Approximately 71% of government costs is personnel. When the employees receive guaranteed COLAs, and the size of the government workforce keeps growing, they have to find the money someplace to keep feeding the beast. Fees are just one more way to make this happen. IMHO, an across-the-board 10% reduction in the workforce would be a good place to start.
Miss, I mean Doctor Berry, what are the fees for boofing kits? What are the fees for syringes? What are the fees for condoms? What are the fees for Narcan? Are there any fees for camping on the doorstep of the County Health Service doorsteps? Tells us what fees you have paid lately.
Health Officer Allison Berry stated,
“A lot of the reasoning behind that is to make sure that costs are actually covered by the fee. There’s a pressure to avoid draining down the general fund for any of these programs. So if you can charge a fee to fund what we do, make sure that fee is adequate to fund those operations.”
The well has run dry. Just say "no" to new taxes and fees in this County.
Everything that red faced man does is to help the property buy back program. He helps create the condition Kenneth Rondeaux refers to as "willing seller willing buyer." Craig Smith is the property buyback vulture that sits in the back of the crowd with Tony Coronado...to make sure the Charter review commission or whoever the governing body is speaking while they have their mouth open.
The entire premise of this war with Iran is ridiculous. And who is trump to say that Iran should never be allowed to have an atomic bomb? Countries all over the world have atomic bombs. North Koreans Kim Jong nut-ball, the man that trump said he “fell in love with” has about 60 nuclear weapons. Can you imagine what people would say if Joe Biden had said that he "fell in love"with the dictator from north korea? He would be eviscerated. But for trump this is normal speaking behavior. And let's not forget that five years ago, trump led a violent insurrection at our nation's capital.He told his supporters to go there and "fight like hell, or they wouldn't have a country any more". His supporters attacked the Capitol, attacked the police protecting the capitol, got into the capitol and carried confederate flags, And were shouting things like "Hang Mike Pence", because the vice president wouldn't agree to trump's demand that he decertified the true election results. Trump watched all the violence on tv and DID NOTHING. to intervene. Many police officers that help defend the capitol later committed suicide, because they were so traumatized by this ugly and horrible event. Trump is full of s**t, and is a crazy, demented, mean-spirited old man. And he's getting worse by the day. His next birthday he will be 80, and his declining cognitive health we'll be more and more obvious to everyone that listens to him. He gets his words mixed up and often he can't even pronounce things, let alone utter sentences that make sense. And it serves the American people right, in some ways, because they voted for this idiot maniac, Trump! TWICE! Trump said he would put an end to foreign wars and lower the cost of living for Americans. Instead, he he bombs, Iran. Even though they posed no imminent threat. and as a result of the war that trump started, the American consumer is paying much more money for gasoline, for housing, for transportation, for health care,and many other things. Trump is a clear and present danger to the United States and to the entire world. Quite frankly, I am ashamed to be an American citizen. It will take many years to undo the damage that Mitch McConnell and donald trump have done to the United States reputation, and its place in the world. This corrupt and idiotic Trump administration cannot end soon enough! Sincerely, David Morris who was born long ago in Fort Wayne Indiana.
“The challenges facing our county can be solved — if we start asking two simple questions about every policy, every program, every dollar spent: Is it essential? Is it effective?”
— Jake Seegers
Vote for Jake.
Our economic base is in bad shape. Our elected officials rely on grants vs a strong economic base because it allows for vote-buying and control of progressive policies. Citizens of the state have twice passed initiatives limiting what government can take from us and yet they figure out how to do an end around on the will of the people.
Clallam County's way out of financial despair is economic development that benefits everyone in the county, and we're no where close to that goal.
Government is not some person. It was created by our founding fathers, via the Declaration of Independence as a means to address needs in common such as transportation, safety and economic opportunity. For reasons I do not fully understand Governments all suffer from mission creep. Ever increasing and evolving departments, bureaus, councils, boards, etc.. History dictates that Government is a self sustaining, self promoting, insatiable beast. I am not aware of any Government that voluntarily put itself on a growth diet. Infrastructure, safety and economic opportunity has morphed into social engineering, the arts and social programs. Harm reduction, counciling, food assistance, housing assistance, free health care, MWBE, DEI, LGBTQ+, other nationality, indigenous, sexual deviancy, etc. have all become Government responsibilities and/or efforts. When the report card for any Government department is bad the response is inevitably more money. I ask all those involved in Government why taxes are being used to socially engineer society. We have a local common sense candidate in Jake Seegars who asks the simple question "does it work ?". Not everyone would agree with me but my answer to all Government aid and social engineering efforts is no; they are not working. There is an abundant amount of taxation that could be saved by getting Government out of the social engineering business. That money could be redirected back to infrastructure, safety and economic opportunity. Government must be gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation blind. Let society deal with society and let Government do governing.
As long as board commissioners and others that are controlled by their NGO's which are controlled by high state level officials, fee's taxes will continue to increase.Most ignorant liberals do not have the scruples to sharpen pencils to cut budgets.One of their agendas is to support all their political groups $$$ and to keep them growing.King pin taxaholic leader ferguson was reported to be in the process of hiring 300 more liberals just to go after people for more tax $$$.Wa state has a big problem with all these elected ignorants.The new tax laws probably will not generate enough $$$ to cover the cost of new state employee's because the wealthy know how to pack up and leave before taxaholic can get his greedy mits on their $$$.It was said in a earlier report that our board commissioners wrote a letter to state capital supporting-requesting state officials to pass a new law lifting property tax rate so all county board commissioners would be in control of raising property taxes to whatever level they wanted.If this happens and it could it will be devastating for most home owners.Ferguson & accomplices on tract to do more damage to wa state in his first year than all other past governors combined.
Approximately 71% of government costs is personnel. When the employees receive guaranteed COLAs, and the size of the government workforce keeps growing, they have to find the money someplace to keep feeding the beast. Fees are just one more way to make this happen. IMHO, an across-the-board 10% reduction in the workforce would be a good place to start.
Miss, I mean Doctor Berry, what are the fees for boofing kits? What are the fees for syringes? What are the fees for condoms? What are the fees for Narcan? Are there any fees for camping on the doorstep of the County Health Service doorsteps? Tells us what fees you have paid lately.
Health Officer Allison Berry stated,
“A lot of the reasoning behind that is to make sure that costs are actually covered by the fee. There’s a pressure to avoid draining down the general fund for any of these programs. So if you can charge a fee to fund what we do, make sure that fee is adequate to fund those operations.”
The well has run dry. Just say "no" to new taxes and fees in this County.
Everything that red faced man does is to help the property buy back program. He helps create the condition Kenneth Rondeaux refers to as "willing seller willing buyer." Craig Smith is the property buyback vulture that sits in the back of the crowd with Tony Coronado...to make sure the Charter review commission or whoever the governing body is speaking while they have their mouth open.
The entire premise of this war with Iran is ridiculous. And who is trump to say that Iran should never be allowed to have an atomic bomb? Countries all over the world have atomic bombs. North Koreans Kim Jong nut-ball, the man that trump said he “fell in love with” has about 60 nuclear weapons. Can you imagine what people would say if Joe Biden had said that he "fell in love"with the dictator from north korea? He would be eviscerated. But for trump this is normal speaking behavior. And let's not forget that five years ago, trump led a violent insurrection at our nation's capital.He told his supporters to go there and "fight like hell, or they wouldn't have a country any more". His supporters attacked the Capitol, attacked the police protecting the capitol, got into the capitol and carried confederate flags, And were shouting things like "Hang Mike Pence", because the vice president wouldn't agree to trump's demand that he decertified the true election results. Trump watched all the violence on tv and DID NOTHING. to intervene. Many police officers that help defend the capitol later committed suicide, because they were so traumatized by this ugly and horrible event. Trump is full of s**t, and is a crazy, demented, mean-spirited old man. And he's getting worse by the day. His next birthday he will be 80, and his declining cognitive health we'll be more and more obvious to everyone that listens to him. He gets his words mixed up and often he can't even pronounce things, let alone utter sentences that make sense. And it serves the American people right, in some ways, because they voted for this idiot maniac, Trump! TWICE! Trump said he would put an end to foreign wars and lower the cost of living for Americans. Instead, he he bombs, Iran. Even though they posed no imminent threat. and as a result of the war that trump started, the American consumer is paying much more money for gasoline, for housing, for transportation, for health care,and many other things. Trump is a clear and present danger to the United States and to the entire world. Quite frankly, I am ashamed to be an American citizen. It will take many years to undo the damage that Mitch McConnell and donald trump have done to the United States reputation, and its place in the world. This corrupt and idiotic Trump administration cannot end soon enough! Sincerely, David Morris who was born long ago in Fort Wayne Indiana.
“The challenges facing our county can be solved — if we start asking two simple questions about every policy, every program, every dollar spent: Is it essential? Is it effective?”
— Jake Seegers
Vote for Jake.
Our economic base is in bad shape. Our elected officials rely on grants vs a strong economic base because it allows for vote-buying and control of progressive policies. Citizens of the state have twice passed initiatives limiting what government can take from us and yet they figure out how to do an end around on the will of the people.
Clallam County's way out of financial despair is economic development that benefits everyone in the county, and we're no where close to that goal.
Thank you for all the details and figures! I became anemic just reading about what’s coming our way in fees!
DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS
Those voters who keep saying, “But its only…” Are being deceived by the Boiling Frog Syndrome.
YEAH, I’M THE TAXMAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPWqVz7j1eU
Verse 2: “Should five percent appear to small, be thankful I don’t take it all”
Government is not some person. It was created by our founding fathers, via the Declaration of Independence as a means to address needs in common such as transportation, safety and economic opportunity. For reasons I do not fully understand Governments all suffer from mission creep. Ever increasing and evolving departments, bureaus, councils, boards, etc.. History dictates that Government is a self sustaining, self promoting, insatiable beast. I am not aware of any Government that voluntarily put itself on a growth diet. Infrastructure, safety and economic opportunity has morphed into social engineering, the arts and social programs. Harm reduction, counciling, food assistance, housing assistance, free health care, MWBE, DEI, LGBTQ+, other nationality, indigenous, sexual deviancy, etc. have all become Government responsibilities and/or efforts. When the report card for any Government department is bad the response is inevitably more money. I ask all those involved in Government why taxes are being used to socially engineer society. We have a local common sense candidate in Jake Seegars who asks the simple question "does it work ?". Not everyone would agree with me but my answer to all Government aid and social engineering efforts is no; they are not working. There is an abundant amount of taxation that could be saved by getting Government out of the social engineering business. That money could be redirected back to infrastructure, safety and economic opportunity. Government must be gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation blind. Let society deal with society and let Government do governing.
As long as board commissioners and others that are controlled by their NGO's which are controlled by high state level officials, fee's taxes will continue to increase.Most ignorant liberals do not have the scruples to sharpen pencils to cut budgets.One of their agendas is to support all their political groups $$$ and to keep them growing.King pin taxaholic leader ferguson was reported to be in the process of hiring 300 more liberals just to go after people for more tax $$$.Wa state has a big problem with all these elected ignorants.The new tax laws probably will not generate enough $$$ to cover the cost of new state employee's because the wealthy know how to pack up and leave before taxaholic can get his greedy mits on their $$$.It was said in a earlier report that our board commissioners wrote a letter to state capital supporting-requesting state officials to pass a new law lifting property tax rate so all county board commissioners would be in control of raising property taxes to whatever level they wanted.If this happens and it could it will be devastating for most home owners.Ferguson & accomplices on tract to do more damage to wa state in his first year than all other past governors combined.