The commissioners did not respond to yesterday's email asking whether county policies are enabling chronic offenders to remain here indefinitely. Here is today's email sent to the commissioners.
Dear Commissioners,
It is time to have a serious public conversation about transparency, accountability, and oversight surrounding county-funded nonprofit programs, particularly those connected to OlyCAP.
These concerns are no longer isolated complaints. They are growing countywide, and the continued silence from the Board is making the situation worse.
For more than two and a half weeks, basic questions surrounding the OlyCAP Safe Parking program have gone unanswered by the Board of Commissioners and OlyCAP leadership. Residents are asking legitimate questions about funding, reporting requirements, payroll increases, administrative overhead, measurable outcomes, and missing progress reports, yet the response from leadership has largely been silence.
This is especially concerning given that Commissioner Mike French also sits on OlyCAP’s board.
It is not appropriate to funnel taxpayer dollars into controversial programs through NGOs, shield those programs behind nonprofit structures, and then refuse to publicly address legitimate questions from taxpayers. Public accountability does not disappear simply because money passes through a nonprofit intermediary.
The public is also increasingly learning that many nonprofits receiving county pass-through funds are not subject to the kind of independent scrutiny residents assume exists.
There is a major difference between a regular audit and a forensic audit.
A regular audit primarily reviews samples of financial records to determine whether standard accounting procedures are being followed. It does not investigate misconduct, verify operational claims, or actively search for waste, abuse, or fraud.
A forensic audit is entirely different. It is investigative in nature. It reconstructs transactions, traces funds, analyzes anomalies, and looks for patterns of misuse or misrepresentation.
This distinction matters because Washington State does not generally require nonprofits to undergo independent audits unless specific funding thresholds are met. In practice, many nonprofits receiving county money operate largely on self-reported data with limited independent verification of outcomes or effectiveness.
That should concern every taxpayer.
The OlyCAP Safe Parking program is becoming a case study in exactly why these concerns matter.
Public records indicate that approximately 65% of program funding is being consumed by salaries and administrative costs despite extremely limited client participation. Additional funds are allocated toward security. Progress reports required under the grant guidelines reportedly have not been submitted. Yet payments continue.
Residents are also asking legitimate questions about payroll increases tied to the program. For example, when additional funding was received, why did management payroll reportedly increase by roughly $3,200 while the listed FTE remained unchanged at .25? Did the position receive a raise? If so, why?
Another unresolved question involves donations collected for the program, including a reported $1,500 donation accepted during a public fundraising effort in December 2025. Where were those funds deposited, and how were they accounted for separately from grant money?
These are straightforward public accountability questions.
Instead of answers, the public has watched shifting narratives, renaming of the program, missing reports, and repeated claims that the project is merely a “pilot program.” A pilot program is still bound by contractual reporting requirements and basic transparency standards.
At this point, many residents are beginning to compare this situation to the Towne Road project: escalating costs, political relationships, lack of transparency, missing accountability, and complete silence from leadership while taxpayers are expected to simply trust the process.
Meanwhile, citizens continue appearing during public comment week after week describing visible deterioration in our communities tied to addiction, homelessness, and public disorder. They speak. The Board listens because procedure requires it. Then nothing changes.
The public deserves measurable outcomes, transparent accounting, independent verification, and honest answers.
If the County is truly committed to transparency and accountability, then independent verification of nonprofit-funded programs should become standard practice, not an afterthought.
The continued refusal to directly address these concerns is only deepening public distrust.
990 Schedule O, Supplemental Information, Governing documents, etc., available to public Part VI line 19: ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
NGO's are an easy way for government officials to get their pet projects done on the taxpayer dime without having to answer to the public who might want to peel then onion back and see exactly where the money is going, and exactly for what. Simple as that. Take the church parking program, which supposedly can host 3 vehicles/night, maximum. If you paid a local hotel a discount rate of $107/night, you could house those same three carloads every night for 365 days in a room with a bed and bathroom. Which I am sure 7 Cedars would love to offer, being as they're all about being a fabulous community partner and helping the local indigent population ...
Robert you are right on! Where is the Return on investment for the money. Is PBH and other projects actually pencil out as money well spent ? No common sense or accountability to how they spend the taxpayers $. I see so much waste in the public jobs it is criminal. This bottomless pit has an ending at it is not pretty. When everyone has been taxed to the brink who will be living here?
MK….Funny, “want to garner support for future requests”…..you’re joking right?
They couldn’t care less! There is much opposition, week after week, month after month, year after year. I’ve watched countless public speakers, read & listened to tax payer opposition. ALL FALLING ON DEAF EARS!
No wonder the County is struggling, our cities are in decline, continued tax increases, increased homelessness & drug addiction, businesses closing, empty store fronts. We are subsidizing it all & don’t know what we are getting for our money except LIP SERVICE! We do get a receipt that says amount owed, amount paid, but other than that tax payers GET NOTHING to show what we are actually paying for.
What a racket, what a con. People should protest “No Kings” & demand to know where their money is going & how it is being spent instead of wasting time on one person, the President, who was elected by the majority of the people because the people want accountability & change.
VOTE JAKE the WEDGE we just got to start the take back before wear all gone by over taxation! They don't talk at all about the native property owners that are just hanging on. Where is the program and accountability for the over taxed? WE should be included before we're counted in with the drug and homeless crowd.
Earlier today, I drove along Old Olympic Highway toward Sequim from Agnew. 'Lots of signs for Jake Seegers proudly displayed in yards and on private properties. I had a very pleasant drive, with a big ole smile on my face a I waved to oncoming drivers, as I have done for the past 5 decades. Jake has a stronghold with the rural voters in Clallam County; now we need every voter to vote, always.
Agree 100% JUST SAY NO! TO NGO's, JUST AY NO!!! TO NGO's The requests come in, the Commissioners smile and approve them. As our representatives, shouldn't the Commissioners question/discuss/debate/ the requests, in a public forum, before spending OUR tax dollars? Isn't that Government 101? This has to stop...soon!
VOTE FOR JAKE! MUCH IS AT STAKE! We have to start somewhere and Jake seems like a good place to start!
2. Put some "restorative Justice" stuff in your Linkedin.
3. Get hired
4. Put your mask on.
5. Learn Liberal word salads from the liberal word salad manual. Sold for
6. Play hide and seek for 2 grand a week.
7. Make a swastika sign.
8. Think of a clever stage name for CCWD.
9. Have lunch with Ron and Paula Allen. Assign tribal members to Boards and Commissions.
10. Drink some wine and have lunch with Pierce Trudeau over climate change.
11. Wait for your next assignment from the progressive roster.
While you are pounding them with all this exposure.
Next Door wasn't going to lay this all out.
We just might get leaders of men and women one day.
For now, we have a tall logger and a bald blogger...and a few "Jeff's People' all dialed in to the local issues uncensored. And more and more people are watching and learning everyday.
It reminds me of Johnny Carson and Carnac the Magnificent. Mike French, Mitch Zenobi and Jeff Tozzer....Name a frogger..a tall logger and a bald blogger.
Protect taxpayer dollars and demand accountability.
Balance the Budget: Evaluate every expense with two questions: Is it essential? Is it effective?
...
Ensure Accountability: Require nonprofits receiving public funds to provide transparent financial reporting and measurable results for every dollar spent."
If government grant money is given to an NGO for funding approved projects, it should be a case of law to require an accounting from the NGO that received grant funds. Otherwise, no funds. Why isn't it this way? Who set up this scam?
I've commented on this before. The Charter Review Commission had the opportunity to address this last year as one of the proposals Jeff brought to the table that many of his consituents wanted. In my opinion the CRC didn't allow it to move forward because the people who like this NGO hidden money structure controlled the Commission.
We all know why. I think, since it deals with institutions that are on a federal level, it should be a matter of law to require NGO's to provide transparency of data, accounts, etc. There should be publicly available reports. If the NGO that is being considered to provide for the institution, whether state or fed, isn't willing to provide that information, they shouldn't be allowed the grant or a contract for co-management. NOT anyone in this country agrees with this practice. Everyone wants that changed.
They produce and contribute O to the nations gross national product. Plus there're way over paid. Don't know about you I can't afford to support them anymore socialism just doesn't work for me nor has it ever or ever will. We had and have a great nation under GOD.
Thank you CCWD, great job today. In my opinion NGO's should be completely transparent. If they aren't transparent, they receive no tax dollars for anything. Too bad we don't have a DOGE here as it might be a bit revealing. I am not that savvy with how that all works, but it is just a thought. Thanks again for asking the questions.
All across the US, and world, this same process of robbing money from citizens and handing it to the governments "preferred recipients" is the governments old criminally corrupt game of picking the winners and punishing those they dislike~! In the criminal law world this is called "MONEY LANDERING"~! Just because it has been going on forever and today it is the way that the criminals in government "do business" does not make it legal, lawful, ethical, moral, or Constitutionally correct~! Ironically, most of those who are robbed of their hard-earned monies not only dislike being robbed, but COMPLETELY reject and resent the government clown shows virtue signaling game that they are told to cheer, applaud, and award. The more the victims of the government's robbery wake up and complain, the more the government conducts its "business" behind closed doors to weave more & more complicated paperwork trails that few can track~! The final stage in this age-old process of government corruption, is when the government uses NGOs and "non-government Individuals" to launder the stolen taxpayer monies to, because as you well described there is no requirement of transparency outside of the government ledgers, and when all public inquiries about THEIR stolen funds is effectively terminated with a BIG "FU" and a double barreled "finger salute"~! Then the folks who continue to be robbed get more & more angry, especially when they can see that there is no improvement in their lives through this evil milking process, and they experience their constantly stolen monies taking them to an increasingly desperate economic situation. At some point some over paid power mad "A-Hole" tells them to "Eat Cake" and "POOF" the shit hits the fan~! Tar and feather futures go up on the market, MANY of the corrupt government scumbags "somehow vanish" from the scene, and for at least a little while there is a reasonably decent new "government leadership" that dares not betray and anger the community~! The reptiles eventually slither their way back into government, slowly at first, only to have the exact same process repeat all over again & again... Humans have terrible memories (supported by fake history written by the reptiles in government) and they NEVER, as a group, learn the painful and deadly lessons that destroy SO many lives and kill SO many Individuals... All because "The people" NEVER learn and honor the real process of LIMITED Cinstitutional "Representative Government"~! Either "The people" are in charge OR the criminals in government will be in charge, but both standards cannot and will NEVER peacefully coexist~!
Have a mellow day and enjoy the circus of clowns in the local government~!
Notice that NGOs are an almost ubiquitous source of corruption and problems. It is almost as if the concept was created to circumvent laws, audits, FOIA, and investigations. This must stop!
Our community keeps running into the same problem: publicly funded nonprofits that take in significant amounts of money but provide almost no meaningful information about what they actually accomplish.
When residents ask basic questions—how the funds were used, what outcomes were achieved, or what data supports their claims—we get vague answers, deflection, or silence or actually lied to. This is not a misunderstanding. It is a system designed without real accountability. It is shameful that they are “not ready” to answer questions. They hide behind their veil of secrecy. Just look at the commissioners meeting when Viola of OLYCAP stated she didn't know where the funding for the Safe Parking Program goes, but evidence (thru a PRR from a watchdogger), we have the payroll sheets with Viola approving two staff getting paid for the program. Either they have a serious internal accounting problem and someone is using her name to approve, or she bold face lied to us at that meeting!
Grant funding creates stable revenue for salaries and administration, yet it is rarely tied to measurable results. Programs can continue year after year without demonstrating that they reduce homelessness, improve treatment outcomes, or strengthen public safety as we now see year after year as we are circling the drain. The continuation of the problem becomes the justification for continued funding. And annual audits do not solve this. They only confirm that basic bookkeeping procedures were followed; they do not examine effectiveness, efficiency, true output metrics or misuse of funds.
Despite these barriers, the community is not powerless. Persistent, informed questioning is one of the few tools residents have to push for transparency. Every request for data and every documented inquiry builds a public record that can eventually force deeper scrutiny. We must continue to submit PRR, ask more and more questions.
Our community deserves programs that are transparent, effective, and accountable. Until the system requires measurable results, we must continue asking the hard questions and insisting on answers. Make noise!!
In any other scenario where the government holds the purse and disburses it via government entities we'd be concerned with laws dealing with kickbacks and gratuities, for starters.
Excellent article with with excellent comments! Thank you all for continuing to pursue accountability. Whenever we ask for it or ask other questions and we're met with word salads, incomplete responses, or silence, we will come back and ask again. We're in pursuit of answers!
Delusional incompetent board commissioners ozias-french-johnson are more than willing to give multi millions of taxpayer money to endless drug addict housing projects but do not seem to care about the derelict roadways that keep getting neglected.Their sworn oaths are supposed to be to the infrastructure of clallam county not to local tribes- NGO's -state agency projects for drug addicts.These three ignorant commissioners are following the same reckless policies that have ruined other counties and the disturbing point is they know it.The only way save P.A. from turning into L.A. is vote out all liberal home wreckers.
They are moving forward with the street lighting and roadway bollards that bid last month. It will be done by local contractors. Probably finished installing by Oct. The lighting for the Habitat was Sequim city spec. Nothing extravagant like our library fiasco.
Clallam County: Where Tax Dollars Go to Die a Peaceful, Unaccountable Death
Ah, yes. Another glorious week in the People's Republic of Clallam County, where our noble Commissioners have perfected the ancient art of writing checks with other people's money while maintaining the wide-eyed innocence of golden retrievers who just discovered the treat jar is unlocked.
The latest masterpiece? Habitat for Humanity gets $800,000 from the Opportunity Fund (a name that should win an award for optimistic marketing), and when a curious taxpayer dares ask the radical question—"Hey, what exactly are we getting for this?"—they're met with the sacred bureaucratic incantation:
"The project is not at the stage to share this information yet."
Translation: "Please go away, peasant. The money has already achieved orbit around the nonprofit-industrial complex. We’ll let you know when we feel like it. Maybe. If the vibes are right."
This is the same sophisticated accountability model that previously brought us the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society saga: soaring executive salaries, collapsing finances, and eight percent of spending actually going to the animals. But hey, at least the Executive Director got a nice retirement trip conversation out of it! Priorities.
The Sacred NGO Revolving Door
Here’s how it works in Clallam County:
Nonprofit shows up with sad eyes and a PowerPoint about Compassion™.
Taxpayers ask for basic math (cost per outcome, homes built, humans actually helped).
Response: "Trust the process" + radio silence.
And the best part? Some of these same Commissioners sit on the boards of the organizations they’re funding with your money. It’s not a conflict of interest, folks. It’s “community involvement.” Totally different. Like how a fox sitting on the board of the henhouse is just showing leadership in poultry relations.
If this were any other setting, we’d call it what it is: the world’s most transparent grift, wrapped in a warm blanket of emotional appeals and wine festival fundraisers hosted at the same connected properties that keep getting the contracts.
A Radical Proposal (Hold Onto Your Wallets)
Maybe—just maybe—our Commissioners could try something crazy:
Demand actual cost-per-outcome metrics. You know, like “How many houses per million dollars? How many people permanently housed? Why does this take longer than building the pyramids?”
Require multi-year performance data before handing over the next bag of cash. Shocking, I know.
Include clawback provisions so if the nonprofit turns into another financial black hole, the county can actually get some money back. Revolutionary stuff.
And for the love of fiscal sanity, ban the dual-role circus. If you’re voting to fund an organization you sit on the board of, you shouldn’t be allowed within fifty feet of the checkbook. Call it the “Stop Pretending This Isn’t Sketchy Ethics Rule.”
Until then, the revolving door spins merrily on. Nonprofits get paid. Commissioners get photo ops with ceremonial shovels in vacant lots. Local media writes glowing press releases disguised as journalism. And the taxpayers? Well, they get to enjoy the satisfying thud of their hard-earned dollars disappearing into the void, accompanied by vague promises and the occasional “think of the children/animals/housing crisis” guilt trip.
Truly, this is what peak local governance looks like. Keep those checks flowing, Commissioners. The NGOs are counting on you. The rest of us are just here for the comedy.
The commissioners did not respond to yesterday's email asking whether county policies are enabling chronic offenders to remain here indefinitely. Here is today's email sent to the commissioners.
Dear Commissioners,
It is time to have a serious public conversation about transparency, accountability, and oversight surrounding county-funded nonprofit programs, particularly those connected to OlyCAP.
These concerns are no longer isolated complaints. They are growing countywide, and the continued silence from the Board is making the situation worse.
For more than two and a half weeks, basic questions surrounding the OlyCAP Safe Parking program have gone unanswered by the Board of Commissioners and OlyCAP leadership. Residents are asking legitimate questions about funding, reporting requirements, payroll increases, administrative overhead, measurable outcomes, and missing progress reports, yet the response from leadership has largely been silence.
This is especially concerning given that Commissioner Mike French also sits on OlyCAP’s board.
It is not appropriate to funnel taxpayer dollars into controversial programs through NGOs, shield those programs behind nonprofit structures, and then refuse to publicly address legitimate questions from taxpayers. Public accountability does not disappear simply because money passes through a nonprofit intermediary.
The public is also increasingly learning that many nonprofits receiving county pass-through funds are not subject to the kind of independent scrutiny residents assume exists.
There is a major difference between a regular audit and a forensic audit.
A regular audit primarily reviews samples of financial records to determine whether standard accounting procedures are being followed. It does not investigate misconduct, verify operational claims, or actively search for waste, abuse, or fraud.
A forensic audit is entirely different. It is investigative in nature. It reconstructs transactions, traces funds, analyzes anomalies, and looks for patterns of misuse or misrepresentation.
This distinction matters because Washington State does not generally require nonprofits to undergo independent audits unless specific funding thresholds are met. In practice, many nonprofits receiving county money operate largely on self-reported data with limited independent verification of outcomes or effectiveness.
That should concern every taxpayer.
The OlyCAP Safe Parking program is becoming a case study in exactly why these concerns matter.
Public records indicate that approximately 65% of program funding is being consumed by salaries and administrative costs despite extremely limited client participation. Additional funds are allocated toward security. Progress reports required under the grant guidelines reportedly have not been submitted. Yet payments continue.
Residents are also asking legitimate questions about payroll increases tied to the program. For example, when additional funding was received, why did management payroll reportedly increase by roughly $3,200 while the listed FTE remained unchanged at .25? Did the position receive a raise? If so, why?
Another unresolved question involves donations collected for the program, including a reported $1,500 donation accepted during a public fundraising effort in December 2025. Where were those funds deposited, and how were they accounted for separately from grant money?
These are straightforward public accountability questions.
Instead of answers, the public has watched shifting narratives, renaming of the program, missing reports, and repeated claims that the project is merely a “pilot program.” A pilot program is still bound by contractual reporting requirements and basic transparency standards.
At this point, many residents are beginning to compare this situation to the Towne Road project: escalating costs, political relationships, lack of transparency, missing accountability, and complete silence from leadership while taxpayers are expected to simply trust the process.
Meanwhile, citizens continue appearing during public comment week after week describing visible deterioration in our communities tied to addiction, homelessness, and public disorder. They speak. The Board listens because procedure requires it. Then nothing changes.
The public deserves measurable outcomes, transparent accounting, independent verification, and honest answers.
If the County is truly committed to transparency and accountability, then independent verification of nonprofit-funded programs should become standard practice, not an afterthought.
The continued refusal to directly address these concerns is only deepening public distrust.
It is clear by now they have no answers.
They do not answer because they would be required to tell the truth,and the truth is like kyrptonite so they avoid it.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CLALLAM COUNTY
The Organization's mission:
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS A NONPROFIT, NON DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN HOUSING ORGANIZATION. WE WELCOME ALL PEOPLE TO JOIN US
Statement of Program Service Accomplishments:
AS WE BUILD SIMPLE, DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE WHO LACK ADEQUATE SHELTER
BUILD SIMPLE, DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE WHO LACK ADEQUATE SHELTER.
Employer identification number 91-1535386
Part VII Compensation of Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, Highest Compensated Employees, and Independent Contractors:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (1) COLLEEN ROBINSON 40.00 (FTE) 76,493 + 3,400 = $79,893 (2023 Salary)
PRESIDENT: (10) MARK HODGSON 2.00 $0
VICE PRESIDENT: (7) SHAWNA ERVIN 2.00 $0
DIRECTORS:
(2) DANNY STEIGER 1.00 $0
(3) JAYCIE OSTERBERG-BROWN 1.00 $0
(4) NORM PEDERSEN 1.00 $0
(5) LORI TAYLOR 1.00 $0
(6) BRAD GRIFFITH 1.00 $0
(8) JOSHUA KING 1.00 $0
(9) CRAIG JAEGER 1.00 $0
(11) LANCE GERMAN 1.00 $0
Net assets or fund balances:
Beginning of Current Year 3,258,304
End of Year 4,648,782
STORE INCOME: 598,368
Other salaries and wages: 563,939
Total functional expenses: 1,185,653
Net assets without donor restrictions: 4,527,788
Net assets with donor restrictions: 120,9,994
990 Schedule O, Supplemental Information, Governing documents, etc., available to public Part VI line 19: ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/911535386_202406_990_2025121623818787.pdf
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NGO's are an easy way for government officials to get their pet projects done on the taxpayer dime without having to answer to the public who might want to peel then onion back and see exactly where the money is going, and exactly for what. Simple as that. Take the church parking program, which supposedly can host 3 vehicles/night, maximum. If you paid a local hotel a discount rate of $107/night, you could house those same three carloads every night for 365 days in a room with a bed and bathroom. Which I am sure 7 Cedars would love to offer, being as they're all about being a fabulous community partner and helping the local indigent population ...
Robert you are right on! Where is the Return on investment for the money. Is PBH and other projects actually pencil out as money well spent ? No common sense or accountability to how they spend the taxpayers $. I see so much waste in the public jobs it is criminal. This bottomless pit has an ending at it is not pretty. When everyone has been taxed to the brink who will be living here?
It's absolutely ridiculous that they cannot account for their use of public funds. Is this how they want to garner support for future requests?
MK….Funny, “want to garner support for future requests”…..you’re joking right?
They couldn’t care less! There is much opposition, week after week, month after month, year after year. I’ve watched countless public speakers, read & listened to tax payer opposition. ALL FALLING ON DEAF EARS!
No wonder the County is struggling, our cities are in decline, continued tax increases, increased homelessness & drug addiction, businesses closing, empty store fronts. We are subsidizing it all & don’t know what we are getting for our money except LIP SERVICE! We do get a receipt that says amount owed, amount paid, but other than that tax payers GET NOTHING to show what we are actually paying for.
What a racket, what a con. People should protest “No Kings” & demand to know where their money is going & how it is being spent instead of wasting time on one person, the President, who was elected by the majority of the people because the people want accountability & change.
VOTE JAKE the WEDGE we just got to start the take back before wear all gone by over taxation! They don't talk at all about the native property owners that are just hanging on. Where is the program and accountability for the over taxed? WE should be included before we're counted in with the drug and homeless crowd.
Earlier today, I drove along Old Olympic Highway toward Sequim from Agnew. 'Lots of signs for Jake Seegers proudly displayed in yards and on private properties. I had a very pleasant drive, with a big ole smile on my face a I waved to oncoming drivers, as I have done for the past 5 decades. Jake has a stronghold with the rural voters in Clallam County; now we need every voter to vote, always.
Agree 100% JUST SAY NO! TO NGO's, JUST AY NO!!! TO NGO's The requests come in, the Commissioners smile and approve them. As our representatives, shouldn't the Commissioners question/discuss/debate/ the requests, in a public forum, before spending OUR tax dollars? Isn't that Government 101? This has to stop...soon!
VOTE FOR JAKE! MUCH IS AT STAKE! We have to start somewhere and Jake seems like a good place to start!
Thanks Jeff.
Do you know how much harder it is to:
1. Take your land oath.
2. Put some "restorative Justice" stuff in your Linkedin.
3. Get hired
4. Put your mask on.
5. Learn Liberal word salads from the liberal word salad manual. Sold for
6. Play hide and seek for 2 grand a week.
7. Make a swastika sign.
8. Think of a clever stage name for CCWD.
9. Have lunch with Ron and Paula Allen. Assign tribal members to Boards and Commissions.
10. Drink some wine and have lunch with Pierce Trudeau over climate change.
11. Wait for your next assignment from the progressive roster.
While you are pounding them with all this exposure.
Next Door wasn't going to lay this all out.
We just might get leaders of men and women one day.
For now, we have a tall logger and a bald blogger...and a few "Jeff's People' all dialed in to the local issues uncensored. And more and more people are watching and learning everyday.
VOTE and support JAKE the WEDGE!!!
I got the giggles over 'tall logger and bald blogger'....for some weird reason it brings up the theme song to Smokey and the Bandit in my brain.
It reminds me of Johnny Carson and Carnac the Magnificent. Mike French, Mitch Zenobi and Jeff Tozzer....Name a frogger..a tall logger and a bald blogger.
Voters have a choice this year. More debacle, or:
"Fiscal Responsibility
Protect taxpayer dollars and demand accountability.
Balance the Budget: Evaluate every expense with two questions: Is it essential? Is it effective?
...
Ensure Accountability: Require nonprofits receiving public funds to provide transparent financial reporting and measurable results for every dollar spent."
https://www.jakeseegers.com/priorities
If government grant money is given to an NGO for funding approved projects, it should be a case of law to require an accounting from the NGO that received grant funds. Otherwise, no funds. Why isn't it this way? Who set up this scam?
I've commented on this before. The Charter Review Commission had the opportunity to address this last year as one of the proposals Jeff brought to the table that many of his consituents wanted. In my opinion the CRC didn't allow it to move forward because the people who like this NGO hidden money structure controlled the Commission.
We all know why. I think, since it deals with institutions that are on a federal level, it should be a matter of law to require NGO's to provide transparency of data, accounts, etc. There should be publicly available reports. If the NGO that is being considered to provide for the institution, whether state or fed, isn't willing to provide that information, they shouldn't be allowed the grant or a contract for co-management. NOT anyone in this country agrees with this practice. Everyone wants that changed.
Bigger government leads to less accountability. Hmmm, where have we heard this before.
They produce and contribute O to the nations gross national product. Plus there're way over paid. Don't know about you I can't afford to support them anymore socialism just doesn't work for me nor has it ever or ever will. We had and have a great nation under GOD.
Absolutely. Half our population just doesn’t get it.
Plus the hate Trump syndrome and the Dems wallowing in socialism!
Thank you CCWD, great job today. In my opinion NGO's should be completely transparent. If they aren't transparent, they receive no tax dollars for anything. Too bad we don't have a DOGE here as it might be a bit revealing. I am not that savvy with how that all works, but it is just a thought. Thanks again for asking the questions.
Great article Jeff Tozzer~!
All across the US, and world, this same process of robbing money from citizens and handing it to the governments "preferred recipients" is the governments old criminally corrupt game of picking the winners and punishing those they dislike~! In the criminal law world this is called "MONEY LANDERING"~! Just because it has been going on forever and today it is the way that the criminals in government "do business" does not make it legal, lawful, ethical, moral, or Constitutionally correct~! Ironically, most of those who are robbed of their hard-earned monies not only dislike being robbed, but COMPLETELY reject and resent the government clown shows virtue signaling game that they are told to cheer, applaud, and award. The more the victims of the government's robbery wake up and complain, the more the government conducts its "business" behind closed doors to weave more & more complicated paperwork trails that few can track~! The final stage in this age-old process of government corruption, is when the government uses NGOs and "non-government Individuals" to launder the stolen taxpayer monies to, because as you well described there is no requirement of transparency outside of the government ledgers, and when all public inquiries about THEIR stolen funds is effectively terminated with a BIG "FU" and a double barreled "finger salute"~! Then the folks who continue to be robbed get more & more angry, especially when they can see that there is no improvement in their lives through this evil milking process, and they experience their constantly stolen monies taking them to an increasingly desperate economic situation. At some point some over paid power mad "A-Hole" tells them to "Eat Cake" and "POOF" the shit hits the fan~! Tar and feather futures go up on the market, MANY of the corrupt government scumbags "somehow vanish" from the scene, and for at least a little while there is a reasonably decent new "government leadership" that dares not betray and anger the community~! The reptiles eventually slither their way back into government, slowly at first, only to have the exact same process repeat all over again & again... Humans have terrible memories (supported by fake history written by the reptiles in government) and they NEVER, as a group, learn the painful and deadly lessons that destroy SO many lives and kill SO many Individuals... All because "The people" NEVER learn and honor the real process of LIMITED Cinstitutional "Representative Government"~! Either "The people" are in charge OR the criminals in government will be in charge, but both standards cannot and will NEVER peacefully coexist~!
Have a mellow day and enjoy the circus of clowns in the local government~!
Sincerely, Mike
Notice that NGOs are an almost ubiquitous source of corruption and problems. It is almost as if the concept was created to circumvent laws, audits, FOIA, and investigations. This must stop!
Obama bama bo bama
Ovomit!
Our community keeps running into the same problem: publicly funded nonprofits that take in significant amounts of money but provide almost no meaningful information about what they actually accomplish.
When residents ask basic questions—how the funds were used, what outcomes were achieved, or what data supports their claims—we get vague answers, deflection, or silence or actually lied to. This is not a misunderstanding. It is a system designed without real accountability. It is shameful that they are “not ready” to answer questions. They hide behind their veil of secrecy. Just look at the commissioners meeting when Viola of OLYCAP stated she didn't know where the funding for the Safe Parking Program goes, but evidence (thru a PRR from a watchdogger), we have the payroll sheets with Viola approving two staff getting paid for the program. Either they have a serious internal accounting problem and someone is using her name to approve, or she bold face lied to us at that meeting!
Grant funding creates stable revenue for salaries and administration, yet it is rarely tied to measurable results. Programs can continue year after year without demonstrating that they reduce homelessness, improve treatment outcomes, or strengthen public safety as we now see year after year as we are circling the drain. The continuation of the problem becomes the justification for continued funding. And annual audits do not solve this. They only confirm that basic bookkeeping procedures were followed; they do not examine effectiveness, efficiency, true output metrics or misuse of funds.
Despite these barriers, the community is not powerless. Persistent, informed questioning is one of the few tools residents have to push for transparency. Every request for data and every documented inquiry builds a public record that can eventually force deeper scrutiny. We must continue to submit PRR, ask more and more questions.
Our community deserves programs that are transparent, effective, and accountable. Until the system requires measurable results, we must continue asking the hard questions and insisting on answers. Make noise!!
In any other scenario where the government holds the purse and disburses it via government entities we'd be concerned with laws dealing with kickbacks and gratuities, for starters.
What a web that is woven....
It's like a Ronco ad, "But wait, there's more!"
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Excellent article with with excellent comments! Thank you all for continuing to pursue accountability. Whenever we ask for it or ask other questions and we're met with word salads, incomplete responses, or silence, we will come back and ask again. We're in pursuit of answers!
Delusional incompetent board commissioners ozias-french-johnson are more than willing to give multi millions of taxpayer money to endless drug addict housing projects but do not seem to care about the derelict roadways that keep getting neglected.Their sworn oaths are supposed to be to the infrastructure of clallam county not to local tribes- NGO's -state agency projects for drug addicts.These three ignorant commissioners are following the same reckless policies that have ruined other counties and the disturbing point is they know it.The only way save P.A. from turning into L.A. is vote out all liberal home wreckers.
They are lying thieves and need to go asap..
None of them have a drop of humanity in them either. Which is tragic.
They are moving forward with the street lighting and roadway bollards that bid last month. It will be done by local contractors. Probably finished installing by Oct. The lighting for the Habitat was Sequim city spec. Nothing extravagant like our library fiasco.
It's good to know local work is here in CC. Thanks for the 411, Jedj.
Clallam County: Where Tax Dollars Go to Die a Peaceful, Unaccountable Death
Ah, yes. Another glorious week in the People's Republic of Clallam County, where our noble Commissioners have perfected the ancient art of writing checks with other people's money while maintaining the wide-eyed innocence of golden retrievers who just discovered the treat jar is unlocked.
The latest masterpiece? Habitat for Humanity gets $800,000 from the Opportunity Fund (a name that should win an award for optimistic marketing), and when a curious taxpayer dares ask the radical question—"Hey, what exactly are we getting for this?"—they're met with the sacred bureaucratic incantation:
"The project is not at the stage to share this information yet."
Translation: "Please go away, peasant. The money has already achieved orbit around the nonprofit-industrial complex. We’ll let you know when we feel like it. Maybe. If the vibes are right."
This is the same sophisticated accountability model that previously brought us the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society saga: soaring executive salaries, collapsing finances, and eight percent of spending actually going to the animals. But hey, at least the Executive Director got a nice retirement trip conversation out of it! Priorities.
The Sacred NGO Revolving Door
Here’s how it works in Clallam County:
Nonprofit shows up with sad eyes and a PowerPoint about Compassion™.
Commissioners nod solemnly, mention "partnerships" seventeen times.
Money leaves the county vault at lightspeed.
Taxpayers ask for basic math (cost per outcome, homes built, humans actually helped).
Response: "Trust the process" + radio silence.
And the best part? Some of these same Commissioners sit on the boards of the organizations they’re funding with your money. It’s not a conflict of interest, folks. It’s “community involvement.” Totally different. Like how a fox sitting on the board of the henhouse is just showing leadership in poultry relations.
If this were any other setting, we’d call it what it is: the world’s most transparent grift, wrapped in a warm blanket of emotional appeals and wine festival fundraisers hosted at the same connected properties that keep getting the contracts.
A Radical Proposal (Hold Onto Your Wallets)
Maybe—just maybe—our Commissioners could try something crazy:
Demand actual cost-per-outcome metrics. You know, like “How many houses per million dollars? How many people permanently housed? Why does this take longer than building the pyramids?”
Require multi-year performance data before handing over the next bag of cash. Shocking, I know.
Include clawback provisions so if the nonprofit turns into another financial black hole, the county can actually get some money back. Revolutionary stuff.
And for the love of fiscal sanity, ban the dual-role circus. If you’re voting to fund an organization you sit on the board of, you shouldn’t be allowed within fifty feet of the checkbook. Call it the “Stop Pretending This Isn’t Sketchy Ethics Rule.”
Until then, the revolving door spins merrily on. Nonprofits get paid. Commissioners get photo ops with ceremonial shovels in vacant lots. Local media writes glowing press releases disguised as journalism. And the taxpayers? Well, they get to enjoy the satisfying thud of their hard-earned dollars disappearing into the void, accompanied by vague promises and the occasional “think of the children/animals/housing crisis” guilt trip.
Truly, this is what peak local governance looks like. Keep those checks flowing, Commissioners. The NGOs are counting on you. The rest of us are just here for the comedy.
"Please go away peasant", spot on.
Actual solutions! What a refreshing idea in the world of fraud. We are being scammed right before our eyes. Wake up before it is too late.
ALL of our NGO's need to be forensically audited. End of conversation.
I am a big fan of forensic audits. They get right down to paper clips and pencils.