Here we go again...A fat boy and three stale leftovers talking nonsense...
Four
Clallam County commissioner candidates discussed timber management, the
economy, jobs and climate change at a primary election forum Tuesday.
Gabe Rygaard, Randy Johnson and Maggie Roth said the economy and jobs are top
priorities, while Ron Richards said addressing climate change is his No. 1
goal.
Richards
also told the group he can’t afford the kind of spending on political signs
that Roth, a former candidate for the position, has purchased.
Richards has raised $4,645 in campaign contributions to Roth’s $650, Johnson’s
$7,361 and Rygaard’s $3,700, according to state Public Disclosure Commission
records as of Tuesday.
Richards also expressed confidence that a majority of District 2 residents vote
Democratic most of the time, adding, “I feel a little outnumbered by all these
Republicans.”
Johnson disputed that the GOP party affiliation applies to himself, saying he
is an independent.
He said he believes in collaborative leadership and that the county is “on the
cusp of great growth.”
On
climate change, he said people should be “careful about what we think about
climate change, about what happens.”
Richards,
who will be 71 by Election Day and a Democrat, is a commercial fisherman who
was elected Clallam County commissioner in 1976. He served one term before
going into law practice.
Johnson, who will be 73 by Election Day and who registered as a candidate with
no party preference, is former president of the timberland and wood products
company Green Crow Corp. of Port Angeles and current chairman of the board.
Roth, 62 by Election Day and a Republican, is a civil process server and a
former owner of Northwest Duty Free and Currency Exchange in Port Angeles who
ran and lost against Chapman in 2012.
Rygaard, 45 by Election Day and a Republican, is co-owner of Rygaard Logging
Inc. and a former reality TV star on the canceled History Channel TV series “Ax
Men.”
The winner of the general election will make $69,864 in salary and $95,032 in
salary and benefits in 2017.
Ron Richards is NOT a commercial fisherman.
Randy Johnson IS a Republican, NOT an "independent."
Maggie Roth serves NO processes.
Gabe Rygaard...Ugh...Just obviously, desperately needs a job. And craves attention.
And look at the salary one of these people will be pulling down...
Campaign Contributions
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In the past two election cycles, we have reported the dollar amounts received and contributors to each candidate. This time, we have a candidate running for Clallam County Commissioner who has himself been a big contributor to campaigns, political parties, and political action committees. That candidate is Randy Johnson.
The Peninsula Daily News reported that Johnson is a founder of Green Crow Corporation, a 30-year county resident, and someone who has supported both Democrats and Republicans. The PDN tells us Johnson said he supported both Democratic Representative Lynn Kessler and Republican State Attorney General Rob McKenna. And, it quoted Johnson as saying: “That would give me two sides of the spectrum, I guess.” “That’s why I’m an independent.” (May 22, 2016 Four-way race in Clallam contest)
The state Public Disclosure Commission database has campaign information back to 2000, but searches on specific individuals and businesses show some contributions as old as 1994. A database search reveals $23,277 in contributions between 1996 and 2015, made directly by Randy Johnson. Of this, 13% ($3,000) went to Democratic candidates and 87% ($20,277) went to Republican candidates or Republican organizations.
Contributions to Democratic gubernatorial candidates were: $750 Gary Locke, $500 Christine Gregoire, and $250 Jay Inslee. Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark received $1,500.
Total contributions to Republicans/Republican organizations included: $5,000 Washington State Republican Party, $350 Clallam County Republican Central Committee, $2,500 Mainstream Republicans of Washington PAC, $5,332 Douglass Sutherland, $1,800 Robert McKenna, $1,470 James Buck, $1,075 Andrew Hill, $725 Steven O’Ban, $350 Jim McEntire, plus contributions under $500 to a few other candidates.
In the reporting of Johnson’s personal contributions, he is listed as working for various iterations of the Green Crow business entities. He is sometimes listed as owner, businessman, manager, executive, vice president, or president, depending on the dates. We reviewed the contributions of various Green Crow business entities because of Johnson’s long, prominent, and influential association with Green Crow. Here is what we found.
They has donated $100,573 between 1994 and 2015. Of this, 7% ($6,755) went to Democratic candidates including: $200 to Lynn Kessler in 1996, $1,000 Peter Goldmark, $750 Christine Gregoire, $750 Gary Locke, $800 Timothy Sheldon, $500 each to Steve Tharinger, Kevin Van De Wege, Brian Blake, Robert Ferguson, and Dean Takko, plus smaller contributions to others.
They donated 2% ($2,000) to initiative 164 in 1994, which wanted government to be restricted in land use regulation and required to pay for property value reductions attributable to certain regulations. This initiative failed.
They donated 37% ($37,400) to political action committees including: $15,000 to Citizens for Property Rights, $7,000 to Enterprise Washington JobsPAC, $15,000 to Washington Forest Protection Association State PAC, $300 to Port Angeles Citizens for Educations, and $100 to the Association of Washington Business PAC.
They also donated a total of 35% ($35,000) in 2004 and 2008 to the Committee for Balanced Stewardship. This group’s goal was to elect Douglass Sutherland, a Republican, to be Public Lands Commissioner. This group spent $573,000 in independent expenditures in 2008 to elect Douglass Sutherland and another $322,000 in 2004.
They donated 19% ($18,648) to Republicans/Republican organizations including: $1,000 Mainstream Republicans of Washington, $80 Clallam County Republican Central Committee, $10,400 Douglass Sutherland, $2,168 Bruce Mackey, $1,900 Andrew Hill, $1,100 James Buck, $1,000 Robert McKenna, $500 Jim McEntire, and $500 Steven O’Ban.
There was also $750 in contributions to individuals whose party affiliation I could not identify.
WOW! Thanks for all the information - and then some.
DeleteTo sum it up (no pun intended), I'd say if you're 13% Democrat, and 87% Republican...You're a Republican. One who has to try and play politics in a Democrat-dominated state, yes, but still...A Republican.
The which accompanies the "article" is great. Johnson and Richards both look like they're competing in the "Pat Downie Look-a-like Contest", Rygaard looks like he desperately needs another box of Krispy Kreme donuts and Maggie Roth looks someone close by pooped in their pants.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed. Even I was shocked to see just how ancient Randy Johnson and Ron Richards looked.
DeleteRon and Maggie are desperate to seem like anything but what they are, which is comfortably retired. Randy Johnson is desperate to pose as being "independent," even though he's as rock-solid Republican as they come. And this Gabe Rygaard is, as CK points out, just plain desperate.
ReplyDeleteA desperate crew, and not a captain among them. What a disheartening election this is going to be.
Thank you so much, Randy Johnson, for letting us know that Clallam County is "on the cusp of great growth," if only we will all "be careful about what we think about climate change, and what happens." With vague and dishonest leadership like yours, how can anything possibly go wrong?
ReplyDeleteAnd THIS is the guy who has raised more campaign cash than anyone else? The future here looks bleak, very bleak.
He's not being vague or deceptive; he's being "independent"...From reality.
DeleteFor 35 years Clallam County has been "on the cusp of greatness." For much of that time Randy Johnson has been at or near the helm of the Economic Development Council. During that time he has not landed one business to relocate here. He has not created even one job except for the staff at EDC. What the hell does he think he can do as county commissioner that he couldn't have done at the helm of the "job engine" for the county?
DeleteI've attended a lot of county commission meetings and never lay eyes on Rygaard. Now that he is suddenly unemployed he is not the great poobah of job creation. Yeah, right. He needs a job and this commissioner is pretty cushy. Two half days a week and a few meetings around the month. At $95,000 per year. What Maggie thinks she brings to the table is beyond me. Just being a rabid republican is not sufficient credentials to become a county commissioner. She had a chance to show some of her ideas while serving on the Charter Review Committee. She was there but hardly added any original material to the discussion. One question we should ask each of the candidates for county commissioner, "Do you support Donald Trump for president?". Their answer to that will tell you all you need to know about their love of country. If they support Trump then they will throw the county under the bus at a moment's notice just to register another republican "win."
Loser candidates talking to a loser group about what they're promising to do for our loser county.
ReplyDeleteSigh...
And...only District 2 gets to even vote, if I read that correctly.
ReplyDeleteWow, who said money can't buy happiness? Seems Mr. Johnson has made many politicians very happy. Not so much the rest of us. FAIL.
ReplyDeleteOff topic, but inspired by the topic....Read the article on this on the PDN's website, and saw the comments on same, including one from Laurel Black. My god, that woman has no shame! I've seen her recently, and the photo she uses in her Facebook profile has to be at least ten years old. Talk about false advertising, Laurel.
ReplyDeleteShe probably knows about age discrimination. And she doesn't use a handle like CK.
DeleteLet's look at who gets to shape the messaging sent out to the people. Paul Gotlieb, Todd Ortloff and Laurel Black. Black is the unnamed communications writer for the port of port angles. It is from these three all our "official" news is filtered. All have demonstrated they have their heads so far up the ass of various officials as to be untrustworthy for public consumption. Yet, on it goes. Edward R. Murrow would not recognize what Ortloff puts out as journalism. They should repossess his college degree if this is the best he has to offer.
DeleteAnonymous 6:55 AM...I have a handle?
DeleteAnd we all know about age discrimination. I'm in my 50s now, and yep, I learn more every week.
But I also know about how customers (or just people in general) can feel tricked or deceived when they see someone's old, old photo presented as current on a website, then they show up just looking old. It's not a good business practice, or something you want to do if you're using any sort of dating website.
Never mind the fact that local businesses need to start looking elsewhere for their logo design as a drive around Sequim demonstrates she doesn't have an original concept in her head. You can immediately tell which logos she has designed as they all look the same. Old is as old does.
DeleteFour fools in search of a payoff.
ReplyDeleteYou've come up with a great title for this year's election. That should be printed on the cover of the Voter's Guide.
DeleteNice fence, city of Port Angeles, really nice. It looks SO good for visitors as they come into town. And it's just so much easier than, oh, having sensible ordinances to deal with, say, nuisance-attracting empty buildings like the one on that corner. So yeah, just slap a fence up, and everything's cool again. No, really.
ReplyDeleteAnon at 2:27 - if they enforce the vagrancy ordinance where will you sleep tonight?
DeleteBut it will keep Muslims and Mexicans out. Won't it?
DeleteAnon 7:08 and 7:21, who I'm guessing are the same, remind me of what killed Harpers blog. There were people posting there who were on topic, but the trolls kept disrupting the conversations with stupid comments. So much so that it drove away every one else.
DeleteTom Harper killed Tom Harper's blog. He was lazy, and it showed. There's no one to blame for its downfall but him.
DeleteLighten up, 8:42.
DeleteIn the last 24 hours, several people have landed on this blog after searching for "randy johnson, port angeles." Hi, Randy! Hopefully those searching will get some good background info about you...You little "independent," you.
ReplyDeleteI would vote for "None Of The Above" in this race. Hell, I'd write in Vermin Supreme - google him. He's real.
ReplyDeleteForget the phony, vote for the pony! A tyrant you can trust! Mr. Supreme is sublimely brilliant. Too bad more people don't get his message.
DeleteAnyone else having trouble with the PDN's website today? I visited it twice, and both times it made my computer freeze up, forcing me to restart everything.
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