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According to a Clallam
County (Washington) District Court Judge (pro tem) it is now an offense to
publish the news and to post anonymously on a local public interest
blog. He considers it harassment.
Port O Call publisher Dale Wilson was subpoenaed to District Court on a petition signed by Chelsea Ward, founder of a local domestic terrorist group called "Our Town." "Our Town's" stated goal is to "clean up the city" by harassing the homeless population until they leave town. On the other hand, Port O Call has, for the past four years, reported on local government, concentrating on waste, fraud and corruption.
It was only after a homeless family got pepper-sprayed that Port O Call delved into the activities of this virulent vigilante group.
Ward filed the petition under the Domestic Violence statute which, when successfully deployed, prohibits the respondent-publisher from reporting the news. She did not say Wilson has ever been in her presence nor ever contacted her personally nor electronically.
Her entire case before the ironically named Judge (pro tem) Laurence Freedman centered on news articles published by Wilson on the activities of the vigilante wing of her Facebook-centric group, "Our Town."
Reports included armed vigilantes intruding on homeless camps and harassing them. One of the leaders of "Our Town" is a thrice convicted felon (Madam Chamberlin) recently charged with possessing of "a sack full" of stolen data chips from cell phones stolen from homeless individuals.
This same felon was charged by the local sheriff's department with pepper-spraying a family in their car. Recently he was convicted of his third felony, possession of a sawed off shotgun. From one of the stolen data cards this felon found a video of an intimate act between the owner of the cell phone and her lover. This he posted online with salacious comments. Because, really, that's what Jesus would do, right?
Coverage of these news stories are the sum total of Ward's complaint for harassment. Said coverage has been limited almost exclusively to the Port O Call; the Peninsula Daily News has been (not so) strangely quiet about their activities.
Additionally, she read into the court’s record from a series of anonymous posts to a local blog, Port Angeles Unearthed. Without any attempt at proving Wilson posted the comments, the judge allowed her to present her case of harassment, found it credible, and issued a restraining order on Wilson and ordered he not “defame” her. Because, as we all know, facts can be so defaming.
Despite the judge pro tem allowing her to ignore all the rules of evidence and allowing her to represent a third party, "Our Town," the order went out and could cause the arrest of the publisher if he finds himself within 200 feet of Ward. She did not even suggest that the publisher had ever been in her presence. All of her "harassment" was from news reports and anonymous blog posts which she attributed to the publisher, Dale Wilson.
The anti-harassment statutes are intended to provide a safe process for domestic-violence victims to get protection orders from abusive domestic partners. In a broad stretch of the statutes Freedman now says one does not have to have ever seen or been in the company of a “victim” to be guilty of harassment.
The hijacking of this statute to muzzle legitimate news reporting is something every newspaper publisher in the country should take very seriously. Freedman just gutted the Supreme Court decision in New York Times v United States where the court overturned a previous order prohibiting the Times from reporting on The Pentagon Papers. The Supreme Court, in 1971, called this "Prior Restraint" and forbids it.
The Supreme Court rightly concluded there are torts available to those who feel they have been maligned by published articles. These include causes of action for libel, slander or defamation.
Of course when one brings such a tort case they must engage an attorney, file a complaint with a local court and pay court costs to initiate an action in court. They must also pay for service of process to notify the respondent of the action. Not so under the domestic violence statute. Taxpayers cover it.
By hijacking the domestic violence statute the "victim" does not have to pay a filing fee and the sheriff’s department must serve the summons on the "harasser" for free. Then it is up to a pro tem judge, usually a lawyer who plays golf with the elected judge, to make a ruling in the case without any allegiance to the rules of evidence nor even matching the statute with the charges alleged.
The court has allowed itself to become a tool of the harassment it is supposed to extinguish.
Yet to be told is the full story about how these vigilantes infiltrated the local police department and judicial system...
Port O Call publisher Dale Wilson was subpoenaed to District Court on a petition signed by Chelsea Ward, founder of a local domestic terrorist group called "Our Town." "Our Town's" stated goal is to "clean up the city" by harassing the homeless population until they leave town. On the other hand, Port O Call has, for the past four years, reported on local government, concentrating on waste, fraud and corruption.
It was only after a homeless family got pepper-sprayed that Port O Call delved into the activities of this virulent vigilante group.
Ward filed the petition under the Domestic Violence statute which, when successfully deployed, prohibits the respondent-publisher from reporting the news. She did not say Wilson has ever been in her presence nor ever contacted her personally nor electronically.
Her entire case before the ironically named Judge (pro tem) Laurence Freedman centered on news articles published by Wilson on the activities of the vigilante wing of her Facebook-centric group, "Our Town."
Reports included armed vigilantes intruding on homeless camps and harassing them. One of the leaders of "Our Town" is a thrice convicted felon (Madam Chamberlin) recently charged with possessing of "a sack full" of stolen data chips from cell phones stolen from homeless individuals.
This same felon was charged by the local sheriff's department with pepper-spraying a family in their car. Recently he was convicted of his third felony, possession of a sawed off shotgun. From one of the stolen data cards this felon found a video of an intimate act between the owner of the cell phone and her lover. This he posted online with salacious comments. Because, really, that's what Jesus would do, right?
Coverage of these news stories are the sum total of Ward's complaint for harassment. Said coverage has been limited almost exclusively to the Port O Call; the Peninsula Daily News has been (not so) strangely quiet about their activities.
Additionally, she read into the court’s record from a series of anonymous posts to a local blog, Port Angeles Unearthed. Without any attempt at proving Wilson posted the comments, the judge allowed her to present her case of harassment, found it credible, and issued a restraining order on Wilson and ordered he not “defame” her. Because, as we all know, facts can be so defaming.
Despite the judge pro tem allowing her to ignore all the rules of evidence and allowing her to represent a third party, "Our Town," the order went out and could cause the arrest of the publisher if he finds himself within 200 feet of Ward. She did not even suggest that the publisher had ever been in her presence. All of her "harassment" was from news reports and anonymous blog posts which she attributed to the publisher, Dale Wilson.
The anti-harassment statutes are intended to provide a safe process for domestic-violence victims to get protection orders from abusive domestic partners. In a broad stretch of the statutes Freedman now says one does not have to have ever seen or been in the company of a “victim” to be guilty of harassment.
The hijacking of this statute to muzzle legitimate news reporting is something every newspaper publisher in the country should take very seriously. Freedman just gutted the Supreme Court decision in New York Times v United States where the court overturned a previous order prohibiting the Times from reporting on The Pentagon Papers. The Supreme Court, in 1971, called this "Prior Restraint" and forbids it.
The Supreme Court rightly concluded there are torts available to those who feel they have been maligned by published articles. These include causes of action for libel, slander or defamation.
Of course when one brings such a tort case they must engage an attorney, file a complaint with a local court and pay court costs to initiate an action in court. They must also pay for service of process to notify the respondent of the action. Not so under the domestic violence statute. Taxpayers cover it.
By hijacking the domestic violence statute the "victim" does not have to pay a filing fee and the sheriff’s department must serve the summons on the "harasser" for free. Then it is up to a pro tem judge, usually a lawyer who plays golf with the elected judge, to make a ruling in the case without any allegiance to the rules of evidence nor even matching the statute with the charges alleged.
The court has allowed itself to become a tool of the harassment it is supposed to extinguish.
Yet to be told is the full story about how these vigilantes infiltrated the local police department and judicial system...
Port Angeles, where the judges don't know what reality is.
ReplyDeleteDo remember that the Prosecuting Attorney, Nichols, is a documented supporter of the vigilantes.
Dysfunction Junction.
I wonder what Chelsea Nutcase and crew would think if they were victimized by the court system like this?
ReplyDelete"Our Town"? Whose town? The New American Nazis?
It's all SO crazy, yet SO easy to believe coming out of Clallam County.
DeleteAnd it's all SO hypocritical. These heartless "Good Christian" types who go out to harass people who are already suffering. NICE.
When Madam Adam Chamberlin (the convicted felon referenced above) writes threatening messages to me here, he absolutely makes it clear he does NOT think I am Dale Wilson. But, when his demented minion, Chelsea Ward, goes to court, she more than implies that she "knows" it is Dale Wilson moderating this blog.
Hey, Judge Freedman, get a clue: I am NOT Dale Wilson, and writing about the activities (both online and in the physical world) of the "Our Town" clowns does NOT constitute harassment. That much would be obvious to a fourth grader.
But don't worry, Judge Freedman. Being that I am NOT Dale Wilson, and being that I am NOT located in Clallam County, I do hereby promise to NOT come within 200 feet of Chelsea Ward. That'll be easy. Plus, I wouldn't want the stench of stupid to get on me.
This is probably up there in the top five most heinous things I've heard of to come out of Clallam County simply because of the dangerous precedent it sets. (Hi Our Town folks - sorry you might have to go look up the word "Precedent" - I know it's a little advanced vocab for you!) How can we make sure that Dale's article in the POC reaches as many as it can? I'll send it to KIRO but that might not spark interest. Would higher up courts take interest? Governing bodies? Elected officials?
DeleteI went to the WSBA (washington state bar association) website, the guys name is FREEDMAN. He goes by Larry Freedman but his name is Lawrence Elliot Freedman. His office is in Sequim. Email: Larry@olypen.com Phone number 360 809-0164.
ReplyDeleteSend him a note -- give him a call. Tell him how you feel about this.
Guy got the hood pulled over his fat head.
Make that LarryF@olypen.com
DeleteNo, I don't think Mr. Freedman got the hood pulled over his fat head, I think he is a willing participant in the efforts by the powers-that-be in Port Angeles to silence Dale Wilson. Look at who he is.
DeleteThere is no doubt that he is a real estate developer with questionable scruples. And former Port Angeles City attorney. Gee, am I asleep and dreaming, or hasn't Dale been exposing the questionable real estate "arrangements" with "un-named partners" in Chicago concerning the "very screwwy" $900,000 deal the County Board of Commissioners have been trying to push through for the last 6 months or so?
Come on! This is so blatant. So beyond belief.
Only in Port Angeles/Clallam County.
I'd say a willing, very active participant indeed. I'd also say crooked, incompetent and morally bankrupt. I'd say all that and more, because I have my First Amendment rights to stand on. Someone might want to take "Judge" Freedman aside and give him a refresher course on that little item...
DeleteYes, these supposed "Christians" are the very ones the Pope himself questions:
ReplyDelete"An explosive article written by two close associates of Pope Francis has accused Steve Bannon, the chief White House strategist, of espousing an “apocalyptic geopolitics” whose roots are “not too far apart” from that of Islamist extremism.
The article in La Civiltà Cattolica, which is vetted by the Vatican before publication, lays out a scathing critique of “evangelical fundamentalism” in the US, arguing that, on issues ranging from climate change to “migrants and Muslims”, proponents of the ideology have adopted a twisted reading of scripture and the Old Testament that promotes conflict and war above all else."
CK, you know it isn't about you, or Dale. It is about the powers-that-be holding onto the way things have been, being racist, being intolerant, being judgmental, rape, pillage and plunder, and all the things that made "America Great".
It is about their fear of change. Fear that their warped self identity is being shown to be bad for society, bad for the planet, and bad for pretty much everything. In their self-centered selfish world, everything has to fit into the way they and their fellow travelers view the world, or else. Tolerance of others is not an option.
It is a severe black mark on America that This group even attempted this. That they have so lost perspective of what "America" was founded upon, what so many Americans have given their lives to protect.
And the so-called judge?
If there ever was a case warranting appeal, this is it.
But more importantly, this is a sad day in, and for America.
Dale can appeal for a modification of the order, by showing the judge by a preponderance of evidence that he is not the threat that Ward claims. 'Course, it's the same judge...
DeleteThere is a specifc chain of legal filings to follow, then the appeals. Modification only comes after the whole case becomes final.
DeleteMore of the same.
ReplyDeletePeople move to Port Angeles thinking it is this cute little town, and then find out the truth. Nasty and dark.
They'll take your money with a smile (if you're lucky), and stab you in the back at the first opportunity.
How many times have we seen this? Where anyone who stands up change or points out the corruption in this town, are driven out, one way or another.
I wouldn't blame Dale Wilson one bit, if he threw up his hands, and said "Enough". I doubt he will, as he has a powerful drive for what is right and just. But anyone else would say "Why bother? Let the town sink in it's self righteous stink."
Dale Wilson is community asset. All he does is ask legitimate questions and pry up the rocks to see what's underneath. Which of course the scumbag power players hate. The sunshine. The exposure. The truth.
ReplyDeleteYep. His track record here is clear.
DeleteIt was just a matter of time. Really, I'm surprised he's lasted this long.
This isn't the fist time Dale has had this happen.
ReplyDeleteOh really? Please do tell us all what you know.
DeleteOtherwise.
As we see, Anon 1:38 has nothing, and is part of the crew trying to besmirch Dale's good name with innuendo. No facts needed for these creeps.
DeleteAnon 07.17.17@2009
DeleteCheck with your friend or with any lexis-nexus search. You can even pay one of the on-line search engines if you have a valid credit card and $25.
Again, nothing offered. Just more innuendo. What a sick creep.
DeleteCK, you know what to do with trolls.
Ohhhhh.. This is looking a bit more like the way we know things go, here in Good Ole Boy Clallam County.
ReplyDeleteMr. Freedman? Real estate developer and Sequim Planning Commissioner who quit a few years back over allegations of "conflict of interest"?
" Freedman, who was reappointed in December to a four-year term that would have expired Jan. 1, 2013, said he would continue working as a lawyer and a developer but now people couldn’t say a project was being approved by the city because he was involved.
The surprise announcement came during a public hearing on proposed changes to two city ordinances dealing with "bulk and dimensional requirements."
If approved, the new ordinances would have allowed higher densities in the city’s R-III and R-IV residential zones.
That would have allowed Freedman and his partners to develop his proposed 48-lot City Walk subdivision just south of the Sequim Aquatic and Recreation Center, which was the subject of the second scheduled public hearing."
http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/larry-freedman-quits-sequim-planning-commission/
Oh, you mean the Lawrence Freedman who has a law practice with former Port Angeles City Attorney Craig Miller??
And people wonder why...
THANK YOU for the background. Judge Freedman sounds like EXACTLY the kind of "fair and balanced" judicial mind you'd expect to find in the dark recesses of Clallam County.
DeleteThere are two "Larry Freedman" in Sequim. Whether or not the one that quit the planning commission is the same one as the "Pro Tem" lawyer who does real estate, construction, etc law, and has a partnership with the former Port Angeles City Attorney, is unclear.
DeleteAnybody know?
google it -- you'll see the judge and the planning commission are one in the same
DeleteExcellent idea for you to go after a sitting judge. Still don't understand how the system works do you which is why you have been run out of more states than Bernie Sanders. Keep up the good work.
DeleteIf you're worried about people "going after" sitting judges, why don't you call the judge-bashing bozo in the White House, hmmm? Once you've done that, let us know - we might give you your credibility back.
DeleteMaybe.
On second thought, seeing the idiocy of the rest of your comment...No, you'll never have any credibility. Sorry.
DeleteCK, don't let this troll continue. The more you respond to their idiocy, the happier they are.
DeleteDon't worry, they're done. Just every so often I like to let a few through, as examples of the addlepated BS that comes in here from the inbred good ol' boy types. Sad, ain't it?
DeleteWhen exposing a crime is itself treated as the crime, you are being ruled by criminals.
ReplyDeleteYep.
DeleteI'm thinking I'll be reposting my original piece tomorrow after work, unless I get a better offer. This is something that needs to be exposed and discussed.
Meanwhile, in other "official" news today...One of the young, promising people from Port Angeles has died of cancer at age 28...The proposed hotel downtown may be on hold, due to the pollution on the site...The Composites Cretins are making big promises again...And the 2017 Community Health Assessment for Clallam County has uncovered the not-at-all-surprising facts that Clallam County residents "enjoy" a lack of affordable housing, limited access to health care, high rates of substance abuse, geographic barriers to healthy foods and rising poverty rates.
ReplyDeleteSo, yeah, the PDN has ignored the totally totalitarian BS that's being inflicted on the Port O Call. But, not to worry, they've provided PLENTY of other bad news to go around.
Just another GREAT day in Port Angeles! Smiles, everyone, smiles!
I didn't understand this lack of access to healthy food - doesn't every one of our communities have a grocery store? Some even have a food bank with produce. Nobody is forcing anyone to go eat deep fried food at the local eatery. I haven't read the report, just what the PDN chose to put out there but I didn't get that part. I would agree that Sequim is a tight market for housing but there seems to be plenty in other locales that's affordable.Of course we have local officials who want to keep wages low which might be the real issue. High rate of substance abuse? Check.
DeleteI hope this embarrassment gets picked up by the national press. It should be. It sets a precedent they really need to be concerned about.
ReplyDeleteAnd that sorry excuse for a "Pro Tem Judge" gets national exposure, too.
Just a thought:
ReplyDeleteNext time post the story on the Port o Call before you post it on Port Angeles Unearthed. It will lend some level of credibility to the story that you are not one in the same.
Hey, you fucking moron, get it through your head. I am not Dale Wilson. He would not use words like "fucking moron" to describe you (no matter how well it does) but I will.
DeleteAgain, repeat after me: I am not Dale Wilson. I am not even in the same state as Dale Wilson. I am not the same height or weight as Dale Wilson. I have a different writing style from Dale Wilson. Dale Wilson says "greed heads"; I say "fucking morons" (when appropriate).
Do yourself a favor, and stop making yourself look SO FUCKING STUPID. Really. Get a clue. Get a life. I realize both are in short supply in Clallam County, but still...Sheesh.
CK, you gotta see that there is a concerted effort underway, now, to destroy Dale Wilson's credibility. Anonymous July 16, 2017 at 1:38 PM, and the moron above are the same person.
DeleteYes, it is a really weak and stupid effort, but consider the source. Only morons would waste EVERYONE'S time with such a lame court decision/process, which clearly cannot stand up to any reasonable... and independent of the local Good Ole Boy legal structure, here in Clallam County.
Remember Chelsea Ward's whole legal case is based upon insinuating you and Dale are the same person. Hmmm.
By the way:
" New publisher takes lead with Peninsula newspaper group | Sequim ...
www.sequimgazette.com/.../new-publisher-takes-lead-with-peninsula-newspaper-grou...
Sep 16, 2015 - Terry Ward succeeds John Brewer in role with local media organization."
Chelsea Ward. Terry Ward. Hmmmm.
Hmmm, indeed...
DeleteLet's hear this one out. Are you suggesting they are related? Enough so that the Peninsula Daily Newspeak might be in on this fix? If so, we have a much bigger problem than just a lone nutjob.
DeleteYou know what is great about Clallam County?
DeleteEveryone that owns a home is searchable by name.
You know, Anon 5:47 (otherwise know as the "fucking moron" and "troll), that threat works both ways.
DeleteSo IS Chelsea Ward related to Terry R Ward of rag-publishing infamy?
Delete" When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered."
ReplyDeleteChristopher Dodd
And:
" The right of free speech cannot be parceled out based on whether we want to hear what the speaker has to say or whether we agree with those views. It means, quite often, tolerating the expression of views that we find distasteful, perhaps even repugnant."
Andrew Rosenthal
If the facts are as you report, the order should be easily overturned on appeal and new claims could be lodged against the petitioner and the judge. Defamation has nothing whatsoever to do with a typical anti-harassment protection order to physically avoid the petitioner, typically saying to stay a couple hundred feet away or something like that. Defamation is a separate legal concept.
ReplyDeleteRCW 10.14.020:
(1) "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, however short, evidencing a continuity of purpose. "Course of conduct" includes, in addition to any other form of communication, contact, or conduct, the sending of an electronic communication, but does not include constitutionally protected free speech. Constitutionally protected activity is not included within the meaning of "course of conduct."
(2) "Unlawful harassment" means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person which seriously alarms, annoys, harasses, or is detrimental to such person, and which serves no legitimate or lawful purpose. The course of conduct shall be such as would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, and shall actually cause substantial emotional distress to the petitioner, or, when the course of conduct would cause a reasonable parent to fear for the well-being of their child.
But sometimes petitioners intentionally "set up" the ordered person where the petitioner runs over to the ordered person with a LEO in tow, claiming that the order is now violated, and the LEO arrests. Sounds like the case has just begun.
"Yet to be told is the full story about how these vigilantes infiltrated the local police department and judicial system... "
ReplyDeleteYou can read the PDN story, written by the most objective reporter EVER, Gaul Potleaf:
Citizen group pairs with police for Port Angeles patrols -- Port Angeles ...
www.peninsuladailynews.com/.../citizen-group-pairs-with-police-for-port-angeles-pat...
Jan 31, 2016 - Port Angeles Police Chief Terry Gallagher, left, talks with Michael Simmons, a member of the volunteer crime-prevention group “This Is Our ...
The same Michael Simmons that owns the lot with Chelsea Ward?
DeleteIt's good to know we have a police force with no knoweldge of applicable laws.
Time for you to go radio silent old friend. You are really in the shit now and everyone is ready.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Tennessee, Arizona, Kentucky, Florida, Oregon, Washington
See comments above, you fucking moron. I am not Dale Wilson, and I have never been in most of the states you list (for whatever reason). Ya fucking moron...
DeleteOh, and in case it weren't obvious enough, you fucking morn, the whole "radio silence" thing isn't gonna happen. But gee, I gotta wonder what a big, tough guy like you is worried about having come out as part of this discussion...Hmmm...
Delete@Anon July 16, 2017 1:38 PM; July 17, 2017 6:26 AM, and this post. (All the same idiot).
DeletePlease do grant yourself a modicum of credibility, and cite something to back up your comments. "You are really in deep shit now"? Really? Care to elaborate?
"This isn't the fist time Dale has had this happen." Really? Since you state this with such authority, why can't you cite one example?
".. and everyone is ready." Really? Yet another threat from the brainless without any substance?
The truth is very simple, and in black and white. Anyone who is involved in Port Angeles and Clallam County knows Dale Wilson from his tireless and selfless work. Not my opinion, just the verifiable facts. There are very few people in Clallam County that have worked as hard for, and contributed to the benefit of the majority of area residents. Not my opinion. Just verifiable facts.
Unlike the "un-named partners" and sleazy people who hide behind ever changing FaceBook pages threatening, bullying and intimidating people, Dale Wilson shows up in person at events, stands up before city council, school board and county commissioners, and tells them his view out in the open. Again, not my opinion. Verifiable facts. (Read the minutes).
What these morons don't seem to understand is the damage they do to the area. As if the area is not already seen as a backwater sleazy hole to be avoided, now we have proof that may get regional, and maybe national attention if this REALLY sleazy "court decision" gets picked up by the media.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Oops! Sorry. Meant to say "fucking moron."
DeleteAs for your comments, Anonymous 8:42 PM, I, too, marvel at the utter inability of these fucking morons to see how much they harm their own "Our Town" with their hateful, criminal, un-Christian harassment and crimes. (Yes, crimes, morons. Like your felonious headman, Adam Madam Chamberlin.)
DeleteBut, as amazing as it is, it simply is. They are too filled with hate, and/or just too fucking stupid to see any of it. And they gather together to reinforce each others stupidity.
Meanwhile...Port Angeles remains a pit. A drug addicted, poverty-ridden, laughingstock of a pit. And none of that is due to the homeless. Not a bit.
You do notice that the Port Angeles Police Department employed Chelsea Ward and her "significant other" Simmons only a few months after Terry Ward took over the PDN:
Delete" New publisher takes lead with Peninsula newspaper group | Sequim ...
www.sequimgazette.com/.../new-publisher-takes-lead-with-peninsula-newspaper-grou...
Sep 16, 2015 - Terry Ward succeeds John Brewer in role with local media organization."
Four months later:
"Citizen group pairs with police for Port Angeles patrols -- Port Angeles ...
www.peninsuladailynews.com/.../citizen-group-pairs-with-police-for-port-angeles-pat...
Jan 31, 2016 - Port Angeles Police Chief Terry Gallagher, left, talks with Michael Simmons, a member of the volunteer crime-prevention group “This Is Our ..."
And, Clallam County Prosecutor Mark Nichols has made numerous appearances at "Our Town" meetings.
Danny Doughboy Gase is an outspoken supporter of this nonsense.
Point being, Port Angeles is a laughing stock pit that most all drive through and past, because of these so-called leaders of the community.
And this latest affront to all American values is only going to convince more they are right to STAY AWAY from Port Angeles!
CK you are slipping. You posted as Anon07.17.17@2042 then corrected your post as CK 07.17.17@2112 saying you meant to say "fucking moron" in your Anon post above.
DeleteThen you post as CK 07.17.17@2116 marveling at your Anon@2042 post.
It's clear you are rattled and losing it quickly
Gosh, you concern about my mental health (is that you, Scott?) is really, really touching. No, really, thanks.
DeleteAs for your comments on the comments...Look again, asshole. I posted, as myself, at 5:47 PM, and included the typo "fucking morn." Then I posted again, as myself, at 9:12 PM to correct that typo.
The anonymous post in-between, which is not from me, does NOT contain "fucking morn," or "fucking moron," so there's nothing there to correct, get it? When that comment came in, I was finishing watching a movie, you fucking moron.
God, it's so pathetic. You troll wannabe morons, who try to mock me for maintaining this blog, obviously spend SO MUCH time obsessing over it, trying to undermine it...Only to fail so badly. Sorry your whole "gotcha" conspiracy thing fell apart - again. All I can say - again - is get a life.
Yeah I have to wonder just how enriched their sorry little lives must be that they spend so much time obsessing about you CK. Ugly people inside and out with precious few brain cells to rub together. Kind of a waste of oxygen. Here I see you comment occasionally about enjoying your new community and going on mini vacations and basically leading a normal productive life. Like normal people do. Truly, good for you. Life is about experiences and the people we share them with and what we give back. Clearly something these loser imbeciles will never know.
DeleteAnon 5:52 am does sound suspiciously like Scott T. Collins of Port Angeles Unhinged. You have to love how they ignore the damning substance of what is reported here and just get lost in their loony conspiracy theories. Then they have the audacity to say someone else is losing it. Classic.
DeleteHere's the deal guys. You may remember when AC was charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors Mark Nichols dropped all but one charge, the shot gun charge.
ReplyDeleteIt seems Nichols made a deal with the vigilantes. He drops all the charges but one in exchange for the vigilantes ganging up on Dale and Port O Call. Nichols would like to get Port O Call off the stage before he attempts to get re-elected next year. CW is not smart enough to figure out the legal angles in this sham. She has free legal help. Probably Nichols. Only Nichols could arrange for this chowder-head pro tem to be on the bench that day, courtesy of Porter. Anyone who has any pull with the U. S. Attorney's office or the FBI should pull in some favors and see how many we can get in a "perp walk" for running a continuing criminal enterprise out of the local courthouse.
Sounds like a pretty good summation of the case...Thanks for writing! Sorry about the comments (and sad little threats) here from some fucking moron. My apologies for that.
DeleteSomeone should write to the dean of the law school where this protein graduated. Let his peers know how he squandered a good law degree.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the saddest threads on this site. There may not have been any physical violence in the attack on Mr. Wilson, but the obvious conspiracy behind this frame-up is simply depraved.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is what American society has degenerated to. Not like these crazies only do this stuff in Port Angeles, although Port Angeles has a super high percentage of wackos.
DeleteAre we proud, yet?
CK: We know you are a stickler for spelling and grammar.
ReplyDeleteYour post 07.17.17@1747 you use "gonna" from your NSYNC boy-band fetish. You might try "gunna" next time it dates back further and doesn't give you away.
Explains your affection and fixation on people like Adam
Sigh...What can you do with a conspiratorial loser like this one, folks?
DeleteAnd for clarification, do you mean Madam Adam Chamberlin, the convicted felon? Is that the person you're referencing?
You have my vote to ban the troll from further posts.
DeleteWhen one is a f%^&ing moron troll, one is incapable of adding anything to the real discussion at hand.
DeleteThe story here is ongoing, let's all see how we can help Mr. Wilson. Because the next time they'll come for everyone else with a brain. Folks, this is YOUR free speech at very serious risk.
Oh and of further interest in Port Angeles is Dale's most recent post of a letter to the editor received by PoC:
ReplyDeletehttp://portocallpublishing.com/2017/07/lte-oppelt-unfit-for-city-council/
Just when you tihnk it can't....get any....worse......
8:22, sorry but I'm not following how that letter is bad. Maybe the anonymous author(s) of that letter just don't know how to investigate public records. But if someone raises matters like, it would certainly be a matter of public concern to do some fact-checking. Just saying.
Deletethe facts check out.
DeleteThe letter itself was not bad - I was pleased that this group is shedding some light on a candidates Fact checking is indeed in order but if there is truth to the claims then the voters should know. My comment was meant to simply point out the existence of the letter and, well...it wouldn't surprise me here in Port Angeles!
DeleteDon't tell other people to do their own checking, that doesn't work cause people won't do it, and even if they do no one else sees it. If you have documentation it needs to be published, here or Port O Call, till then it's just fun stories.
Delete"Don't tell other people to do their own checking"??? WTF?
DeleteHaven't seen any court papers, but could it have been more Ward lying under oath (e.g. PoC and PAU are one and the same, which they are rather obviously not), and all the judge did was rule based on her perjury? That would be one great way to get a new trial.
ReplyDeleteThink through the implications and ramifications. Anyone can find and read anonymous posts on the web, and attribute them to whom ever they wish? And that passes for sufficient "evidence" to get a judge to convict someone?
DeleteWith all the posts the "Our Town" folks have written, with their names and faces attached, they must be really freaking out! Just wondering when the same "process" will be used on them.
But more important is the absolutely crazy ruling. This judge needs to be called on this. This is an affront to America.
Agree that the rules of evidence cannot be ignored. It was only being suggested that no one here seems to know (much less report) what the petitioner's testimony was that served as the basis for the order. The facts.
DeleteBecause even if that testimony was false (=perjury under oath), the judge may not personally know that, and in fact it's not the judge's job to know everything about everyone, only to accept testimony as given. It's up to the prosecutor to follow up and charge for perjury, not the civil judge. That's the way our system is set up, like it or not. Even when that prosecutor politicizes his or her job.
So maybe do some due diligence and find out what she actually said to the judge, and whether or not it was a big lie. Then you'd have the facts to be able to criticize her (and maybe even the judge if it her testimony was something obviously implausible to anyone who heard it).
I get that what happened here sounds real bad, and it probably is. But stop and think. Public debate requires facts not just opinions. Credibility does not happen when you just blurt out how f'd up things are without a factual premise. We all do that sometimes.
Please don't think I am in favor of OT. I'll have nothing whatsoever to do with them. Don't even know them. But don't make the world worse by acting just like them by going after someone without some cold hard facts behind it. You're a public forum here. Publish her sworn statements for all to see. It's done all the time by journalists. Then you can editorialize about it all you want, your readers knowing exactly what it is that we're talking about.
Keep it real. As a reader I have no idea whether she lied or not, because you really haven't reported any facts. I don't look at PDN and never will. KONP is a joke. The Gazzette won't even touch anything controversial. It'd be nice to get the news here, but we understand that as a blog you have no obligation whatsoever to report the news. So as a non-insider reader (and proud of it!), more of the basic facts to fill us in would help us understand why PA is so stunningly bad. It's so bizzarre, that good people are just trying to comprehend how this county got so deeply corrupt, and who is making it that way.
@Anon 9:37 I will go out on a limb, and suggest much of the disgust of the obvious abuse of power by the judge comes from recounting of the actual events, such as this:
Delete"Additionally, she read into the court’s record from a series of anonymous posts to a local blog, Port Angeles Unearthed." And attributed them to Mr. Wilson.
Offering no proof, how can she be allowed to defame Mr. Wilson in official proceedings like that, and not be questioned about it?
Yes, the court record will be interesting, as it really serves to show what lengths Chelsea Ward and her supporters go to, to destroy everyone they don't like.
How about all the advertisers around town that were threatened by Chelsea Ward and her supporters? That all was just fine and wonderful?
Surely Dale or his lawyer pointed all this perjury out to the judge? Or did they not?
DeleteHow about the actual court order? Anyone seen it?
DeleteIn the process for a domestic violence order for a restraining order, is there any opportunity for refuting what is alleged? This wasn't a "regular" court process. That is part of what is so absurd about this whole thing.
DeleteMr. Wilson and Chelsea Ward are not in any form of "domestic relationship", so why did the judge allow this to proceed, in the first place?
Other than the obvious conclusion that either he is complicit in the effort to silence Mr. Wilson's reporting of the shenanigans in the area, or the judge is a real moron. Assuming that you can't be a literal moron and pass the Bar Exam, and knowing the judge is partners in a law firm with the former Port Angeles City Attorney, the options for conclusions narrow.
Please see the actual law posted higher up on these comments on 17 July. A domestic relationship has nothing to do with the proceeding.
DeleteAs for complicity, well, the legal process will address that.
I still do not get it. I am lost in confusion here. Chelsea Ward got a anti harassment domestic Violence protection order against Dale Wilson for his anonymous comments about her Facebook page hate sights and her creep behavior? They shut down the our town sight as a hate sight. then Chelsea Ward got her personal facebook page shut down as a hate sight or posting pornography? and had to make a fake one to get on Adam Chamberlains face book page and comment when he was frantically trying to trash Dale Wilson. Someone on there made nasty comments that could be considered violent and threatening towards Dale Wilson, made by ...I think it was maybe one of the guys that the police accused of tearing up a homeless camp while armed but the PA decided not to charge him? Anyway Its all gone from Adam Chamberlins facebook page now but I have it all screen captured somewhere on the fucking lap top.So getting back to the harassment order. Dale Wilson cannot contact her or be within ??? feet of her. LOL that 10 ft. pole thing has new meaning now. Does this mean he cannot report anything in a news story if she is part of it? How many made up restraints can a judge impose on someone who has never had a personal relationship or contact with the so called victim?
ReplyDeleteYou're lost in confusion because this is all confusingly illegal and unconstitutional, Bif. This so-called decision by this so-called judge makes a mockery of basic constitutional principles, not to mention common sense. The judge stayed well over 200 feet away from those things in squeezing this stinker out...
DeleteWhen you look back at what the "powers that be" have done to people who cause them too much trouble, this is just more of the same. How many made up charges have been levied against former "trouble makers" and the like, in Port Angeles?
DeleteBut your right, Bif. You lay out a great history of all the crap these people have done. What a bunch of losers.
Did I mention that Judge Freedman is, in my opinion, a so-called judge? You bet. What a joke. He also farts. Absolutely. In other words, I question his judgment, but not his ability to issue forth farts.
DeleteThere you go, Adam. Forward these comments to the judge as well. There's not a damn thing he or you can do about them, or about the many, many people who feel that way.
Everybody farts, kids. Even judges. Farts stink. And so do some judges.
Oh, and I forgot earlier. Judge Porter? That should be Judge Farter. I mean, really, Rick Porter stinks. Stinks I say. Open a window and let some fresh air in...Phew!
DeleteHey, troll, I also forgot: Chief Justice John Roberts, of the Supreme Court...You've heard of him? He not only is flatulent, but, I have it on very good authority that he also has very, very stinky feet. Sad!
DeleteHey, troll...I just heard some very distressing news. Something that really rocks my world. Someone, I can't remember who, but someone, somewhere, said that YOU are a stinker, too! Tell me it isn't so! I would never have thought that YOU would have that much in common with those horrible, gassy judges! Oh, heavens! What's a troll to do?!?
DeleteIt seems so bizarre that this fake judge would actually do this but at the same time they give out restraining orders like candy. All someone has to do is pay the money and make up whatever they want and they can get one with no problem. Judges seem to think "better safe than sorry" and if two people aren't getting along they grant it usually. But.. surely Dale has never even talked to her in person since this all began. They were in no danger of ever being around each other anyway. So just because Dale has reported on the Our Town gang and Chelsea/Adam have really been the only members names mentioned that's supposed to be harassment? Reporting on Adam's crimes is surely not harassment. I need to know who that guy is so I can steer clear of him. If I ever lost my mind with hate towards some people bad enough to ignore any and all good judgement and put pictures of them having sex up on the internet I would expect to lose all my friends and be shamed to no end. It's so nasty, but he seems to have redneck retards that have his back no matter what. Do they just not care that he is a huge bully/asshole and it's just not a big deal to have awful behavior? If at some point Dale would have said anything directly bad about Chelsea then she might have a legitimate case. If he said that Chelsea was a bad mother or a bitch or just a bad person or something I could see a judge siding with her but simply chronicling the exploits of Our Town with the mention at times that she is a member of it doesn't seem like anything at all close to harassment. The Our Towners are frothing over this perceived little victory. They have cried so loud for so long of being viciously slandered by Dale Wilson but I'm just not seeing it. Is there something I've missed? Can anyone show me where Dale has written anything directly negative about Chelsea Ward? (don't gang up on me here) But I'm looking for even a shred of evidence that could help this shit show make more sense to me.
ReplyDeleteEverything ever published on Port O Call is still up on its website. Read for your self and see if you can find evidence of "harassment." There is a search window on the top right. Enter key words or names and see what was written about it/them.
DeleteLegal Defense Fund for Dale and the Port O Call.
DeleteThe Port O Call Website has a "donate" button it and goes through "Paypal." If you want to contribute to a legal defense fund go there and let your voice be heard in a material way.
Hey Anon 7:06, remember, this is Port Angeles. Facts and reality don't matter for much.
DeleteSince this just happened, can't it be appealed or something?
DeleteLooks like there was some light name calling. He called her a "bitter nutcase" at one point. I don't think that proves a pattern of harassment. Our Town have harassed plenty.
DeleteNutcase? Well isn't truth a defense? Oh wait, that's for a *real* defamation suit!
DeleteThe legal standard for a protection order is NOT whether someone wrote something negative about you. It's whether there was any direct or ongoing threat of bodily harm. The law isn't there to fix hurt feelings. That's why this stinks so very bad.
DeleteExactly. And why anybody that thinks this domestic court protection order is any kind of "victory" is going to be disappointed.
DeleteBy using the domestic violence statute the taxpayers "pay the money." It costs nothing to file for "harassment." Taxpayers pay for court costs, filing fees,service of process etc. This type of abuse of the system denies real victims an opportunity to be heard.
DeletePorter appoints his pro tem subs. Maybe he is still chaffing from this story in port o call:
DeleteJudge Rick Porter: Crybaby or corrupt?
still available on their website.
use the search window.
If you will look again you will see the "bitter nutcase" quote was from an Unearthed blog re-published on Port O Call. It was a quote and not written by Dale.
DeleteDale posted his filed motion on POC.
ReplyDeleteIt's gone now. But as a now-public event, the case isn't done yet.
DeleteWe need to know who this Chelsea Ward is. Does anyone know if other public figures in the area named Ward are related?
ReplyDeleteBesides Terry Ward, the publisher of the Peninsula Daily News that took over only a few months prior to Chelsea Ward making her project public.
DeleteAny others?
Truth be known, the nut case in this story is the pro tem judge. He is one of Porter's butt buddies and saw this as an opportunity to deal a bit of grief to Wilson in exchange for Wilson writing the expose' about Porter attempting to use his office to steer a million dollar contract to one of his political buddies. He would have to be blind ignorant and legally retarded to get any kind of "harassment" out of the petition filed by Ward. Repeat after me: "Freedom of the Press."
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