The commissioners did not respond to questions about how they will measure whether the Housing First model is working. Nor did they answer what their message is to working families who see criminals getting more amenities than the average Clallam County household can afford. Here is today's email sent to the county commissioners:
Dear Commissioners,
I am writing about the lack of follow-up on the documented vandalism of public DNR trust land by the self-described "Troublemakers" eco-activist group. Video evidence, their own admissions, and a DNR police investigation documented approximately $9,500+ in damage (plus delays) from removing survey markers and flagging on the Doc Holliday timber sale parcel—public land meant to generate revenue for schools and county services like roads, fire, and libraries.
Despite clear evidence forwarded by DNR, the case was referred to the Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney for independent review, and no charges were pursued. Protests like this have disrupted timber revenue, which is critical to our county, at a time when such funds are needed.
I respectfully ask why the Board of Commissioners has not sent a formal letter of support to the Prosecuting Attorney’s office urging accountability and follow-up. This incident directly impacts county finances and public trust in equal application of the law.
Additionally, with two commissioners affiliated with the Democratic Party—and several of the identified activists holding leadership or prominent roles in it—many residents wonder if political connections explain the apparent hands-off approach. Does this create the appearance of two-tiered justice, where connected activists face no consequences for filmed property damage while others would?
Clallam County residents and businesses deserve consistent enforcement that protects public resources and taxpayer-funded services, regardless of political ties. I urge you to act transparently by supporting prosecution and publicly addressing these concerns.
Thank you for your attention. I look forward to your response.
Keep their feet to the fire. I'm reminded of a timber faller I hired to take out about a bunch of trees on an easement. He would undercut a bunch of trees then drop just one creating a domino effect. A French defeat will send shudders through all this nonsense. It will create a Domino effect. The realization that they have truly lost control of the narrative will cool their jets.
I have seen that timber felling in action (8 trees, 24"+/- diameter) very effective, and impressive. I would highly enjoy seeing that effect demonstrated in our forthcoming elections and beyond. Zoom, zoom.
Thanks for gathering it all up and presenting it to us again Jeff. I am thankful for the pictures because it could very well see them in my parking lot one day. I see them here all the time. I know their struggle and mine. They spend all their money they get as "neighbors" from the system in one week or less. That means they have to stay strait for three weeks. That means the worst physical craving you can get (hard drugs) is going to be gnawing at them. The first chance they get while they are a fish out of water they are prowling and plotting. If they have success they keep going and need narcan or a run in with Fife.
The pain clinic DR. ("Bernie") got a lot of people going on pain medication and created a community of legal drug abusers. When I look around in my complex that is what I see. People PBH helped F%$%# up, People OPNET helped F%$%# up and people Bernie F%$# up..and people on guard.
Thank you, Jeff, for another detailed articl asking the important question: Are we safe? All of CC is being traumatized by the lack of backbone in our judicial system. Bad people are commiting bad acts upon innocent citizens. It leaves an emotional scar, which will never heal unless addressed properly. As for these child rapists, repeat offenders, and unregistered sex offenders from here and all over the U.S., where are the red nuns, the cosplay Handmaids? Why aren't they out in front of the CC Courthouse everyday protesting the release of these criminals? I guess red is the color of hypocrisy.
Why pay taxes to a government that refuses to protect its citizens I ask? Many years ago when I worked in a very exclusive neighborhood I noticed that the residents payed for private, armed security. If as a republic we desired to eliminate crime the answer is simple but our country isn't ready yet.
Denise Lapio, your question is very interesting and requires a psychiatric analysis. Where were the "red nuns" when one of our senior citizens was murdered by a career criminal?
I've been trying make sense of it all. Why does our present system seem to reward some and punish others? This chart has helped me unboggle my mind. I purposefully kept the inclusive language to help provide insight into the mindset from which this emerges. I intentionally left the column labels blank. I did not add a row for sex offenders, but you can see how that would fit into the pattern.
I'd label this mindset as a modern form of neo-colonialism, where the cultural elite ride in to save Column A from Column B. While some of the conflict apparent in this dichotomy are certainly real, we must go beyond these labels. Labeling helps to lock people and society as a whole into narratives and behaviors.
Those are the attitudes driving a lot of current policy. Gad Saad has a similar list, which he describes as empathetic inequalities, in the preface to his book "Suicidal Empathy". The book makes for a good read.
IMO the list is dynamic. As events change so do attitudes and opinions. Empathy was designed by nature to assist in perpetuation of a species but not on a wide scale. I reject the "blank slate" theory about human existence. Most of our underlying behavior is governed by biology and for a very good reason. Can anyone imagine a prosperous wolf pack allowing another group of wolves into its territory?
Sadly, too many voters from BOTH sides of the aisle are misled by the corrupt, leftist media, and are misinformed. Those that do not follow CCWD, and get their news from PDN, SQ, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, ... are likely to believe anything their media tells them, including what a righteous candidate Timothy Wheeler is.
This Promethean update talks about how the media propaganda skews voters' views and manipulates them. Short video worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO9kGhLDZ6E
Well someone should be held culpable for the political mess. It’s just the commissioners . They answer to no one in our county. They should be solving problems the citizens need resolved.
It’s more like how much crap can we force feed the public before the topics far out play the answered we’ve used for different problems.
We are blessed with good electronics. No one gets to recreate what they said. 25 people had it on their phones. The three stooges won’t slide by with “Don’t Recall”.
So the real question is, what’s in it for the three commissioners? There has to be a pay off. When we find it, jail time might be required not the 40 minute revolving door. If things always come down to money and the commissioners say YES to everything the tribe requests, well that lines up the players. Proving it passes hands is a requirement . But when the players egos are so bullet proof in their own minds, that’s what brings their “Court House” fun show to an end. LE friend said it’s drugs, sex, or money. He had a long career but think about it!?
They are creating this mess so they can launder federal, state, and NGO money that flows in to "solve the problem" they've intentionally created. I am willing to bet that they each have sizeable offshore bank accounts for when they tire from making our lives miserable, dangerous, and frustrating. 100 years ago, they likely would have been tarred, feathered, and run out of town, if not lynched.
This is a direct quote from WSAC. Washington State Association of Counties. I would encourage everyone to follow this unfunded mandate decision by the Supreme Court of Washington. (And a reminder, vote wisely for the Supreme Court, they do make very important decisions which affect us directly).
OLYMPIA, WA – July 7, 2025 – Today, the Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) issued a grave warning regarding the Washington State Supreme Court's Order on public defense caseload standards.
The Court's unfunded mandate to drastically reduce caseloads for indigent defense attorneys will cripple county budgets, compromise public safety, encourage costly litigation, and bring Washington’s justice system to its knees.
"We appreciate the Supreme Court, once again, acknowledging the crisis in our public defense system, but their solution places an impossible burden squarely on the shoulders of counties," said Derek Young, Executive Director of WSAC. "Washington is unique among states, relying almost entirely on locally generated revenue to fund the justice system and the constitutionally guaranteed right to counsel. This order, without significant state support, is an unfunded mandate that will devastate county finances and jeopardize the safety of our communities."
Effective January 1, 2026, the order mandates severe reductions in caseload standards:
• 47 felony case credits per year for full-time felony attorneys;
• 120 misdemeanor case credits for full-time misdemeanor attorneys; and
• 250 commitment case credits for full-time civil commitment attorneys.
• While phased implementation over ten years is permitted with a minimum 10% annual reduction, the impact will be felt immediately.
The new caseload standards will at least triple direct costs for counties. With demand for public defenders exceeding the current workforce supply, the cost per full-time equivalent (FTE) is expected to increase significantly. Contract public defenders will increase their rates per case, assuming they are willing to take on indigent cases at all.
The ripple effect will extend beyond direct legal costs. "Indirect costs will also spike, including capital needs and the necessity for additional prosecuting and judicial staff to handle the increased demand for courtroom hours,” said WSAC President and Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman. "This will create massive backlogs impacting both the criminal and civil justice systems."
The most alarming consequence of this unfunded mandate is the direct threat to public safety. "When no public defenders are available within 72 hours, the accused must be released," warned WSAC Legislative Steering Committee Co-Chair and Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay. "As a result, fewer crimes will be charged and, chillingly, even violent criminals will be released if no defender is available. In fact, it’s already happening throughout the state."
The Washington State Association of Counties urgently calls upon the Legislature and Governor Ferguson to act immediately and decisively. "Without State support, public safety and the criminal justice systems could fail," emphasized WSAC Vice President and Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias.
State lawmakers must:
• Ensure full funding of the public defense system. The right to counsel is a constitutional duty; it is a state responsibility that impacts every community in Washington. According to the State Auditor, most county budgets are already in danger and cannot shoulder this burden alone.
• Create and implement a public legal workforce development and retention strategy for every region in Washington. Even if fully funded, there aren’t enough legal professionals entering public service to meet these caseload standards. We need a sustainable pipeline of talent to meet the critical need in all roles in public law, including prosecutors, public defenders, and legal support staff.
• Partner with local governments to absorb specialty cases (e.g., juvenile, competency) by utilizing statewide and regionalized staffing. The current model is unsustainable and places an undue burden on local jurisdictions. Neighboring states have recently decided to run their entire public defense systems at the state level.
"The time for action is now," said WSAC Board Member and Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello. "Our communities' safety and the integrity of our justice system depend on the Legislature stepping up to fully fund this essential constitutional right. Counties cannot bear this burden alone without severe consequences for all Washingtonians."
A message from Vancouver Police Chief Troy Price -The City of Vancouver, WA, please look up this article.
From the Chief of Police stating how the WA Supreme Court decision will affect public safety.
I would hope that Commissioner Ozias being the President of WSAC, would have a public meeting with our law enforcement leader’s city and county as well as the prosecutor and let the residents of this county know how this will affect our public safety.
Ozias, et al., depend on their constituent's ignorance; not stupidy, only ignorance due to not having time between family, work, or business to research such as we find in the posts here on CCW. CCW (at-large) has got these poeple on the run, but they will play their power trip games until the last shovel load is cast into the hole they have dug for themselves. This is all a high-stakes poker game, and they are all in; the chinks in their armor have been exposed, and they are in damage control. "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead", or lose all that has been done to rectify the travesty we live under.
He can't wait to insert foot in mouth. Watch the last Commissioners hearing when he tried to say Clallam County had an updated software system, when their own report stated it was a "legacy system." He obviously didn't read their own budget report before he started his knee jerk word salad foot in mouth moment. They collected only 17 percent of federal dollars because the old system can't communicate with the federal system to obtain the available federal matching dollars. Its a statewide epidemic. Rather than invest 270 thousand to collect 5 million, they spent 100 grand on an outdated system. Another 170 for the right system is a drop in the bucket. They just want to have this budget shortfall all the time so they can ratchet up taxes. They try to and have slipped this by the public over and over for at least 3 years maybe five...when the Auditors told them of the problem. Mark Lane can "work hard" all he wants but he cant get the job done. The 17 percent figure proves it. he is like Lithgow in Buckaroo Bonsai trying to get into the 8th dimension without an over thruster. Mark Lane is in the dark and should be arrested for driving while blind... If you have to do so many debatable emergencies for money your in trouble.. If the property owners don't demand that software now its just like the Dungeness situation. There is nothing I can do.
This is an email I sent to Mark Lane for him to send to the Commissioners. I doubt he will send it. They need any excuse they can get to go after taxpayers.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) FROM: Mark Lane, Chief Financial Officer
DATE: July 28, 2026 SUBJECT: Emergency Capital Allocation Request – Financial ERP & Billing Software Modernization
Executive Summary
As detailed in the June 2026 Year-to-Date Mid-Year Financial Review, the General Fund is experiencing a significant contraction in core operational revenue performance. While high-level budget figures are temporarily buffered by a 6.7% local sales-tax windfall and vacancy-driven personnel savings of approximately $991,000, our intergovernmental billing pipelines are underperforming.
Specifically, the County faces:
A $531,000 (49.6%) shortfall in Medicaid operational reimbursements, currently pacing at only 17.6% of budget; and
An $869,000 (7.3%) deficit in Charges for Goods & Services stemming from inaccurate preliminary cost calculations on interlocal criminal justice agreements.
These variances are not the result of broader economic conditions or staff performance. They stem directly from continued reliance on disconnected, obsolete legacy accounting and administrative systems that cost the County $106,000 annually to maintain. To address this combined $1.40 million annual revenue shortfall, I am requesting a one-time capital allocation of $270,000 to modernize our financial infrastructure.
The Technical Bottleneck & Cost of Inaction
Our legacy systems lack the integration required to meet the rigid compliance and reporting standards mandated by federal and state funding structures.
Medicaid Multi-Module Disconnect Under Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) guidelines, drawing down the 50/50 Medicaid match for Clinical Shared Services requires automated, real-time Electronic Health Record (EHR) auditing and direct clearinghouse billing. Our current tools cannot auto-populate these claims. Staff must manually reconcile billable hours, creating bottlenecks that leave 82.4% of budgeted federal reimbursement uncollected.
Flawed Cost-Accounting Frameworks
The legacy general-ledger platform cannot dynamically calculate real-time departmental overhead or the escalating labor costs arising from newly ratified Sheriff collective bargaining agreements. Without modern cost-allocation capability, preliminary calculations for interlocal criminal justice agreements were fundamentally flawed, requiring an $869,000 mid-year reduction in projected revenues.
Recommended Software Solutions
Finance and Information Technology staff have evaluated industry-standard platforms designed for municipal governments and recommend the following Tyler Technologies solutions:
Core Financials & Interlocal Contract Management – Tyler Technologies Munis ERP Expand the County’s enterprise footprint by migrating municipal accounting modules into the Munis ERP platform. Munis includes an automated Activity-Based Cost Accounting module that integrates directly with payroll, automatically incorporating recent step increases and the $163,000 surge in Sheriff’s Office overtime. This eliminates manual forecasting errors and ensures future interlocal agreements are priced with precision to capture actual County overhead.
Clinical Billing & Federal Compliance – Tyler Technologies Enterprise Justice / Health & Human Services Module In alignment with ITG Request #1416 (conversion of court documents from the OnBase legacy system to Enterprise Justice), procure the corresponding Health & Human Services data module. The platform provides automated time-study logging, secure electronic signature capture, and compliant data extraction pipelines that interface directly with the state’s ProviderOne system. This upgrade will automate verification processes required under WAC 182-537, unblocking the clinical billing pipeline and enabling recovery of the missing $531,000 in federal 50/50 matches.
In addition, consolidating these data flows into a unified platform will allow the County to permanently decommission fragmented legacy applications, eliminating the $106,000 in annual redundant maintenance costs.
Conclusion & Requested Action
Continuing to operate County financial systems on obsolete legacy applications is no longer fiscally defensible. Temporary sales-tax gains and vacancy savings merely mask a structural revenue leak that ultimately penalizes taxpayers and limits service delivery.
A one-time investment of $270,000 will deploy the software infrastructure needed to capture millions in recurring, eligible federal reimbursements, support filling vacant positions, and structurally stabilize Clallam County’s General Fund.
I request that the Board schedule a formal action item on next week’s regular agenda to approve this capital allocation.
Maybe the counties could better afford public defenders if they cut off the harm reduction funding. I know they probably can’t redirect funding from harm reduction to public defenders but the kind of people who need that assistance in court will be reduced because they’ll leave the area.
Someone Someone, you have presented an excellent example of the scientific principle called "cause and affect" always known as "stimulus and response". The situation you described is a classic "Behaviorism"model. Remove the reward and the undesirable behavior dissipates. Increase it and the undesirable behavior increases. Sometimes removing just one small element improves an entire ecosystem.
Its a problem for sure. Once again some Cities have said "Enough". You're being arrested. You'll go away for 3 days or a bit more before getting released. But you will have endured being dope sick and hassled. When you get back to the street you get swept up again. You'll move on or get well or die.
To the occupant of the truck camper’s credit, she did take the trash out last night as I drove by at 6:35 PM. Took it right to the “Little Pantry”, fifty feet away. Now UMC can claim garbage disposal fees as part of their “Safe Parking Program” that our County funded. This site will only get bigger, as another motorhome has moved into Carrie Blake nearby as of this past weekend. Sequim PD, Poke the Bear. More of these nightly encampments are popping up each night. These a public places.
And no. Posting a “no overnight camping” sign will not work.
$118k and no garbage. Maybe the church should take a collection for a dump bin. Oh no they will need more money. Ozias should come clean why they chose his church.
And the Safe Parking Program at TUMC, I have done another PRR. Asking very simple questions, after one year, how many "clients" served. How many applied and did not meet the minimum qualifications. After one year of the grant, are there any changes being made to the program. I received a reply that research is needed and that possibly I could get an answer after August 11, if staff is available to reply. I'll be following this up if I don't received a response. Viola Ware will not answer questions about the program even though her staff receives the bulk of this grant. She has stated publicly she does not know where the funding goes, and that it is not OLYCAP's program, even though it is her name which appears approving the payroll for her staff for this program.
Ware is likely busy planning her new PSH medical care facilty for elderly homeless that they will likely want to plunk down on PA, trying to keep up with Sisk.
I'm confident our law enforcement agencies do not put criminals back on the streets out of compassion. It is the lack of funding. Not enough officers, not enough prosecutorial resources, not enough jail space and perhaps not enough pay. There is money already paid by taxpayers that can and should be redirected to law enforcement. All investment in the foolish tail chase of minority-ism, ( MBE, MWBE, BLM, LGBTQ+, other nationality, illegal immigrants, "native" / indigenous, criminals, etc. ), should be ended, captured and reinvested in enforcement of our laws. If we do not like our laws, they can be changed, but ignoring the laws we have created is a monumental mistake. Reasons aside, we have people who are broken, defective, handicapped, drug addicted, deranged, psychopathic, legally insane and more for whom we must have laws to protect society. The very recent shooting / death incident in Seattle with 15 year old kids using fully automatic weapons is a great example. The Seattle police used the term group activity, avoiding the true terminology of gang activity. Law enforcement is both hard and dangerous and I for one am thankful we have citizens brave enough to protect us. Support them.
The low life criminals exhaust county funds very quickly through 'Public defenders'appointed for free at taxpayers expense and any fines applied do not get paid by low lifes they usually move on to a new county.Warrants for arrest mean very little because culprits know counties do not want to spend more $$$ extraditing worthless culprits back.This what counties get when they have ignorant elected officials that support homeless drug addicts & criminal re-offenders.Now we have new rewards for these criminals as soon as their new luxury condo's are finished and ready to be moved into.
The picture of Ozias and Turner discussing mask bans says it all.
Ridiculous virtue signaling to the Communist Progressive Base.
Best thing is all of this is getting exposed. There are Nick Shirleys’ and Brandi Kruses’ and Jeff Toziers’ springing up all over the Country.
The name calling by the Progressives has no more value. Racist, Homophobic, Misogynistic labels no longer carry any credibility. Scandals like SPLC and Fauci Diaries have shaken a lot of decent people that were predominantly left leaning. The progressive narrative is being exposed for the hollow vessel it is. It’s the Trojan Horse for Communism or a Totalitarian Democracy Banana Republic.
I’m optimistic on a National level. This State and New York will be the Alamo for these clowns. I truly believe Oregon and Washington State to be the AAA team for whatever agenda the Progressives want to pursue Nationally. They perfect at County levels wherever and scale things up in Seattle/Olympia and then roll out Nationally.
WTO
Universal Mail in Ballots
Election Challenges (Dino Rossi was actually moved out of the Governors mansion.
$15.00 minimum wage.
1st Sanctuary State Oregon 1987
Washington, Illinois and California were next.
CHOP
These agendas take massive amounts of time and effort. Huge costs. Funding is drying up. The Democrats are losing relevance nationally. They cannot raise money in the needed amounts. Even CNN is reporting on it.
The left will eat its own. It’s happening on a National Level.
Actually that photo is when Norma Turner and Ozias discussed writing a letter to our representatives to not assist ICE in their pursuits of criminal illegals- drug trafficking, human trafficking, child sex trafficking, work/labor trafficking criminals. ICE is bad and CC needs to not cooperate with them. Very hypocritical people with too much influence over our elected reps.
DONT worry folks the CC directors have a solution. The PBH new facility will be their new home to trash and do the drugs they use and abuse. Do not put them in jail because they are victims. Where did we go wrong in allowing the destruction and abuse to go unpunished?
PA council already trying to waste more money on this, probably why the socialists on council brought in the tree park collective for all those 3rd party ghost writer comments
Find a country that's a hell hole and send them millions of dollars for their prison system.. Hack the birth records of the criminals like Kahler and Mirka to show they were born in that country. Have ICE round up the criminals. Oh and vote for the Washington Supreme Court justices on August 4 - let's hope they do away with us taxpayers paying to provide public defenders. Remember the "Safeway" murder and the Sequim women killed while on a crosswalk.
The commissioners did not respond to questions about how they will measure whether the Housing First model is working. Nor did they answer what their message is to working families who see criminals getting more amenities than the average Clallam County household can afford. Here is today's email sent to the county commissioners:
Dear Commissioners,
I am writing about the lack of follow-up on the documented vandalism of public DNR trust land by the self-described "Troublemakers" eco-activist group. Video evidence, their own admissions, and a DNR police investigation documented approximately $9,500+ in damage (plus delays) from removing survey markers and flagging on the Doc Holliday timber sale parcel—public land meant to generate revenue for schools and county services like roads, fire, and libraries.
Despite clear evidence forwarded by DNR, the case was referred to the Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney for independent review, and no charges were pursued. Protests like this have disrupted timber revenue, which is critical to our county, at a time when such funds are needed.
I respectfully ask why the Board of Commissioners has not sent a formal letter of support to the Prosecuting Attorney’s office urging accountability and follow-up. This incident directly impacts county finances and public trust in equal application of the law.
Additionally, with two commissioners affiliated with the Democratic Party—and several of the identified activists holding leadership or prominent roles in it—many residents wonder if political connections explain the apparent hands-off approach. Does this create the appearance of two-tiered justice, where connected activists face no consequences for filmed property damage while others would?
Clallam County residents and businesses deserve consistent enforcement that protects public resources and taxpayer-funded services, regardless of political ties. I urge you to act transparently by supporting prosecution and publicly addressing these concerns.
Thank you for your attention. I look forward to your response.
Keep their feet to the fire. I'm reminded of a timber faller I hired to take out about a bunch of trees on an easement. He would undercut a bunch of trees then drop just one creating a domino effect. A French defeat will send shudders through all this nonsense. It will create a Domino effect. The realization that they have truly lost control of the narrative will cool their jets.
I have seen that timber felling in action (8 trees, 24"+/- diameter) very effective, and impressive. I would highly enjoy seeing that effect demonstrated in our forthcoming elections and beyond. Zoom, zoom.
Thanks for gathering it all up and presenting it to us again Jeff. I am thankful for the pictures because it could very well see them in my parking lot one day. I see them here all the time. I know their struggle and mine. They spend all their money they get as "neighbors" from the system in one week or less. That means they have to stay strait for three weeks. That means the worst physical craving you can get (hard drugs) is going to be gnawing at them. The first chance they get while they are a fish out of water they are prowling and plotting. If they have success they keep going and need narcan or a run in with Fife.
The pain clinic DR. ("Bernie") got a lot of people going on pain medication and created a community of legal drug abusers. When I look around in my complex that is what I see. People PBH helped F%$%# up, People OPNET helped F%$%# up and people Bernie F%$# up..and people on guard.
Thank you, Jeff, for another detailed articl asking the important question: Are we safe? All of CC is being traumatized by the lack of backbone in our judicial system. Bad people are commiting bad acts upon innocent citizens. It leaves an emotional scar, which will never heal unless addressed properly. As for these child rapists, repeat offenders, and unregistered sex offenders from here and all over the U.S., where are the red nuns, the cosplay Handmaids? Why aren't they out in front of the CC Courthouse everyday protesting the release of these criminals? I guess red is the color of hypocrisy.
It would be refreshing to see some actual justice served, especially considering the exorbitant taxes we are forced to pay.
Why pay taxes to a government that refuses to protect its citizens I ask? Many years ago when I worked in a very exclusive neighborhood I noticed that the residents payed for private, armed security. If as a republic we desired to eliminate crime the answer is simple but our country isn't ready yet.
Denise-
Let’s get organized.
Call me, lets make the signs and get to the courthouse throughout the week…
Just like when they were FORCING us to get vaccinated.
We stand firm.
Take our spaces BACK!
And get the heck off of my friends roof!
Lets go Denise 👊🏻💥
Love this Denise! 100% this is an current actual cause they should be all over if they claim to be what they are.
Denise Lapio, your question is very interesting and requires a psychiatric analysis. Where were the "red nuns" when one of our senior citizens was murdered by a career criminal?
We have to vote our way out of this mess. We need to rearrange the fish tank!
Piranhas!
Vote common sence and the Wedges VOTE JAKE and VIRGINIA.
I've been trying make sense of it all. Why does our present system seem to reward some and punish others? This chart has helped me unboggle my mind. I purposefully kept the inclusive language to help provide insight into the mindset from which this emerges. I intentionally left the column labels blank. I did not add a row for sex offenders, but you can see how that would fit into the pattern.
Column A > Column B
Women > Patriarchy / male authority
LGBTQ+ > Heteronormativity / conservative religion
Racial minorities > Whiteness / systemic racism
Disabled > Able-bodied norms
Working class > Capital / ownership class
Immigrants, refugees > Nation-state border regimes
Indigenous peoples > Settler-colonial states
Colonized nations (Global South) > Colonizer nations (Global North)
Muslims / religious minorities (in West) > Christian-majority culture
Animals > Ranching / agribusiness / factory farming
Ecosystems, biodiversity > Extractive industry (mining, logging, drilling)
Climate / atmosphere > Fossil fuel industry, industrialism
Future generations > Present-day consumption
Non-human nature generally > Anthropocentrism itself
Incarcerated / accused individuals > Penal system / state apparatus
Substance dependent individuals > Prohibition / criminalization policies
Youth / children > Adultism / institutional authority
Neurodivergent individuals > Neurotypical standards / medicalization
Consumers / debtors > Financial institutions / predatory lending
My brief analysis is here: https://davidzelenka.substack.com/p/tangled-political-landscape
I'd label this mindset as a modern form of neo-colonialism, where the cultural elite ride in to save Column A from Column B. While some of the conflict apparent in this dichotomy are certainly real, we must go beyond these labels. Labeling helps to lock people and society as a whole into narratives and behaviors.
I'm ready for the adults to return to the room.
Those are the attitudes driving a lot of current policy. Gad Saad has a similar list, which he describes as empathetic inequalities, in the preface to his book "Suicidal Empathy". The book makes for a good read.
IMO the list is dynamic. As events change so do attitudes and opinions. Empathy was designed by nature to assist in perpetuation of a species but not on a wide scale. I reject the "blank slate" theory about human existence. Most of our underlying behavior is governed by biology and for a very good reason. Can anyone imagine a prosperous wolf pack allowing another group of wolves into its territory?
Idaho has virtually none of this crap! WTF is wrong with WA/Clallam leadership? They INVITE AND ENABLE IT! ArghhH!
Republican voters do not elect mentally ill incompetent governors & admin to run their states.
Sadly, too many voters from BOTH sides of the aisle are misled by the corrupt, leftist media, and are misinformed. Those that do not follow CCWD, and get their news from PDN, SQ, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, ... are likely to believe anything their media tells them, including what a righteous candidate Timothy Wheeler is.
This Promethean update talks about how the media propaganda skews voters' views and manipulates them. Short video worth watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO9kGhLDZ6E
Well someone should be held culpable for the political mess. It’s just the commissioners . They answer to no one in our county. They should be solving problems the citizens need resolved.
It’s more like how much crap can we force feed the public before the topics far out play the answered we’ve used for different problems.
We are blessed with good electronics. No one gets to recreate what they said. 25 people had it on their phones. The three stooges won’t slide by with “Don’t Recall”.
It's how much money can they launder from us, by creating and ignoring problems that WE have to deal with on a daily basis!
So the real question is, what’s in it for the three commissioners? There has to be a pay off. When we find it, jail time might be required not the 40 minute revolving door. If things always come down to money and the commissioners say YES to everything the tribe requests, well that lines up the players. Proving it passes hands is a requirement . But when the players egos are so bullet proof in their own minds, that’s what brings their “Court House” fun show to an end. LE friend said it’s drugs, sex, or money. He had a long career but think about it!?
They are creating this mess so they can launder federal, state, and NGO money that flows in to "solve the problem" they've intentionally created. I am willing to bet that they each have sizeable offshore bank accounts for when they tire from making our lives miserable, dangerous, and frustrating. 100 years ago, they likely would have been tarred, feathered, and run out of town, if not lynched.
This is a direct quote from WSAC. Washington State Association of Counties. I would encourage everyone to follow this unfunded mandate decision by the Supreme Court of Washington. (And a reminder, vote wisely for the Supreme Court, they do make very important decisions which affect us directly).
OLYMPIA, WA – July 7, 2025 – Today, the Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) issued a grave warning regarding the Washington State Supreme Court's Order on public defense caseload standards.
The Court's unfunded mandate to drastically reduce caseloads for indigent defense attorneys will cripple county budgets, compromise public safety, encourage costly litigation, and bring Washington’s justice system to its knees.
"We appreciate the Supreme Court, once again, acknowledging the crisis in our public defense system, but their solution places an impossible burden squarely on the shoulders of counties," said Derek Young, Executive Director of WSAC. "Washington is unique among states, relying almost entirely on locally generated revenue to fund the justice system and the constitutionally guaranteed right to counsel. This order, without significant state support, is an unfunded mandate that will devastate county finances and jeopardize the safety of our communities."
Effective January 1, 2026, the order mandates severe reductions in caseload standards:
• 47 felony case credits per year for full-time felony attorneys;
• 120 misdemeanor case credits for full-time misdemeanor attorneys; and
• 250 commitment case credits for full-time civil commitment attorneys.
• While phased implementation over ten years is permitted with a minimum 10% annual reduction, the impact will be felt immediately.
The new caseload standards will at least triple direct costs for counties. With demand for public defenders exceeding the current workforce supply, the cost per full-time equivalent (FTE) is expected to increase significantly. Contract public defenders will increase their rates per case, assuming they are willing to take on indigent cases at all.
The ripple effect will extend beyond direct legal costs. "Indirect costs will also spike, including capital needs and the necessity for additional prosecuting and judicial staff to handle the increased demand for courtroom hours,” said WSAC President and Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman. "This will create massive backlogs impacting both the criminal and civil justice systems."
The most alarming consequence of this unfunded mandate is the direct threat to public safety. "When no public defenders are available within 72 hours, the accused must be released," warned WSAC Legislative Steering Committee Co-Chair and Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay. "As a result, fewer crimes will be charged and, chillingly, even violent criminals will be released if no defender is available. In fact, it’s already happening throughout the state."
The Washington State Association of Counties urgently calls upon the Legislature and Governor Ferguson to act immediately and decisively. "Without State support, public safety and the criminal justice systems could fail," emphasized WSAC Vice President and Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias.
State lawmakers must:
• Ensure full funding of the public defense system. The right to counsel is a constitutional duty; it is a state responsibility that impacts every community in Washington. According to the State Auditor, most county budgets are already in danger and cannot shoulder this burden alone.
• Create and implement a public legal workforce development and retention strategy for every region in Washington. Even if fully funded, there aren’t enough legal professionals entering public service to meet these caseload standards. We need a sustainable pipeline of talent to meet the critical need in all roles in public law, including prosecutors, public defenders, and legal support staff.
• Partner with local governments to absorb specialty cases (e.g., juvenile, competency) by utilizing statewide and regionalized staffing. The current model is unsustainable and places an undue burden on local jurisdictions. Neighboring states have recently decided to run their entire public defense systems at the state level.
"The time for action is now," said WSAC Board Member and Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello. "Our communities' safety and the integrity of our justice system depend on the Legislature stepping up to fully fund this essential constitutional right. Counties cannot bear this burden alone without severe consequences for all Washingtonians."
A message from Vancouver Police Chief Troy Price -The City of Vancouver, WA, please look up this article.
From the Chief of Police stating how the WA Supreme Court decision will affect public safety.
I would hope that Commissioner Ozias being the President of WSAC, would have a public meeting with our law enforcement leader’s city and county as well as the prosecutor and let the residents of this county know how this will affect our public safety.
Ozias never goes into detail on these details when he gives his report.
Nor French who is on the Steering Committee.
Ozias, et al., depend on their constituent's ignorance; not stupidy, only ignorance due to not having time between family, work, or business to research such as we find in the posts here on CCW. CCW (at-large) has got these poeple on the run, but they will play their power trip games until the last shovel load is cast into the hole they have dug for themselves. This is all a high-stakes poker game, and they are all in; the chinks in their armor have been exposed, and they are in damage control. "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead", or lose all that has been done to rectify the travesty we live under.
He can't wait to insert foot in mouth. Watch the last Commissioners hearing when he tried to say Clallam County had an updated software system, when their own report stated it was a "legacy system." He obviously didn't read their own budget report before he started his knee jerk word salad foot in mouth moment. They collected only 17 percent of federal dollars because the old system can't communicate with the federal system to obtain the available federal matching dollars. Its a statewide epidemic. Rather than invest 270 thousand to collect 5 million, they spent 100 grand on an outdated system. Another 170 for the right system is a drop in the bucket. They just want to have this budget shortfall all the time so they can ratchet up taxes. They try to and have slipped this by the public over and over for at least 3 years maybe five...when the Auditors told them of the problem. Mark Lane can "work hard" all he wants but he cant get the job done. The 17 percent figure proves it. he is like Lithgow in Buckaroo Bonsai trying to get into the 8th dimension without an over thruster. Mark Lane is in the dark and should be arrested for driving while blind... If you have to do so many debatable emergencies for money your in trouble.. If the property owners don't demand that software now its just like the Dungeness situation. There is nothing I can do.
https://clallamcowa.portal.civicclerk.com/event/4856/media
This is an email I sent to Mark Lane for him to send to the Commissioners. I doubt he will send it. They need any excuse they can get to go after taxpayers.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) FROM: Mark Lane, Chief Financial Officer
DATE: July 28, 2026 SUBJECT: Emergency Capital Allocation Request – Financial ERP & Billing Software Modernization
Executive Summary
As detailed in the June 2026 Year-to-Date Mid-Year Financial Review, the General Fund is experiencing a significant contraction in core operational revenue performance. While high-level budget figures are temporarily buffered by a 6.7% local sales-tax windfall and vacancy-driven personnel savings of approximately $991,000, our intergovernmental billing pipelines are underperforming.
Specifically, the County faces:
A $531,000 (49.6%) shortfall in Medicaid operational reimbursements, currently pacing at only 17.6% of budget; and
An $869,000 (7.3%) deficit in Charges for Goods & Services stemming from inaccurate preliminary cost calculations on interlocal criminal justice agreements.
These variances are not the result of broader economic conditions or staff performance. They stem directly from continued reliance on disconnected, obsolete legacy accounting and administrative systems that cost the County $106,000 annually to maintain. To address this combined $1.40 million annual revenue shortfall, I am requesting a one-time capital allocation of $270,000 to modernize our financial infrastructure.
The Technical Bottleneck & Cost of Inaction
Our legacy systems lack the integration required to meet the rigid compliance and reporting standards mandated by federal and state funding structures.
Medicaid Multi-Module Disconnect Under Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) guidelines, drawing down the 50/50 Medicaid match for Clinical Shared Services requires automated, real-time Electronic Health Record (EHR) auditing and direct clearinghouse billing. Our current tools cannot auto-populate these claims. Staff must manually reconcile billable hours, creating bottlenecks that leave 82.4% of budgeted federal reimbursement uncollected.
Flawed Cost-Accounting Frameworks
The legacy general-ledger platform cannot dynamically calculate real-time departmental overhead or the escalating labor costs arising from newly ratified Sheriff collective bargaining agreements. Without modern cost-allocation capability, preliminary calculations for interlocal criminal justice agreements were fundamentally flawed, requiring an $869,000 mid-year reduction in projected revenues.
Recommended Software Solutions
Finance and Information Technology staff have evaluated industry-standard platforms designed for municipal governments and recommend the following Tyler Technologies solutions:
Core Financials & Interlocal Contract Management – Tyler Technologies Munis ERP Expand the County’s enterprise footprint by migrating municipal accounting modules into the Munis ERP platform. Munis includes an automated Activity-Based Cost Accounting module that integrates directly with payroll, automatically incorporating recent step increases and the $163,000 surge in Sheriff’s Office overtime. This eliminates manual forecasting errors and ensures future interlocal agreements are priced with precision to capture actual County overhead.
Clinical Billing & Federal Compliance – Tyler Technologies Enterprise Justice / Health & Human Services Module In alignment with ITG Request #1416 (conversion of court documents from the OnBase legacy system to Enterprise Justice), procure the corresponding Health & Human Services data module. The platform provides automated time-study logging, secure electronic signature capture, and compliant data extraction pipelines that interface directly with the state’s ProviderOne system. This upgrade will automate verification processes required under WAC 182-537, unblocking the clinical billing pipeline and enabling recovery of the missing $531,000 in federal 50/50 matches.
Fiscal Impact & Return on Investment
Allocation Category
Estimated One-Time Cost
Projected Annual Revenue Recovery
Tyler Munis ERP Modules (Cost Accounting)
$120,000
$869,000 (Criminal Justice Agreements)
Enterprise Justice (HCA/Medicaid Billing Integration)
$150,000
$531,000 (Medicaid Matching Claims)
Total Initial Capital Investment
$270,000
$1,400,000 (recurring annually)
In addition, consolidating these data flows into a unified platform will allow the County to permanently decommission fragmented legacy applications, eliminating the $106,000 in annual redundant maintenance costs.
Conclusion & Requested Action
Continuing to operate County financial systems on obsolete legacy applications is no longer fiscally defensible. Temporary sales-tax gains and vacancy savings merely mask a structural revenue leak that ultimately penalizes taxpayers and limits service delivery.
A one-time investment of $270,000 will deploy the software infrastructure needed to capture millions in recurring, eligible federal reimbursements, support filling vacant positions, and structurally stabilize Clallam County’s General Fund.
I request that the Board schedule a formal action item on next week’s regular agenda to approve this capital allocation.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark Lane Chief Financial Officer Clallam County
CALL TO THE COMMUNITY:
COPY AND PASTE THIS, EDIT AND SEND IT TO THE CLALLAM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
mike.french@clallamcountywa.gov
mark.ozias@clallamcountywa.gov
randy.johnson@clallamcountywa.gov
todd.mielke@clallamcountywa.gov
mark.lane@clallamcountywa.gov
Maybe the counties could better afford public defenders if they cut off the harm reduction funding. I know they probably can’t redirect funding from harm reduction to public defenders but the kind of people who need that assistance in court will be reduced because they’ll leave the area.
Someone Someone, you have presented an excellent example of the scientific principle called "cause and affect" always known as "stimulus and response". The situation you described is a classic "Behaviorism"model. Remove the reward and the undesirable behavior dissipates. Increase it and the undesirable behavior increases. Sometimes removing just one small element improves an entire ecosystem.
Its a problem for sure. Once again some Cities have said "Enough". You're being arrested. You'll go away for 3 days or a bit more before getting released. But you will have endured being dope sick and hassled. When you get back to the street you get swept up again. You'll move on or get well or die.
To the occupant of the truck camper’s credit, she did take the trash out last night as I drove by at 6:35 PM. Took it right to the “Little Pantry”, fifty feet away. Now UMC can claim garbage disposal fees as part of their “Safe Parking Program” that our County funded. This site will only get bigger, as another motorhome has moved into Carrie Blake nearby as of this past weekend. Sequim PD, Poke the Bear. More of these nightly encampments are popping up each night. These a public places.
And no. Posting a “no overnight camping” sign will not work.
$118k and no garbage. Maybe the church should take a collection for a dump bin. Oh no they will need more money. Ozias should come clean why they chose his church.
and Stoffer can help him.
STAH-fer!.
Churches have always been the political powerhouses in Clallam County.
I did not know that. However, when we first got here, we sure thought there were lots of churches compared to population!
The trick is to keep moving like Yasir Arafat..."never a night in the same place."
We were at the park for Bread and Gravy last night and I drove past that mess. I was like, huh? Make it make sense!
Flummoxed, Stupefied, bewildered and baffled!
Yes Lori quite a mess. The Sequim PD was at skate park at 9AM today. Checking on the motorhome occupants in the parking lot.
Jeffrey,
Why didn’t the commissioners mention the Ribbon cutting soiree?
The 3 Coms didnt even mention it.
You know why?
-they didn’t want to give us talking points. (perhaps)?
Silence, is also deadly.
We know this will not work.
The commissioners should be held for crimes against humanity..
We need to focus on the corruption being implemented *through the commissioners.
They are stealing our blood, sweat and tears.(implementaion)
Is everyone angry enough yet??
Fraud.
Fraud.
Money Laundering…
lock em up.
-Battle Buddies with Fauci.
We better start showing up in droves to reject the narrative being forced upon this county.
Lord knows you are doing your part.
Thanks J.T.
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Teresa, you and Jeff see the charade of our commissioners so clearly. I agree with you that they know North View is a losing talking point.
hmmm… 🤔
should “we” apply to be on the homeless task force?
actually, there will be no need for a homeless-task force once Jake gets in..
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And the Safe Parking Program at TUMC, I have done another PRR. Asking very simple questions, after one year, how many "clients" served. How many applied and did not meet the minimum qualifications. After one year of the grant, are there any changes being made to the program. I received a reply that research is needed and that possibly I could get an answer after August 11, if staff is available to reply. I'll be following this up if I don't received a response. Viola Ware will not answer questions about the program even though her staff receives the bulk of this grant. She has stated publicly she does not know where the funding goes, and that it is not OLYCAP's program, even though it is her name which appears approving the payroll for her staff for this program.
Ware is likely busy planning her new PSH medical care facilty for elderly homeless that they will likely want to plunk down on PA, trying to keep up with Sisk.
I'm confident our law enforcement agencies do not put criminals back on the streets out of compassion. It is the lack of funding. Not enough officers, not enough prosecutorial resources, not enough jail space and perhaps not enough pay. There is money already paid by taxpayers that can and should be redirected to law enforcement. All investment in the foolish tail chase of minority-ism, ( MBE, MWBE, BLM, LGBTQ+, other nationality, illegal immigrants, "native" / indigenous, criminals, etc. ), should be ended, captured and reinvested in enforcement of our laws. If we do not like our laws, they can be changed, but ignoring the laws we have created is a monumental mistake. Reasons aside, we have people who are broken, defective, handicapped, drug addicted, deranged, psychopathic, legally insane and more for whom we must have laws to protect society. The very recent shooting / death incident in Seattle with 15 year old kids using fully automatic weapons is a great example. The Seattle police used the term group activity, avoiding the true terminology of gang activity. Law enforcement is both hard and dangerous and I for one am thankful we have citizens brave enough to protect us. Support them.
The low life criminals exhaust county funds very quickly through 'Public defenders'appointed for free at taxpayers expense and any fines applied do not get paid by low lifes they usually move on to a new county.Warrants for arrest mean very little because culprits know counties do not want to spend more $$$ extraditing worthless culprits back.This what counties get when they have ignorant elected officials that support homeless drug addicts & criminal re-offenders.Now we have new rewards for these criminals as soon as their new luxury condo's are finished and ready to be moved into.
The picture of Ozias and Turner discussing mask bans says it all.
Ridiculous virtue signaling to the Communist Progressive Base.
Best thing is all of this is getting exposed. There are Nick Shirleys’ and Brandi Kruses’ and Jeff Toziers’ springing up all over the Country.
The name calling by the Progressives has no more value. Racist, Homophobic, Misogynistic labels no longer carry any credibility. Scandals like SPLC and Fauci Diaries have shaken a lot of decent people that were predominantly left leaning. The progressive narrative is being exposed for the hollow vessel it is. It’s the Trojan Horse for Communism or a Totalitarian Democracy Banana Republic.
I’m optimistic on a National level. This State and New York will be the Alamo for these clowns. I truly believe Oregon and Washington State to be the AAA team for whatever agenda the Progressives want to pursue Nationally. They perfect at County levels wherever and scale things up in Seattle/Olympia and then roll out Nationally.
WTO
Universal Mail in Ballots
Election Challenges (Dino Rossi was actually moved out of the Governors mansion.
$15.00 minimum wage.
1st Sanctuary State Oregon 1987
Washington, Illinois and California were next.
CHOP
These agendas take massive amounts of time and effort. Huge costs. Funding is drying up. The Democrats are losing relevance nationally. They cannot raise money in the needed amounts. Even CNN is reporting on it.
The left will eat its own. It’s happening on a National Level.
Dang there I go rambling again.
Actually that photo is when Norma Turner and Ozias discussed writing a letter to our representatives to not assist ICE in their pursuits of criminal illegals- drug trafficking, human trafficking, child sex trafficking, work/labor trafficking criminals. ICE is bad and CC needs to not cooperate with them. Very hypocritical people with too much influence over our elected reps.
DONT worry folks the CC directors have a solution. The PBH new facility will be their new home to trash and do the drugs they use and abuse. Do not put them in jail because they are victims. Where did we go wrong in allowing the destruction and abuse to go unpunished?
Waiting for other Me Too churches to speak up and get onto the Ozias-French gravy train for their $118,000.
PA council already trying to waste more money on this, probably why the socialists on council brought in the tree park collective for all those 3rd party ghost writer comments
Find a country that's a hell hole and send them millions of dollars for their prison system.. Hack the birth records of the criminals like Kahler and Mirka to show they were born in that country. Have ICE round up the criminals. Oh and vote for the Washington Supreme Court justices on August 4 - let's hope they do away with us taxpayers paying to provide public defenders. Remember the "Safeway" murder and the Sequim women killed while on a crosswalk.
My Dad was an old school Democrat but he despised Norma Turner for her activism.