The commissioners did not respond to Saturday's question about why they enforce water quality in some watersheds, like the Dungeness, while other watersheds, like Tumwater Creek, are allowed to be impacted by human waste, debris, and garbage.
Here is today's email to the commissioners:
Dear Commissioners,
Why is it appropriate for commissioners to sit on boards of nonprofits that depend on county funding or partnerships, rather than maintaining clear separation between those who allocate public money and those who receive it?
Excellent article Jeff, these things have been brought to light before, but never in such context, one by one. They’re not gonna stop the cash cow until all of us don’t have any money left, which I am one of those people.. Makes me sick to my stomach and obviously change needs to happen and we together can make it happen. We’re gaining a lot of ground now. We gotta keep up the good fight. Can’t stop for a minute. I wish you all a good day!
With a wink and a nod, NGOs are a convenient way to launder public funds to achieve outcomes that could not be achieved if oversight occurred. They are one big reason the various levy lifts continue to pop up. How can it be a “nonprofit” if salaries and benefits eat up the majority of the funding? For the taxpayer, it’s death by a thousand cuts.
IT applies to most all employment in the Gov. sector and now so bogus and so evil. It's so obvious most are none producing jobs with high overhead and the ones in need and or intended don't receive much IE education for which Trumps giving the axe. The states and counties are just passing the buck and milking the system for lack of poor management and incompetency. OH and Common Sense! Vote Jake for change and solvence.
I get it now. When I brought up "putting an end to the Harm Reduction programs" the Commissioners look at me like that is never an option. We have a broken system and there are so many paychecks depending on the system that feeds them and keeps the funds flowing to we know not where. How can a government operate when the percentage of collecting out number the taxpayers?
I’ve been doing a deep dive into the Safe Parking Program and OLYCAP, across multiple programs, we see a consistent pattern: high administrative spending, minimal service delivery, and limited transparency. The Safe Parking program is a clear example. Although publicly described as a successful model, the actual utilization here has been extremely low. Early on, the program served one or two individuals; now, nearly a year in, it appears to have no participants at all. Despite this, almost 70 percent of the program’s funding has gone to salaries, benefits, and indirect costs. That level of overhead is difficult to justify when the program is not being used. I was told in a response from Christine Dunn (see yesterday’s letters) that funding had not been transferred for salaries as there were no participants, still trying to track that.
The county’s RFP required oversight and verification of deliverables. Yet there is no visible evidence that the required monitoring occurred. When public funds are allocated, the public has a right to expect that performance is tracked and that outcomes are documented.
OLYCAP’s audit history also raises concerns. Previous audits identified internal control weaknesses, with the organization attributing issues to staffing changes and promising improvements. Recently, we heard again about reduced funding and staffing changes from Commissioner French. When the same explanations repeat, it is reasonable to question whether the underlying issues have ever been resolved.
Transparency is another problem. Obtaining basic public records—such as the most recent Form 990—has been slow and incomplete. In Jefferson County, properties associated with OLYCAP programs are now held under LLCs, which changes IRS reporting and reduces visibility into assets and financial flows. These structures may be legal, but they make it harder for the public to understand how taxpayer supported resources are being managed.
Taken together, these issues point to a larger concern: public dollars are being spent without clear public benefit, measurable outcomes, or adequate oversight. These funds come from mandatory fees paid by every resident. We deserve a full accounting of how each dollar is used and whether these programs are meeting their stated goals.
I urge the county to require stronger reporting, enforce oversight obligations, and ensure that taxpayer funded programs demonstrate real, measurable results. Accountability is not optional when public money is involved.
Thank you, I noticed!! That wasn't the case before a some months back. I sent several emails as their "transparency page" was empty, I think after three emails...maybe they got the message! I had been researching thru ProPublica previously.
If you haven't voted yet on the library levy lift, please VOTE NO. We can't just keep giving away our hard earned money without audits and accountability!
I liken homeless to cancer research. Both have become self sustaining and self promoting industries, dare I say institutions, complete with office buildings, employees and managers. The irony in both is that the problem they exist to eliminate has only increased. Using the bare bones metric of success to measure their efficacy, both are complete failures. I am not claiming to have the absolute answer, but history dictates, ( proves ), that more money is not the answer. In the case of cancer any cure would collapse what is now a huge multi-billion dollar industry. In the case of homelessness more money feeds more homelessness. We pay a lot of money to have tarps, shopping carts and sanitation challenges on our streets. That same investment discourages tourism. Nature's answer to indigence is tough love, while humans keep finding more compassion in the form of money to purchase a cleaner conscience.
And not to be missed, the 2025 CRC refused to entertain transparency requirements for NGOs receiving taxpayer money. Clallam County has problems, and it's not limited to just the 3 commissioners, but the infiltration of just about every NGO and government entity to drive policies that don't originate in Clallam County, nor serve its people equally.
Clallam County has a wheel in the ditch, isn't playing with a full deck, ran through the stupid forest and hit every branch on the way through.
The homeless epidemic is job security for everyone whose salary is derived from the need for a solution. The system is designed to line pockets. Exploiting the empathy of taxpayers is big business.
Friends, Romans and Clallam Citizens. I come to bury Clallam County not to praise it. The evil that men do is present here and now, The County has 3 tribal groups, the JKT tribe, the homeless tribe, and the taxpaying/worker tribe that supports the first two tribes. How soon before just the first two tribes remain? (There is a gambling site for your wager!
Hey old timers, how about the slap on the hands, across the face, and upside the back of your head by the SCC and its vote on the Spit and Island. Next in the sights the campgrounds at the spit and john Wayne Marina. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall."
Just remember the rest of it the Roman empire fell, and it sure as I’m standing here our poor County will implode it’s a mathematical certainty. However, we continue to fight the good fight and we’re gonna see that we get Jake Seegers s in there!!!
Thank you CC Watchdog, great article! This is just like the "LEARING CENTER", money goes in, and the scam begins. I am curious if they took online lessons from the Somali's.
My one and only experience with OlyCAP was one that told me they need to be audited. They passed out bus passes (when you needed a bus pass) to those who were not eligible nor did they need it - simply because the (in my case, legally incapacitated) person said they wanted it. They did this for multiple months. When I went to the OlyCAP office to discuss this with them them, the person I needed to speak with was never available nor would they call me to discuss the matter. If they were doing this with monthly bus passes, what else were they doing it with?
Look at California. 24 billion distributed to over 30 government favored groups in just 5 years to solve homelessness. Of course homelessness increased in that timeframe.
The commissioners did not respond to Saturday's question about why they enforce water quality in some watersheds, like the Dungeness, while other watersheds, like Tumwater Creek, are allowed to be impacted by human waste, debris, and garbage.
Here is today's email to the commissioners:
Dear Commissioners,
Why is it appropriate for commissioners to sit on boards of nonprofits that depend on county funding or partnerships, rather than maintaining clear separation between those who allocate public money and those who receive it?
There is no property worth a darn to buyback.
Excellent article Jeff, these things have been brought to light before, but never in such context, one by one. They’re not gonna stop the cash cow until all of us don’t have any money left, which I am one of those people.. Makes me sick to my stomach and obviously change needs to happen and we together can make it happen. We’re gaining a lot of ground now. We gotta keep up the good fight. Can’t stop for a minute. I wish you all a good day!
Vote for the wedge--Jake Seegers--
With a wink and a nod, NGOs are a convenient way to launder public funds to achieve outcomes that could not be achieved if oversight occurred. They are one big reason the various levy lifts continue to pop up. How can it be a “nonprofit” if salaries and benefits eat up the majority of the funding? For the taxpayer, it’s death by a thousand cuts.
IT applies to most all employment in the Gov. sector and now so bogus and so evil. It's so obvious most are none producing jobs with high overhead and the ones in need and or intended don't receive much IE education for which Trumps giving the axe. The states and counties are just passing the buck and milking the system for lack of poor management and incompetency. OH and Common Sense! Vote Jake for change and solvence.
Good morning Jeff and Doggers,
I get it now. When I brought up "putting an end to the Harm Reduction programs" the Commissioners look at me like that is never an option. We have a broken system and there are so many paychecks depending on the system that feeds them and keeps the funds flowing to we know not where. How can a government operate when the percentage of collecting out number the taxpayers?
Unsustainable!!!
We need better...
Thank you Jeff and all of you have a great day
It’s amazing that the stooges haven’t noticed all the large cities that admitted Harm Reduction is a miserable
failure.
It wastes tax dollars and then the clean up falls on good people in the county. So typical, we get screwed twice!
How about junkie Reduction?
Sign me up!
Thanks, Jeff for keeping this in the forefront.
I’ve been doing a deep dive into the Safe Parking Program and OLYCAP, across multiple programs, we see a consistent pattern: high administrative spending, minimal service delivery, and limited transparency. The Safe Parking program is a clear example. Although publicly described as a successful model, the actual utilization here has been extremely low. Early on, the program served one or two individuals; now, nearly a year in, it appears to have no participants at all. Despite this, almost 70 percent of the program’s funding has gone to salaries, benefits, and indirect costs. That level of overhead is difficult to justify when the program is not being used. I was told in a response from Christine Dunn (see yesterday’s letters) that funding had not been transferred for salaries as there were no participants, still trying to track that.
The county’s RFP required oversight and verification of deliverables. Yet there is no visible evidence that the required monitoring occurred. When public funds are allocated, the public has a right to expect that performance is tracked and that outcomes are documented.
OLYCAP’s audit history also raises concerns. Previous audits identified internal control weaknesses, with the organization attributing issues to staffing changes and promising improvements. Recently, we heard again about reduced funding and staffing changes from Commissioner French. When the same explanations repeat, it is reasonable to question whether the underlying issues have ever been resolved.
Transparency is another problem. Obtaining basic public records—such as the most recent Form 990—has been slow and incomplete. In Jefferson County, properties associated with OLYCAP programs are now held under LLCs, which changes IRS reporting and reduces visibility into assets and financial flows. These structures may be legal, but they make it harder for the public to understand how taxpayer supported resources are being managed.
Taken together, these issues point to a larger concern: public dollars are being spent without clear public benefit, measurable outcomes, or adequate oversight. These funds come from mandatory fees paid by every resident. We deserve a full accounting of how each dollar is used and whether these programs are meeting their stated goals.
I urge the county to require stronger reporting, enforce oversight obligations, and ensure that taxpayer funded programs demonstrate real, measurable results. Accountability is not optional when public money is involved.
Still advocating for a Public Integrity Unit!
OlyCAP has posted Audited Financial Statements and Form 990s through 2024 to its website https://olycap.org/financials-and-accountability . Financials and Form 990 for 2025 are not yet due.
Thank you, I noticed!! That wasn't the case before a some months back. I sent several emails as their "transparency page" was empty, I think after three emails...maybe they got the message! I had been researching thru ProPublica previously.
If you haven't voted yet on the library levy lift, please VOTE NO. We can't just keep giving away our hard earned money without audits and accountability!
Absolutely the day I got my ballot. I voted no and videotape myself putting it in the box. It is a huge. NO!!!
I guess we'll see. I always wonder how these things get passed.
I checked to see if my vote got received (got counted?) here: https://nvrd.turbovote.org/elections/wa/county/clallam/2026-04-28?user=Xqxn62tJSQydCsHADbY3IQ&a=t&m=e&i=v&utm_source=reminder&utm_medium=email&utm_name=vote-tomorrow&utm_content=already-voted
I liken homeless to cancer research. Both have become self sustaining and self promoting industries, dare I say institutions, complete with office buildings, employees and managers. The irony in both is that the problem they exist to eliminate has only increased. Using the bare bones metric of success to measure their efficacy, both are complete failures. I am not claiming to have the absolute answer, but history dictates, ( proves ), that more money is not the answer. In the case of cancer any cure would collapse what is now a huge multi-billion dollar industry. In the case of homelessness more money feeds more homelessness. We pay a lot of money to have tarps, shopping carts and sanitation challenges on our streets. That same investment discourages tourism. Nature's answer to indigence is tough love, while humans keep finding more compassion in the form of money to purchase a cleaner conscience.
Garry, your last sentence is right on. That's what it's all about. And those with a 'cleaner conscience' can feel superior to the rest of us.
And not to be missed, the 2025 CRC refused to entertain transparency requirements for NGOs receiving taxpayer money. Clallam County has problems, and it's not limited to just the 3 commissioners, but the infiltration of just about every NGO and government entity to drive policies that don't originate in Clallam County, nor serve its people equally.
Clallam County has a wheel in the ditch, isn't playing with a full deck, ran through the stupid forest and hit every branch on the way through.
The Wedge..
Vote for Jake.
Amen 🙏
The homeless epidemic is job security for everyone whose salary is derived from the need for a solution. The system is designed to line pockets. Exploiting the empathy of taxpayers is big business.
Friends, Romans and Clallam Citizens. I come to bury Clallam County not to praise it. The evil that men do is present here and now, The County has 3 tribal groups, the JKT tribe, the homeless tribe, and the taxpaying/worker tribe that supports the first two tribes. How soon before just the first two tribes remain? (There is a gambling site for your wager!
Hey old timers, how about the slap on the hands, across the face, and upside the back of your head by the SCC and its vote on the Spit and Island. Next in the sights the campgrounds at the spit and john Wayne Marina. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall."
Just remember the rest of it the Roman empire fell, and it sure as I’m standing here our poor County will implode it’s a mathematical certainty. However, we continue to fight the good fight and we’re gonna see that we get Jake Seegers s in there!!!
Better to just give the 5.3 million to the 'harmed' then 'give it away' in salaries. What a pathetic waste of money.
Thank you CC Watchdog, great article! This is just like the "LEARING CENTER", money goes in, and the scam begins. I am curious if they took online lessons from the Somali's.
My one and only experience with OlyCAP was one that told me they need to be audited. They passed out bus passes (when you needed a bus pass) to those who were not eligible nor did they need it - simply because the (in my case, legally incapacitated) person said they wanted it. They did this for multiple months. When I went to the OlyCAP office to discuss this with them them, the person I needed to speak with was never available nor would they call me to discuss the matter. If they were doing this with monthly bus passes, what else were they doing it with?
A+ Journalism
Look at California. 24 billion distributed to over 30 government favored groups in just 5 years to solve homelessness. Of course homelessness increased in that timeframe.
I am sure bobbing head Jamie Porter is going to help the homeless committee just as much as she helped the DRMT.