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Rita Lilita's avatar

A few years ago I attempted to contact the Streamkeepers to get some information regarding Tumwater and Ennis creeks, hoping to learn the coliform load due to illegal encampments along creeks in Port Angeles.

I learned that there'd been no volunteers gathering stream data for a number of years yet the commissioners kept funding the activity per their budget records. When I contacted my commissioner about money spent for something that didn't exist I was told the program was being reconstituted and a coordinator was being sought.

Money for nothing and kicks for free.

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No One Important's avatar

That is a helluva scandal, if they've been misappropriating money for something that doesn't exist. USAID2?

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m b's avatar

When CO Health reports an area closed for shellfishing, it is quite often because no one is taking the test in that area

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Robert James's avatar

Who knew what a toxic lead-mine of information was waiting to be uncovered?

I always 'felt' it but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

Here we are with the inevitable (according to founding Fathers) abusive tyrannical gov't they warned us about.

Property values are going to plunge in CC due to biased over-regulation and gov't abuse.

That might wake a few up...too late.

The immoral combination of corporations and state...(private/gov't)or (public/private) partnerships and the inevitable abuses is the exact thing we call FASCISM...on the 'face' of it, it seems to make sense and be a good deal for all...but it's not going to be a good deal for all.

It's going to lead to disaster and possibly civil unrest.

Buckle up..turbulence ahead.😱

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Jennifer's avatar

Robert, you are on the pulse. There is a very real "simmering" going on. People react when they are hit in the pocketbook. It is happening now. If the CC commissioners don't talk and open up soon to what is becoming a political boiling point, they will pass the "event horizon" and there will be no turning back. I'm sure they are reading this!

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Michael Heath's avatar

Excellent comment Robert~!

Cheers~!

Mike

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Chad Gallauher's avatar

Thank you. This shows the how and why pushing “climate change” is used to put money in small group pockets and the total corruption of our local government. They do it in partnership with the tribe so when you point out their corruption they pull the race card to glean sympathy from public. They are the in power elites and we are all idiot peasants.

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Denise Lapio's avatar

Thanks for digging deeper, Jeff. It's very sad when progress means fear. I understand that eventually this county will become a coastal resort type area because of its charm and beauty. But it's always the process to get there that ruins the charm and beauty. Why did JKT build a casino instead of a luxury spa? Why aren't the "local" Saturday protests about high property taxes in CC? So many questons with too many contradictory answers.

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Greg O.'s avatar

Very sad that everything the tribe gets their hands on has corruption all over it.

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No One Important's avatar

Benjamin Franklin, in 1789, said "Nothing is certain except death and taxes". Had he lived in Clallam County, at the time, he most certainly would have added, "Government growth, loss of freedoms, and corruption" to that phrase.

At the very least, increased regulations should be grandfathered in, so that long-time residents are not forced to spend money they don't have, to do things they don't need, to satisfy people they don't know. And, again, this "sovereign nation" bullshit. If the Tribe lived on an island in the ocean, that "sovereign nation" horsecrap might hold water, but when they pollute their "sovereign nation" and it spills over into OUR sovereign nation; when they over-fish OUR sovereign nation with impunity, it is time to take a renewed hard look at this BS.

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Jennifer's avatar

“Despite these concerns, the Tribe’s golf course remains exempt from county and state environmental regulations because it sits on SOVEREIGN LAND”

The GAME OF MONOPOLY or is it The GAME OF SOVEREIGN LAND?

The sovereign land issue has gone way beyond what the intended use was when it was created and signed hundreds of years ago. The loopholes are interpreted to the advantage of Tribes.

WATER WORKS - If one “utility” is owned rent is 4 times amount shown on dice

COMMUNITY CHEST - mostly revolves around paying or receiving money

LUXURY TAX is a space on the Monopoly Board nestled between the two most valuable spaces, Park Place and Boardwalk it is one of the two tax-related spaces (in the Tribes case, the valuable space is not taxed) on a standard board.

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Pepai Whipple's avatar

Yeah Jennifer, now we’re talking outside/inside the box, it all is relative & plays out just like a game. Unfortunately it’s reality too, the truck stops and hotels will come.

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Gayle Baker's avatar

For those unaware, I will repeat myself: this is part of a global master plan that makes the entire west coast from Northern Alaska all the way down to South America a “Wildlife Corridor.” That corridor will be void of all human habitation EXCEPT for indigenous tribes. Visit World Economic Forum Agenda 2030 and read all about it. These are the elites who brought you Covid AND the shots to depopulate the world. Thanks to psychopaths like Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab, Larry Fink and Anthony Fouchi —to name but a fraction of world leaders involved to Agenda 2030 (including our new Governor Ferguson). Until everyone wakes up and fights back the reality for our future is bleak. The mantra from the WEF is: “You will own nothing and you will be happy.”

And FYI: Those elites became billionaires many times over during the pandemic, capitalizing on the vaccines big pharma investments) they mandated.

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Pepai Whipple's avatar

Oh Gayle, you’re a “conspiracy theorist” ==== CANCEL CULTURE. The puppet masters are the devil’s advocates & they want to accomplish a communist society where the people will own nothing. Freedom means nothing to the elites.

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Garry Blankenship's avatar

The Tribes are sovereign or they are not. As they are in fact by the laws of this country sovereign, they must be treated the same as all sovereign nations. Tariffs, taxation, travel restrictions and monitoring, elimination of the B.I.A. and let us begin their tariff negotiations. The sanctity of their ancient cultural practice of operating casinos, computers and cell phones can be maintained, as long as passports and sovereign nation travel monitoring is implemented to leave or access their sovereign lands.

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Jean Pratschner's avatar

Sovereign does not include tax-free exemptions to my understanding of the definition. Sovereignty should include taxes and responsibilty for maintaining the laws and regulations of the "outside government" but totally also within the laws and responsibility of the primary government wherein they exist. Separate but not equal. Simply, you cant have two functioning governments in the same place or job at the same time. BIA is not a separate nation but rather a subset or group under the federal Constitution. We do not go by: the Unted States of America and the Sovereign Nations of Native Americans. USASNNA .?

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No One Important's avatar

The Russians are "sovereign", but we don't let them fish out Puget Sound. France is sovereign, but we don't let them buy our commissioners or own property here without paying taxes. If the Tribe wants to be sovereign, They should negotiate trade deals with Trump and pay tariffs for their groceries, pot, and gasoline that they re-sell, and the automobiles and electricity that they buy from us.

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Eve So's avatar

Wish I could like this multiple times

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NorTexWarrior's avatar

Look at your tax statement. $13.00 “fee”. This was passed August 17, 2021.

I believe it to be an illegal tax disguised as a fee for which the voters/land owners had no choice.

For the year 2023 $263,326.76 collected. With 95.55% of people assessed.

From January 1, 2024 until the end of July 2024 $163,137.75 was collected with 56.25% received of those charged.

The big question is what is the money being used for? Is it for the intended purpose? It goes into the general fund and has lost forever in my opinion. You can go back to July 20, 2021 and follow the board of healths recommendation on this illegal tax and their justification for assessing the “fee”

And yes, Mark Ozias and Randy Johnson voted yes.

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Lloyd's avatar

The "general fund" is one of Washington gov's biggest scams. Its like their own little NGO in a box. Money goes in never to be seen again.

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Jennifer's avatar

NorTex, Thank goodness for the DOGE auditors! Can anyone imagine the TREASURY DEPT not being able to keep efficient records on almost 5 TRILLION DOLLARS! I guess hiding money isn’t all that hard, and yes, what was it used for.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday that some $4.7 trillion in payments from the Treasury Department were missing a critical tracking code, which made tracing the transactions “almost impossible.”

“In the Federal Government, the TAS field was optional for ~$4.7 Trillion in payments and was often left blank, MAKING TRACEABILITY ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE,” read an X post from DOGE..

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Timothy Weller's avatar

I emailed Mark Ozias regarding this tax-in-disguise, prior to it being enacted, calling it what it is, Socialism; Mark replied "no it isn't". i knew when I recieved his reply, that any further discussion with this fraud was senseless. Taxation without representation has become acceptable. They are taxing those of us who are in compliance with OSS Inspections to locate and help pay for systems that are failing, of which many are non-existent in Clallam County Dept. of Environmental Health records. Too many different departments in County government, that have no idea of what other departments are doing, with all the County Exempt plates running on our hiways, many of the trips could be consolidated; CCDOEH/Assessor/ Compliance, etc. The reasoning for the $13.00 tax was to hire more Staff, when the County is currently running in the red. There is no accountability to taxpayers; CC Commissioners just ink new taxes to cover their ineptitude; there is only one way out of this, being documented in our history.

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NorTexWarrior's avatar

That was not my understanding of why they wanted to enact that it was to help provide those that couldn’t afford new systems that were failing that they could use this type of fund. I could be wrong and I’m not willing to go back and listen to the whole meeting again, but I knew it was an illegal tax and I called them on it at the time. In addition I spoke several times during the meetings and the banking information for loans was a joke because not one person was ever going to be able to qualify. It was a dog and pony show all the way.

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Timothy Weller's avatar

What it all boils down to is more money in County coffers. My reference to helping people with failing systems, was directing them to resources. If one cannot/does not bring a failing OSS into compliance, your property can be declared a public health hazard, and condemned, much the same as non-payment of Property Taxes renders. Craft3 (another .org non-profit), et al. are low interest loans/grants, Federal funded, and the likes of billionaire MacKenzie Scott, which for me, is a red flag. MRAs are a designation to accommodate future actions, much like the 3 Crabs and any property abutments to tidelands, rivers, creeks, or riparian zones. "It's the old frog in the pot trick, 99."

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No One Important's avatar

Remember what happened regarding taxation without representation 250 years ago. In preparation, be sure to ask permission to buy a firearm, just in case. How soon will we need permission to participate in blogs like this. If you need permission to exercise your 2nd Amendment rights, it only stands to reason that you will need permission to exercise your 1st Amendment rights. Bring your checkbooks-- these permits aren't free.

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No One Important's avatar

Did you have any doubt that they would vote yes? That's like asking a bum on the street-- "want some free money"?

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Michael Heath's avatar

Our greatest sympathies for Anita Pruvell and her terrible struggles to honorably comply with the rules of a government system that has no honor~! As a real estate analyst, I know that there are some great folks who work in government however I have seen a great many cases of outrageous and even criminal government abuses of property owners that were results of the government having too much power, personal vendettas, underhanded criminal social engineering, and the government management level being corrupted by the "installation" of many extremely sick criminal individuals. In analyzing the many cases of extremely sick individuals that I have seen in these government positions of power it became obvious that they were hand selected & "installed" in those power positions very intentionally by more often than not the dreaded "closed door meeting" scam, where governments falsely claim that their meetings need to be closed to the general public "for our own good"~! HA~! How exactly do people fall for that lie??? The REAL reason that the government holds SO many "closed door meetings" and "off the record" conversations behind the backs of the general public is because they know that if "we" actually heard them criminally conspiring against us that they would no longer be able to pull their treasonous acts~! We would see exactly how they lie to deceive us, and we would understand their true evil intentions that very intentionally go completely against the majority of the publics will and well-being~! Even the folks in our community who always ignorantly fall for the governments lies and deceptions would no longer be able to ignore the truth and that would leave these ugly criminals in our local government and their coconspirators outside of our government completely exposed and clearly without any support in the community. The smell of burning torches, hot tar and moldy singed feathers would be in the air, and the criminal and civil lawsuits would start to stack up even in the corrupt courts so much that the court system would be forced to FINALLY do their Constitutionally sworn duty instead of ignoring, evading, undermining, and circumventing justice~! This clearly appears to be the very thing that is happening at the US Federal level today, for the folks who have the honesty, integrity, and insight to see it as it is currently unfolding~! President Trump and his administration are revealing and exposing the dark underbelly of a VERY sick criminal system that has been operating for well over 100 years, so that most Americans will have no choice but to see and understand how we and all of our ancestors have been played for fools by these kinds of rotten evil actors that have become entrenched throughout our governmental system~! In honor of our veterans who risked everything for our freedom, on this Memorial Day Holiday weekend I call for ALL good Americans to peacefully come together to fight against these criminals within our government~! The good folks within our government deserve a better working environment, and the young and future generations deserve a real chance to be free to enjoy their lives in prosperity~! Have a great Memorial Day and please do your best to let our veterans know that "we" (Americans) support their honorable service to the country~! Sincerely, Mike

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m b's avatar

The may 1 charter MTG was a big rallying call if ever I heard one.

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Michael Heath's avatar

Hi m b~!

When folks who have reputations of actually defending The American Constitution who are also known for taking it VERY seriously, call for good Americans to come together, that should be considered the greatest & most urgent "rallying call" possible for Americans~! Those who ignore that call to action may well find that the worst of possible tragedies lies ahead, to which survival becomes impossible~! Do enough Americans have what it takes to be free~?

Happy Memorial Day~!

Sincerely,

Mike

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No One Important's avatar

Remember that Commissioner French said it is OK to destroy property if you're protesting. When are we going to start protesting at their homes, LOL.

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Michael Heath's avatar

Yes, Commissioner French should have been immediately removed from office, arrested, and imprisoned for inciting violence and criminal property destruction~! There are some good & decent police here in our area, but their leadership is also as corrupt as these treasonous scumbags in other government management positions, so we can forget the police or the DA's office ever doing their real jobs~! HA~! With ALL of the obvious crimes that the government management has been committing over the years, you would think that they would not have enough time to write so many minor traffic violations~! HA~! I/We have lived here for quite a few years, and I am completely unaware of anyone in any government management position EVER being arrested for any crime whatsoever~! Does that even make sense? Nope, the police won't be doing their real jobs where it would make the most positive difference, because they are more concerned about their jobs than ever doing the right things~! I have known many good police over the decades, and privately (especially when they are no longer in the service) they will often admit that they were prevented from arresting the biggest criminals in their areas because that would have caused too much trouble for the police departments and those who were actually doing their duty~! That is just how sick our government has become, and it has been that way since before any of us was born. I have known MANY crooked lawyers, judges, and even police who were "protected" in this disgusting "one hand washes the other" criminal club that America has become, and we can't expect much to ever improve with that kind of corrupt matrix~! So, don't take that criminal moron French's bait, because he/they (the local criminal cabal) would LOVE to trick good folks into their little trap if anyone dared to follow French's disgusting evil advice~! These local criminals really are drop dead evil and they aspire to greater evil if they ever get the chance~! NEVER give evil a chance because they will always double down on evil until they get all of the power and money that the crave~! Makes ya wonder what these criminals are REALLY doing behind all of those closed doors huh~? Have a fun weekend my friend~! Sincerely, Mike

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No One Important's avatar

Sadly so. And you have a pleasant weekend also.

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John Worthington's avatar

You're killing them Smalls. Having a longhouse and Casino protected from river re-channeling in the same general vicinity is another horrible look for the "Consortium." They have shown they could create a water management project good for everyone. Now they switch feet.. but without making any changes to their Jimmycomelately strategy they crowed so much about. The "Consortium" is on borrowed time. They are doing us a favor by sticking to the NODC and SERN action plans.

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Teresa's avatar

Thank you Jeff.

This 🙌🏻.

We are property owners that marry with Matriotti creek.

The creek is now considered a “Type3” critical area.

We have 2.6 acres of land multiple terrains, and much is protected by the creek area.

We have neighbors that have called us into the County for “using” our land respectively developing it, i might add…

We cant use our land or develop within 60 feet of the creek.

Yet, “Grandview International Airport” runs over Matriotti creek and Now Golf course…

I need to tear everything down according to “County Critical Area” employee… but wait, there is a bargaining chip…

there is ALWAYS a bargaining chip 💥💥

dirty

dirty

dirty

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Jennifer's avatar

Theresa, I'm sure you have a real human side story to tell. It sounds like you need to tell it.

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Kenneth B Brown's avatar

Not all are equal.

Birthright Citizenship: By virtue of that clause, anyone born on U.S. soil is an American citizen. Courts have traditionally interpreted the “subject to the jurisdiction” limitation to apply to children born to foreign diplomats stationed in the United States, since it could interfere with their ability to acquire citizenship in their parents’ country, and to Native Americans living under tribal jurisdiction. The latter category (Native Americans) became defunct with the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which extended citizenship to all Native Americans in the country.

Conflict of terms and interests. Is there a class of citizens who are American Plus? Apparently so!

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Randy Walterson's avatar

Corporate players wearing masks of a sovereign nation using all the tricks to keep the money funnel flowing from your pocket into their barrel ! They play you with your own emotions ! The environment , the fish , the race , it’s London tea company tactics it’s the play on your bad habits Go Gamble ,Go golfing , go smoke and eat eat eat oysters ! Golf courses are the worst environmental polluters ! All smoke mirrors and emotion ! Pretend to be something your not ! Lies and Deception ! We see who you are ! Liked the podcast your my friend !

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Jennifer's avatar

Randy, golf courses are not only stream and shoreline polluters but also water thirsty. How do they water them? Above ground sprinklers? Above ground sprinklers are notorious for evaporation and an aerosol effect, the grass gets less than 30-50% of the water depending on sun and wind conditions. None of it makes sense.

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Lloyd's avatar

Time for a tea party...

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No One Important's avatar

Ya gotta ask permission before you can buy your weapons.

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m b's avatar

Polly tics put the kettle on!

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Alan's avatar

Why is it that a "Sovereign Nation" (Tribe) has any say at all over ANY US lands, water or other American assets?

Are they Tribal Citizens or US Citizens?

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Pepai Whipple's avatar

According to them they are both even while in USA territory. When is the totem pole going up at the courthouse in PA?

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