The citizens of this county are being controlled by extremists, because we've let them. While our guard was/is down serving ourselves we've (I included) have failed to see and be involved to balance out what goes on in plain view.
The extremists have merely capitalized on this situation and what we visually have is a teeter totter with one end firmly planted on the ground, the other in the sky. It represents our county. It's stuck because of a ridiculous imbalance. We can't function this way. The halo effect of national politics is strong here, and it has no business in serving everyone equally. There are a handful of elites, a masterclass, and they're intention is to control all of us.
None of what I believe these people are about matters, it's obvious to see, if we open our eyes. If it wasn't for CCWD I'd still be bumbling along doing my thing oblivious and blind to the seriously lopsided government we have.
The extremist agenda won massively with their soldiers being inserted into the CRC process. I question Commissioner Sarmiento's support for Townhalls. If Pickett, Fisch, Stoffer, et al jump on I'll know I'm correct.
When someone as reasonable as Commissioner Richards, a Democrat, is labeled a racist, you know we're in deep shit.
Its the money that is leveraging the loyalties through the NGO network. Then, after all the swastika sign waving and land acknowledgement email footers, they have a place to land at 6 figures and stack chips until they can look for a dwindling private sector job opportunity. .
Just come in with idea's and propose them to these people. They go straight to the land acknowledgment. That trail leads to NODC and SERN. Then if you want an answer at an event forget it. You will just be recruited to roll logs and quickly singled out if you don't. But..the threat of ideas really exposes the ugly and corrupt underbelly of their machinery. Not so long ago they had complete anonymity, but now they have been exposed by the boy and his blog in front of Tozzer People.
Ozias' command to his sycophants: Tell the older people to sit down, shut up, hear me and only me, and obey me as your God. Very chilling, Mark Ozias. Not only has Jeff Tozzer given CC residents a voice and a platform thru CCWD, he also has withstood the battlefield of the CRC. Jeff has constantly stood up for us here in CC, and we owe him dearly. He never once wavered in his repect for the people and his oath. As for Ron Ruchards, I did not agree with him on many issues; however, he also never wavered in his commitment to do what is right for the people, the tax-payers, and the Commission. Thank you Ron for your dedication, because CC Commissioners must respond to the BIA on behalf of their citizens. Susan Fisch, Jim Stoffer, and Paul Pickett lead the 2025 CRC to fail epically. Remember them and their mentor, Norma Turner, when you vote in 2029 for the next 15 Commissioners. As always, Jeff, thank you for your excellent work on behalf of the people of CC.
I am disappointed in Ron Cameron. He needed to step up there. He stacked chips from the County LEO trough and he should have defended that trough more aggressively. Its like he quit after the water czar was killed. Like he thought the county will survive all those land acquisitions... That's a guy that doesn't need to wave a swastika sign to pay off a student loan and one of the most capable of getting his brain out of the trunk.
It wasn't Mr. Duncan. Some people didn't have people in the community who could see my frustration and explain that there wasn't a Jimmy or Freddy Rasmus that played for Foss of Tacoma and that I wouldn't find that name in the program, because Rasmus was the black guy on the Cream of Wheat cartoon.
Can you imagine the frustration these people feel when Richards using rational thought? Hey, I just realized that Ozias was likely speaking to Richards in a roundabout way.
Ron is a globalist right up until it comes time to go broke. I challenged that man to take left turns from the globalist view and return to the Kennedy Democrat ways of old. It is clear now there are times when he does.
Commissioner Ozias. “Older persons should not talk about their wisdom and experience. They need to listen…” ------ That right there is a super scary comment.
Did the commissioner say "older person" ie. age discrimination? I caution public officers using such as it could also be violating 1A rights under "viewpoint discrimination," whereas a citizen is being targeted 'But For' his/her viewpoint and adverse action taken or selected action taken by government agencies.
I've noticed more of these violations these days including "Hecklers Veto" another violation of 1A right by protesters who are targeting individuals with different viewpoints in public forum, essentially heckling-suppressing their right to speak.
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.” Pericles was so correct. Part of solving the problem is doing what Jeff, and others, have started with CCWD - expose the partisan leftwing ideology driving the county into the poorhouse. Just as important is voter apathy. We need to mobilize voters. When only 27,865 voters out of 58,529 cast ballots in the November election, and the “progressives” get more of their ilk to vote than the other side, they win.
Also, shouldn’t any person elected to a seat on the commission be required to give up any other official positions on any NGO or entity that does business with the county????
If the code of ethics was in place, and it followed other counties that actually have and use theirs, then yes Ozias would have to dismiss himself from his 17+ other obligations or step down from BOCCC. OMG, what if he left the BOCCC, it would be like Christmas year round!
Independent thought is not tolerated within the Democrat Party. Party constituents either march to the cliff en masse or experience the wrath of the collective for not heeling. We live in a country of laws. The laws can and do change with the times, but until then, they remain the law. The issue with illegal immigrants is not their ethnicity, country of origin language or accent. The issue is that they are ILLEGAL. The reality of indigenous, native, Aboriginal, first nation people, is that there are none living today. They are all dead. Their descendants are no more or no less righteous or corrupt than any other descendants. Who came before the first nations ? Exactly how many generations are legally necessary before one qualifies for the classifications of native or indigenous or first nations or aboriginal ? I was born in Portland Oregon April of 1947 and have resided in the State of Washington since then. If I am not a native American, what then ? I have a love of, passion for and a collection of tribal/indigenous/native/Aboriginal art. This feel good, bullshit, pretense of championing the infinite forms of minority-ism must end. There is only one race; human.
Ozias, what a piece of work. “Older people”with their wisdom and experience, should be quiet. Just listen.
Well, that would certainly be convenient for you! Since what you bring to the table is your loyalty to the tribe and your own agenda. How painful it must be that “Older” people have memories of all your failures. You, sir are the one that needs to listen. We come from backgrounds of business success, medical careers, personally grown wealth. You however, are a government tick, sucking the blood out of the county. Somehow, you are sucking more blood than what’s available. Your pathetic attempt to silence the educated and aware in this community, shows how out of touch you truly are. Your contempt for citizens is so apparent, what are you afraid of? That even more voters will see you are not capable of doing the job you are paid to accomplish. No surprise there.
Many of the retired transplants to Clallam County spent a lifetime collecting the degrees, titles, and jobs to be taken serious. You can tell that people like Susan Fisch and Jim Stoffer really cared about being taken serious in their professional lives, but there were guard rails that kept them in the lines. And they spent their careers feeling they were serious and important.
Then they moved to WA and Clallam County and felt they were so important and serious that they should be allowed to tell everyone else how to live, but there are no guard rails. They are now wholly unserious people. If you look up the definition of unserious you will see one of the definitions is: (Of a person) Not reliable or responsible in serious situations; lacking in gravity, earnestness, or sincerity.
I find it sad. These people do not understand how clownish they look. And I know. I come from their world where titles and degrees make you a serious person. But they have flushed it all down the toilet because they do not know how to navigate the real world without the guard rails in place to keep you serious. I think it is time to disqualify anyone from public office that is retired and has a previous "serious" career. That includes me, I do not want to look clownish.
I just did some google research on Susan Fisch and I’m left wondering, what happened to her? I’m thinking you are right about the guard rails; it makes sense.
That doesn’t seem to be the Susan Fisch that is overseeing proceedings now. When I heard Jeff, in a previous podcast, mention that she provided an anonymous email that claimed he was a bully and then closed the matter — without him being able to question the anonymous email — it sent off warnings to me that she does not respect due process. She arrived with good credentials but it doesn’t seem to be the same person as described in her evaluations.
She and others who are multi-jabbed are most likely experiencing serious mental decline...not everyone, just the 'unlucky' ones. The jabs were and are Russian Roulette. Not all jabs were created equal. Some placebo. Some deadly. Some just very toxic. It's still playing out. 💉No one who took multi-jabs has the common sense to be in any public office.🥸
When I see people driving in Sequim, I think they’re either drunk, blind, or medicated. Cognitive decline is a thought I had too when I read her evaluations. If people openly question Trump about his cognitive abilities, it seems only fair that all other elected officials serving in any capacity can be openly questioned about their cognitive abilities as well.
Perhaps moving into a "retirement community" where the cost to obtain your comfort is always on the rise, one could potentially lose morals and ethics only to side with the construction that keeps you safe and warm and comfortable.
I've noticed that many who are reeling closer to the unknown future of their demise will often revert into more structured and sometimes eccentric frameworks of belief in order to counter -act the looming fears they fall into.
If you are afraid to die alone and in a home where no one visits or cares, will you not attempt to obtain all conditions of power you hold?
That makes a lot of sense too; a good piece to the puzzle! I did a google search along the lines of why retired people change drastically; one of the topics mentioned was the concern of rising cost of living wiping out retirement or savings, and that the fear of that is sometimes greater than the fear of death. Even with a good pension or retirement, I wouldn’t doubt that there are people who become driven by holding on to their comforts — including the comfort of power — at any cost.
John, that land acknowledgement crap is everywhere. Same basic cut and paste form being used all over the US in all walks and businesses entities. I gag every time I see one.
This article highlights a County in decline to ever lower levels of Medeocrity! These Ideologs (including Ozias, Johnson, and French) are ill suited for the roles they attempt to fulfill. Their performance as small county leaders is truly pathetic and rought with unethical conflicts of interest
If they were working in corporate America, they would have been banished and sent back into single contributor positions as they clearly lack fundamental leadership qualities!
How do we cause a path and outcome more like what Watcom County!?
I've been in Clallam county for 6 years now, as my husband and I moved here to retire, and began reading CCW about 10 months ago. This article by Jeff, puts it ALL into perspective! We are creative, independent thinkers and this county is being destroyed by a small group of rigid idealogues. This comment by Ozias, “Older persons should not talk about their wisdom and experience. They need to listen…” really irked me! Thank you, Jeff!
John, you and Straight Shooter have me laughing today. I know you read it but I have to quote something he wrote that is so right on it could be in a Saturday Night Live news headline:
Port Angeles Police Roll Out New ‘Repeat Offender Punch Card’ — 10th Arrest Earns a Free Night in Jail
Dubbed the “10th Time’s the Charm” Punch Card, the initiative rewards frequent fliers of the local jail system by giving them a punch for each arrest. Once the card is filled, they finally receive what the department calls a “complimentary overnight stay”—also known as actual incarceration.
MK, there's also very interesting politics going on in Jefferson County. I see accountability and transparency legal issues being taken to court. Matt Ready, a hospital commissioner, has bravely challenged the Port Townsend Healthcare Board for not adhering to the Open Public Meeting Act. Sound familiar? It's happening!
Waking people up is the only 'democratic' way...we could do recalls with enough participation but people have to know and care enough to get involved...zombies can't be motivated...maybe we're doomed!🤓
Not to add another issue to y'all's plate, but I will make it fun. Whoever can find the typo first in the latest Clallam County PUD Mailer: Building for the Future: Why Investing in a New Operations Center Matters for Clallam County, will win a virtual gold star from Dr. Sarah! Now, here is the link to the website version, which does not have the typo I found, so you will need to look at the tangible three-page mailer: https://www.clallampud.net/news-releases/building-for-the-future-why-investing-in-a-new-operations-center-matters-for-clallam-county/
It's ALWAYS a good time to announce infinite rate and tax increases, it's all for a good cause...too bad the P.U.D. didn't implement this PLAN before the cost of everything went up 40% over the past few years...our electricity is still the cheapest in the nation but it won't stay that way for much longer.🤪
Thank you Jeff for pointing out very important items surrounding why this County is in such measurable decline and saying it out loud, having the conversations and expecting accountability from our hard earned tax dollars. As long as we have elected officials who do not work for the people instead are extensions of special interest groups the outcome will continue to be the same. We the people will always be the racists, the bigots, the DEPLORABLES according to people like Fisch, Pickett & others who align with them who cop out.
Susan Frisch, wow! Petty tyrant extraordinaire. Was she driven out of Colorado? And Paul Pickett, what a pair they make.
“. . . if the tribes hadn’t signed treaties giving up rights to this land.” Was there a treaty involving “this” land other than the Point No Point Treaty? Has Paul Pickett ever acknowledged the payment of money at the time to the tribes for this and other land? While some might argue it wasn’t enough, a case could be made otherwise.
Economists in the 1950s claimed if the tribes that sold Manhattan in 1626 for $24 worth of beads had invested $24 at 7%, they would have been able to buy Manhattan back. Value is relative sometimes, especially when there is more land for your use, and no real sacrifice is involved.
Judge Boldt, in that awful decision, remarked how adamantly and forcefully (my description from memory) the tribes fought for fishing. The same was not true of the land. The sale price? $60,000, I believe. Had that been invested at 7% since 1855, they would now have around $5.5 Billion. With interest compounded monthly instead of annually, just under $8 Billion.
Do we need to ask what they would have done with more money? There’s a reason the tribes insisted that one of the terms in the treaty was no alcohol on the land reserved for them.
The tribes were offered other help that had monetary benefit. What was the future value of that and all the other payments and other “gimmes” now?
End the lies! That includes salmon, dams, culverts, hatcheries, estuaries, stewardship, land acknowledgments, and ???
Suzy Jimmy n commissioner need to go..charter review is complete waste of time n money dismantle it..blows my mind this whole county including crooked commissioner should ask be audited.. shouldn't the pool corruption be a big fn red flag!!!! HELLO!!!!
Charter review may not be as effective as we would wish, but it did give us a front row seat to personalities that aren’t fit for human consumption.
I said it before but it is worth questioning again, who thought 15 was the right number to deal with issues and agree on solutions. 15 is about 10 too many. The entire concept makes me question, why aren’t we all concerned with these failed “Order of Business” procedures. At least Jeff had the integrity to tell us nothing gets done on CRC. Then for sure have it every five years or ten or never would also work. Thanks Jeff, I will share some of my personal blunders bc you so graciously shared your one year sentence (CRC) with us.
I think 9 (3 from each district) would be a good start. I wish I had paid attention to your suggestion sooner, and we could have seen how far it got through the process.
Clallam County is in decline. Clearly, today's leaders and NGOs are not improving our quality of life. People said it was time for a change, it did not work. Let's get back to the leadership that did work for Clallam County.
Brian, Jake Seegers is right there with us. We WILL get him voted in! And then another, and another until, as you say, "..back to the leadership that did work for Clallam County"
Also, no back to back terms and no more than 2 terms and mandatory ETHICS oversight...for every public employee.
Exceptions could be made for 'The Right People'...transparent accountability...good fruits...balanced budgets...good business decisions...improved sustainable economy...tourism is not sustainable...we need real businesses that provide stable living wage incomes and it will require real positive leadership to do those things.😎
WE need to be able to remove non-performers quickly, like in the real world, instead of painfully, depressingly watching helplessly while globalist trolls destroy everything good about our county, state and nation.😎
Pickett on property taxes. I would think most of tax revenue would be on improvements not raw land. If I am correct he has his head inserted further than humanly possible. Must have help from others with no visible heads.
The citizens of this county are being controlled by extremists, because we've let them. While our guard was/is down serving ourselves we've (I included) have failed to see and be involved to balance out what goes on in plain view.
The extremists have merely capitalized on this situation and what we visually have is a teeter totter with one end firmly planted on the ground, the other in the sky. It represents our county. It's stuck because of a ridiculous imbalance. We can't function this way. The halo effect of national politics is strong here, and it has no business in serving everyone equally. There are a handful of elites, a masterclass, and they're intention is to control all of us.
None of what I believe these people are about matters, it's obvious to see, if we open our eyes. If it wasn't for CCWD I'd still be bumbling along doing my thing oblivious and blind to the seriously lopsided government we have.
The extremist agenda won massively with their soldiers being inserted into the CRC process. I question Commissioner Sarmiento's support for Townhalls. If Pickett, Fisch, Stoffer, et al jump on I'll know I'm correct.
When someone as reasonable as Commissioner Richards, a Democrat, is labeled a racist, you know we're in deep shit.
They turned on her during the water czar push. Nina ran into the law enforcement wing of the globalists with land acknowledgement email footers.
Thanks for the update. Then I hopefully stand corrected.
You don't need to be corrected..They still have her on the grooming table. Democrats have always eaten their young.
She probably has a student loan to pay off. If she is smart she will shake it off still use land acknowledgement email footers.
Its the money that is leveraging the loyalties through the NGO network. Then, after all the swastika sign waving and land acknowledgement email footers, they have a place to land at 6 figures and stack chips until they can look for a dwindling private sector job opportunity. .
Just come in with idea's and propose them to these people. They go straight to the land acknowledgment. That trail leads to NODC and SERN. Then if you want an answer at an event forget it. You will just be recruited to roll logs and quickly singled out if you don't. But..the threat of ideas really exposes the ugly and corrupt underbelly of their machinery. Not so long ago they had complete anonymity, but now they have been exposed by the boy and his blog in front of Tozzer People.
Ozias' command to his sycophants: Tell the older people to sit down, shut up, hear me and only me, and obey me as your God. Very chilling, Mark Ozias. Not only has Jeff Tozzer given CC residents a voice and a platform thru CCWD, he also has withstood the battlefield of the CRC. Jeff has constantly stood up for us here in CC, and we owe him dearly. He never once wavered in his repect for the people and his oath. As for Ron Ruchards, I did not agree with him on many issues; however, he also never wavered in his commitment to do what is right for the people, the tax-payers, and the Commission. Thank you Ron for your dedication, because CC Commissioners must respond to the BIA on behalf of their citizens. Susan Fisch, Jim Stoffer, and Paul Pickett lead the 2025 CRC to fail epically. Remember them and their mentor, Norma Turner, when you vote in 2029 for the next 15 Commissioners. As always, Jeff, thank you for your excellent work on behalf of the people of CC.
I am disappointed in Ron Cameron. He needed to step up there. He stacked chips from the County LEO trough and he should have defended that trough more aggressively. Its like he quit after the water czar was killed. Like he thought the county will survive all those land acquisitions... That's a guy that doesn't need to wave a swastika sign to pay off a student loan and one of the most capable of getting his brain out of the trunk.
I agree, John. I have had to ask myself, What happened to Ron? Or, more likely, who got to him?
It wasn't Mr. Duncan. Some people didn't have people in the community who could see my frustration and explain that there wasn't a Jimmy or Freddy Rasmus that played for Foss of Tacoma and that I wouldn't find that name in the program, because Rasmus was the black guy on the Cream of Wheat cartoon.
Richards is the only one of them that appears to understand the word broke.
Can you imagine the frustration these people feel when Richards using rational thought? Hey, I just realized that Ozias was likely speaking to Richards in a roundabout way.
Ron is a globalist right up until it comes time to go broke. I challenged that man to take left turns from the globalist view and return to the Kennedy Democrat ways of old. It is clear now there are times when he does.
Commissioner Ozias. “Older persons should not talk about their wisdom and experience. They need to listen…”
Do you shuffle that trope past the tribal elders too? How does Ron respond to your "wisdom?"
That aside, this is what leads our county. More imbalance.
How is it that you're in your position, as an "older person?"
Let us know when you tell old man Pickett to sit down and shut his pie hole in deference to Jeff, who's younger.
Commissioner Ozias. “Older persons should not talk about their wisdom and experience. They need to listen…” ------ That right there is a super scary comment.
You know I've been mulling it in my head. There's the possibility of additional context that I might understand, but I don't know what it is.
Did the commissioner say "older person" ie. age discrimination? I caution public officers using such as it could also be violating 1A rights under "viewpoint discrimination," whereas a citizen is being targeted 'But For' his/her viewpoint and adverse action taken or selected action taken by government agencies.
I've noticed more of these violations these days including "Hecklers Veto" another violation of 1A right by protesters who are targeting individuals with different viewpoints in public forum, essentially heckling-suppressing their right to speak.
That's a perspective I hadn't considered, but sounds quite valid. In a corporate setting that would certainly be a problem.
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.” Pericles was so correct. Part of solving the problem is doing what Jeff, and others, have started with CCWD - expose the partisan leftwing ideology driving the county into the poorhouse. Just as important is voter apathy. We need to mobilize voters. When only 27,865 voters out of 58,529 cast ballots in the November election, and the “progressives” get more of their ilk to vote than the other side, they win.
Also, shouldn’t any person elected to a seat on the commission be required to give up any other official positions on any NGO or entity that does business with the county????
Definitely. No question about it.
If the code of ethics was in place, and it followed other counties that actually have and use theirs, then yes Ozias would have to dismiss himself from his 17+ other obligations or step down from BOCCC. OMG, what if he left the BOCCC, it would be like Christmas year round!
Independent thought is not tolerated within the Democrat Party. Party constituents either march to the cliff en masse or experience the wrath of the collective for not heeling. We live in a country of laws. The laws can and do change with the times, but until then, they remain the law. The issue with illegal immigrants is not their ethnicity, country of origin language or accent. The issue is that they are ILLEGAL. The reality of indigenous, native, Aboriginal, first nation people, is that there are none living today. They are all dead. Their descendants are no more or no less righteous or corrupt than any other descendants. Who came before the first nations ? Exactly how many generations are legally necessary before one qualifies for the classifications of native or indigenous or first nations or aboriginal ? I was born in Portland Oregon April of 1947 and have resided in the State of Washington since then. If I am not a native American, what then ? I have a love of, passion for and a collection of tribal/indigenous/native/Aboriginal art. This feel good, bullshit, pretense of championing the infinite forms of minority-ism must end. There is only one race; human.
TRIBE U. S. A.
We also live in a country with acknowledgement email footers and swastika signs.
Ozias, what a piece of work. “Older people”with their wisdom and experience, should be quiet. Just listen.
Well, that would certainly be convenient for you! Since what you bring to the table is your loyalty to the tribe and your own agenda. How painful it must be that “Older” people have memories of all your failures. You, sir are the one that needs to listen. We come from backgrounds of business success, medical careers, personally grown wealth. You however, are a government tick, sucking the blood out of the county. Somehow, you are sucking more blood than what’s available. Your pathetic attempt to silence the educated and aware in this community, shows how out of touch you truly are. Your contempt for citizens is so apparent, what are you afraid of? That even more voters will see you are not capable of doing the job you are paid to accomplish. No surprise there.
Many of the retired transplants to Clallam County spent a lifetime collecting the degrees, titles, and jobs to be taken serious. You can tell that people like Susan Fisch and Jim Stoffer really cared about being taken serious in their professional lives, but there were guard rails that kept them in the lines. And they spent their careers feeling they were serious and important.
Then they moved to WA and Clallam County and felt they were so important and serious that they should be allowed to tell everyone else how to live, but there are no guard rails. They are now wholly unserious people. If you look up the definition of unserious you will see one of the definitions is: (Of a person) Not reliable or responsible in serious situations; lacking in gravity, earnestness, or sincerity.
I find it sad. These people do not understand how clownish they look. And I know. I come from their world where titles and degrees make you a serious person. But they have flushed it all down the toilet because they do not know how to navigate the real world without the guard rails in place to keep you serious. I think it is time to disqualify anyone from public office that is retired and has a previous "serious" career. That includes me, I do not want to look clownish.
I just did some google research on Susan Fisch and I’m left wondering, what happened to her? I’m thinking you are right about the guard rails; it makes sense.
Her judicial performance evaluations in Colorado report her as being fair, and overly cautious to not be lenient with one side over another, in her 2008 evaluation: https://judicialperformance.colorado.gov/fisch-susan-2010-evaluation
Her 2018 evaluation gives her nothing but praise: https://judicialperformance.colorado.gov/fisch-susan-2018-evaluation
That doesn’t seem to be the Susan Fisch that is overseeing proceedings now. When I heard Jeff, in a previous podcast, mention that she provided an anonymous email that claimed he was a bully and then closed the matter — without him being able to question the anonymous email — it sent off warnings to me that she does not respect due process. She arrived with good credentials but it doesn’t seem to be the same person as described in her evaluations.
She and others who are multi-jabbed are most likely experiencing serious mental decline...not everyone, just the 'unlucky' ones. The jabs were and are Russian Roulette. Not all jabs were created equal. Some placebo. Some deadly. Some just very toxic. It's still playing out. 💉No one who took multi-jabs has the common sense to be in any public office.🥸
When I see people driving in Sequim, I think they’re either drunk, blind, or medicated. Cognitive decline is a thought I had too when I read her evaluations. If people openly question Trump about his cognitive abilities, it seems only fair that all other elected officials serving in any capacity can be openly questioned about their cognitive abilities as well.
Perhaps moving into a "retirement community" where the cost to obtain your comfort is always on the rise, one could potentially lose morals and ethics only to side with the construction that keeps you safe and warm and comfortable.
I've noticed that many who are reeling closer to the unknown future of their demise will often revert into more structured and sometimes eccentric frameworks of belief in order to counter -act the looming fears they fall into.
If you are afraid to die alone and in a home where no one visits or cares, will you not attempt to obtain all conditions of power you hold?
That makes a lot of sense too; a good piece to the puzzle! I did a google search along the lines of why retired people change drastically; one of the topics mentioned was the concern of rising cost of living wiping out retirement or savings, and that the fear of that is sometimes greater than the fear of death. Even with a good pension or retirement, I wouldn’t doubt that there are people who become driven by holding on to their comforts — including the comfort of power — at any cost.
That is an interesting theory. Very possible.
Good theory.😊
They couldn't get the land acknowledgement email footer on fast enough.
John, that land acknowledgement crap is everywhere. Same basic cut and paste form being used all over the US in all walks and businesses entities. I gag every time I see one.
It never used to bother me so much until it stood in the way of my ideas. After that I could see it more clearly through the hate America lens.
Excellent article @Jeff Tozzer!
This article highlights a County in decline to ever lower levels of Medeocrity! These Ideologs (including Ozias, Johnson, and French) are ill suited for the roles they attempt to fulfill. Their performance as small county leaders is truly pathetic and rought with unethical conflicts of interest
If they were working in corporate America, they would have been banished and sent back into single contributor positions as they clearly lack fundamental leadership qualities!
How do we cause a path and outcome more like what Watcom County!?
I've been in Clallam county for 6 years now, as my husband and I moved here to retire, and began reading CCW about 10 months ago. This article by Jeff, puts it ALL into perspective! We are creative, independent thinkers and this county is being destroyed by a small group of rigid idealogues. This comment by Ozias, “Older persons should not talk about their wisdom and experience. They need to listen…” really irked me! Thank you, Jeff!
Take out your teeth and wave a swastika sign..
John, you and Straight Shooter have me laughing today. I know you read it but I have to quote something he wrote that is so right on it could be in a Saturday Night Live news headline:
Port Angeles Police Roll Out New ‘Repeat Offender Punch Card’ — 10th Arrest Earns a Free Night in Jail
Dubbed the “10th Time’s the Charm” Punch Card, the initiative rewards frequent fliers of the local jail system by giving them a punch for each arrest. Once the card is filled, they finally receive what the department calls a “complimentary overnight stay”—also known as actual incarceration.
With free boofing administration by 'Scary Berry'!😎
I'm preparing to carve out time to find a way to be involved. It's in the works.
MK, there's also very interesting politics going on in Jefferson County. I see accountability and transparency legal issues being taken to court. Matt Ready, a hospital commissioner, has bravely challenged the Port Townsend Healthcare Board for not adhering to the Open Public Meeting Act. Sound familiar? It's happening!
How do we cause a path and outcome more like what Watcom County!?
Show up and let them know you are watching.
Waking people up is the only 'democratic' way...we could do recalls with enough participation but people have to know and care enough to get involved...zombies can't be motivated...maybe we're doomed!🤓
Not to add another issue to y'all's plate, but I will make it fun. Whoever can find the typo first in the latest Clallam County PUD Mailer: Building for the Future: Why Investing in a New Operations Center Matters for Clallam County, will win a virtual gold star from Dr. Sarah! Now, here is the link to the website version, which does not have the typo I found, so you will need to look at the tangible three-page mailer: https://www.clallampud.net/news-releases/building-for-the-future-why-investing-in-a-new-operations-center-matters-for-clallam-county/
It's ALWAYS a good time to announce infinite rate and tax increases, it's all for a good cause...too bad the P.U.D. didn't implement this PLAN before the cost of everything went up 40% over the past few years...our electricity is still the cheapest in the nation but it won't stay that way for much longer.🤪
Thank you Jeff for pointing out very important items surrounding why this County is in such measurable decline and saying it out loud, having the conversations and expecting accountability from our hard earned tax dollars. As long as we have elected officials who do not work for the people instead are extensions of special interest groups the outcome will continue to be the same. We the people will always be the racists, the bigots, the DEPLORABLES according to people like Fisch, Pickett & others who align with them who cop out.
If people really knew who the upchain 'special interests' were...and their real plans...we would have a revolt tomorrow.😎
Susan Frisch, wow! Petty tyrant extraordinaire. Was she driven out of Colorado? And Paul Pickett, what a pair they make.
“. . . if the tribes hadn’t signed treaties giving up rights to this land.” Was there a treaty involving “this” land other than the Point No Point Treaty? Has Paul Pickett ever acknowledged the payment of money at the time to the tribes for this and other land? While some might argue it wasn’t enough, a case could be made otherwise.
Economists in the 1950s claimed if the tribes that sold Manhattan in 1626 for $24 worth of beads had invested $24 at 7%, they would have been able to buy Manhattan back. Value is relative sometimes, especially when there is more land for your use, and no real sacrifice is involved.
Judge Boldt, in that awful decision, remarked how adamantly and forcefully (my description from memory) the tribes fought for fishing. The same was not true of the land. The sale price? $60,000, I believe. Had that been invested at 7% since 1855, they would now have around $5.5 Billion. With interest compounded monthly instead of annually, just under $8 Billion.
Do we need to ask what they would have done with more money? There’s a reason the tribes insisted that one of the terms in the treaty was no alcohol on the land reserved for them.
The tribes were offered other help that had monetary benefit. What was the future value of that and all the other payments and other “gimmes” now?
End the lies! That includes salmon, dams, culverts, hatcheries, estuaries, stewardship, land acknowledgments, and ???
And the "time immemorial" propaganda.
It sounds even better than "beneficial microbes."
As you know, Don, Comm. Chris Noble has a PhD in mathematics. I wonder if he has done his math homework like you have.
Rm. 101. 2+2=anything other than 4.
: ) That deserves an applause.
NOzias +French Fry + Long Gone Johnson = Nothing Good!😊
Make lying wrong again!😎
Suzy Jimmy n commissioner need to go..charter review is complete waste of time n money dismantle it..blows my mind this whole county including crooked commissioner should ask be audited.. shouldn't the pool corruption be a big fn red flag!!!! HELLO!!!!
Charter review may not be as effective as we would wish, but it did give us a front row seat to personalities that aren’t fit for human consumption.
I said it before but it is worth questioning again, who thought 15 was the right number to deal with issues and agree on solutions. 15 is about 10 too many. The entire concept makes me question, why aren’t we all concerned with these failed “Order of Business” procedures. At least Jeff had the integrity to tell us nothing gets done on CRC. Then for sure have it every five years or ten or never would also work. Thanks Jeff, I will share some of my personal blunders bc you so graciously shared your one year sentence (CRC) with us.
I think 9 (3 from each district) would be a good start. I wish I had paid attention to your suggestion sooner, and we could have seen how far it got through the process.
If all they can do is what Olymia tells them, who needs em?
No justice = No Peace!🤪
Clallam County is in decline. Clearly, today's leaders and NGOs are not improving our quality of life. People said it was time for a change, it did not work. Let's get back to the leadership that did work for Clallam County.
Brian, Jake Seegers is right there with us. We WILL get him voted in! And then another, and another until, as you say, "..back to the leadership that did work for Clallam County"
At this moment, I am looking forward to the Ozias election.
So much damage will be done by then!
Also, no back to back terms and no more than 2 terms and mandatory ETHICS oversight...for every public employee.
Exceptions could be made for 'The Right People'...transparent accountability...good fruits...balanced budgets...good business decisions...improved sustainable economy...tourism is not sustainable...we need real businesses that provide stable living wage incomes and it will require real positive leadership to do those things.😎
WE need to be able to remove non-performers quickly, like in the real world, instead of painfully, depressingly watching helplessly while globalist trolls destroy everything good about our county, state and nation.😎
Concerning our BOCC attending WSAC this week: The RCW's require a "Notice of Quorum" be posted whenever a majority vote is in the same place at the same time. Does this qualify as a notice, or is the BOCC in violation of the OPMA? https://www.clallamcountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/24331/BOCC-Meeting-11-18-25-Cancelled
They are in multiple ethics violations but we have no recourse.🤓
Pickett on property taxes. I would think most of tax revenue would be on improvements not raw land. If I am correct he has his head inserted further than humanly possible. Must have help from others with no visible heads.
So far up that it shows.
Has to open his mouth to see daylight!
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I have been praying for Gandalf to show up with the goblin cleaver since he called Jeff an "asshole'.
Twice!