Well, not quite "master." Only in Port Angeles can you (if you are connected, that is) be hired as a "specialist" while having your job described as...Learning to do the job. Specialist? No. Suspicious? Very. Ethical? Not at all.
Dan Gase, a Position 4 Port Angeles City Council member since 2014, will not vote on Lincoln Park tree-cutting, Port Angeles Harbor cleanup and restoration, and other city issues related to the Port of Port Angeles through the end of his term Dec. 31, he said last week.
Gase, 63, said taking part in those votes on the seven-member council would create a conflict of interest with his new job: aerospace business development specialist for the Port of Port Angeles.
Port Chief Financial Officer John Nutter said last week Gase will earn $6,250 per month for three months before the position is re-evaluated.
He was hired from among eight applicants as the port tries to bring tenants to the Fairchild International Airport and airport industrial park.
“He was hired to to knock on doors and learn more about the aerospace industry and learn about what we could potentially bring to our airport,” Nutter said.
nice "payoff" job -- so wonder what favors he garnered to snag a made-up position like that. And, 3 months salary to learn the job. Wow.
ReplyDeleteThat pig just keeps rolling in shit.
Smug little creep.
Yes, but...He was THE BEST of the eight candidates considered for the job. Thus sayeth the Port.
Deletewonder how he feels beating out the likes of Orville Campbell, Randy Johnson, and Jim Haguewood -- wouldn't they be the other "choices" in this incestuous circle-jerk?
DeleteIt could be called a HAND-JERK.
Deletewouldn't that be a dumb-jerk?
DeleteShit, I don't have any aerospace experience either and I'd do that job for 2,000/month. I don't even need benefits. This is a joke, right? By joke I mean outright theft of taxpayer money.
ReplyDeleteI know, right? Where is the McIntire Doctrinal Concern about wage inflation in this? I mean, why not put it out for bid? I'm sure there are LOTS of inexperienced people who would do it for a lot less than Doughy Dan.
DeleteI thought pickleball paddles were the future for Port Angeles. Who knew it was the aerospace industry? A realtor leading the charge. Funniest thing ever! :D
ReplyDeletei hear the north koreans are looking to expand their aerospace holdings. perhaps dan could make quick trip to knock on some doors...
ReplyDeleteYes, PLEASE send him to NK asap for some "negotiations"!
DeleteA North Korean ICBM counts as "aerospace research." Go, Doughy Dan, go! Have a nice trip, Comrade Kickback!
DeleteAnd the self serving scams continue.
ReplyDeleteGreasing the skids
ReplyDeleteIf anyone thought it couldn't, it just keeps getting more and more embarrassing.
ReplyDeleteGase's claim to fame is inheriting his father's slum lord properties and collecting the rents. That is what qualifies for an aerospace job in port angeles? How can you shame a man who has no shame? For him to even apply for it shows the fix is in. Or, the port has no fucking idea what they are doing and should be shut down for the good of the town.
ReplyDeleteWhat would be for the good of the town are multiple criminal prosecutions of Port officials. The Port is a RICO enterprise.
DeleteDo we know who the other candidates for this position were? Was this an advertised search? How far did the Port look for it's expertise, when offering a salary equivalent of $75k a year?
ReplyDeleteDo they have so much money that they can pay somebody $$6,250 a month to learn about such a complex topic?
facebook page rant by Adam Chamberlain: (categorized as waaa waaa)
ReplyDeleteAdam Chamberlin
2 hrs ·
Hello Everyone.
As many of you may (or may not be) aware, Dale Wilson, editor of “Port O Call” news and Board member of PAPA TV has been on a eight month campaign of lies, libel, slander and harassment against me. For whatever reason, this individual has developed what can only be called an unhinged fixation on myself, Chelsea Ward, and the local outreach and cleanup group, “Our Town.” In the past eight months, he has accused me, both directly and through implication of: attempted murder, vehicular homicide, attempted vehicular homicide, “strong arm robbery,” assaulting children, theft, “setting snarling dogs on homeless people as they camped in the woods” (presumably this was my 19 pound Pomeranian) harassment, assault, and multiple incidents of arson. He has attempted to portray me as a dangerous and violent psychopath and the ringleader of a band of “vigilantes” who incessantly attack and harass homeless people, attempting to run them over with vehicles, and attacking them in the night as they sleep in the woods. He has used every avenue and method he could possibly muster to cause damage to my life, my reputation, my livelihood and the well-being of my family and friends. He has never missed an opportunity to slander me in a public forum. Indeed, it appears that he now intends to turn PAPA TV into an extension of “Port O Call.” In other words, into another forum from which to launch personal attacks on myself and others, and using your tax dollars and donations to do so.
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ReplyDeleteIn order to accomplish this twisted agenda, Wilson has encouraged vulnerable people to tell lies and file false reports with law enforcement, and has incessantly harangued the Port Angeles Police Department and County Prosecutors office to charge me and others with crimes that we have not committed and have no knowledge of. Indeed, after reading hundreds of his obsessively-frequent emails to both of the aforementioned entities, I have no doubt that he has presented them with fabricated incidents as well. This man truly operates with no moral compass.
Needless to say, these are all outrageous lies, and backed by absolutely no evidence whatsoever. For a man who is constantly seeking to remain relevant in a city that has already rejected him as a credible journalist, this is merely an attempt to perpetuate a “crisis” that he himself manufactured and which does not, and never has existed, in order to gain popularity. He is seeking to do this at the expense of myself and a few others, with absolutely no concerns for the long-term ramifications that this may have for anyone else even peripherally involved.
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ReplyDeleteBut don’t hold your breath—Mr. Wilson is quite content to use anecdotes, rumor and completely fabricated stories as all the “evidence” he needs.
It is clear that he intends to continue this campaign as long as he is physically able. It appears that he believes I, and others, should just sit back idly and tolerate his incessant abuse and personal attacks. As a 38 year resident of Port Angeles, and as someone who truly loves this city and hopes to see it improve in the future, that is not an option. I’ve noticed that there are lot of people who Mr. Wilson has wronged who are reluctant to speak out against him, for fear that he will target them with libel and slander in “Port O Call.” I do not have this fear. There is nothing that this man could say about me that he hasn’t already said, and a steadily-growing segment of this community is starting to recognize Mr. Wilson as the blight on this community that he is. I intend to fight this ill-designing man and his twisted agenda using every legal means at my disposal. Mr. Wilson’s behavior will not stand, and he will yet be held accountable for it. I have never condoned vigilantism, and have never assaulted or harassed a homeless person in my entire life and will not stand for this man going about the community I grew up in telling people that I have. I should also mention that while Mr. Wilson’s has reserved his most savage libel for myself, I am by no means the only person he has libeled in print and online versions of “Port O Call.” At last count, there are at least 40 other members of the community that I believe he has made legally actionable statements against over the past few years. Perhaps these people are content to let this interloper strut into our city, set up shop and trash lifelong Port Angeles residents at will. I am not.
I am asking you to get the word out about Dale Wilson. The crisis that exists here is not any fictional harassment of the homeless, It is the very real harassment by a retiree with too much time on his hands and a burning desire to destroy others, sow discord and inflict emotional distress in order to aggrandize himself. It is my understanding that a website devoted to spreading the truth about Mr. Wilson’s malicious behavior and corrupt character is in the making. From what little I’ve been told, this website, unlike Mr. Wilson’s, will rely solely on verifiable facts. Please join me and others in the future in exposing this malevolent and profoundly tawdry man. Spreading knowledge of this individual is truly in the best interests of Port Angeles.
Yeah, but...All I have to say is this: If you've been SO wronged, slighted, slandered and libeled and lied about...Where's the lawsuit, you loony loser? If you're SO pure, Adam "Hug the Homeless" Chamberlin, where is your lawyer? You say you won't take it...But you're taking it.
DeleteBend over, Adam. Here comes another dose of reality and truth going right up your...
Gee whiz, I just don't know who to trust. But I'm leaning away from the thrice-convicted felon with the sawed-off.
DeleteUmmm, Gee Adam, You seem to overlook the reality that you were JUST CONVICTED in a LEGALLY RECOGNIZED court of law.
DeleteI read where Mr. Wilson has invited, and promised to publish anybody's rebuttal to anything he has written.
Okay Adam, if you have anything specific, other than the vague references to "slander, lies" etc, now is your time and place to state your case, cite your facts, and convince us all you are anything more than the manipulative loser this rant shows you to be.
Convince us all otherwise. I'm sure CK will be more than happy to print your rebuttal. If you have any refuting actual facts.
It is clear you are relying on innuendo to try to inspire distrust of Mr. Wilson, and Port o Call. Anyone can just re-read your rant to see, GEE, no actual facts are cited. Just baseless accusations. But, GEEE, how interesting, the only one with a criminal conviction in this whole thing is, yes, YOU, Adam Chamberlin. Not Mr. Wilson.
Going after Mr. Wilson is" ..truly in the best interests of Port Angeles." Really? Based exactly on what evidence? Please do spell it all out, since YOU make this accusation? Otherwise, we still see you as.. LOSER!
And, also hugely suspect, as Mr. Wilson has spent so much time exposing the real problems affecting Port Angeles. The cronies benefiting of the literally millions of dollars of taxpayers dollars on documented scams. You, Adam Chamberlin? What have you done in the last 6 months? Oh! That's right, you got busted with stolen property, and convicted for it. What? Stolen from Port Angeles residents? Stolen from the very people your "Our Town" group is supposedly organized to protect?
I gotta go puke. This is just too pathetic. Adam, Chelsea and your ilk, do us ALL A FLIPPIN' FAVOR.. and STOP this insanity.
Mr. Chamberlin, I'm inviting you to a wager. You find a good lawyer, sue me for any of these charges you claim here. If you win I will leave town. If you lose you leave town. What could be simpler?
DeleteDamage to his life and reputation? I'm pretty sure Adam took care of that well on his own. His family should be so proud.
Deletethe only aerospace research Danny has ever done involved letting a helium balloon go.
ReplyDeleteDan is a very big lier
ReplyDeleteIs he also a bad speler?
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