminate the "corporate US" government and to return America and Americans to the original Constitutional common-law American Republic (pre-Organic Act of 1871)-? Anyway, I am just a humble analyst, but my personal success record of accuracy has been quite good. Ha! The honest truth is that I don't miss much, but I never stop learning. My long-suffering wife is pretty bright as well and a real hero who took a beating for trying to save her patients while working in the Medical Industrial Complex during the COVID democide. She has her brilliant moments, except for her choice of men~! Ha! Anyway, have a mellow evening and keep the faith! Things are actually going FAR better that the criminally corrupt media would have folks believe, but things are not going so great for them and their masters ;-) Sincerely, Mike

Edward Burch's avatar

League of Woman Voters,

stay away from me.

Indivisible bullies, let the voters see!

Seegers gave his answers wise,

Then they twist them into lies.

Thoughtful words they can't ignore,

Revealing what they won't endure!

Indivisible Leaguers stray away from free.

Very visible voters vote for liberty!

MK's avatar

👏👏👏👏

Edward Burch's avatar

Many Boomers recognize that these words are to the tune of American Woman, by The Guess Who.

To those who haven't heard it, search it on YouTube and you'll hear how it paces with.

MK's avatar

Unmistakable

Donna Huswick's avatar

"They're " running scared. Now they must resort to outright lies. Keep up the good work!

Glen Parker's avatar

I didn't have a chance to edit ...stupid fingers....

Nothing less from a group filled with manure!

I thank all Doggers and wish you a great day.

Kristin's avatar

while attacking Seegers — and never posted his responses. --- Proving again they are scared to death of it.

John Worthington's avatar

Ron Richards.

Doesn't it feel odd to be in a zoom meeting where only your picture or the people in power's picture is on the screen.

Just curious?

How is it that I can see your face but you cannot see mine. Does your face, Bill Benedict's face, Paul Pickett's face, or Rod Fleck's face matter more than mine? Are you guys special?

What are you guys afraid of seeing????

How is your background screen safe to see but mine is not.

Was the BLM propaganda show we saw to justify the closure of background screens just lke the local theatre production.

How did your face appear at the Sequim city council meeting while mine did not. Did you even notice they blocked your background screen after you testified against the tribe.

What kind of democracy is that Ron Richards?

I am voting for Jake, for other reasons but, I think we will definitely fight for our background screens to be turned back on , along with the restoration of their thumbs down and thumbs up emoji.

Ron Richards's avatar

John, I wasn't aware of the background screen issue. It sounds like a part of what you say was someone's decision to show only the background screens of the CRC members.

John Worthington's avatar

And the people in power..

Ron, while I have you on the line, what kind of threat is a pizza emoji to Democracy.

Ron Richards's avatar

I'm not sure. I think it was out of fear of a pornographic intrusion that occurred at another county meeting. Although I'm not sure that justified the limitation, especially considering the actions of a couple of CRC members . . .

John Worthington's avatar

Ozias and French's decision. Ozais was embarrassed by NODC claims that were proven to be untrue and I think French backed his play. The pizza emoji during harm reduction discussions about the money spent on free pizza was just too much for their Democracy to bear.

John Worthington's avatar

Or fear of illustrated opposition...

jedjennings50's avatar

If Frencie is so forthright and great why doesn’t he do a CCWD interview or answer ?s from our side. He would probably be speechless from first ? on.IS should change their name to

Divisible Sequim it would be more accurate. The people are so misleading to their printed goals that i find it right next to the conic pages.

Ken's avatar

Rush was right on this one, again. Google AI

Rush Limbaugh maintained a deep lifelong skepticism toward mainstream media, viewing it as an inherently biased apparatus designed to shield liberal politicians and suppress conservative viewpoints. Rather than acting as a neutral reporter, he positioned himself as the antidote to what he called the "liberal media hegemony," establishing a model of counter-media that permanently altered American political discourse.

John Worthington's avatar

League of Women are in on the Dungeness takings.

They lead the DRMT hound's in barking "low" "low""low""low""low""low""low""low"

Their sign is the first thing you see coming off the Dungeness Center railroad bridge.

Right by their "good stagnant water" and "good methane " display.

The water rights are "old""old""old""old""old""old""old"

Indivisible means a progressive mob that wants to achieve a communist agenda by any means necessary. From the x on a floor to a knock on your door.