I’d be more inclined to say that addicts are intentionally getting themselves arrested so they can get high on suboxone & have a free meal rather than they’re trying to get sober. Suboxone is a highly addictive drug that absolutely gets you high as a kite. That’s NOT getting sober. It’s trading one psychoactive substance for another. Having been an addict myself at one time, I’m well versed in the panic that sets in when your supply runs dry. This kind of medicated approach the county has embraced is not compassion. It’s more along the lines of attempting to silence the problem & we can see how well that’s been working out for everyone 🙄 the slow motion decay around here is picking up momentum at an existential rate & I find that extremely alarming
OMC’s The hospital’s finances have collapsed. OMG !! “Where did that $72 million go?”
H2O Water, water, everywhere, and our BOARD does not blink H2O !! Water, water, everywhere but not where you would think
WOODEN STAKES “For decades, timber has provided funding for schools, county services, and local jobs. When outside groups come in with strategies to curb harvests, residents have to ask: is this really about forest health, or about dismantling Clallam County’s timber economy piece by piece?”
IMPALEMENT A METHOD OF EXECUTION Timber battles return The Center for Responsivle Forestry aims to “make our communites more resilient to the climate crisis” by incorporating LOCAL CONSERVATION GROUPS and WESTERN WA TRIBES who claim “Their success is rooted in THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF STEWARDSHIP”
BREL FROEBE SPEAKS WITH FORKED TONGUE ( buy one get one free)
Left Fork - Executive director of the Center for RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY.
Right Fork - Brel Froebe has been a member of the Defund the Bellingham Police (Defund BPD) Coalition, in favor of SOCIAL SERVICES, HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE.
TREE PARK CLEANUP: Wash, spin, hang out to dry, REPEAT. Wash, spin, hang out to dry, REPEAT
PROCLAMATION POLICY to Indigenous Peoples’ Day “We the TAXPAYERS ARE STUPID AND ARE NOT WORTHY”
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE TRUST Bullwinkle J. Moose “Hey Rocky Watch Me Pull a Rabbit Out Of My Hat”
$200,000 BIKE LAND DESIGNS: The Wizard Of Oz The Wicked Witch of the West Miss Gulch Bike Ride
SKHOLS LOSE FOKUS with nearly one-third of students failing to reach basic grade-level skills
WHAT’S BETTER THAN FREE PIZZA? Jail as a path to sobriety.
Be interesting to see where the blame falls. OMC - $72 million in the hole. Meanwhile Senator Murray sends out a letter, that with the standoff in Congress about health care funding, one can expect rural hospitals to collapse. So OMC and Democrats will cover up OMC's failure and blame it on the GOP?! More spins on this than a Randy Johnson fast ball.
AFB, hate to say this, but pumpkin peeing isn't just limited to Clallam County. I'll never look at a pumpkin the same again. Wish they would just pee on radishes, I hate radishes. Do we need to put signs in our gardens? PLEASE DON'T PEE ON THE PUMPKINS.
Wow ! Where have I been ? I never thought I was old fashioned, but maybe old age is the silent killer that sneaks up on you. I have never even heard of pumpkin pee-pee ! Is that a video catagory you can look up ? Is that where some of this money is going ? Brings up all kinds of questions - and perhaps answers.
private man thank you for the laugh. I'm sure the Commissioners would defend it as "freedom to pee-pee, it gives the homeless a chance to express themselves"
So, if OMC's finances have truly crumbled as indicated, and if the hospital board is the "oversight" for the hospital, why in heaven's name would anyone vote to reelect current board members? Just asking for a friend ...
Anyone can DOGE, meaning anyone can do a Public Records Request thru our County office. The more individuals picks up the hunt, the more we can share on sites like these. I have done two so far. No gotchas, but I have made some connections that have answered a couple of questions. Just go to the Clallam County website for online and in-person instructions. The people in the records department are nice and helpful.
Excellent point, Jennifer. I remember a song , "We are the World", with the lyrics ringing truth (I didn't agree with the premise, or the fraud that ensued). Civics hasn't been offered in public schools since the mid-late 1960s, with the current state of governance clearly reflecting that fact. Apparently, government only exists for "free stuff", and to supply jobs for elected officials and NGO laundry services who can't, while those who can, pay for their insatiable appetite of other people's money and resources to enrich their family lifestyle and legacy. The OMC legacy of failure and fraud goes all the way back into the 1970s, when landing a position on the Hospital Board became a status symbol, and beneficial to one's business entity, which sometimes backfired. We live in the flight-path of Airlift Northwest(a/k/a UW) and Life Flight air ambulances, (and ground ambulances as well) relocating patients to UW, VM, et al. medical facilities in Seattle; those birds never cool down. I can determine which aircraft are flying by sound, alone, multiple times daily. OMC ships out their business, in view of buying up prime real estate to build or remodel into medical offices and facilities. They are in the real estate business, land acquisition, not a medical institution. Then, there is NOHN, another NGO federal grant and funding epicurean entity. There is plenty of grease on the bureaucratic wheels, with ample red tape, to ensure they they run smoothly, and quietly, while the value producers work away doing what we do; paying for it all via endless taxes and fees. Life and experience are required to unravel the twisted web they weave, and bureaucrats know that death is imminent, with the cyle beginnng anew. Few of the living are adept at researching, or brave enough to open that can of rotten fish, because the stench alone will set them on their heels and cause uncontrollable emesis.
a viable alternative? and the League of WV supports? and SG supports? and the PDN supports? And "support" can include NO press coverage, no debates, and no radio air time.
Jamestown tribe taking more of our tax dollars off the market by requesting more land being placed in a federal trust is draining all of us.
The tribe has to go through a trust process. It is sent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs who must accept public written comments (best if it is unified letters instead of lots of individual letters) for 30-60 days. However, frustrating as it is, about 85% will still pass into trust land approved by the BIA… BUT there are a few things that can happen… it slows down the process and could take a couple years. It also allows people to contact local and state lawmakers to ask for negotiations where tribes will agree to local infrastructure or emergency services , like the fire departments that need extra funding… AND several tribes and counties do a PILOT agreement (Payment in Lieu of Taxes). They voluntarily choose to pay a lump sum or provide resources to schools, hospitals or whatever services they also benefit from. What I read was that Jamestown does NoT have a formal PILOT agreement but they did provide funding for two deputies for clallam county at about $280,000 in 2024. However, they are specific in where they contribute finances to : policing, environmental restoration/ mitigation and some infrastructure. So every time a piece of property is taken off the tax roll by Jamestown, we need to submit unified letters, contact state and local leaders with our concerns, request a formal PILOT agreement be put in place, get lawmakers to negotiate because we CANNOT afford paying the exorbitant tax increase on our property taxes any longer!!!
Clallam County Commissioners have not responded to letters from BIA for this very information in the last ten years. If we have to do it, why do we need them? Charter County does not seem to be working for all. Special interests are steering the ship.
Point blank reality, Eric! Why do we need county commissioners? They do not manage with the taxpaying constituents and the bad, bad consequences in mind. They cater to the Tribes and ignore the rest of us. They place themselves above us so they can't see the turmoil they have caused. Who wants more of the same? Hamsters on hamster wheel too mesmerized to jump off.
Denise, I think we do need County Commissioners, just not the ones we have now. It's a disaster of Commissioners. How could they have gotten us into this horrible mess? All one has to do is start with CCWD from his beginning articles, it is a read like reading why the Titanic sunk. Disasters always come about from a series of events.
Commissioners seem to make their decisions based on input from their supporters and ignoring input from constituents not affiliated with the special interest groups they serve. They also like to point to state regulations that govern how they make decisions. I feel that if county commissioners can’t make decisions based on local conditions and local input, then what’a be the reason to have a charter county? Just saying.
Dockyid "It is sent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs who must accept public written comments (best if it is unified letters instead of lots of individual letters) for 30-60 days"
The BIA, when notified, notifies our Commissioners of an impending sale. The Commissioners do not present or notify the public nor have ever objected to a sale. It fails at the Commissioners level because of their lack to notify the public. We are left in the dark until it is too late. It is our Commissioners job to present evidence on how land removed from our tax base harms the county.
I was unaware of how the process worked- along with most of this community. I will start spreading the word and informing others and we must pursue that ANY land purchased by the tribe is demanded that the Commissioners announce that the public is notified AND that the 60 days doesn’t start UNTIL public has been notified and had the chance to voice concerns. It seems like this would be a legal issue…?
I am so thankful for CCW - and this group for opening my eyes.
This is/was on the Charter Review Commission list, even supported by former County Commissioner Ron Richards. I don't know the status,but that's where I'd start if you want to see the Commissioners obligated to respond to each one.
And why are the majority of Charter Review Commissioners opposed to an amendment requiring County Commissioners to answer the requests from the BIA, and any other government agency, detailing the economic and environmental impact of moving property off the tax rolls?
Ron Richards and subcommittee members are still working on it. Interestingly, subcommittee member Stoffer seems to be working -against- it and Chair Susan Fisch has come out against it too, quite vocally. It's not dead, but not thriving either.
I think it was tabled last meeting. Some say the language is not enough legalese. Probably too much legalese already, but gives some commissioners a reason to stall. I thought they were elected to work on the charter, not personal preference.
Health Care and hospitals are such a tangled web. It is clear to me that the major reason for hospital financial failure is providing free care to those who cannot afford it. That responsibility is a Government mandate. Government is always less efficient that private business. That is primarily because Government is not restrained by either profitability or efficiency where private business is. I propose that care for the indigent be isolated and accounted for separate of those who can afford insurance for or the cost of care. Society can then transparently decide how much they are willing to invest in indigent care and what form that will take. Hospitals should be privatized, competing for patients with their proven service and competitive cost. From Wikipedia "There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples". So when our local Governance invests our tax dollars in "Indigenous Peoples Day", by definition that is for nobody. Superficially the intent is to provide reparations for dead people. Today there are no oppressed indigenous people or oppressors of the indigenous living. Unfortunately and ironically, the nebulous indigenous people have greater success opportunity than the even more nebulous non-indigenous. It is feel good bullshit. Be equal citizens or be sovereign, but not both.
If WE all urinated on the Commissioners' porches, would it be dismissed as "it happens". Shit happens too. Does anyone think that arresting these petty criminals (i.e., homeless bums and addicts) would not have an impact on them? Of course it would. They would seek greener, more lenient pastures. By being soft on them, providing pizza, syringes, and boofing kits, it is an invitation to them. Why is this such a difficult concept for our corrupt commissioners to grasp? Oh yeah, the money that flows in to combat it winds up being diverted into other pet projects and open pockets, perhaps?
Arrest the bums, let them enjoy their own-cause withdrawal in a jail cell, then give them a one-way ticket to GTFO from Clallam County would most definitely reduce the crime problem, but then how would the commissioners steal from us? Oh, let me count the ways....
I noticed on Wednesday, that someone (police? owner?) cleared out the Lincoln st. Safeway parking lot of bums and that big trailer that sat in the corner, Wonder who/why?
they only do it when they get enough complaints or there is an incident, Safeway doesn't complain often enough . And the party just moves to one of the other hotspots- tree park, Safeway, 6th st by Goodwill, the public street by Serenity house, 4th and Laurel by side of Safeway, the mess just circulates . NE corner of lincoln safeway parking is a major drug trafficking spot just feet from the courthouse. where is OPNET is the real question
I see. Thanks for the info. I live in Sequim, so don't visit except for Dr. appt. Let's hope that they received 100's of complaints! And right accross the street - Courthouse. 3 weeks ago that area was crowded with bums/drugs. right next to the courthouse was a woman with a van, serving food? or something.... I did not feel safe around there.
Many people don't feel safe either. That's why 700,000 Washingtonians have concealed carry permits and have been trained in safety and responsibility. Honestly, I would not walk on P.A. streets without a cop, bodyguard, or firearm, ready to defend myself with should violence come my way.
during the lockdown years it was actually suggested to me by a PAPD officer to "just walk somehwhere else" to avoid a transient male and his sidewalk sprawl of junk where he was under a tarp yelling and thrashing about because said male was "mostly harmless just off his meds today." turned out said male was on the SO registry. In unrelated events that officer was let go from the department. I still refuse to hide in my house afraid or alter my routes to make life easier for criminals.
And contrast that with 50 years ago in San Francisco, L.A., Portland, Seattle, Chicago, NYC, where kids played on the streets until their parents came home from work and called them home, or they knew to come home before dark on their own. We've come a long way, baby!
Outsiders come into Clallam County to crap on us, activists and the homeless.
Clallam County Commissioners crap on us by allowing the above, and using our tax dollars like toilet paper.
Biggest losers, our children's immediate futures. Tests scores, in the shitter, coupled with high drop out rates. Despicable abuse of those who are in our care to be our future leaders while we allow them to be mashed into the ground of progressive despair.
Progressives wail about the condition of the earth in some distant future while cutting our noses of to spite our faces, and a tribal corporation giggling with impunity as every drop of precious water yields greenbacks being handed over into their coffers.
A nice ironic sequel to KOMO news reporting last night regarding the Snoqualmie River flow would be an interview with Clallam County residents regarding drought conditions here against the backdrop of the tribe’s pristine green golf course and the brown lawns of everyone else. Equal air time to the tribe of course for them to explain their efficient watering methods.
DYSTOPIA: For those of us just looking for a place to live, it's becoming the very upside down world of injustice and crime and social inequality. Teaching mellenials and Gen Z about oppressors and oppressed has led to a nasty turn to inflict pain on others... Who? Whoever they envy. And envy runs deep. So many people turn to anger when envy and low self esteem lead to the same political views. We gave participation trophies and praise to losers as children. Now in the real world they are racked with esteem issues. Anger, envy... They mix perfectly into the angry opperssor/oppressed crowd. Anger, meet anger, you'll get along great.
Obviously, the OMC has not only been grossly and obscenely mismanaged for years, but the good folks of our community should IMMEDIATELY demand an independent investigator/auditor to perform a forensic audit to discover exactly where all that money disappeared to~! Someone sure has all that money, but who and what on earth did they do to get their hands on it??? I would not be surprised if criminal prosecutions become necessary to "claw back" millions of dollars and to prosecute the criminals who were involved in this theft~! I would now be in favor of allowing the entire scam of the OMC to completely collapse, the taxpayers relieved of any further obligations, and a new hospital being immediately established to provide the basic absolutely necessary services that the folks in our community need~! Those who want non-emergency elective surgery and procedures can for the time being travel outside of our community until "we" can safely provide our critical care system first~! No more excuses, milking the taxpayer throwing good money after bad, and denying or threatening emergency care to our community~!
The disgusting self-serving tribal government/s and the criminally corrupt NGO's need to be either completely eliminated or dramatically curtailed in their constant assault on the communities that they prey on like the leeches that they have become~! Those who use "fake science" to corrupt our country need to be criminally prosecuted and punished at the maximum level possible because the damage and even deaths that they cause are literally atrocious~! In fact, atrocities~! How dare these criminally corrupt "scientists" take money to twist their COMPLETELY fraudulent fake science "findings" that the most evil scumbags pay for to use as constant weapons against "us" (Americans and humanity at large)~! We here will not, not will we EVER, comply with fake science driven BS from anyone, as we are not stupid, ignorant about REAL science, or in any way tolerant of such deeply criminal behavior~! Let us join together to eliminate these threats against our community and the good folks herein ASAP~! Recall the criminals in government and vote them all out without mercy, for they have committed the most heinous crimes against us and they will clearly never stop until they are stopped~! Have a nice day~! Sincerely, Mike
Lawyers fees for all the lawsuits that never gets reported in the paper Like the young girl raped by Emergency room doctor or the woman doctor can no longer practice because she was doing nothing to help people ..Then there are the 6 helicopter flights a day sometimes at 50k because not the right equipment at hospital same all ambulance trips which I read Medicaid doesn't cover all ? .Like diabetics .Because management terminated the contract on 7-8 doctors because of the rapist doctor .No doctor will move here So they have to pay double for traveling doctors and nurses too .4-5 million a year for Zoom Doctors some in a different country ? That's What I have heard and saw with my parents at emergency room .Most people won't go there so they go to Silverdale or Seattle ,PT so the hospital is losing money because they aren't getting the insurance money from patients .
I had not heard about the ER doctor who raped a young woman~! Of course, "we" have to be extremely careful that we are not being played by such accusations, however if true that doctor obviously needs to be severely punished. No American should trust the "Mickey Mouse" judicial system these days because the corruption is SO obviously out-of-control, but the old system is crashing and burning as we speak. I have good information that "we" (America) is/are already finally transitioning into a common law system of justice. That will remove the criminal corruptions of the corporate law matrix and correct many injustices. So, there is hope :) I have had the ability to know much about the corruptions in the medical field for the past 30 years, so I am not at all surprised about the terrible reports of doctors and serious hospital issues. Yes, there are many dirty lawyers and corrupt judges who LOVE destroying America to line their pockets, and they are constantly betraying their oaths. I actually have a cousin that decades ago admitted that he not only paid a professional test taker to pass ALL of his law school exams, but he paid a professional test taker to take his California State BAR exam as well. He is a complete fraud~! My cousin "practiced" law in California for well over 40 years and may still be completely fraudulently doing so to this very day as far as I know~! So, imagine how many "lawyers" are less qualified that the Safeway butcher to be a lawyer~! Now, ask yourself just how many of these so-called "doctors" are really legit as well, and keep in mind that there is a LOT more money in being a doctor that a lawyer on average... Yes, my friend, we have a LOT of very dangerous scumbags in America, and we just can't afford to assume that everyone is legitimate or good in their field (whatever field that may be)... Even many of the doctors who actually did go to medical school suck blue monkey balls, and I am sure that "we" are going to learn more about that soon. I recently ran into a good American who is married to a local nurse, and he revealed that his wife was threatened NOT to tell the patients at the OMC about the deadly risks of the COVID "vaccines". His wife was also advised that several of the doctors at the OMC NEVER take ANY vaccines whatsoever, because they know that they don't work and can be VERY dangerous. Yet, these criminal "doctors" make a fortune pushing their patients into getting vaccinated for everything under the sun~! Those criminal doctors are going to be sitting in front of a Tribunal and facing the death penalty if any of their patients died from the now infamous "clot shot"~! For the time being they are still here in our area harming folks who trust them. We have a friend who is a local NP doctor, and she is about to have some surgery, but she is going to Seattle because she knows how dangerous it is here in the local hospitals~! Think about that~!!! I completely understand folks being upset by the BS going on at the OMC, but closing its doors could actually save lives until we can find better people to run & staff our medical system out here... Have a mellow day and keep the faith!
If OMC went from a +6 million $$$ 2021 to massive - millions $$$ in the next coming years which looks criminal,then why was there not a legit audit with all spending that would show abuse fraud ect.Looks like hospital oversight board members are either ignorant or do not want the public to know the truth so the ceo gives a lame excuse to quit for 'personal reasons'then moves to another hospital and the sham repeats itself. Beware CEO's-school superintendents-board commissioner members all have access to multi millions of tax $$$ and when we see abuse they seem to be above the law because of no accountability.The next wrecking crew comes in and claims poverty so taxes must go up to survive so the sham can repeat itself.
What are the tribes doing to their young people? Shouldn’t they want their children to be good Americans like other decent Americans? What percentage of those with American Indian heritage are not on reservations and are behaving as all Americans should? I believe the vast majority are. Why don’t we hear more about them? What are they in the eyes of the JKT, for example, chopped liver? Traitors?
When a tribe or any group starts attacking and beggaring its neighbors, it’s time for pushback. Remove the reservation Albatross from the necks of American Indian youth. We don’t need segregation and the racism the reservations breed. They are outdated and belong in the dustbin.
Something I wrote a while back -
There are no indigenous people. Only the rocks are indigenous; some are igneous. Many people seem to have rocks in their heads. They are ignoramuses.
I will accept American Indians as descendants of earlier arrivals or earlier immigrants. We can’t even be certain they were the first, the second, or the third, etc.. In fact, they may have killed earlier ones, perhaps over a fish.
Nor do I honor the term native. Anyone born here is a native.
Don, the tribes are represented by THEIR councils, elders or boards (what ever they want to call themselves) Just like our Commissioners do, they do the same to their people. The HUGE difference is, we can open sites like this one, appeal in courts all the way to the Supreme Court. The buck stops for tribal members at THEIR council table. Period. To oppose a Tribal decision can be a death sentence for your standing in the Tribe. Sovereign status has its ups and downs. You either go along or get along. Trust me, not all agree or profit from their council decisions. But yes, you are correct, it is time to stop what is essentially a welfare system on steroids. The natives in Canada refer to themselves as First Nation or First People which I've always thought is more appropriate and dignified.
Ahhhhhhh the typical hypocrisy of tribal nations!!! I used to live in Snoqualmie, as a matter of fact the pond shown in the KOMO piece was at the end of my street! It is so funny watching the tribal members whine and cry about the water for the golf course which is RECLAIMED, yet not even realize what their casino and NEW hotel pull from the river and surrounding water tables. Some may not even realize they also own the Salish Lodge, right at the falls. Wonder where their water comes from! They need their sovereign nation status revoked......all of them!
Kristin, we could turn this into our benefit. We could start a yearly Pumpkin Peeing Contest. Maybe even sell the damn things. Clallam County The Home of the Pumpkin Pee-ers!
Ah, yes, our forests. Sorry if you’ve read this before or have any remaining faith in “science” or our local leaders -
Some of us are tired of the same old line. We are tired of the smoke. We are tired of watching trees burn when they have so many beneficial uses. Some roads and firebreaks and a decrease in the fuel load would make a good difference and allow the elderly and disabled more opportunities to get close to nature. That would provide more support, more people with something to lose.
How many dead animals?
Wait! The forests are supposed to burn. That’s part of their plan. Notice all the fires? What did Washington State Director of Public Lands Dave Up-the-grove just do? He’s building inventory, so we can have more and bigger fires.
Very curious last name. Okay, Beeman, is it “build up the groves” or is it “burn up the groves?”
Well, my answer is, “yes!” Yes!
It’s a win-win for them either or both ways. More division, confusion, chaos, mayhem,and misery, so more people become dependent upon them. Fear and pathos have been their power tools for as long as I can remember.”
Why so many fires? What did you expect with the new grove worshippers whose idol, one of their gods, is a tree? Does this make God happy?
But there is more.
Can the air be too clean and, at the same time, less healthy?
Yes, a lot of lightning caused fires, but if man-caused, is it accidentally?
Ooh, ooh! Bloomberg, and Gates. Uh, oh!
So largest land owner not planting trees while so many are burning. Hmmm.
Is it true that 19% of residential property is owned by corporations? How much by foreigners? Are those shares increasing?
Oprah and Bill looking for some cheap real estate too? What about Bloomberg?
Ah, yes! “Bloomberg Cities” (“15 minute cities”) and “Rapid Urbanization.” It’s all beginning to make sense.
Are they trying to force and scare people to concentrate in cities, concrete and steel ones, large ones, not small, not wooden like Lahaina and Paradise? What is happening to homeowner’s fire insurance? Are rising rates preventing home ownership?
Burn more wood. The earth is counting on you. (Radiant heat is best).
Have forest and wild fires always been a mechanism for cooling the earth? After a long hot spell with everything tinder dry, are fires likely? Do particulates in smoke shade the earth from the intense rays of the sun and provide help for moisture in the air to form droplets of rain?
When man arrived and cooked and heated with fire was there less need for forest and wildfires? With the use of the internal combustion engine without catalytic converters imitating natural combustion, were there even less fires?
Besides poor management, are we witnessing something else?
Seems like fighting forest fires and wildfires has become big business just like homelessness, behavioral and mental health, and pharma.
Hmmm?
What if there were a connection?
Haven’t you heard, “Deforestation, Deforestation, Deforestation!!!”
So why are there more forest fires?
Or are there?
“Cue the forest fires! Release the arsonists! It’s too hot too fast too soon! Quick before people realize what we have done!” (Is this what “chemtrails” are for also? “We cleaned the air too much. Now we must dirty it.”).
Sun’s out. Almost seems like with a vengeance.
Does it feel searing to you? Too searing?
It does to me. What’s more, it’s what I expected when we decided we needed to clean the air by incinerating Carbon Monoxide and particulates into Carbon Dioxide, CO2, and much smaller particulates.
Do smaller particulates let more of the sun’s rays through? This behavior is not something claimed for CO2 even by the most rabid members of the climate cult. The temperature is supposed to slowly ratchet up not jump up. That’s not according to “plan.”
Were we designed by God to handle large particulates? What are nose hairs, cilia, and mucous for? Does higher CO2 dry up mucous faster? Are finer particles able to avoid nose hairs and cilia while more CO2 makes us breathe deeper? (CO2 is what makes us pant and is known as a “cerebral vasodilator).
Have there been more respiratory problems since hotter running engines with catalytic converters were forced on us, Y/N?
Why didn’t God put catalytic converters on fire? What are the advantages of Carbon Monoxide? It was made the bogeyman to force emissions change. Did you get to vote on that?
If our wannabe masters are aware of this, would they want more forest fires to burn and to burn longer to offset this so we don’t notice and to keep this from causing too much heating?
Are larger particulates more helpful in causing rain?
What is the cattle prod used to force us to endure the medical, mental, and behavioral damage caused by excessive exhaled CO2 in tighter homes, schools,etc. with poor ventilation?
Something untoward is happening. Does the sun seem searing? (Are we at the peak of the current sun spot cycle? Is it a strong one? Imagine! The sun might be playing a role!).
But, thinking of all the fires, is there a cost for “clean” air?
What would the cooling effect be without emissions change of monoxide and particles into dioxide and smaller particles?
BTW, what is the monoxide cycle? How much of the combustion of forests results in monoxide? Big particles?
Some 10 years after emissions change was forced on us, the hole in the ozone was discovered. Ever compare the molecular weights of monoxide and dioxide? Is it important? How about monoxide and a chlorofluorocarbon molecule? All gases disperse, some more slowly because of molecular weight. What gases are more likely to reach the ozone layer? Will gravity hamper heavier ones? Why can hydrogen and helium escape into space? Is the ozone still depleted without monoxide? (Thus, the need for more fires).
Do you recall California claiming in the 1990s that monoxide was causing “ground level ozone?” That was a lie because less monoxide was being made, but is there a process?
WOW, Jeff, Thank You for all the detail "stuff" going on in Clallam County!!!
So simple question, "How does the State of WA not monitor Financial OMC, as a Public Hospital"? Losing $72Mil, really???
Patty Murray all fired up about conservative "controls" about security on our streets, but not about Public support & finances on our critical medical care. Just don't get it...
I’d be more inclined to say that addicts are intentionally getting themselves arrested so they can get high on suboxone & have a free meal rather than they’re trying to get sober. Suboxone is a highly addictive drug that absolutely gets you high as a kite. That’s NOT getting sober. It’s trading one psychoactive substance for another. Having been an addict myself at one time, I’m well versed in the panic that sets in when your supply runs dry. This kind of medicated approach the county has embraced is not compassion. It’s more along the lines of attempting to silence the problem & we can see how well that’s been working out for everyone 🙄 the slow motion decay around here is picking up momentum at an existential rate & I find that extremely alarming
Thank you, you, Kirsten. You are a strong, brave woman.
She is so candid. What an asset, we are lucky to have her.
OMC’s The hospital’s finances have collapsed. OMG !! “Where did that $72 million go?”
H2O Water, water, everywhere, and our BOARD does not blink H2O !! Water, water, everywhere but not where you would think
WOODEN STAKES “For decades, timber has provided funding for schools, county services, and local jobs. When outside groups come in with strategies to curb harvests, residents have to ask: is this really about forest health, or about dismantling Clallam County’s timber economy piece by piece?”
IMPALEMENT A METHOD OF EXECUTION Timber battles return The Center for Responsivle Forestry aims to “make our communites more resilient to the climate crisis” by incorporating LOCAL CONSERVATION GROUPS and WESTERN WA TRIBES who claim “Their success is rooted in THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF STEWARDSHIP”
BREL FROEBE SPEAKS WITH FORKED TONGUE ( buy one get one free)
Left Fork - Executive director of the Center for RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY.
Right Fork - Brel Froebe has been a member of the Defund the Bellingham Police (Defund BPD) Coalition, in favor of SOCIAL SERVICES, HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE.
TREE PARK CLEANUP: Wash, spin, hang out to dry, REPEAT. Wash, spin, hang out to dry, REPEAT
PROCLAMATION POLICY to Indigenous Peoples’ Day “We the TAXPAYERS ARE STUPID AND ARE NOT WORTHY”
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE TRUST Bullwinkle J. Moose “Hey Rocky Watch Me Pull a Rabbit Out Of My Hat”
$200,000 BIKE LAND DESIGNS: The Wizard Of Oz The Wicked Witch of the West Miss Gulch Bike Ride
SKHOLS LOSE FOKUS with nearly one-third of students failing to reach basic grade-level skills
WHAT’S BETTER THAN FREE PIZZA? Jail as a path to sobriety.
Gotta laugh! I am outta tears. Especially the hospital! I could find nothing about it in the news.
I found the article about OMC. The info is hidden amongst a bunch of feel-good, pat =on=the=back remarks: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/olympic-medical-center-working-on-action-plan-for-health-survey/
It's pretty tricky for the newspaper to write about an agency that provides so much advertising revenue.
Be interesting to see where the blame falls. OMC - $72 million in the hole. Meanwhile Senator Murray sends out a letter, that with the standoff in Congress about health care funding, one can expect rural hospitals to collapse. So OMC and Democrats will cover up OMC's failure and blame it on the GOP?! More spins on this than a Randy Johnson fast ball.
Very clever, I'd say...
AFB, on top of that, you'll have to worry about buying a Halloween pumpkin. Eww, come to think of it, I'll make an apple pie for Thanksgiving ; )
LOL. I admit - we buy the Cosco pumpkin pies - they are 5.99!
AFB, hate to say this, but pumpkin peeing isn't just limited to Clallam County. I'll never look at a pumpkin the same again. Wish they would just pee on radishes, I hate radishes. Do we need to put signs in our gardens? PLEASE DON'T PEE ON THE PUMPKINS.
Wow ! Where have I been ? I never thought I was old fashioned, but maybe old age is the silent killer that sneaks up on you. I have never even heard of pumpkin pee-pee ! Is that a video catagory you can look up ? Is that where some of this money is going ? Brings up all kinds of questions - and perhaps answers.
private man thank you for the laugh. I'm sure the Commissioners would defend it as "freedom to pee-pee, it gives the homeless a chance to express themselves"
Don't give them any ideas.
So, if OMC's finances have truly crumbled as indicated, and if the hospital board is the "oversight" for the hospital, why in heaven's name would anyone vote to reelect current board members? Just asking for a friend ...
Why hasn't a forensic audit been conducted. That low tide stench indicates there's a potential of criminal activity.
It hasn't even hit the newsstands, as far as I can tell. Where's DOGE when you need it? We do have Jeff, which I am very thankful for !
Anyone can DOGE, meaning anyone can do a Public Records Request thru our County office. The more individuals picks up the hunt, the more we can share on sites like these. I have done two so far. No gotchas, but I have made some connections that have answered a couple of questions. Just go to the Clallam County website for online and in-person instructions. The people in the records department are nice and helpful.
Thank you, Denise.
AFB, we are the DOG in the DOGE!
Excellent point, Jennifer. I remember a song , "We are the World", with the lyrics ringing truth (I didn't agree with the premise, or the fraud that ensued). Civics hasn't been offered in public schools since the mid-late 1960s, with the current state of governance clearly reflecting that fact. Apparently, government only exists for "free stuff", and to supply jobs for elected officials and NGO laundry services who can't, while those who can, pay for their insatiable appetite of other people's money and resources to enrich their family lifestyle and legacy. The OMC legacy of failure and fraud goes all the way back into the 1970s, when landing a position on the Hospital Board became a status symbol, and beneficial to one's business entity, which sometimes backfired. We live in the flight-path of Airlift Northwest(a/k/a UW) and Life Flight air ambulances, (and ground ambulances as well) relocating patients to UW, VM, et al. medical facilities in Seattle; those birds never cool down. I can determine which aircraft are flying by sound, alone, multiple times daily. OMC ships out their business, in view of buying up prime real estate to build or remodel into medical offices and facilities. They are in the real estate business, land acquisition, not a medical institution. Then, there is NOHN, another NGO federal grant and funding epicurean entity. There is plenty of grease on the bureaucratic wheels, with ample red tape, to ensure they they run smoothly, and quietly, while the value producers work away doing what we do; paying for it all via endless taxes and fees. Life and experience are required to unravel the twisted web they weave, and bureaucrats know that death is imminent, with the cyle beginnng anew. Few of the living are adept at researching, or brave enough to open that can of rotten fish, because the stench alone will set them on their heels and cause uncontrollable emesis.
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Henninger is incapable of doing this job. Or where’s the money?
The money is paying all her signage and BS around town.
Is Henninger running unopposed?
No, I think Stephanz is running against her.
a viable alternative? and the League of WV supports? and SG supports? and the PDN supports? And "support" can include NO press coverage, no debates, and no radio air time.
Dr Stephanz just knocked on my door. We spent about 30 minutes on the issues. He has my vote!!!
Jamestown tribe taking more of our tax dollars off the market by requesting more land being placed in a federal trust is draining all of us.
The tribe has to go through a trust process. It is sent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs who must accept public written comments (best if it is unified letters instead of lots of individual letters) for 30-60 days. However, frustrating as it is, about 85% will still pass into trust land approved by the BIA… BUT there are a few things that can happen… it slows down the process and could take a couple years. It also allows people to contact local and state lawmakers to ask for negotiations where tribes will agree to local infrastructure or emergency services , like the fire departments that need extra funding… AND several tribes and counties do a PILOT agreement (Payment in Lieu of Taxes). They voluntarily choose to pay a lump sum or provide resources to schools, hospitals or whatever services they also benefit from. What I read was that Jamestown does NoT have a formal PILOT agreement but they did provide funding for two deputies for clallam county at about $280,000 in 2024. However, they are specific in where they contribute finances to : policing, environmental restoration/ mitigation and some infrastructure. So every time a piece of property is taken off the tax roll by Jamestown, we need to submit unified letters, contact state and local leaders with our concerns, request a formal PILOT agreement be put in place, get lawmakers to negotiate because we CANNOT afford paying the exorbitant tax increase on our property taxes any longer!!!
Clallam County Commissioners have not responded to letters from BIA for this very information in the last ten years. If we have to do it, why do we need them? Charter County does not seem to be working for all. Special interests are steering the ship.
Our commissioners are great ventriloquists, smiling and telling us "FU" without moving their lips.
Point blank reality, Eric! Why do we need county commissioners? They do not manage with the taxpaying constituents and the bad, bad consequences in mind. They cater to the Tribes and ignore the rest of us. They place themselves above us so they can't see the turmoil they have caused. Who wants more of the same? Hamsters on hamster wheel too mesmerized to jump off.
Denise, I think we do need County Commissioners, just not the ones we have now. It's a disaster of Commissioners. How could they have gotten us into this horrible mess? All one has to do is start with CCWD from his beginning articles, it is a read like reading why the Titanic sunk. Disasters always come about from a series of events.
Hard for me to back county charter when they point to the state and tribes handcuffing their decisions.
Eric, how do you mean?
Commissioners seem to make their decisions based on input from their supporters and ignoring input from constituents not affiliated with the special interest groups they serve. They also like to point to state regulations that govern how they make decisions. I feel that if county commissioners can’t make decisions based on local conditions and local input, then what’a be the reason to have a charter county? Just saying.
Thanks Eric!
Dockyid "It is sent to the Bureau of Indian Affairs who must accept public written comments (best if it is unified letters instead of lots of individual letters) for 30-60 days"
The BIA, when notified, notifies our Commissioners of an impending sale. The Commissioners do not present or notify the public nor have ever objected to a sale. It fails at the Commissioners level because of their lack to notify the public. We are left in the dark until it is too late. It is our Commissioners job to present evidence on how land removed from our tax base harms the county.
I was unaware of how the process worked- along with most of this community. I will start spreading the word and informing others and we must pursue that ANY land purchased by the tribe is demanded that the Commissioners announce that the public is notified AND that the 60 days doesn’t start UNTIL public has been notified and had the chance to voice concerns. It seems like this would be a legal issue…?
I am so thankful for CCW - and this group for opening my eyes.
Dockyid, we all are students and teachers on this site ; )
Ancora imparo
Learned my words for the day! "Ancora Imparo" — I am still learning : )
This is/was on the Charter Review Commission list, even supported by former County Commissioner Ron Richards. I don't know the status,but that's where I'd start if you want to see the Commissioners obligated to respond to each one.
I rest my case: "Our commissioners are great ventriloquists, smiling and telling us "FU" without moving their lips."
NOI, neither does the smile carved into a wet pumpkin ; )
And why are the majority of Charter Review Commissioners opposed to an amendment requiring County Commissioners to answer the requests from the BIA, and any other government agency, detailing the economic and environmental impact of moving property off the tax rolls?
That topic has fallen off my radar. What's the latest? Is it dead, or still being tossed around?
Ron Richards and subcommittee members are still working on it. Interestingly, subcommittee member Stoffer seems to be working -against- it and Chair Susan Fisch has come out against it too, quite vocally. It's not dead, but not thriving either.
I think it was tabled last meeting. Some say the language is not enough legalese. Probably too much legalese already, but gives some commissioners a reason to stall. I thought they were elected to work on the charter, not personal preference.
Health Care and hospitals are such a tangled web. It is clear to me that the major reason for hospital financial failure is providing free care to those who cannot afford it. That responsibility is a Government mandate. Government is always less efficient that private business. That is primarily because Government is not restrained by either profitability or efficiency where private business is. I propose that care for the indigent be isolated and accounted for separate of those who can afford insurance for or the cost of care. Society can then transparently decide how much they are willing to invest in indigent care and what form that will take. Hospitals should be privatized, competing for patients with their proven service and competitive cost. From Wikipedia "There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples". So when our local Governance invests our tax dollars in "Indigenous Peoples Day", by definition that is for nobody. Superficially the intent is to provide reparations for dead people. Today there are no oppressed indigenous people or oppressors of the indigenous living. Unfortunately and ironically, the nebulous indigenous people have greater success opportunity than the even more nebulous non-indigenous. It is feel good bullshit. Be equal citizens or be sovereign, but not both.
If WE all urinated on the Commissioners' porches, would it be dismissed as "it happens". Shit happens too. Does anyone think that arresting these petty criminals (i.e., homeless bums and addicts) would not have an impact on them? Of course it would. They would seek greener, more lenient pastures. By being soft on them, providing pizza, syringes, and boofing kits, it is an invitation to them. Why is this such a difficult concept for our corrupt commissioners to grasp? Oh yeah, the money that flows in to combat it winds up being diverted into other pet projects and open pockets, perhaps?
Arrest the bums, let them enjoy their own-cause withdrawal in a jail cell, then give them a one-way ticket to GTFO from Clallam County would most definitely reduce the crime problem, but then how would the commissioners steal from us? Oh, let me count the ways....
I noticed on Wednesday, that someone (police? owner?) cleared out the Lincoln st. Safeway parking lot of bums and that big trailer that sat in the corner, Wonder who/why?
they only do it when they get enough complaints or there is an incident, Safeway doesn't complain often enough . And the party just moves to one of the other hotspots- tree park, Safeway, 6th st by Goodwill, the public street by Serenity house, 4th and Laurel by side of Safeway, the mess just circulates . NE corner of lincoln safeway parking is a major drug trafficking spot just feet from the courthouse. where is OPNET is the real question
I see. Thanks for the info. I live in Sequim, so don't visit except for Dr. appt. Let's hope that they received 100's of complaints! And right accross the street - Courthouse. 3 weeks ago that area was crowded with bums/drugs. right next to the courthouse was a woman with a van, serving food? or something.... I did not feel safe around there.
Many people don't feel safe either. That's why 700,000 Washingtonians have concealed carry permits and have been trained in safety and responsibility. Honestly, I would not walk on P.A. streets without a cop, bodyguard, or firearm, ready to defend myself with should violence come my way.
during the lockdown years it was actually suggested to me by a PAPD officer to "just walk somehwhere else" to avoid a transient male and his sidewalk sprawl of junk where he was under a tarp yelling and thrashing about because said male was "mostly harmless just off his meds today." turned out said male was on the SO registry. In unrelated events that officer was let go from the department. I still refuse to hide in my house afraid or alter my routes to make life easier for criminals.
And contrast that with 50 years ago in San Francisco, L.A., Portland, Seattle, Chicago, NYC, where kids played on the streets until their parents came home from work and called them home, or they knew to come home before dark on their own. We've come a long way, baby!
Monkey see, monkey do.
Outsiders come into Clallam County to crap on us, activists and the homeless.
Clallam County Commissioners crap on us by allowing the above, and using our tax dollars like toilet paper.
Biggest losers, our children's immediate futures. Tests scores, in the shitter, coupled with high drop out rates. Despicable abuse of those who are in our care to be our future leaders while we allow them to be mashed into the ground of progressive despair.
Progressives wail about the condition of the earth in some distant future while cutting our noses of to spite our faces, and a tribal corporation giggling with impunity as every drop of precious water yields greenbacks being handed over into their coffers.
Feels like a mini-series.
I feel your frustration. Just about everything that the liberal humanoids here touch is destroyed and going down the cr*pper.
A nice ironic sequel to KOMO news reporting last night regarding the Snoqualmie River flow would be an interview with Clallam County residents regarding drought conditions here against the backdrop of the tribe’s pristine green golf course and the brown lawns of everyone else. Equal air time to the tribe of course for them to explain their efficient watering methods.
DYSTOPIA: For those of us just looking for a place to live, it's becoming the very upside down world of injustice and crime and social inequality. Teaching mellenials and Gen Z about oppressors and oppressed has led to a nasty turn to inflict pain on others... Who? Whoever they envy. And envy runs deep. So many people turn to anger when envy and low self esteem lead to the same political views. We gave participation trophies and praise to losers as children. Now in the real world they are racked with esteem issues. Anger, envy... They mix perfectly into the angry opperssor/oppressed crowd. Anger, meet anger, you'll get along great.
Obviously, the OMC has not only been grossly and obscenely mismanaged for years, but the good folks of our community should IMMEDIATELY demand an independent investigator/auditor to perform a forensic audit to discover exactly where all that money disappeared to~! Someone sure has all that money, but who and what on earth did they do to get their hands on it??? I would not be surprised if criminal prosecutions become necessary to "claw back" millions of dollars and to prosecute the criminals who were involved in this theft~! I would now be in favor of allowing the entire scam of the OMC to completely collapse, the taxpayers relieved of any further obligations, and a new hospital being immediately established to provide the basic absolutely necessary services that the folks in our community need~! Those who want non-emergency elective surgery and procedures can for the time being travel outside of our community until "we" can safely provide our critical care system first~! No more excuses, milking the taxpayer throwing good money after bad, and denying or threatening emergency care to our community~!
The disgusting self-serving tribal government/s and the criminally corrupt NGO's need to be either completely eliminated or dramatically curtailed in their constant assault on the communities that they prey on like the leeches that they have become~! Those who use "fake science" to corrupt our country need to be criminally prosecuted and punished at the maximum level possible because the damage and even deaths that they cause are literally atrocious~! In fact, atrocities~! How dare these criminally corrupt "scientists" take money to twist their COMPLETELY fraudulent fake science "findings" that the most evil scumbags pay for to use as constant weapons against "us" (Americans and humanity at large)~! We here will not, not will we EVER, comply with fake science driven BS from anyone, as we are not stupid, ignorant about REAL science, or in any way tolerant of such deeply criminal behavior~! Let us join together to eliminate these threats against our community and the good folks herein ASAP~! Recall the criminals in government and vote them all out without mercy, for they have committed the most heinous crimes against us and they will clearly never stop until they are stopped~! Have a nice day~! Sincerely, Mike
Lawyers fees for all the lawsuits that never gets reported in the paper Like the young girl raped by Emergency room doctor or the woman doctor can no longer practice because she was doing nothing to help people ..Then there are the 6 helicopter flights a day sometimes at 50k because not the right equipment at hospital same all ambulance trips which I read Medicaid doesn't cover all ? .Like diabetics .Because management terminated the contract on 7-8 doctors because of the rapist doctor .No doctor will move here So they have to pay double for traveling doctors and nurses too .4-5 million a year for Zoom Doctors some in a different country ? That's What I have heard and saw with my parents at emergency room .Most people won't go there so they go to Silverdale or Seattle ,PT so the hospital is losing money because they aren't getting the insurance money from patients .
Hello Patriot John Bowen~!
HA! Got your name right this time ;-)
I had not heard about the ER doctor who raped a young woman~! Of course, "we" have to be extremely careful that we are not being played by such accusations, however if true that doctor obviously needs to be severely punished. No American should trust the "Mickey Mouse" judicial system these days because the corruption is SO obviously out-of-control, but the old system is crashing and burning as we speak. I have good information that "we" (America) is/are already finally transitioning into a common law system of justice. That will remove the criminal corruptions of the corporate law matrix and correct many injustices. So, there is hope :) I have had the ability to know much about the corruptions in the medical field for the past 30 years, so I am not at all surprised about the terrible reports of doctors and serious hospital issues. Yes, there are many dirty lawyers and corrupt judges who LOVE destroying America to line their pockets, and they are constantly betraying their oaths. I actually have a cousin that decades ago admitted that he not only paid a professional test taker to pass ALL of his law school exams, but he paid a professional test taker to take his California State BAR exam as well. He is a complete fraud~! My cousin "practiced" law in California for well over 40 years and may still be completely fraudulently doing so to this very day as far as I know~! So, imagine how many "lawyers" are less qualified that the Safeway butcher to be a lawyer~! Now, ask yourself just how many of these so-called "doctors" are really legit as well, and keep in mind that there is a LOT more money in being a doctor that a lawyer on average... Yes, my friend, we have a LOT of very dangerous scumbags in America, and we just can't afford to assume that everyone is legitimate or good in their field (whatever field that may be)... Even many of the doctors who actually did go to medical school suck blue monkey balls, and I am sure that "we" are going to learn more about that soon. I recently ran into a good American who is married to a local nurse, and he revealed that his wife was threatened NOT to tell the patients at the OMC about the deadly risks of the COVID "vaccines". His wife was also advised that several of the doctors at the OMC NEVER take ANY vaccines whatsoever, because they know that they don't work and can be VERY dangerous. Yet, these criminal "doctors" make a fortune pushing their patients into getting vaccinated for everything under the sun~! Those criminal doctors are going to be sitting in front of a Tribunal and facing the death penalty if any of their patients died from the now infamous "clot shot"~! For the time being they are still here in our area harming folks who trust them. We have a friend who is a local NP doctor, and she is about to have some surgery, but she is going to Seattle because she knows how dangerous it is here in the local hospitals~! Think about that~!!! I completely understand folks being upset by the BS going on at the OMC, but closing its doors could actually save lives until we can find better people to run & staff our medical system out here... Have a mellow day and keep the faith!
Stay healthy!!!
Sincerely, Mike
If OMC went from a +6 million $$$ 2021 to massive - millions $$$ in the next coming years which looks criminal,then why was there not a legit audit with all spending that would show abuse fraud ect.Looks like hospital oversight board members are either ignorant or do not want the public to know the truth so the ceo gives a lame excuse to quit for 'personal reasons'then moves to another hospital and the sham repeats itself. Beware CEO's-school superintendents-board commissioner members all have access to multi millions of tax $$$ and when we see abuse they seem to be above the law because of no accountability.The next wrecking crew comes in and claims poverty so taxes must go up to survive so the sham can repeat itself.
What are the tribes doing to their young people? Shouldn’t they want their children to be good Americans like other decent Americans? What percentage of those with American Indian heritage are not on reservations and are behaving as all Americans should? I believe the vast majority are. Why don’t we hear more about them? What are they in the eyes of the JKT, for example, chopped liver? Traitors?
When a tribe or any group starts attacking and beggaring its neighbors, it’s time for pushback. Remove the reservation Albatross from the necks of American Indian youth. We don’t need segregation and the racism the reservations breed. They are outdated and belong in the dustbin.
Something I wrote a while back -
There are no indigenous people. Only the rocks are indigenous; some are igneous. Many people seem to have rocks in their heads. They are ignoramuses.
I will accept American Indians as descendants of earlier arrivals or earlier immigrants. We can’t even be certain they were the first, the second, or the third, etc.. In fact, they may have killed earlier ones, perhaps over a fish.
Nor do I honor the term native. Anyone born here is a native.
Don, the tribes are represented by THEIR councils, elders or boards (what ever they want to call themselves) Just like our Commissioners do, they do the same to their people. The HUGE difference is, we can open sites like this one, appeal in courts all the way to the Supreme Court. The buck stops for tribal members at THEIR council table. Period. To oppose a Tribal decision can be a death sentence for your standing in the Tribe. Sovereign status has its ups and downs. You either go along or get along. Trust me, not all agree or profit from their council decisions. But yes, you are correct, it is time to stop what is essentially a welfare system on steroids. The natives in Canada refer to themselves as First Nation or First People which I've always thought is more appropriate and dignified.
Ahhhhhhh the typical hypocrisy of tribal nations!!! I used to live in Snoqualmie, as a matter of fact the pond shown in the KOMO piece was at the end of my street! It is so funny watching the tribal members whine and cry about the water for the golf course which is RECLAIMED, yet not even realize what their casino and NEW hotel pull from the river and surrounding water tables. Some may not even realize they also own the Salish Lodge, right at the falls. Wonder where their water comes from! They need their sovereign nation status revoked......all of them!
No pumpkins from Safeway for sure. Oh dear lord that is so gross and disgusting!!
Kristin, we could turn this into our benefit. We could start a yearly Pumpkin Peeing Contest. Maybe even sell the damn things. Clallam County The Home of the Pumpkin Pee-ers!
Ah, yes, our forests. Sorry if you’ve read this before or have any remaining faith in “science” or our local leaders -
Some of us are tired of the same old line. We are tired of the smoke. We are tired of watching trees burn when they have so many beneficial uses. Some roads and firebreaks and a decrease in the fuel load would make a good difference and allow the elderly and disabled more opportunities to get close to nature. That would provide more support, more people with something to lose.
How many dead animals?
Wait! The forests are supposed to burn. That’s part of their plan. Notice all the fires? What did Washington State Director of Public Lands Dave Up-the-grove just do? He’s building inventory, so we can have more and bigger fires.
Very curious last name. Okay, Beeman, is it “build up the groves” or is it “burn up the groves?”
Well, my answer is, “yes!” Yes!
It’s a win-win for them either or both ways. More division, confusion, chaos, mayhem,and misery, so more people become dependent upon them. Fear and pathos have been their power tools for as long as I can remember.”
Why so many fires? What did you expect with the new grove worshippers whose idol, one of their gods, is a tree? Does this make God happy?
But there is more.
Can the air be too clean and, at the same time, less healthy?
Yes, a lot of lightning caused fires, but if man-caused, is it accidentally?
Ooh, ooh! Bloomberg, and Gates. Uh, oh!
So largest land owner not planting trees while so many are burning. Hmmm.
Is it true that 19% of residential property is owned by corporations? How much by foreigners? Are those shares increasing?
Oprah and Bill looking for some cheap real estate too? What about Bloomberg?
Ah, yes! “Bloomberg Cities” (“15 minute cities”) and “Rapid Urbanization.” It’s all beginning to make sense.
Are they trying to force and scare people to concentrate in cities, concrete and steel ones, large ones, not small, not wooden like Lahaina and Paradise? What is happening to homeowner’s fire insurance? Are rising rates preventing home ownership?
Burn more wood. The earth is counting on you. (Radiant heat is best).
Have forest and wild fires always been a mechanism for cooling the earth? After a long hot spell with everything tinder dry, are fires likely? Do particulates in smoke shade the earth from the intense rays of the sun and provide help for moisture in the air to form droplets of rain?
When man arrived and cooked and heated with fire was there less need for forest and wildfires? With the use of the internal combustion engine without catalytic converters imitating natural combustion, were there even less fires?
Besides poor management, are we witnessing something else?
Seems like fighting forest fires and wildfires has become big business just like homelessness, behavioral and mental health, and pharma.
Hmmm?
What if there were a connection?
Haven’t you heard, “Deforestation, Deforestation, Deforestation!!!”
So why are there more forest fires?
Or are there?
“Cue the forest fires! Release the arsonists! It’s too hot too fast too soon! Quick before people realize what we have done!” (Is this what “chemtrails” are for also? “We cleaned the air too much. Now we must dirty it.”).
Sun’s out. Almost seems like with a vengeance.
Does it feel searing to you? Too searing?
It does to me. What’s more, it’s what I expected when we decided we needed to clean the air by incinerating Carbon Monoxide and particulates into Carbon Dioxide, CO2, and much smaller particulates.
Do smaller particulates let more of the sun’s rays through? This behavior is not something claimed for CO2 even by the most rabid members of the climate cult. The temperature is supposed to slowly ratchet up not jump up. That’s not according to “plan.”
Were we designed by God to handle large particulates? What are nose hairs, cilia, and mucous for? Does higher CO2 dry up mucous faster? Are finer particles able to avoid nose hairs and cilia while more CO2 makes us breathe deeper? (CO2 is what makes us pant and is known as a “cerebral vasodilator).
Have there been more respiratory problems since hotter running engines with catalytic converters were forced on us, Y/N?
Why didn’t God put catalytic converters on fire? What are the advantages of Carbon Monoxide? It was made the bogeyman to force emissions change. Did you get to vote on that?
If our wannabe masters are aware of this, would they want more forest fires to burn and to burn longer to offset this so we don’t notice and to keep this from causing too much heating?
Are larger particulates more helpful in causing rain?
What is the cattle prod used to force us to endure the medical, mental, and behavioral damage caused by excessive exhaled CO2 in tighter homes, schools,etc. with poor ventilation?
Something untoward is happening. Does the sun seem searing? (Are we at the peak of the current sun spot cycle? Is it a strong one? Imagine! The sun might be playing a role!).
But, thinking of all the fires, is there a cost for “clean” air?
What would the cooling effect be without emissions change of monoxide and particles into dioxide and smaller particles?
BTW, what is the monoxide cycle? How much of the combustion of forests results in monoxide? Big particles?
Some 10 years after emissions change was forced on us, the hole in the ozone was discovered. Ever compare the molecular weights of monoxide and dioxide? Is it important? How about monoxide and a chlorofluorocarbon molecule? All gases disperse, some more slowly because of molecular weight. What gases are more likely to reach the ozone layer? Will gravity hamper heavier ones? Why can hydrogen and helium escape into space? Is the ozone still depleted without monoxide? (Thus, the need for more fires).
Do you recall California claiming in the 1990s that monoxide was causing “ground level ozone?” That was a lie because less monoxide was being made, but is there a process?
CO2 is irrelevant in warming.
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WOW, Jeff, Thank You for all the detail "stuff" going on in Clallam County!!!
So simple question, "How does the State of WA not monitor Financial OMC, as a Public Hospital"? Losing $72Mil, really???
Patty Murray all fired up about conservative "controls" about security on our streets, but not about Public support & finances on our critical medical care. Just don't get it...