The commissioners and Ron Allen did not reply to yesterday's email. Here is today's question:
Dear Commissioners,
The 2025–2030 Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan included a commitment to measurable goals and objectives by the end of 2025. That deadline has passed. Can you provide the actual metrics you are using to evaluate progress on homelessness — such as numbers entering treatment, changes in unsheltered homelessness, shelter utilization, and outcomes tied to specific programs like safe parking — and explain why these aren’t already publicly available?
Below is a modeled example of how one of the three Clallam County Commissioners could respond to this question, written to illustrate an evidence-based, accountable approach to good governance.
Dear Constituent,
As one of the three Clallam County Commissioners, I want to respond directly to this question because it raises a legitimate accountability issue.
When the Board adopted the 2025–2030 Clallam County Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan, we did so with a specific condition: that by the end of 2025 the County would publish an addendum prioritizing actions and refining the measures used to evaluate progress (Clallam County, 2025). That reporting has not yet been completed or presented publicly, and as a governing body we are accountable for that gap.
The expectation was set in good faith and aligned with Washington State Department of Commerce guidance, which emphasizes system performance measurement and transparency (Washington State Department of Commerce, n.d.-a). However, at the time of adoption, the County did not assign clear ownership, staff capacity, or a defined workplan to deliver that reporting. While data exists across PIT counts, HMIS, coordinated entry, and program reporting, no single entity was tasked with integrating those sources into a consolidated, public-facing accountability framework.
Under RCW 43.185C, local governments retain responsibility for oversight and performance reporting even when services are delivered through partner agencies (Revised Code of Washington, n.d.). The outcome measures we are expected to track—such as changes in unsheltered homelessness, shelter utilization and exits, housing placements and retention, prevention outcomes, and program-specific results—are already defined in state and HUD frameworks (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD], n.d.; Washington State Department of Commerce, n.d.-b). What has been missing is the completion and publication of a local reporting structure that brings those measures together clearly and with appropriate rural context.
Public administration research is clear that plans alone do not create accountability; evaluation, measurement, and public reporting do (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2020). Moving forward, I believe our responsibility as commissioners is to close this gap by assigning ownership, completing the overdue metrics framework, and establishing a regular public reporting cadence so the community can see how progress is being evaluated and where improvements are needed.
References
Clallam County. (2025). 2025–2030 Clallam County homeless crisis response and housing plan. Clallam County Health & Human Services.
We could have a "Shutdown Clock" like the Congress has. Actually, it's the Whitehouse that has one... but, it would require some entity to keep track of it all. So who in Clallam county could we trust with that info?
we need all the information (power) and that's what we don't have! lol We have lost our power as citizens.... :( oh well, I'll go back to being a serf...
These comments are very interesting. I don't have a solution to the homeless situation because it probably involves complex psychological and sociological factors that were provoked many decades ago when our culture began to decline. As I see the situation our state governments have exacerbated the problem instead or repairing it. Is it a problem per se or is it a symptom of a much larger moral malaise infecting our society? Our governments treat the symptoms of a problem without locating the cure.
After reading (Action Steps) above, it would seem that if as much effort was spent on those in need of help as is spent on benefits for the employees there may be some measurable and meaningful results. This entire scenario is so foreign to me. It has been a couple of generations to get here and now we reap the consequences. When the conventional wisdom said it was bad to swat your children on the ass for bad behavior it was downhill .
Please try and get Mark O to even listen to an opposing view to harm reduction... he's living on another planet then comes to destroy with his voting power and returns from our reality he sustains. He must go!
We need background checks and psychological profiles on all candidates...and all office holders....of course how do we make sure the assessors aren't psycho's? Very complicated!
There is NO accountability for ANY 'selected' official...criminals and psychopaths are rampant in governance and power positions.
Robert James I expect our legislatures to be filled with psychotic individuals but our court system has too much power over legislatures. Why vote for any process when a judge might negate the legislative process. What good is our Constitution when a lower federal court can violate it?
Off topic but I think our society is filled with criminals and sociopaths and for some odd reason they seem to gravitate toward civil service. Our superior citizens seem to be devoted to advancement whether it leads to developing a superior racehorse or musical perfection. When our government removes itself from the process, we can observe human capacity stretched to the upper limits.
Glen Parker I believe that many political opponents are living on not only another planet but a different galaxy. At this point I am not sure any political debate will solve our differences not only locally but nationally. A myriad of counties suffer from the same delusions.
I think the metaphor is important though the frog does lunge out of the boiling water long before the temperature increases. Psychologists depend upon grants so they will adjust the variables of an experiment to conform to the benefactor. I reject most studies.
zero tolerance, tough love, structure, manditory treatment. No other options exist or will exist on the horozon even with AI . The longer we stay in denial and enable as well as put expensive ongoing bandaids on a symptom rather than solutions the more inhumane the process will continue.
JJW that comment is nostalgic. In middle school I received swats so hard that tears flowed from my eyes and my butt cheeks burned so badly I experienced difficulty sitting after the negative reinforcement was administered. No amount of logic would have produced the effective force of a thick paddle traveling at 60 MPH to my exterior. Afterwards I never engaged in bad behavior again.
For a deep dive on homeless/addiction industry and a path forward I highly recommend this book by a Washington state expert on the subject with personal lived experience-
"The addiction treatment and social services industries don't profit when people recover. They profit when people stay dependent. A recovered addict is a lost customer. An independently housed person is no longer a client. Someone who builds a stable life doesn't need ongoing services, medication, or case management. But someone managed indefinitely? Someone whose addiction is stabilized but never overcome? That person is a perpetual revenue stream.
The Gabriel Plan exposes the billion dollar machine built to manage human suffering, not end it.
This book names names. It follows the money. It documents how nonprofit executives earning $300,000+ annually design the very policies that fund their organizations. It reveals how harm reduction became harm enablement. It shows how we've built an economy on human decline.
Then it delivers a 10 point blueprint to dismantle these systems and replace them with what actually works: accountability, structure, education, and the expectation that every person is capable of transformation.
This isn't theory. This is a roadmap built on proof."
It is just sickening. The narcissism, gaslighting and cognitive dissonance in gov't has created the perfect storm...and we have to 'ride it out' while the actors continue to destroy civil society!
'Vote them out' is too little too late, too much water over the bridge.
How much more damage is NOzias going to do when he 'moves up the ladder' of power?
If we can get rid of French-Fry, NEXT year, that would be great but doesn't solve the ongoing and active destruction that is happening every day!
I don't like being so doomful but I am familiar with the history of humanity and the repetitive cycles of insanity we are prone to...and it's happening again!😜
It's so sad to watch and see how much they could care less for all of us. Never give up... We just gave to get a crack going and help all to see the truth !
Jennifer thanks for your perceptive response. The doors of perception are closed to reasonable debate because so many people have a vested interest in any argument that might challenge a current point of view.
Thank you, K. Cummins for remembering to question the Commissioners about the metrics they promised to publicly disclose! Not one of them wrote down the due date for this important item? These three weasels (now upgraded from hamsters) are shameful and inept. I don't believe we can call for a vote of No Confidence as a public county citizenry, but I have to ask for a show of hands who believes these 3 Commissioners need to resign effective immediately. ✋️
Ignoring a person is the greatest insult that one can do, psychologically speaking...we ARE actively ignored and then gaslit when there is any response at all!😎
This "zero accountability" for government and "maximum+ accountability" for Americans garbage really needs to end~! If any of us allow criminal behavior on our owned or even rented property to occur and to continue, especially if we foster and encourage it, we would be quickly arrested and face jail time and/or fines. Many of us are understandably shocked that the "usual suspects" in government management can get away with not only encouraging numerous types of criminal behavior on "our" property (within our community), but these nefarious public servants of ours are forcing us to pay for and suffer the ramifications of these insults all for the demonstrably (fake) cause of so-called "compassion"~! As a dedicated American Constitutionalist, the last thing that I ever want to see is our community become a compassionless hard-core mini police state that incarcerates all homeless folks and drug addicts who clearly suffer from a wide range of personal issues. Obviously, there are some more notorious "problem children" who really do need to be removed from our society because they are constantly causing harm to others. However, there are also many who don't require police involvement who are just trying to survive as best they can under extremely difficult circumstances that most of us can't possibly relate to. So, there is no "one shoe fits all" solution, but the solution is very clearly NOT encouraging, fostering, and enabling more & more criminal and socially destabilizing behavior... HA~! When our government servants actually cross the line into "criminal and socially destabilizing behavior" themselves, the time for "hope" has passed, and the time for "change" already exists~! Yes, we can and must keep demanding that our servants in government management do as we require and constantly prove that they are achieving the results that we need to see, however if they refuse and/or fail to perform under their social agreement and contract they need to be removed~! Folks in government do always have VERY difficult jobs if they are doing what is best for the community, however everyone suffers when "we" tolerate government servants who can't or won't do their jobs... You are doing a great job pointing these things out, as is evidenced by the impressive growth of people who are Clallam County Watchdog fans~! Together "we" shall take control of our community, so that we head into a better direction for current anf future generations~!
I’m counting on the new mayor of Seattle, Katie Wilson, to open the floodgates of funding and permissiveness for the Homeless Industrial Complex. The homeless addicts should fly off like moths to a flame.
sorry, gates been wide open since 2020. Federal changes in the past year just accelerated the WA plundering of other funds to sustain the WA state sponsored grift
Someone Someone as ludicrous as it might seem I favor a political system that is suicidal. Allow the enemies of progress to promote their agendas. The result will favor the wiser minds. We can watch a double-blind experiment once again as we did when Chaz was invented.
Sorry to say but waiting on numbers to prove justification to increase money being poured into the homeless industrial complex is going to be as painful and time consuming as waiting for the findings of an autopsy. The data will be as predicted: INCONCLUSIVE = the results don't prove anything, but will be presented as if they do.
I had to laugh, I was on another site which was talking about the homeless problem. The first paragraph was someone making a comment. The second paragraph was the ever fearful MODERATOR…..WHO SHUT DOWN ALL COMMENTS! At first I thought the moderator might be one of our Commissioners ha ; )
“...their claim is that the web of nonprofits that receive government grants to provide services to the unhoused community are grifters who are just lining their pockets and do not want to solve the problem because it is how they make their money...”
“MODERATOR HERE: To those who might comment, remember that r/Nonprofit is a place for constructive conversations. This is not the place for comments that say little more than "nonprofits are the wooooorst" or "the nonprofit I currently work at sucks, therefore all nonprofits suck." Comments that are not constructive or do not address OP's post will be removed”
AFB, that's funny! So onto more constructive news;
BELLTOWN BUST REVEALS HIDDEN CRACK STASH IN SUSPECTS UNDERWEAR.
Yeww!!! Can't make this stuff up. Is that why they call it crack? Maybe the Harm Reduction instructions should include, “sniff your drugs, if your crack smells like a crack, we can’t help you on that one, you're on your own”
LOL. Poor sniffer dogs, they have to sniff out so many nasty things!
"Detection dog. A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to use its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, wildlife scat, semen, currency, blood, and contraband electronics, such as illicit mobile phones. The sense most used by detection dogs is smell."
Hey, I wonder what or who’s fingers will be in this pie?
Bid Recipient: Port Angeles Community and Economic Development
RFP for Sale of Historic Fire Hall at 215 S Lincoln Street– Apply Now!
The City of Port Angeles is excited to announce the upcoming sale of the former Port Angeles Fire Hall located at 215 South Lincoln Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362. With the City Council’s support, there is a special focus on prioritizing affordable housing, mixed-use development, and historic preservation. The City aims to sell the site to a qualified individual or organization who will restore, preserve, finance, operate, and maintain an affordable housing development at this site, resulting in occupied, habitable units. Proposals are due by February 13, 2026. Visit the City of Port Angeles Bids and RFPs page at https://www.cityofpa.us/bids.aspx for background, RFP details, and ideal qualifications, or email ced@cityofpa.us.
not just out-of-date, it is not seismically secure, there is asbestos, and lots and LOTS of rats, and the foundation on the backside has been undermined by an insecure gully with Peabody Creek at the bottom. There used to be land behind the firehouse -- no more.
back in 2010-ish Frank Amore of Pane d'Amore wanted to buy the building and turn it into a bakery here. A cafe, and patio. Frank was an amazing person. I'm sure he would have made it into a perfect building -- he was that kind of driving force. The erosion would have been addressed while it was still addressable.
But, the city wouldn't play ball, at all. They wanted too much money, then there were all this red-tape. Couldn't pencil out.
Meanwhile, the Lincoln School had multiple people over the last 30 years who wanted to buy the building, and turn it into condos -- with rumors that one wanted to make it into some kind of luxury hotel, but they never got anywhere with that idea.
So... here we are like the idiots who want "what they paid" for -- for junk on craigslist and at garage sales. Or, like the non-visionaries we have running this town ... can't envision a future that benefits the community.
Worst thing about Clallam County are the luddites.
Our commissioners do not expect results, do not care about results & do not manage according to results. The only time I’ve witnessed action based on results was when the bank roll dried up……..then they act……..THEY RAISE OUR TAXES! Other than that action……full steam ahead…..RESULTS MEAN NOTHING….that is why there are none!
We could pay monkeys a lot less than +$118,000 X 3 to say “Yah” week after week.
DNA testing doesn't show tribe DNA. The problem? Humans have been mixing and mating and interbreeding for the last 70,000 years -- first the Neanderthal and Denisovian did the horizontal boogie. ten Homo sapiens and Neanderthals were entwined (leaving their genetics all over us). Native American tribes boinked with Paleo-Siberians, Polynesians, Australo-Melensians, and other ocean travelers (such as the Vikings). Humans are horny mutts. There are no pure "races". Every single human on the planet has the same protein-coding genes, and there is no clear genetic divide to use to classify us. The truth is 99.9% of all humans are genetically identical, and no group has any gene that another group lacks (hell we are 98% identical to chimps, and 99.7% similar to Neanderthals).
When the Human Genome Project began in 1990 it was anticipated we'd have some huge number of human-protein-encoding genes... at least 100,000. After all an ear of corn has 32,000. NOPE...we had just shy of 20,000 genes. All human differences are driven by various genes that turn on/off like a string of twinkling Christmas lights.
DNA may show some BROAD indigenous ancestry -- mostly the flat-land plains tribes. But, we've had so much in-breeding the point is moot. Tribes are akin to groups that bond together rooting for the same sports team. Its why the best they can do is adhere to the mother's offspring, as "proof". (Nevermind if grandmama stepped out with some whitey a generation or two back...to further dilute the blood quantum..)
The commissioners and Ron Allen did not reply to yesterday's email. Here is today's question:
Dear Commissioners,
The 2025–2030 Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan included a commitment to measurable goals and objectives by the end of 2025. That deadline has passed. Can you provide the actual metrics you are using to evaluate progress on homelessness — such as numbers entering treatment, changes in unsheltered homelessness, shelter utilization, and outcomes tied to specific programs like safe parking — and explain why these aren’t already publicly available?
Below is a modeled example of how one of the three Clallam County Commissioners could respond to this question, written to illustrate an evidence-based, accountable approach to good governance.
Dear Constituent,
As one of the three Clallam County Commissioners, I want to respond directly to this question because it raises a legitimate accountability issue.
When the Board adopted the 2025–2030 Clallam County Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan, we did so with a specific condition: that by the end of 2025 the County would publish an addendum prioritizing actions and refining the measures used to evaluate progress (Clallam County, 2025). That reporting has not yet been completed or presented publicly, and as a governing body we are accountable for that gap.
The expectation was set in good faith and aligned with Washington State Department of Commerce guidance, which emphasizes system performance measurement and transparency (Washington State Department of Commerce, n.d.-a). However, at the time of adoption, the County did not assign clear ownership, staff capacity, or a defined workplan to deliver that reporting. While data exists across PIT counts, HMIS, coordinated entry, and program reporting, no single entity was tasked with integrating those sources into a consolidated, public-facing accountability framework.
Under RCW 43.185C, local governments retain responsibility for oversight and performance reporting even when services are delivered through partner agencies (Revised Code of Washington, n.d.). The outcome measures we are expected to track—such as changes in unsheltered homelessness, shelter utilization and exits, housing placements and retention, prevention outcomes, and program-specific results—are already defined in state and HUD frameworks (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD], n.d.; Washington State Department of Commerce, n.d.-b). What has been missing is the completion and publication of a local reporting structure that brings those measures together clearly and with appropriate rural context.
Public administration research is clear that plans alone do not create accountability; evaluation, measurement, and public reporting do (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2020). Moving forward, I believe our responsibility as commissioners is to close this gap by assigning ownership, completing the overdue metrics framework, and establishing a regular public reporting cadence so the community can see how progress is being evaluated and where improvements are needed.
References
Clallam County. (2025). 2025–2030 Clallam County homeless crisis response and housing plan. Clallam County Health & Human Services.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2020). Policy framework on sound public governance. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/policy-framework-on-sound-public-governance_931b05fc.html
Revised Code of Washington. (n.d.). RCW 43.185C: Homeless housing and assistance. https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=43.185C
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (n.d.). Continuum of Care system performance measures. HUD Exchange. https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/system-performance-measures/
Washington State Department of Commerce. (n.d.-a). Washington state homeless housing strategic plan. https://www.commerce.wa.gov/homelessness-response/planning-and-reporting/strategic-plan/
Washington State Department of Commerce. (n.d.-b). Homeless system performance. https://www.commerce.wa.gov/housing-data/system-performance/
Homelessness is job security in financially depressed Clallam Co
Wait until the county has to declare bankruptcy!
That's job security for the banksters!😱
We could have a "Shutdown Clock" like the Congress has. Actually, it's the Whitehouse that has one... but, it would require some entity to keep track of it all. So who in Clallam county could we trust with that info?
You could trust a group of us, but we'd have to 'create' 'standing'.
We'd have to (Take It) back, because it (power) will never be surrendered!
However it is entirely possible that the nation Will be surrendered...maybe it already has been!😎
we need all the information (power) and that's what we don't have! lol We have lost our power as citizens.... :( oh well, I'll go back to being a serf...
These comments are very interesting. I don't have a solution to the homeless situation because it probably involves complex psychological and sociological factors that were provoked many decades ago when our culture began to decline. As I see the situation our state governments have exacerbated the problem instead or repairing it. Is it a problem per se or is it a symptom of a much larger moral malaise infecting our society? Our governments treat the symptoms of a problem without locating the cure.
After reading (Action Steps) above, it would seem that if as much effort was spent on those in need of help as is spent on benefits for the employees there may be some measurable and meaningful results. This entire scenario is so foreign to me. It has been a couple of generations to get here and now we reap the consequences. When the conventional wisdom said it was bad to swat your children on the ass for bad behavior it was downhill .
I can offer no solutions. I do know when something is not working, one tries something else. Eventually you figure it out.
Please try and get Mark O to even listen to an opposing view to harm reduction... he's living on another planet then comes to destroy with his voting power and returns from our reality he sustains. He must go!
We need background checks and psychological profiles on all candidates...and all office holders....of course how do we make sure the assessors aren't psycho's? Very complicated!
There is NO accountability for ANY 'selected' official...criminals and psychopaths are rampant in governance and power positions.
Assessor will just make sure county get's more than enough tax $$$ to squander.
Robert James, I think it should start with a lie detector test, that should weed out a fair amount.
We NEED some kind of screening...a lie detector is related to psychology, so I agree, it would be a good start.😎
Robert James I expect our legislatures to be filled with psychotic individuals but our court system has too much power over legislatures. Why vote for any process when a judge might negate the legislative process. What good is our Constitution when a lower federal court can violate it?
Off topic but I think our society is filled with criminals and sociopaths and for some odd reason they seem to gravitate toward civil service. Our superior citizens seem to be devoted to advancement whether it leads to developing a superior racehorse or musical perfection. When our government removes itself from the process, we can observe human capacity stretched to the upper limits.
Our largest problem IMO is not greed but jealousy.
I thought they were mostly artists, but I could be wrong... the sociopaths, that is...
They should be drug tested!?!?
Why not? Other city and county employees are - law enforcement, fire dept. etc.
Glen Parker I believe that many political opponents are living on not only another planet but a different galaxy. At this point I am not sure any political debate will solve our differences not only locally but nationally. A myriad of counties suffer from the same delusions.
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The definition of "insanity" is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different outcome. Here's your sign...
The solutions are really painful in the short term...that's why we wait...too long...to correct the problems.
Frogs in the pot!🙄
The M says that analogy is not true! LOL
I think the metaphor is important though the frog does lunge out of the boiling water long before the temperature increases. Psychologists depend upon grants so they will adjust the variables of an experiment to conform to the benefactor. I reject most studies.
The 'M'! Well everyone needs a jester!🤣
PSSST! He's baaaack! M that is..
LOL
Collapse is inevitable...again...because we don't figure it out...collectively anyway.😎
zero tolerance, tough love, structure, manditory treatment. No other options exist or will exist on the horozon even with AI . The longer we stay in denial and enable as well as put expensive ongoing bandaids on a symptom rather than solutions the more inhumane the process will continue.
I have no solutions either, but the solution seems to be worse than the problem.
of course it is.
JJW that comment is nostalgic. In middle school I received swats so hard that tears flowed from my eyes and my butt cheeks burned so badly I experienced difficulty sitting after the negative reinforcement was administered. No amount of logic would have produced the effective force of a thick paddle traveling at 60 MPH to my exterior. Afterwards I never engaged in bad behavior again.
There's no money in recovery, but there's gold -- and power -- in them thar hills of NGO "treatment."
yep, see my comment on today's article (1/9)
For a deep dive on homeless/addiction industry and a path forward I highly recommend this book by a Washington state expert on the subject with personal lived experience-
https://www.amazon.com/Gabriel-Plan-Points-Recover-Nation/dp/B0GCDCVKWM
"The addiction treatment and social services industries don't profit when people recover. They profit when people stay dependent. A recovered addict is a lost customer. An independently housed person is no longer a client. Someone who builds a stable life doesn't need ongoing services, medication, or case management. But someone managed indefinitely? Someone whose addiction is stabilized but never overcome? That person is a perpetual revenue stream.
The Gabriel Plan exposes the billion dollar machine built to manage human suffering, not end it.
This book names names. It follows the money. It documents how nonprofit executives earning $300,000+ annually design the very policies that fund their organizations. It reveals how harm reduction became harm enablement. It shows how we've built an economy on human decline.
Then it delivers a 10 point blueprint to dismantle these systems and replace them with what actually works: accountability, structure, education, and the expectation that every person is capable of transformation.
This isn't theory. This is a roadmap built on proof."
yes, sadly, she would know. This is industry that we are 'supporting.' The whole state of Washington is supporting. etc.
It's the same with big pharma. Without "consumers", there's no cash cow.
the book has a chapter on the MAT industry
Just started reading this book, paperback delivered next day from amazon. 👍
chapter 5 is where my highlighter ran out of ink. I'd like to read that one aloud to the CCC like preschool story time
Sounds like slavery with a worse name & worse conditions…
Just bought the book. Thanks for the tip. It's preaching to the choir in my case but it should be a good read.
The best "harm reduction" would be to recall these parasite "commissioners" and replace them with a citizens common sense committee.
How about returning to the Grange format?
Are we still rural, though? I was out and about last night, and it just doesn't feel rural anymore. And we have only been here 6 years...
In 2019, the National Grange revised their Mission Statement:
“The Grange strengthens individuals, families, and communities through grassroots action, service, education, advocacy, and agriculture awareness.”
Maybe not rural, and maybe add 'political awareness'.
Maybe that's what this watchdog is, a modern grange.
Makes sense...we don't go out a lot, especially evenings and such, so it's not the same as physical gatherings but it's something!
The Grangers' were bonded by the agrarian lifestyle they had in common.
We just have broader commonalities now, but hopefully Truth, Justice, Liberty, Accountability and Tough Love are among them, in large numbers!
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Well yes, then I agree it does fit :)
It is just sickening. The narcissism, gaslighting and cognitive dissonance in gov't has created the perfect storm...and we have to 'ride it out' while the actors continue to destroy civil society!
'Vote them out' is too little too late, too much water over the bridge.
How much more damage is NOzias going to do when he 'moves up the ladder' of power?
If we can get rid of French-Fry, NEXT year, that would be great but doesn't solve the ongoing and active destruction that is happening every day!
I don't like being so doomful but I am familiar with the history of humanity and the repetitive cycles of insanity we are prone to...and it's happening again!😜
It's so sad to watch and see how much they could care less for all of us. Never give up... We just gave to get a crack going and help all to see the truth !
Mark must go!
Glen, Susie can tell you where to get the crack going. Unsafeway.
But yes, it's disheartening with the people trying so hard to open the doors of their minds and getting nowhere.
Jennifer thanks for your perceptive response. The doors of perception are closed to reasonable debate because so many people have a vested interest in any argument that might challenge a current point of view.
Widen the Kraken!🤣
The process is part of biological Evolution. If that man is removed will his successor be any better? Clallam County is defined by demographics.
Thank you, K. Cummins for remembering to question the Commissioners about the metrics they promised to publicly disclose! Not one of them wrote down the due date for this important item? These three weasels (now upgraded from hamsters) are shameful and inept. I don't believe we can call for a vote of No Confidence as a public county citizenry, but I have to ask for a show of hands who believes these 3 Commissioners need to resign effective immediately. ✋️
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I love your enthusiasm, Linda!
well, hamsters and weasels will eat their own - as well as every other defenseless critter...
If you read the transcript carefully, there was never ever any promise to produce metrics. Only the mechanism to produce those metrics.
WHAT!!??
Ignoring a person is the greatest insult that one can do, psychologically speaking...we ARE actively ignored and then gaslit when there is any response at all!😎
Make Kommissarification Wrong Again!😎
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Well said Jeff
Great work as usual Jeff Tozzer~!
This "zero accountability" for government and "maximum+ accountability" for Americans garbage really needs to end~! If any of us allow criminal behavior on our owned or even rented property to occur and to continue, especially if we foster and encourage it, we would be quickly arrested and face jail time and/or fines. Many of us are understandably shocked that the "usual suspects" in government management can get away with not only encouraging numerous types of criminal behavior on "our" property (within our community), but these nefarious public servants of ours are forcing us to pay for and suffer the ramifications of these insults all for the demonstrably (fake) cause of so-called "compassion"~! As a dedicated American Constitutionalist, the last thing that I ever want to see is our community become a compassionless hard-core mini police state that incarcerates all homeless folks and drug addicts who clearly suffer from a wide range of personal issues. Obviously, there are some more notorious "problem children" who really do need to be removed from our society because they are constantly causing harm to others. However, there are also many who don't require police involvement who are just trying to survive as best they can under extremely difficult circumstances that most of us can't possibly relate to. So, there is no "one shoe fits all" solution, but the solution is very clearly NOT encouraging, fostering, and enabling more & more criminal and socially destabilizing behavior... HA~! When our government servants actually cross the line into "criminal and socially destabilizing behavior" themselves, the time for "hope" has passed, and the time for "change" already exists~! Yes, we can and must keep demanding that our servants in government management do as we require and constantly prove that they are achieving the results that we need to see, however if they refuse and/or fail to perform under their social agreement and contract they need to be removed~! Folks in government do always have VERY difficult jobs if they are doing what is best for the community, however everyone suffers when "we" tolerate government servants who can't or won't do their jobs... You are doing a great job pointing these things out, as is evidenced by the impressive growth of people who are Clallam County Watchdog fans~! Together "we" shall take control of our community, so that we head into a better direction for current anf future generations~!
Have a fun Friday and a great weekend~!
Sincerely, Mike
I’m counting on the new mayor of Seattle, Katie Wilson, to open the floodgates of funding and permissiveness for the Homeless Industrial Complex. The homeless addicts should fly off like moths to a flame.
Trouble is Mark Ozias will do everything to keep them here for treatment by his bosses ...
we already have that in PA why would they go to Seattle where there is more competition for freebies?
Because they won’t even have to worry about arrrest anymore.
sorry, gates been wide open since 2020. Federal changes in the past year just accelerated the WA plundering of other funds to sustain the WA state sponsored grift
That must be why Seattle PD got an order from the city administration this week to stop arrresting people for public drug use and possession.
Someone Someone as ludicrous as it might seem I favor a political system that is suicidal. Allow the enemies of progress to promote their agendas. The result will favor the wiser minds. We can watch a double-blind experiment once again as we did when Chaz was invented.
Sorry to say but waiting on numbers to prove justification to increase money being poured into the homeless industrial complex is going to be as painful and time consuming as waiting for the findings of an autopsy. The data will be as predicted: INCONCLUSIVE = the results don't prove anything, but will be presented as if they do.
Sadly, this is the Commissioner’s Modus Operandi
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I had to laugh, I was on another site which was talking about the homeless problem. The first paragraph was someone making a comment. The second paragraph was the ever fearful MODERATOR…..WHO SHUT DOWN ALL COMMENTS! At first I thought the moderator might be one of our Commissioners ha ; )
“...their claim is that the web of nonprofits that receive government grants to provide services to the unhoused community are grifters who are just lining their pockets and do not want to solve the problem because it is how they make their money...”
“MODERATOR HERE: To those who might comment, remember that r/Nonprofit is a place for constructive conversations. This is not the place for comments that say little more than "nonprofits are the wooooorst" or "the nonprofit I currently work at sucks, therefore all nonprofits suck." Comments that are not constructive or do not address OP's post will be removed”
not constructive - beeeeep! down the trap door you go, Veruka!
AFB, that's funny! So onto more constructive news;
BELLTOWN BUST REVEALS HIDDEN CRACK STASH IN SUSPECTS UNDERWEAR.
Yeww!!! Can't make this stuff up. Is that why they call it crack? Maybe the Harm Reduction instructions should include, “sniff your drugs, if your crack smells like a crack, we can’t help you on that one, you're on your own”
LOL. Poor sniffer dogs, they have to sniff out so many nasty things!
"Detection dog. A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to use its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, wildlife scat, semen, currency, blood, and contraband electronics, such as illicit mobile phones. The sense most used by detection dogs is smell."
AFB, that would be hazardous duty.
Hey, I wonder what or who’s fingers will be in this pie?
Bid Recipient: Port Angeles Community and Economic Development
RFP for Sale of Historic Fire Hall at 215 S Lincoln Street– Apply Now!
The City of Port Angeles is excited to announce the upcoming sale of the former Port Angeles Fire Hall located at 215 South Lincoln Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362. With the City Council’s support, there is a special focus on prioritizing affordable housing, mixed-use development, and historic preservation. The City aims to sell the site to a qualified individual or organization who will restore, preserve, finance, operate, and maintain an affordable housing development at this site, resulting in occupied, habitable units. Proposals are due by February 13, 2026. Visit the City of Port Angeles Bids and RFPs page at https://www.cityofpa.us/bids.aspx for background, RFP details, and ideal qualifications, or email ced@cityofpa.us.
pie in the sky, another very low income low barrier project in downtown PA business area, on the "101 scenic corridor" fabulous🥴
Millions of $ to refurbish/upgrade an out of date building...sounds great!👎🏼
It will probably end up like the city plan for the old Lincoln school with no takers due to the costs
Sounds like a homeless haven to me. Not too many repairs needed. Maybe a dog wash though.
not just out-of-date, it is not seismically secure, there is asbestos, and lots and LOTS of rats, and the foundation on the backside has been undermined by an insecure gully with Peabody Creek at the bottom. There used to be land behind the firehouse -- no more.
back in 2010-ish Frank Amore of Pane d'Amore wanted to buy the building and turn it into a bakery here. A cafe, and patio. Frank was an amazing person. I'm sure he would have made it into a perfect building -- he was that kind of driving force. The erosion would have been addressed while it was still addressable.
But, the city wouldn't play ball, at all. They wanted too much money, then there were all this red-tape. Couldn't pencil out.
Meanwhile, the Lincoln School had multiple people over the last 30 years who wanted to buy the building, and turn it into condos -- with rumors that one wanted to make it into some kind of luxury hotel, but they never got anywhere with that idea.
So... here we are like the idiots who want "what they paid" for -- for junk on craigslist and at garage sales. Or, like the non-visionaries we have running this town ... can't envision a future that benefits the community.
Worst thing about Clallam County are the luddites.
Good one! Thanks for the visual... ;-)
poor guy just took the name literally "Crack" ... "I have a crack"
Struck a nerve!
Ecology just explained the CCA environmental picture its always worse after they spend the money.
Our commissioners do not expect results, do not care about results & do not manage according to results. The only time I’ve witnessed action based on results was when the bank roll dried up……..then they act……..THEY RAISE OUR TAXES! Other than that action……full steam ahead…..RESULTS MEAN NOTHING….that is why there are none!
We could pay monkeys a lot less than +$118,000 X 3 to say “Yah” week after week.
Maybe their god is 'Yah', of the OT!
He/She/It was a genocidal psychopath who was about as nasty an entity that ever roamed the Earth...that might explain the corruption?👿
On track to increase spending and homelessness, just like CA.
In the night it occurred to me that the tribes' tampering with the blood-quantum qualifier for inclusion/exclusion is COMPLETELY and totally RACIST!
So that makes the kommissars complicit in racism by kow-towing to and encouraging/cooperating with them.
More hypocrisy!
More Demonocracy.
Our faithless 'leaders' are serving the gods of this world...certainly not us, or God of the Higher Realms!😎
Of course, it's racist. That's why they (most N.A.) do not want DNA testing, as it will show how 'racist' it is!
DNA testing doesn't show tribe DNA. The problem? Humans have been mixing and mating and interbreeding for the last 70,000 years -- first the Neanderthal and Denisovian did the horizontal boogie. ten Homo sapiens and Neanderthals were entwined (leaving their genetics all over us). Native American tribes boinked with Paleo-Siberians, Polynesians, Australo-Melensians, and other ocean travelers (such as the Vikings). Humans are horny mutts. There are no pure "races". Every single human on the planet has the same protein-coding genes, and there is no clear genetic divide to use to classify us. The truth is 99.9% of all humans are genetically identical, and no group has any gene that another group lacks (hell we are 98% identical to chimps, and 99.7% similar to Neanderthals).
When the Human Genome Project began in 1990 it was anticipated we'd have some huge number of human-protein-encoding genes... at least 100,000. After all an ear of corn has 32,000. NOPE...we had just shy of 20,000 genes. All human differences are driven by various genes that turn on/off like a string of twinkling Christmas lights.
DNA may show some BROAD indigenous ancestry -- mostly the flat-land plains tribes. But, we've had so much in-breeding the point is moot. Tribes are akin to groups that bond together rooting for the same sports team. Its why the best they can do is adhere to the mother's offspring, as "proof". (Nevermind if grandmama stepped out with some whitey a generation or two back...to further dilute the blood quantum..)