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.
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?
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."
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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."
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 am sure bobbing head Jamie Porter is going to help the homeless committee just as much as she helped the DRMT.
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.
A+ Journalism
Better to just give the 5.3 million to the 'harmed' then 'give it away' in salaries. What a pathetic waste of money.
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.
Good morning-
According to the Commissioner’s listed agency affiliations, Randy (22), Mark (19), and Mr. French, (22) additional after school
specials.
I left out the main affiliation…
*County Commissioner 💥
As a community, perhaps we find the nitch here.
Yes.🙌🏻 👍🏼🫵🏻💐
Thank you Denise.
Thank God.
CONGRATS DENISE!