I always thought there was something the-fix-is-in-ish about that primary, and Kilmer's performance since then has left me unimpressed. He's a go-along-to-get-along Democrat, not anything close to the "inspiring young leader" that his mainstream, corporate Democratic flock try to portray him as. That being the case, I think Derek Kilmer represents some of the make no waves/ask no questions so-called leadership that has kept Clallam County from succeeding. In other words, he's not a solution; he represents a large part of the (ongoing) problem.
The flip side of the area's problems - the genuinely disturbing drug and/or child abuse that is all too common - is apparently being handled by another Kilmer:
Clallam County man charged after child rescued from hot car
A 33 year old Clallam County man was charged Tuesday after deputies say they rescued his sleeping infant daughter from the hot car he was passed out in.
Brian Paul Kilmer, who lives west of Lake Crescent, was charged in Clallam County Superior Court on Tuesday with driving under the influence, reckless endangerment, possession of a controlled substance and use of drug paraphernalia. He was being held in the Clallam County jail on $5,000 bail.
Deputies rescued Kilmer's 1 year old daughter Sunday after Kilmer parked the car in direct sunlight and passed out, court records say.
At 2:06 PM Sunday, deputies investigated a report that a man had driven erratically into the Salt Creek Recreation Area before parking his vehicle and passing out, records say. Deputies searched Kilmer and found a small bag of methamphetamine in his pants.
Deputies then obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and said they found several pieces of drug paraphernalia. In the car, they found several straws with melt marks and residue, a pipe, three syringes, and three prescription pills.
Kilmer told Deputy Paul Federline he may have been seen driving erratically because he was looking at his phone for directions while driving, court records say.
Kilmer said he doesn't use drugs, and that the aluminum foil found in his cup holder was from a sandwich...He didn't have a response when asked about burn marks on the foil, records say.
Mmmm! Good sandwich!
A small detail in this story illustrates a big problem. Look at all those charges. Think about the danger this loser exposed his infant daughter to. If he'd crashed while driving high, people could have been killed. And all that warrants only $5,000 bail? Shades of Amber Steim!Look for "Father of the Year" Brian Kilmer to be back out on the street and "contributing to society" soon enough. And look for Mark Nichols to...Say, just what is it that Mark Nichols does, anyway?
Where's the mom in all this? I refuse to believe she didn't know what this guy was up to. (It's pretty hard to hide meth use.) So she's just as responsible, or irresponsible, as dumbo dad. This is so pathetic and sad.
ReplyDeleteIf the situation were reversed, and the mom was the one driving/passed out, no one would be asking where the father was.
DeleteI wonder if Mr. Kilmer attended the overdose walk last week? Maybe with his daughter?
ReplyDeleteMeth destroys your body, mind and ability to feel shame. And yes, he'll doubtlessly be out on the streets again soon enough. It makes my skin crawl.
What is the big upset? I mean, it's not like this guy branded his kid or anything.
ReplyDeleteIf the branding dad got off, I don't see why the driving/napping/meth smoking dad shouldn't get off too.
This is Clallam County after all. Adam Chamberlin and the wild west and all that crap. All the Rough Rider BS that for some reason seems to make the long term locals feel all warm and fuzzy.
CK, you again bring an important point to our attention. What HAS Derek Kilmer done for us?
ReplyDeleteAs is so well documented and discussed here, Clallam County, and his own home town Port Angeles has been stagnant at best, and in decline for years.
Not to defend the other doped up Kilmer, but is it so surprising they find a guy passed out from extensive drug use? Every day n Port Angeles, and in Clallam County, thousands pass out from too much weed, booze, beer, heroin, meth, prescription pain pills, etc.
Remember the guy who was passed out, over dosed on heroin, that was in the drivers seat of the still running car that was rolling through the intersection in Port Angeles, just a year or so ago? That that brave girl ran up to, reached in the window, and put the car in "park"? Who brought tears to many as she recounted the story at the Port Angeles City Council, as the council members sat stoically, absolutely unresponsive as she pleaded "Why aren't you helping your own children?".
I saw Derek on the TV the other day, a recording of the opening ceremonies up at Hurricane Ridge a month ago. Yes, Marie Cantwell was there, too. I didn't watch long enough to see who else. They love to smile, and thank each other for all the work they do, don't you know.
But the area continues to decline. People continue to get doped up, and pass out. People continue to be endangered.
Kilmer cashes his paycheck and glad hands the locals as little as is necessary.
DeleteSame for Tharinger, Chapman, etc.
THAT is about all they do for any of us. Steal our tax dollars to cash that paycheck.
Tharinger runs a corrupt Dept. Of Revenue that makes the mob look timid. He supports extortionist practices by the Dept. Of Revenue staff who reinterpret the legislators laws to steal from the people and support the corrupt judges on the Dept. Of Revenues payrolls who protect these illegal acts and crimes....then he cashes his ill gotten gains. Shameful piece of crap. People have no idea the level of State corruption.
DeleteWhoa! Thanks for the tip, CK. I found this story buried on the PDN's website. Is Brian Kilmer related to Derek Kilmer? Either way, you'd think the PDN would have featured this more prominently. The fact they didn't makes me wonder...
ReplyDeleteThe issue hidden in plain sight is what CK suggests. Just what exactly does Mr. Nichols do in office? Not doing what he is supposed to do simply frees up his time. So what does he do with his full-time time, other than aid and abet "white" collar Clallam crime?
ReplyDeleteWell, besides hugging his office manager, Mark Nichols apparently likes to talk on the todd ortloff show, https://websrv7.clallam.net/forms/uploads/Prosdocs220160225150753.pdf. Todd ortloff, of course, is married to one of Mark Nichols' deputy prosecutors. One big happy family!
DeleteWeak shit. This person isn't even related to Derek Kilmer.
ReplyDeleteI never said he was. That's the first thing.
DeleteSecond, allow me to cut and paste a response from a commenter here as to why this compare and contrast makes a certain amount of sense:
"CK, you again bring an important point to our attention. What HAS Derek Kilmer done for us?
As is so well documented and discussed here, Clallam County, and his own home town Port Angeles has been stagnant at best, and in decline for years.
Not to defend the other doped up Kilmer, but is it so surprising they find a guy passed out from extensive drug use? Every day n Port Angeles, and in Clallam County, thousands pass out from too much weed, booze, beer, heroin, meth, prescription pain pills, etc."
So, yes, these two Kilmers ARE related, in the sense that one is (in theory) a public servant of the other. But they BOTH seem pretty checked out of their responsibilities, judging by the evidence at hand.
Wait, he's lived here for how long, and lives out towards Crescent Lake, and he doesn't KNOW his way around Joyce and Salt Point?
ReplyDeleteReally? How in the hell is that?
And, since when does meth make you want to doze off?
The thing is, even with the $5k bail, he'll get something light (for a sentence, if he is prosecuted at all, I'm guessing plea deal) and "time served" will be it.
Meanwhile, the protective services, will drop the kid back with family, because, it's only drugs.
Pick a drug, any drug. We all have to be doped up to live in these days, right?
DeleteBut who is offering any real change? Pointing fingers, blaming, and accusing are the ways of today, but who offers solutions?
Real, actual solutions?
Not popular sound bites for the media?
What drugs are you doing tonight?
Beer, whiskey, wine, weed.....
Dope up and shine on..
ANON @9:03
DeleteWhat is different today from any other time in history? Opium dens in the 1800's, open use of cocaine, heroine, and other drugs.
Alcohol and now Marijuana are legal and serve the same purpose.
Life is hard and many self-medicate because there is no solution only covering up that its a grind and many can't and shouldn't make it to the next day.
Suicide is the ultimate solution for some - building a higher wall on 8th Street bridge is not a solution it is an impediment forcing you back to the bottle, joint, needle.
You've been informed now move along.
PA is no community, because generally they really don't like each other, and deep down they only hate themselves.
DeleteAnon 3:15 AM
DeleteYou must be Bat-Shit crazy. You believe there is no hope, no solution, tomorrow won't be a brighter day?
@ Anon 3:15 AM
DeleteYou say "What is different today from any other time in history? Opium dens in the 1800's, open use of cocaine, heroine, and other drugs.
Alcohol and now Marijuana are legal and serve the same purpose."
It is different now. in 2016, 65,000 Americans died from drug overdoses. That was a 19% increase from the previous year! That is a huge increase.
By comparison, 58,000 Americans died during the entire Vietnam war.
It isn't the same, normal, or anything else. It is a crisis, that like so many others, people are just choosing to ignore.
10:01
DeleteNo hope. And no bat shit.
Just sick of the morons who live in this town and keep shouting how it's going to turn around. Its turning around alright...like how water swirls down the toilet drain.
You are a moron. They are no relation to each other. Maybe if you removed your mask you could find the facts.
ReplyDeleteI would say the moron is the person saying I said they are related - when, in fact, I never said such a thing.
DeleteTo repeat, I never said they were related. As for your second moronic comment below...
LOL, CK do you really have an Anonymous (Fawkes) mask?
DeleteI NEVER get online without it on. You never know who might be watching!
DeleteThe two men are not related. Check your facts and remove the mask. That way people can see who you are and thank you personally when they meet you on the street.
ReplyDeleteWay to double down on your totally misdirected outrage! Can you read? I ask because, well gee, your chosen name is "Done reading this crap," which looks pretty funny when you make a second (stupid and wrong) comment.
DeleteIt's also pretty funny because, you know, and I know, that you will absolutely be checking back here to "read more of this crap." There is no doubt about it.
Now, as to whether or not you can actually COMPREHEND what you read...Well, that's another question.
As for people meeting me on the street...I guess you're kind of slow there, too, aren't you? I live hundreds of miles away from Port Angeles. Pretty much everyone who reads this blog knows that...Except you.
Which brings us right back to the whole "can you read" thing. That's pretty much a complete circle, jerk.
Oh, and by the way, good ol' "Done reading this crap" has, of course, sent in more comments - after reading this crap! - that I did not allow through.
DeleteAnd yet another TWO comments sent in by the ever-more-lying "Done reading this crap," who is insisting that I do what I've already done, which is to say these Kilmers are not related.
DeleteFrom my previous response:
DeleteI never said he was. That's the first thing.
Second, allow me to cut and paste a response from a commenter here as to why this compare and contrast makes a certain amount of sense:
"CK, you again bring an important point to our attention. What HAS Derek Kilmer done for us?
As is so well documented and discussed here, Clallam County, and his own home town Port Angeles has been stagnant at best, and in decline for years.
Not to defend the other doped up Kilmer, but is it so surprising they find a guy passed out from extensive drug use? Every day n Port Angeles, and in Clallam County, thousands pass out from too much weed, booze, beer, heroin, meth, prescription pain pills, etc."
So, yes, these two Kilmers ARE related, in the sense that one is (in theory) a public servant of the other. But they BOTH seem pretty checked out of their responsibilities, judging by the evidence at hand.
So I've cut and pasted this twice now, "Done reading this crap"...CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW???
Dear Done reading this crap...
ReplyDeleteSure you are.
And, yeah, the two men are not related they have the same last name, though.
Big deal? NOT.
Yawn, nothing to get your panties in a twist over.
I think the point was...that when you hear the last name of the dork who snoozed while his kid baked in the sun, and the NAME reminds you "oh yeah, what about that guy who was the great white hope for the area...."
But clearly you don't think in any terms other than plodding, slow and dumb.
Gotcha.
So, please, please please stop reading because I'm sure it's hurting your brain.
Kindly,
Someone who isn't done reading this blog.
The dregs of society have to physically exist somewhere. So why not PA, where it's plain to see that other dregs run the place? Birds of a feather, yano.
ReplyDeleteWonder if Brian Kilmer is related to Janet Kilmer the lady who took $20k from The Hair School back in 2005.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ptleader.com/news/hadlock-woman-charged-with-embezzlement/article_0d9c2772-bd2a-568f-82f0-4855da7c9f5e.html