The commissioners did not answer yesterday's question. Here is the email sent today:
Dear Commissioners,
Before approving the sale of surplus parcels, has the county conducted a risk analysis showing the likelihood that these lands will remain on the tax rolls long-term? If not, will the Board commission such an analysis and make it public?
The reply below is a mock example showing how an individual County Commissioner could respond using good-governance practices. It is not an official County response and is meant to illustrate transparency, fiduciary responsibility, and appropriate next steps.
Dear [Resident],
Thank you for your question regarding whether the County has conducted a risk analysis to assess the likelihood that surplus parcels will remain on the tax rolls long-term.
As an individual commissioner, I do not have the authority to independently commission studies or bind the Board. Any decision to approve surplus land sales or to require additional analysis must be made collectively by the Board of County Commissioners in an open public meeting, consistent with the Open Public Meetings Act.
That said, your question raises a legitimate governance and fiduciary issue, and I appreciate you bringing it forward.
Based on the information currently available to me, the County has not conducted a formal, standalone risk analysis that evaluates the long-term tax-base implications of surplus land sales. Current practice appears to focus on whether parcels are no longer needed for operational purposes and whether sale would return them to private ownership and the tax rolls. While that is a reasonable starting point, best-practice governance recommends a more robust evaluation when disposing of public assets (MRSC, n.d.).
National local-government guidance emphasizes that decisions involving public assets should consider long-term fiscal risk, not just short-term disposition outcomes. The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) specifically recommends incorporating structured risk assessment into major policy and asset decisions to protect long-term financial sustainability and public trust (GFOA, 2023).
Similarly, good-governance frameworks stress that transparency, accountability, and stewardship of public resources require governments to evaluate foreseeable downstream impacts — including unintended fiscal consequences — and to make those analyses available to the public (Institute for Local Government [ILG], n.d.).
Actions I Will Take as an Individual Commissioner
In response to your question, I will take the following steps:
1. Request that this issue be placed on a future Board agenda for public discussion, so the full Board can consider whether additional analysis is warranted prior to approving surplus land sales.
2. Ask staff to clarify what analyses, if any, have already been conducted regarding long-term tax-roll retention, development constraints, or ownership outcomes.
3. Recommend that the Board consider commissioning a targeted risk assessment, consistent with GFOA best practices, before final approval of surplus property dispositions.
Sincerely,
[Commissioner Name]
Clallam County Commissioner
Potential Board-Level Actions (If the majority of the Board agrees)
Should the Board choose to act, appropriate next steps could include:
1. Commissioning a parcel-specific risk analysis evaluating:
1.1 Zoning and land-use constraints
1.2 Environmental or regulatory limitations
1.3. Likelihood of long-term taxable status
1.4. Potential downstream impacts on the county tax base
2. Publishing the analysis alongside surplus-land decisions to promote transparency and informed public understanding.
3. Incorporating formal criteria into the County’s surplus property policy, aligning with MRSC guidance on consistent and defensible asset-disposition practices (MRSC, n.d.).
Why This Matters
Disposing of public land is not merely a transactional decision; it is a stewardship decision with long-term implications for county revenue and equity among taxpayers. Ensuring that surplus-land decisions are informed by documented risk analysis and shared openly with the public aligns with recognized good-governance standards and helps maintain public trust (ILG, n.d.; GFOA, 2023).
Thank you again for raising this important question. I encourage continued public engagement as the Board considers how best to manage public assets in the long-term interest of Clallam County residents.
@DeniseLapio, your public comment was totally on point as well, and I was cheering you on, saying, "YES, YES, YES, we need tax relief, and the commissioners could make things better." Thank you for spelling it out on the record for US/THEM.
I didn't know if I was going to say anything, but after Ozias's comment about HR does and is working, I couldn't, not, not read what I had originally posted in reply to @mb and your comments on the HR phototour article: the loss of ordinary community life has become so normalized that we barely recognize it anymore.
Yesterday (the day after Christmas) morning, at 7:38 a.m., driving down Peabody Street on my way from Forks to an 8:00 a.m. shift at OMC, I watched a man step away from the side of a church where he had been sleeping and urinate in full view of the street. I kept driving. I felt disgust, sadness, judgment — and then I felt something harder to admit: my own complicity in how normalized this has become.
It’s easy to tell ourselves this is “compassion.” That we shouldn’t judge. That we don’t know his story. But allowing a human being to live — and be seen — in conditions stripped of dignity is not compassion. It is the opposite. It is a system failing both the person living it and the community around them.
What struck me most was not just what I saw, but what I didn’t do. I went on to my shift in healthcare — a system I participate in, one that helps people in real and meaningful ways, and one that is also deeply reactive and fragmented. I earn a paycheck there that pays my family’s health insurance premium, and I’m able to tell myself that I am doing my part — that I am contributing, that I am helping, that my family is protected. That story is comforting. It also creates distance between me and what I had just witnessed outside.
That distance matters. It allows me to move on, to feel virtuous, to compartmentalize suffering as something separate from the systems I rely on and benefit from — even when those systems are not producing health in the broader sense.
Later that day, my daughter asked if I could stop at the Lincoln Street Safeway on my way home. I told her no — not because it wasn’t on the way, but because it didn’t feel safe. What stopped me cold was realizing that to her, this isn’t shocking. This is the world she’s growing up in. It’s normal to be wary of grocery stores. It’s normal to see people urinating or defecating in public. It’s normal to plan your movements around fear.
That realization is devastating. When conditions like this become “just how things are,” we stop asking whether they should be. And that’s how systems quietly drift away from the values we think we still hold.
If we cannot make something as basic as a neighborhood grocery store feel safe and welcoming for families, elders, and kids, then we need to be honest that our systems are producing outcomes we no longer believe in.
The system is perfectly designed to get the outcomes it gets. If we want different outcomes, we have to change the system. And to change the system, we have to change the policy. To change policy, elected officials need tools — clear metrics, honest reporting, and the courage to measure not just services delivered, but the lived impacts on community life.
I’m sharing this not to shame anyone — including myself — but because comments like yours remind us what our North Star should be. Children outside. Neighbors talking. Families gathering without fear. Human dignity restored — for everyone.
Thank you (@mb & @DeniseLapio) for saying what so many of us feel but struggle to articulate.
Speaking of tax rolls, I am wondering what will happen to the now empty lot in Port Angeles east of Laurel Street and between Railroad and Front. There used to be a hotel, the Cornerhouse Restaurant, a doughnut shop and a couple of other small stores there. Those businesses would have been paying property, sales, B&O, and/or occupancy taxes to the city, county and state. In 2019 the Lower Elwha tribe bought it all. They announced they were going to build a hotel on the site and demolished everything. I understand they encountered contaminated ground and development has stopped. From the County Assessors records property taxes charged have dropped about 85% because it is now just an empty lot. Obviously no sales or occupancy taxes have been paid for 5+ years.
When/if the tribe does build something there, will the hotel be on the tax rolls like any other business? Or are they going to get a tribal tax exemption? I am not sure what the answer is but I am afraid we will only find out after it is a done deed.
This will be another chance for the Commissioners to set things right for future endeavors. The Jamestown Corporation must not dodge taxes any longer!
We will have to set up an equality business plan to save our county. It's time to stop racial discrimination. Funny how it works both ways if you're brave enough Mark start there!
As we’ve said before, JKT is a business whose sole focus is on specifically benefiting JKT, not Clallam County in general. This should never be forgotten when doing business with them! If acquiring and developing the parcels in question removes them from county property tax roles, they will give zero poops about the lost revenue to the county. This is why when making the deal this should be the number one priority for county negotiators.
Here we go again! Having to question the ulterior motives of JKT and BoCC. There is a reason we have to, and it's because we don't trust them to make the best decisions for CC.
Obviously, there have been many underhanded government closed-door meetings and nefarious agreements going on behind the backs of the Clallam County residents, that have resulted in land use exception arrangements for the Jamestown Tribal government WAY ahead of any public notice... After several decades of closely watching the government habit of choking off and restricting most property owners' rights to develop their land to the highest and best use, for real and "conveniently manufactured" reasons of protecting the natural habitat, theses shady dealings are not new to me and many others who have seen them before. Special agreements for special favors, envelopes of cash, large donations to political campaigns, the old "wink & nod" of the criminal coconspirators, and "POOF" suddenly a property "morphs" from a highly protected habitat to a location that is ripe for an exceptional commercial enterprise that the average property owner would be jailed and fined for attempting to build~! Suddenly, as if by magic, a completely unbuildable property with little to no value becomes vastly more valuable for a slimy underhanded group of sleazy criminals who have "greased" the right palms~! HA~! Transparency? Fat chance~! This sick process of "favoritism" only hides behind the illusion of transparency, but it is REALLY in place to keep the average folks from making anything of their lives, more often than not to steal property from them for pennies on the dollar, so that the criminals in government can pick the winners and losers that will in turn keep them in government and quietly "protected" from any and all legal actions. Even the low-level criminals in and outside of government need to generate a LOT of money to stay in the business of constantly defrauding the general public... As most Americans are now seeing the way that the government REALLY operates because of the ongoing reveal of the "payola for fraud" machine in Minnesota and other corrupt state governments, many of us here are wondering when Washington State will make national news for the government's long history of crimes right here~? Much like right here, the good folks of Minnesota have known of the government's fraud there for over a decade, as many have recently said, so this is only "news" to the rest of the country and world now... And where was the worthless, dangerous, and deadly media??? HA! Bought off and willingly silenced as criminal coconspirators themselves of course~! It's a lot like watching a real-life slow-motion version of "Dominoes" where the local clown show of "as yet unindicted" criminals is standing strong as if they will never fall, but "we" are seeing the once "untouchable criminals" from elsewhere toppling and crashing into each other as their evil empires collapse under the light of truth~! When will the local criminal operations fall~? Ha! All in due time, and with their ultimate demise "we" will see ALL of their evil designs fail and/or suddenly dramatically "vanish" where our remaining government and community will have the opportunity to work on building a better community free of the previous criminals' oppression~!
The crime rate will reduce, the homeless & drug issues will decrease, and a new day of freedom and economic prosperity will be born~!
Thank you for the update about land out here! I saw that winery on commercial property sites for quite awhile; then heard you mention that Jamestown Co was maybe buying it and was wondering if it did happen. I saw the sale sign was no longer up when we drove by the other day and figured as much; your article confirmed it for me. Thank you!
Considering French lied to your face when you asked him point blank about pay per mile taxes in a public comment (you mentioned this in a podcast the past month or so), and he said you misunderstood it and it was called something else; then you double-checked for yourself and confirmed you were right; so I don’t believe these commissioners no matter what they say, even when directly asked a question.
FrenchFry and NOzias not only lie to our faces...they lie to themselves...as they are as grinding dust to the grinder, to their controllers, and will be disposed of as soon as they are through betraying us! Not even the evil ones trust traitors in the end!😎
Any UGA in this area should be a Deer Park Road and Highway 101 where there is already an overpass for Highway 101 traffic and no wetlands. It's not real difficult to see what's behind this proposed land sale, and it's not good governance.
There is no "long term benefit" to tax payers by selling land to the tribe. As we have seen with recent tax increases, property owners will continue to absorb the increases to cover the "losses" until we can't. Simple.
As far as diversity? I cannot stomach any more so called diversity.
Simultaneous sovereignty and citizenship are not compatible. Live as citizens or live as sovereign, but not both. Sovereign nations have defined borders, border enforcement, trade and taxation.
Our local Jamestown tribe had no assigned reservation. They owned private parcels of land, bought and sold and farmed like any other citizen who lived here. They were not a separate identity decades ago. Everyone living here were just people. No idea “different”….thousands of fish in the Dungeness then, as well.
Operating casinos, land trusts that take property off of Clallam County tax rolls, MBE certification, grants, different tax structures, wildlife harvesting rights not available to all other citizens and more might give you an idea of different.
I was referring to historically as you referenced reservations. Of course it’s obvious much has changed with since the Bolt decision. And not for the better, imho.
It should be pretty obvious by now that board commissioners will sacrifice taxpayers and get on their knees to help JKT and do whatever they are requested to do by chief allen.
Sarcastic figure of speech,people that have been paying attention to the close relationship between ozias and other elected can clearly see the influence between JKT and certain county elected.
with more and more tribal development and commercial projects that effect our county and economy being forthcoming I would like to able to vote on it's leadership, so is voter registration open at the Jamestown office?
[Tim Dalton, the county’s housing and grant resource director, detailed 13 properties that have been identified to be surplussed to the county commissioners during their work session last week.
“We have identified a number of properties that do not seem to fall within the critical mission of the county and are not part of the road system,” according to county documents. “It seems the best option for the county is to declare these properties surplus and dispose of them to the public.”
The move will get the properties back onto the county’s tax rolls to generate income.]
The SG article doesn't describe who made the statement about the properties hoing back onto the tax roles. Was it Dalton, or did the SG decide to make the statement? Maybe this is the kind of investigative journalism some CCWD readers are looking for?
Depends on who the buyer is, doesn't it? Will they provide stipulation that the properties must remain on tax rolls at competitive rates in perpetuity?
My guess is JKT will buy the wetland properties then will apply for tax exemptions and then have the properties rezoned for lucrative investments $$$.Just recently wa state and JKT have a new agreement dealing with land issues.Hypocrisy & Sovereignty seem to go hand in hand with tribes.
When you own the land you have options. I am not aware of the county paying property taxes to themselves. Maybe they do. The cost to the county to hold onto has to be virtually ZERO. In this area land prices seem to be escalating. So what is the rush now? IMO other parcels were thrown in to muddy the true intent of acquiring the piece at Old Olympic Highway. Push hard for a roundabout being built away from the campground and partially on the newly acquired land and we be happy. Of course the taxpayers are not part of we.The entire process reminds me of an addicted person selling items they need or will need for a one time escape from reality.
Most models are based on projections. Wiser heads than mine believe that the value of the dollar will decline against foreign currencies. If this occurs the ownership of raw land for a variety of reasons including foreign investment might be more profitable than simple dollar denominated cash flow. I agree with the analogy presented in your last sentence. Government behaves like a junkie with only immediate gratification as a motive for selling stolen property for a fraction of its value. The marketplace for land is not always efficient because it cannot predict future outcomes. Mark to market accounting does not represent future value except to the most astute minds. That which seems expensive today might be five times more expensive tomorrow if the dollar declines.
The Casino Cabal CAN predict futures to a degree because they 'create' the future to a degree...they are not omnipotent but they know a hell of a lot more than we do because they are 'plugged in' to 'the system'...we are serfs who should mind our own business...lest we end up homeless in the land our forefathers conquered!😎
If you or I claim individual sovereignty (in any way that offends the system), we are ID'ed as possible domestic terrorists...but if a cabal claims sovereignty, especially a 'foreign' entity, they are welcomed with open arms.
The 'Patriot Act'...the end of The Constitution in the U.S.A.
They are only rights if we can keep them and that usually means...what we would rather not entertain!🤔
If the goal is to increase land value and nothing else, then the laws of supply and demand offer a solution. Decrease the supply and increase the demand.
The commissioners did not answer yesterday's question. Here is the email sent today:
Dear Commissioners,
Before approving the sale of surplus parcels, has the county conducted a risk analysis showing the likelihood that these lands will remain on the tax rolls long-term? If not, will the Board commission such an analysis and make it public?
All three commissioners can be reached by emailing the Clerk of the Board at loni.gores@clallamcountywa.gov.
The reply below is a mock example showing how an individual County Commissioner could respond using good-governance practices. It is not an official County response and is meant to illustrate transparency, fiduciary responsibility, and appropriate next steps.
Dear [Resident],
Thank you for your question regarding whether the County has conducted a risk analysis to assess the likelihood that surplus parcels will remain on the tax rolls long-term.
As an individual commissioner, I do not have the authority to independently commission studies or bind the Board. Any decision to approve surplus land sales or to require additional analysis must be made collectively by the Board of County Commissioners in an open public meeting, consistent with the Open Public Meetings Act.
That said, your question raises a legitimate governance and fiduciary issue, and I appreciate you bringing it forward.
Based on the information currently available to me, the County has not conducted a formal, standalone risk analysis that evaluates the long-term tax-base implications of surplus land sales. Current practice appears to focus on whether parcels are no longer needed for operational purposes and whether sale would return them to private ownership and the tax rolls. While that is a reasonable starting point, best-practice governance recommends a more robust evaluation when disposing of public assets (MRSC, n.d.).
National local-government guidance emphasizes that decisions involving public assets should consider long-term fiscal risk, not just short-term disposition outcomes. The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) specifically recommends incorporating structured risk assessment into major policy and asset decisions to protect long-term financial sustainability and public trust (GFOA, 2023).
Similarly, good-governance frameworks stress that transparency, accountability, and stewardship of public resources require governments to evaluate foreseeable downstream impacts — including unintended fiscal consequences — and to make those analyses available to the public (Institute for Local Government [ILG], n.d.).
Actions I Will Take as an Individual Commissioner
In response to your question, I will take the following steps:
1. Request that this issue be placed on a future Board agenda for public discussion, so the full Board can consider whether additional analysis is warranted prior to approving surplus land sales.
2. Ask staff to clarify what analyses, if any, have already been conducted regarding long-term tax-roll retention, development constraints, or ownership outcomes.
3. Recommend that the Board consider commissioning a targeted risk assessment, consistent with GFOA best practices, before final approval of surplus property dispositions.
Sincerely,
[Commissioner Name]
Clallam County Commissioner
Potential Board-Level Actions (If the majority of the Board agrees)
Should the Board choose to act, appropriate next steps could include:
1. Commissioning a parcel-specific risk analysis evaluating:
1.1 Zoning and land-use constraints
1.2 Environmental or regulatory limitations
1.3. Likelihood of long-term taxable status
1.4. Potential downstream impacts on the county tax base
2. Publishing the analysis alongside surplus-land decisions to promote transparency and informed public understanding.
3. Incorporating formal criteria into the County’s surplus property policy, aligning with MRSC guidance on consistent and defensible asset-disposition practices (MRSC, n.d.).
Why This Matters
Disposing of public land is not merely a transactional decision; it is a stewardship decision with long-term implications for county revenue and equity among taxpayers. Ensuring that surplus-land decisions are informed by documented risk analysis and shared openly with the public aligns with recognized good-governance standards and helps maintain public trust (ILG, n.d.; GFOA, 2023).
Thank you again for raising this important question. I encourage continued public engagement as the Board considers how best to manage public assets in the long-term interest of Clallam County residents.
Sincerely,
[Commissioner Name]
Clallam County Commissioner
References
Government Finance Officers Association. (2023). Best practices: Risk assessment. https://www.gfoa.org/best-practices/risk-assessment
Institute for Local Government. (n.d.). Good governance checklist: Good and better practices. https://www.ca-ilg.org/post/good-governance-checklist-good-and-better-practices
Municipal Research and Services Center. (n.d.). Surplus city or county property. https://mrsc.org/explore-topics/facilities/management/surplus-city-property
Dr. Sarah, you were very effective at today's meeting with th your personal public comment. Hopefully the Comms thought so, too.
@DeniseLapio, your public comment was totally on point as well, and I was cheering you on, saying, "YES, YES, YES, we need tax relief, and the commissioners could make things better." Thank you for spelling it out on the record for US/THEM.
I didn't know if I was going to say anything, but after Ozias's comment about HR does and is working, I couldn't, not, not read what I had originally posted in reply to @mb and your comments on the HR phototour article: the loss of ordinary community life has become so normalized that we barely recognize it anymore.
Yesterday (the day after Christmas) morning, at 7:38 a.m., driving down Peabody Street on my way from Forks to an 8:00 a.m. shift at OMC, I watched a man step away from the side of a church where he had been sleeping and urinate in full view of the street. I kept driving. I felt disgust, sadness, judgment — and then I felt something harder to admit: my own complicity in how normalized this has become.
It’s easy to tell ourselves this is “compassion.” That we shouldn’t judge. That we don’t know his story. But allowing a human being to live — and be seen — in conditions stripped of dignity is not compassion. It is the opposite. It is a system failing both the person living it and the community around them.
What struck me most was not just what I saw, but what I didn’t do. I went on to my shift in healthcare — a system I participate in, one that helps people in real and meaningful ways, and one that is also deeply reactive and fragmented. I earn a paycheck there that pays my family’s health insurance premium, and I’m able to tell myself that I am doing my part — that I am contributing, that I am helping, that my family is protected. That story is comforting. It also creates distance between me and what I had just witnessed outside.
That distance matters. It allows me to move on, to feel virtuous, to compartmentalize suffering as something separate from the systems I rely on and benefit from — even when those systems are not producing health in the broader sense.
Later that day, my daughter asked if I could stop at the Lincoln Street Safeway on my way home. I told her no — not because it wasn’t on the way, but because it didn’t feel safe. What stopped me cold was realizing that to her, this isn’t shocking. This is the world she’s growing up in. It’s normal to be wary of grocery stores. It’s normal to see people urinating or defecating in public. It’s normal to plan your movements around fear.
That realization is devastating. When conditions like this become “just how things are,” we stop asking whether they should be. And that’s how systems quietly drift away from the values we think we still hold.
If we cannot make something as basic as a neighborhood grocery store feel safe and welcoming for families, elders, and kids, then we need to be honest that our systems are producing outcomes we no longer believe in.
The system is perfectly designed to get the outcomes it gets. If we want different outcomes, we have to change the system. And to change the system, we have to change the policy. To change policy, elected officials need tools — clear metrics, honest reporting, and the courage to measure not just services delivered, but the lived impacts on community life.
I’m sharing this not to shame anyone — including myself — but because comments like yours remind us what our North Star should be. Children outside. Neighbors talking. Families gathering without fear. Human dignity restored — for everyone.
Thank you (@mb & @DeniseLapio) for saying what so many of us feel but struggle to articulate.
https://youtu.be/LxCUKHMfxL4?si=rKVhT1TN3ToaAlEQ
Check it out! Prof. Jiang. Deep and grounding and spiritual as well!😊
Speaking of tax rolls, I am wondering what will happen to the now empty lot in Port Angeles east of Laurel Street and between Railroad and Front. There used to be a hotel, the Cornerhouse Restaurant, a doughnut shop and a couple of other small stores there. Those businesses would have been paying property, sales, B&O, and/or occupancy taxes to the city, county and state. In 2019 the Lower Elwha tribe bought it all. They announced they were going to build a hotel on the site and demolished everything. I understand they encountered contaminated ground and development has stopped. From the County Assessors records property taxes charged have dropped about 85% because it is now just an empty lot. Obviously no sales or occupancy taxes have been paid for 5+ years.
When/if the tribe does build something there, will the hotel be on the tax rolls like any other business? Or are they going to get a tribal tax exemption? I am not sure what the answer is but I am afraid we will only find out after it is a done deed.
(Insert land acknowledgement here)
Cartel 'holding company'...that is all you need to know...go back to sleep!😴
Good morning Jeff,
This will be another chance for the Commissioners to set things right for future endeavors. The Jamestown Corporation must not dodge taxes any longer!
We will have to set up an equality business plan to save our county. It's time to stop racial discrimination. Funny how it works both ways if you're brave enough Mark start there!
As we’ve said before, JKT is a business whose sole focus is on specifically benefiting JKT, not Clallam County in general. This should never be forgotten when doing business with them! If acquiring and developing the parcels in question removes them from county property tax roles, they will give zero poops about the lost revenue to the county. This is why when making the deal this should be the number one priority for county negotiators.
Here we go again! Having to question the ulterior motives of JKT and BoCC. There is a reason we have to, and it's because we don't trust them to make the best decisions for CC.
and it is pretty pathetic we have to do it.
Only thinking people need subscribe to CCWD!😊
Their 'motives' have gone from ulterior to blatant...for those with eyes to see and ears to hear!👂🤓
HA~!
Great article Jeff Tozzer~!
Obviously, there have been many underhanded government closed-door meetings and nefarious agreements going on behind the backs of the Clallam County residents, that have resulted in land use exception arrangements for the Jamestown Tribal government WAY ahead of any public notice... After several decades of closely watching the government habit of choking off and restricting most property owners' rights to develop their land to the highest and best use, for real and "conveniently manufactured" reasons of protecting the natural habitat, theses shady dealings are not new to me and many others who have seen them before. Special agreements for special favors, envelopes of cash, large donations to political campaigns, the old "wink & nod" of the criminal coconspirators, and "POOF" suddenly a property "morphs" from a highly protected habitat to a location that is ripe for an exceptional commercial enterprise that the average property owner would be jailed and fined for attempting to build~! Suddenly, as if by magic, a completely unbuildable property with little to no value becomes vastly more valuable for a slimy underhanded group of sleazy criminals who have "greased" the right palms~! HA~! Transparency? Fat chance~! This sick process of "favoritism" only hides behind the illusion of transparency, but it is REALLY in place to keep the average folks from making anything of their lives, more often than not to steal property from them for pennies on the dollar, so that the criminals in government can pick the winners and losers that will in turn keep them in government and quietly "protected" from any and all legal actions. Even the low-level criminals in and outside of government need to generate a LOT of money to stay in the business of constantly defrauding the general public... As most Americans are now seeing the way that the government REALLY operates because of the ongoing reveal of the "payola for fraud" machine in Minnesota and other corrupt state governments, many of us here are wondering when Washington State will make national news for the government's long history of crimes right here~? Much like right here, the good folks of Minnesota have known of the government's fraud there for over a decade, as many have recently said, so this is only "news" to the rest of the country and world now... And where was the worthless, dangerous, and deadly media??? HA! Bought off and willingly silenced as criminal coconspirators themselves of course~! It's a lot like watching a real-life slow-motion version of "Dominoes" where the local clown show of "as yet unindicted" criminals is standing strong as if they will never fall, but "we" are seeing the once "untouchable criminals" from elsewhere toppling and crashing into each other as their evil empires collapse under the light of truth~! When will the local criminal operations fall~? Ha! All in due time, and with their ultimate demise "we" will see ALL of their evil designs fail and/or suddenly dramatically "vanish" where our remaining government and community will have the opportunity to work on building a better community free of the previous criminals' oppression~!
The crime rate will reduce, the homeless & drug issues will decrease, and a new day of freedom and economic prosperity will be born~!
My wish for the New Year~!
Sincerely, Mike
Thank you for the update about land out here! I saw that winery on commercial property sites for quite awhile; then heard you mention that Jamestown Co was maybe buying it and was wondering if it did happen. I saw the sale sign was no longer up when we drove by the other day and figured as much; your article confirmed it for me. Thank you!
Considering French lied to your face when you asked him point blank about pay per mile taxes in a public comment (you mentioned this in a podcast the past month or so), and he said you misunderstood it and it was called something else; then you double-checked for yourself and confirmed you were right; so I don’t believe these commissioners no matter what they say, even when directly asked a question.
FrenchFry and NOzias not only lie to our faces...they lie to themselves...as they are as grinding dust to the grinder, to their controllers, and will be disposed of as soon as they are through betraying us! Not even the evil ones trust traitors in the end!😎
Exactly
Any UGA in this area should be a Deer Park Road and Highway 101 where there is already an overpass for Highway 101 traffic and no wetlands. It's not real difficult to see what's behind this proposed land sale, and it's not good governance.
It's pure sliminess!🤓
There is no "long term benefit" to tax payers by selling land to the tribe. As we have seen with recent tax increases, property owners will continue to absorb the increases to cover the "losses" until we can't. Simple.
As far as diversity? I cannot stomach any more so called diversity.
It's 'inverse-ity' they are practicing!😱
Taking the Land Back...one parcel at a time.
I thought the Tribe was supposed to be Good Stewards of the land? Not hardly.
Same sh!t...different day.
🎶They're givin' it all away...no matter what we say...no matter what we say...they're givin' it all away!🎶🥸
Simultaneous sovereignty and citizenship are not compatible. Live as citizens or live as sovereign, but not both. Sovereign nations have defined borders, border enforcement, trade and taxation.
Our local Jamestown tribe had no assigned reservation. They owned private parcels of land, bought and sold and farmed like any other citizen who lived here. They were not a separate identity decades ago. Everyone living here were just people. No idea “different”….thousands of fish in the Dungeness then, as well.
Operating casinos, land trusts that take property off of Clallam County tax rolls, MBE certification, grants, different tax structures, wildlife harvesting rights not available to all other citizens and more might give you an idea of different.
I was referring to historically as you referenced reservations. Of course it’s obvious much has changed with since the Bolt decision. And not for the better, imho.
It should be pretty obvious by now that board commissioners will sacrifice taxpayers and get on their knees to help JKT and do whatever they are requested to do by chief allen.
What is the other meaning of them 'being on their knees'?
You know!😎
Sarcastic figure of speech,people that have been paying attention to the close relationship between ozias and other elected can clearly see the influence between JKT and certain county elected.
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Playing 'Twisted'?🤣
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with more and more tribal development and commercial projects that effect our county and economy being forthcoming I would like to able to vote on it's leadership, so is voter registration open at the Jamestown office?
It's Tribal, alright but it's not Just the JKT involved...it's Much deeper!😎
From the Sequim Gazette article:
[Tim Dalton, the county’s housing and grant resource director, detailed 13 properties that have been identified to be surplussed to the county commissioners during their work session last week.
“We have identified a number of properties that do not seem to fall within the critical mission of the county and are not part of the road system,” according to county documents. “It seems the best option for the county is to declare these properties surplus and dispose of them to the public.”
The move will get the properties back onto the county’s tax rolls to generate income.]
The SG article doesn't describe who made the statement about the properties hoing back onto the tax roles. Was it Dalton, or did the SG decide to make the statement? Maybe this is the kind of investigative journalism some CCWD readers are looking for?
Good question. I was at that meeting, and I'll have to go back and listen.
Wow, that wasn't so hard to answer a text message. 👍
And promptly!
Depends on who the buyer is, doesn't it? Will they provide stipulation that the properties must remain on tax rolls at competitive rates in perpetuity?
I didn't think so!😜
My guess is JKT will buy the wetland properties then will apply for tax exemptions and then have the properties rezoned for lucrative investments $$$.Just recently wa state and JKT have a new agreement dealing with land issues.Hypocrisy & Sovereignty seem to go hand in hand with tribes.
YEP!🥸
When you own the land you have options. I am not aware of the county paying property taxes to themselves. Maybe they do. The cost to the county to hold onto has to be virtually ZERO. In this area land prices seem to be escalating. So what is the rush now? IMO other parcels were thrown in to muddy the true intent of acquiring the piece at Old Olympic Highway. Push hard for a roundabout being built away from the campground and partially on the newly acquired land and we be happy. Of course the taxpayers are not part of we.The entire process reminds me of an addicted person selling items they need or will need for a one time escape from reality.
Most models are based on projections. Wiser heads than mine believe that the value of the dollar will decline against foreign currencies. If this occurs the ownership of raw land for a variety of reasons including foreign investment might be more profitable than simple dollar denominated cash flow. I agree with the analogy presented in your last sentence. Government behaves like a junkie with only immediate gratification as a motive for selling stolen property for a fraction of its value. The marketplace for land is not always efficient because it cannot predict future outcomes. Mark to market accounting does not represent future value except to the most astute minds. That which seems expensive today might be five times more expensive tomorrow if the dollar declines.
The Casino Cabal CAN predict futures to a degree because they 'create' the future to a degree...they are not omnipotent but they know a hell of a lot more than we do because they are 'plugged in' to 'the system'...we are serfs who should mind our own business...lest we end up homeless in the land our forefathers conquered!😎
If you or I claim individual sovereignty (in any way that offends the system), we are ID'ed as possible domestic terrorists...but if a cabal claims sovereignty, especially a 'foreign' entity, they are welcomed with open arms.
The 'Patriot Act'...the end of The Constitution in the U.S.A.
They are only rights if we can keep them and that usually means...what we would rather not entertain!🤔
The county is strapped for cash thru decisions they have made and decisions they have not made. No money, no spend. It is basic household management.
If the goal is to increase land value and nothing else, then the laws of supply and demand offer a solution. Decrease the supply and increase the demand.
Well, you're not supposed to notice the obvious 'special interests' involved, that would be conspiracy-minded...and we can't have That!😎