tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post6686560704417241718..comments2023-09-23T08:26:38.233-07:00Comments on Port Angeles Unearthed: Forget the Smell Test, This Doesn't Pass the Oh, Please, You're Making Me Laugh Out Loud TestCrypt Kickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-19774953384063266682016-09-17T21:51:50.537-07:002016-09-17T21:51:50.537-07:00Anyone know the sources of their funding?
What gr...Anyone know the sources of their funding?<br /><br />What grant are they after? More from the state?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-76710742222377559662016-09-17T16:06:09.811-07:002016-09-17T16:06:09.811-07:00So the CoC plans to raise retail sales from $327M ...So the CoC plans to raise retail sales from $327M in 2013 to $390M in 2020? Inflation of 2.6% would do that much, without anyone lifting a finger. That's not growth. If they can grow the full time workforce by a thousand that would mean something. We'll see. More likely we'll see how many of these leaders jump ship in 2018 and 2019, and leave someone else holding the bag for their glorious promises.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-7990280142343200642016-09-17T13:08:45.108-07:002016-09-17T13:08:45.108-07:00From the one comment on this story on the PDN webs...From the one comment on this story on the PDN website...<br /><br />"You have got to be kidding me! No one is going to encourage new business in this town or fast track anything. The local business do not want the competition for dollars or labor. No one is going to fast track anything."<br /><br />That's the truth, and all anyone needs to know. No one is going to fast track anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-55124875389296101892016-09-17T09:22:24.528-07:002016-09-17T09:22:24.528-07:00This morning, as I was making coffee, I realized t...This morning, as I was making coffee, I realized that I'm so disgusted with what the PDN has become, I don't check their website anymore, to find out what is going on in my community! <br /><br /> Yes, I stopped subscribing years ago. That was out of disappointment in the coverage of events I had attended, and had personal, first hand knowledge of what really happened. That the Peninsula Daily News could twist events to suit it's political agenda was something I could no longer support, ethically.<br /><br /> But, as a long time news junkie, and as someone concerned about my community, I did still start off my day glancing through the website. I feel it is my obligation to try to be informed, and do what I can to help. <br /><br /> The events earlier this year showed the Peninsula Daily News would openly and overtly write lies. Their reporters ere present during Cherie Kidd's meltdown, but they participated in, and continue to participate in covering up what happened. <br /><br /> A community cannot move forward and correct problems if the community news paper engages in covering up the wrongdoings of it's leadership. The vast majority of the voting public in Clallam County do not attend City Council, County Commissioners, Chamber of Commerce, EDC or any of the other meetings of what constitutes local leadership. They rely on the community news paper to keep them informed of issues, and to inform them when there are issues of concern. <br /><br /> There is a trust granted by the public to community newspapers.<br /><br /> But the Peninsula Daily News has lost sight of it's proper role, and allowed itself to abuse the public's trust for the personal benefit of a few.<br /><br /> That someone like me will not even glance through their website to see what is going on in my community reveals the extent to which they have lost trust and credibility. <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-73604623423207010162016-09-17T08:37:00.866-07:002016-09-17T08:37:00.866-07:00I saw that even Ron Richards felt the need to gush...I saw that even Ron Richards felt the need to gush it up, too. <br /><br />Sorry, but, I just don't see the need.Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-75221598902122397682016-09-17T07:58:06.647-07:002016-09-17T07:58:06.647-07:00Did anyone else see Jim McEntire's gushy, over...Did anyone else see Jim McEntire's gushy, over the top tribute to Rygaard? Something about how "the whole country is a little poorer now." Really pouring it on. <br /><br />Even though he's not in office anymore, I guess McEntire's still in the hot air business. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-62176520291258875232016-09-17T07:06:17.707-07:002016-09-17T07:06:17.707-07:00Or, "you have to spend other people's mon...Or, "you have to spend other people's money in order to make yourself some money."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-43534947019071310112016-09-17T07:04:35.966-07:002016-09-17T07:04:35.966-07:00Of interest: was he on the phone?Of interest: was he on the phone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-18512704649582234482016-09-16T21:42:36.028-07:002016-09-16T21:42:36.028-07:00Yep. I just read the latest version of the article...Yep. I just read the latest version of the article, and you seem pretty spot on. The facts are what they are. <br /><br />But still, be prepared to be called "insensitive" or "callous." Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-23285089327643010212016-09-16T21:14:11.680-07:002016-09-16T21:14:11.680-07:00Following too close. And not wearing a seatbelt. A...Following too close. And not wearing a seatbelt. And there you have it. No one will want to say it, but it was nobody's fault but his own. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-14956577009572169472016-09-16T14:43:51.747-07:002016-09-16T14:43:51.747-07:00Wonder how ole Fyodor knew Donald Trump...Wonder how ole Fyodor knew Donald Trump...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-12062076279240554822016-09-16T14:42:12.470-07:002016-09-16T14:42:12.470-07:00I'm sure if duty called, Mr. Hogwood would ans...I'm sure if duty called, Mr. Hogwood would answer. Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-29311127228219456822016-09-16T14:41:36.581-07:002016-09-16T14:41:36.581-07:00Gabe Rygaard is dead. A big ol' car wreck acci...Gabe Rygaard is dead. A big ol' car wreck accident. Will await further details, which should be interesting...Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-3514023016559662342016-09-16T10:29:21.733-07:002016-09-16T10:29:21.733-07:00"The man who lies to himself and listens to h..."The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others."<br />Fyodor DostoyevskyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-78314797934189593522016-09-16T08:19:12.365-07:002016-09-16T08:19:12.365-07:00Ah, yes, but Anon 9:58 PM left a step out of their...Ah, yes, but Anon 9:58 PM left a step out of their comments. Beg. Skim. FAIL. Repeat.<br /><br />For, without failure, there is no need or opportunity to go back to begging. In other words, this approach, this plan, is completely predicated on it failing. It needs to fail to succeed. <br /><br />Think about what this means. The grant whores here (and there are many of them) have a vested interest in things failing in Port Angeles and Clallam County. If a venture is an actual, honest to god success, well, how will that put any money into the pockets of Grant Munro, Karen Rogers, Jim Haguewood, or any number of others? The answer is, of course, it won't.<br /><br />So these creatures need ventures that are certain to bring in (tax) dollars that they can bleed and control to a certain extent, and that are ultimately doomed. That is the only way this vampiric cycle can be repeated. <br /><br />They have no desire to add businesses, grow businesses, or create real competition for themselves or their cronies. None whatsoever. These "leaders" in "economic development" will lead us nowhere except deeper and deeper into a rathole of debt and failure. Because, ironically but functionally (for them), that's what "success" looks like. <br /><br />We are trapped in a sick, bizarre world here, and I for one don't know how we're ever going to change this dynamic, short of a wholesale banishing of these leeches. Until that happens, this town will continue to die, and they will continue to feast on its corpse. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-81794771809761156362016-09-16T07:11:29.769-07:002016-09-16T07:11:29.769-07:00Hot Dam, the chamber is going to create a zillion ...Hot Dam, the chamber is going to create a zillion jobs and so is the EDC, man this is gonna be fat city in just 3 years.<br />Buy up all the property you can so you can rent it out to all those people coming over from Seattle when we pull all their jobs outa there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-72802848315176587612016-09-16T06:47:34.453-07:002016-09-16T06:47:34.453-07:00The one part of the story that jumped out to me as...The one part of the story that jumped out to me as one of their goals was for a PAID full time director........hmmmm Jimmy my boy, who ya got in mind?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-45874391230499831642016-09-16T06:44:46.421-07:002016-09-16T06:44:46.421-07:00Beg. Skim, Repeat.
Yep. Good summation. Beg. Skim, Repeat.<br /><br />Yep. Good summation. Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-63796077989073601622016-09-15T21:58:47.225-07:002016-09-15T21:58:47.225-07:00Exactly. Wrap your heads around the mentality of t...Exactly. Wrap your heads around the mentality of the hardened white collar grant whore. To them it is SO EASY to grovel for a grant of some kind, skim what you will, and crawl back under your rock until the next deal that your cronies dream up comes down the pipe. The words they throw about mean absolutely nothing, except to appear on the grant application form. But if it hits payola, the pigs are back at the trough. The rest of you, well, you can go back to pounding sand and trying to make a living the old fashioned way.<br /><br />Who says there isn't any vision of opportunity around here? Welfare for the grant whores! Empty words for you! And more corruption at city hall to get their piece of the pie.<br /><br />Beg. Skim. Repeat.<br /><br />Out here we have us a welfare economy, and the insiders can put their tiny heads together for no other purpose. That's why your problems go unaddressed. What's wrong with this picture? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-31732295319834913692016-09-15T21:30:05.384-07:002016-09-15T21:30:05.384-07:00This is a rehash of Port Angeles United. Instead ...This is a rehash of Port Angeles United. Instead of being able to feed off the downtown association and the business association the chamber has to do this on their own. Let's just see if they can pull off any of this without scamming for tax money. Since they have been removed from the city's tit they haven't had much of a presence in town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-16192275558343504922016-09-15T20:45:09.048-07:002016-09-15T20:45:09.048-07:00Haguewood's a crook and a con artist, the type...Haguewood's a crook and a con artist, the type that seems drawn here over and over again. Morally bankrupt blood suckers, all of 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-4418582211006509442016-09-15T17:16:47.579-07:002016-09-15T17:16:47.579-07:00This is exactly what grant whores do. Exactly.
...This is exactly what grant whores do. Exactly.<br /><br /> This is not a waste of time, from their perspective. This is exactly how they justify their jobs, their income, and their existence. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-90132839758955306322016-09-15T16:55:01.234-07:002016-09-15T16:55:01.234-07:00Or as Jim Haguewood might say..."You have to ...Or as Jim Haguewood might say..."You have to spend money to take money!"Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-4997798146147596292016-09-15T16:49:40.969-07:002016-09-15T16:49:40.969-07:00So...You're saying that Jim Haguewood is "...So...You're saying that Jim Haguewood is "experienced" and a "seasoned elder" in the area of economic development? Or at least economic development Clallam County-style? Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-31615468077846853592016-09-15T15:14:21.652-07:002016-09-15T15:14:21.652-07:00It's good to be ambitious.
It's bad to li...It's good to be ambitious.<br /><br />It's bad to lie.<br /><br />This plan is a lie, like so many before it. Those behind it have neither the intention or the skill to carry it out. <br /><br />It is more smoke and mirrors BS. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com