tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post6740908666057966577..comments2023-09-23T08:26:38.233-07:00Comments on Port Angeles Unearthed: Audit...And Forget It?Crypt Kickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-38504689555352221772014-09-09T10:12:04.090-07:002014-09-09T10:12:04.090-07:00It's now just after 10am. I wonder if Tom Harp...It's now just after 10am. I wonder if Tom Harper has managed to roll his lazy, spoiled butt outta bed yet...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-38245953159114922932014-09-05T16:02:58.394-07:002014-09-05T16:02:58.394-07:00Yes, whether he's abusing his wife or abusing ...Yes, whether he's abusing his wife or abusing the truth, thanks to Tom Harper. He's such an asset for Port Angeles. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-88581415328629119342014-09-02T09:22:20.667-07:002014-09-02T09:22:20.667-07:00Thanks to Tom Harper!
I came across a comment... Thanks to Tom Harper!<br /><br /> I came across a comment he posted about the "other blog" in town, and guessed he was talking about this one. I hadn't looked in here since CK said it was shutting down a few months ago. <br /><br /> So, glad to see it is still going. Most interesting comments, here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-26274636037708086022014-08-18T14:59:49.466-07:002014-08-18T14:59:49.466-07:00If anyone needed further proof that Rick Porter is...If anyone needed further proof that Rick Porter is totally out of touch with reality, here it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-55219404761679598032014-08-17T12:39:51.790-07:002014-08-17T12:39:51.790-07:00Dale's "blog" should be re-named &qu...Dale's "blog" should be re-named "Pile O' Crap"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-38368331376565321932014-08-17T10:36:44.380-07:002014-08-17T10:36:44.380-07:00After getting your comment, I checked out the stor...After getting your comment, I checked out the story, and it is indeed very funny/pathetic. Judge Porter is showing very, very poor judgment, and then some.<br /><br />On a related note...I just did a totally impartial poll of my own, and the results show that this blog is one of the Top Ten blogs in the entire universe! Gosh! Who would have guessed?Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-36093452241600322412014-08-17T07:00:12.317-07:002014-08-17T07:00:12.317-07:00Did anyone else see the article about the Marshall...Did anyone else see the article about the Marshall/Porter race for judge position #1? The Clallam Bar Association polled their members, and the challenger, Marshall, came out rated higher. So Porter "conducted his own poll" and, surprise, surprise, his showed that he came out with a higher rating.<br /><br />Stuff like this, all our Port Angeles/Clallam County dysfunction on parade, it's like having a really tragic sitcom playing out in front of us - except we're all trapped in the show, and paying for it as well. It's pathetic, just like Rick Porter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-5086049034461387422014-08-16T18:57:42.615-07:002014-08-16T18:57:42.615-07:00The city is insolvent. They are back-filling the g...The city is insolvent. They are back-filling the general fund by funneling chased down grant money, and then over-inflating bids, so they can siphon off money. This is ever so clear if you read the budget, and pay attention to the kinds of grants they seek.<br /> Our city government should sink into its own vomit. All the money that comes in is spoken for, for years, why do you think that they keep raising utilities...outrageously? It's the only way they can try and keep afloat, that and "improvement" projects, constructed by the same backroom dealers, with poor workmanship, sub-standard materials. We're all on a sinking ship folks. There IS no money....our city has spent it like drunken sailors on an all-night drinking and whoring binge. We should make them go belly up, declare bankruptcy, and start fresh. Fire the lot of them, and let the state come in and fix things. <br /> Meanwhile, our city council is a neutered old dog. The city manager (whomever he is) runs things, and the city council is just window dressing -- welcome to the Weak Mayor government we have.<br /> It's disgusting. The state doesn't have the balls do do more than just slap their wrists...wonder why that is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-35821937806848246162014-08-16T07:32:29.960-07:002014-08-16T07:32:29.960-07:00Tim is still doing "intel" but it sounds...Tim is still doing "intel" but it sounds more like tattletale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-81072933700980588572014-08-15T14:23:45.372-07:002014-08-15T14:23:45.372-07:00Dale, it's fine that you used it. It's jus...Dale, it's fine that you used it. It's just that it would have been nice to get a heads up about it, that's all. No problems on this end, though. Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-76413412110634859152014-08-15T13:16:20.923-07:002014-08-15T13:16:20.923-07:00Even IF we accept that there was no evil intent in...Even IF we accept that there was no evil intent in any of this, and it's all down to mere sloppiness, it's still a problem. No, none of us are perfect, it is true. But to make mistakes involving such HUGE sums of money would seem to involve more than being just a little careless. It's more like major league stupidity. We need to demand more from our supposed public servants. Will any heads roll over this? Will any members of the City Council take this up as an issue? We'll see. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-53923734339178784892014-08-15T10:33:15.891-07:002014-08-15T10:33:15.891-07:00Just because the SAO reports it's finding does...Just because the SAO reports it's finding doesn't mean anything happens at the local level. There are outdated findings from the SAO stuck in the prosecutors office at the County that have yet to be dealt with going back a few years. That's money being tied up that should go back to benefit local residents. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-25647018637532637042014-08-15T10:29:53.545-07:002014-08-15T10:29:53.545-07:00Now it's down. The Port O Call website is real...Now it's down. The Port O Call website is really...unique?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-8264884013763813452014-08-15T08:31:21.033-07:002014-08-15T08:31:21.033-07:00Released Monday, covered Friday and apparently &qu...Released Monday, covered Friday and apparently "everything's fixed, no big deal guys!" Great job PDN!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-15994923206824747112014-08-15T08:07:17.548-07:002014-08-15T08:07:17.548-07:00CK, you have done it again. You had this info up o...CK, you have done it again. You had this info up on Tuesday, and now, on Friday, the PDN is finally getting around to reporting on it. You don't even live here anymore, but you're still more up to date than the local "paper of record." Which, of course, is part of the problem. Thanks for continuing to poke the hornet's nest, even if you are no longer among us. It is appreciated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-29899253032793917702014-08-14T19:04:36.216-07:002014-08-14T19:04:36.216-07:00Umm, CK, I thought we had an agreement to use each...Umm, CK, I thought we had an agreement to use each other's stuff. Was I mistaken? I did give attribution.Dale Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-92008565740137191472014-08-14T05:12:38.410-07:002014-08-14T05:12:38.410-07:00I very much doubt anyone on the Council will raise...I very much doubt anyone on the Council will raise a fuss about this. They LIKE being lied to. It gives everyone involved some level of deniability. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-78487587553259414272014-08-13T16:00:20.038-07:002014-08-13T16:00:20.038-07:00I did not know, so thanks for the heads up. It wou...I did not know, so thanks for the heads up. It would have been nice if Dale had done the same thing...Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-14854037740256377192014-08-13T12:57:57.595-07:002014-08-13T12:57:57.595-07:00When is the council going to get a clue?
I thought...When is the council going to get a clue?<br />I thought the council worked for the people?<br />Just gives credence to vote for anybody except an incumbent. Hell I would go as far as write in Donald Duck's name (can't be any worse than what we have now).<br /><br />This has been going on for years with the same people in the same departments. I thought with the new city manager who actually had a vested interest in the community would have changed things. I guess my wishful thinking has been misplaced again.<br /><br />So the blame game will begin. The council members up for re-election will blame their decisions based on bad information. The department heads will blame their people and on and on it goes and nothing will come of it.<br /><br />If a private or public business was run like this what do think would happen. Can we all say WorldCom or Enron!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-3638606652662460172014-08-13T12:54:12.114-07:002014-08-13T12:54:12.114-07:00...Part of which illustrates the larger problem we......Part of which illustrates the larger problem we face here in Clallam County. <br /><br />We're remote, out of the way, off the radar, as it were. In other words, there aren't necessarily watchful eyes overseeing what our so-called local leaders get up to. So, given their personal inclinations and the lack of watchmen, they generally get up to no good.<br /><br />So, when those tasked with checking and watching what they are doing actually do show up - either on their schedule (like an audit), or in response to complaints from the public (Karen Rogers, the Port, etc.) - they usually don't have to dig too deep to find something wrong. Wrong is kind of the elephant in Clallam County's living room. <br /><br />But...Finding wrong here usually, at best, amounts to a slap on the wrist. No one gets fined. No one gets fired. Lord knows, no one gets arrested. So, as a previous poster noted, the bad guys just go right back to doing bad. <br /><br />The rot and ruin here is absolutely facilitated - at the very least - by our "betters" on the state level, and to some degree, by those on the federal level as well. They know that the crooks have taken over the prison here, but they just don't seem to care. <br /><br />Now, is this because they are crooks themselves, or because it's just too much work to do their jobs, or..? Who knows. But the fact remains that the problems we have here are enabled by those from outside the area. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-66274277812139549162014-08-13T11:40:21.799-07:002014-08-13T11:40:21.799-07:00Hey CK...Are you aware that Dale Wilson has cut an...Hey CK...Are you aware that Dale Wilson has cut and pasted this posting for his Port O Call website? In case you didn't know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-71593707089359479432014-08-13T08:12:02.114-07:002014-08-13T08:12:02.114-07:00One of the more remarkable things about this story...One of the more remarkable things about this story is that the State Auditor's Office actually had the intestinal fortitude to report publicly on the city's improper actions and mismanagement. The SAO unfortunately has a long and shameful history of sweeping such things under the rug. <br />Either these findings represent really egregious wrong-doing that even the SAO felt it could no longer ignore, or we now have a more ethical State Auditor than we did in his predecessor Brian Sonntag.<br />Maybe it is a bit of a combination of both factors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-22312747508415416932014-08-13T05:10:34.139-07:002014-08-13T05:10:34.139-07:00This how it goes at City Hall.
City staff lie and...This how it goes at City Hall.<br /><br />City staff lie and con and twist things to protect their jobs, cover their asses, get their hands on funds, and/or to get back at people they're feuding with. Public service is the last thing on their minds. <br /><br />When they're caught doing the latest illegal or unethical thing, they shed a crocodile tear or two, and promise to go forth and do good.<br /><br />Then they go right back to doing things they way they've always been done here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-845377289355505252014-08-12T21:28:43.199-07:002014-08-12T21:28:43.199-07:00Sounds like business as usual at the city. Staff l...Sounds like business as usual at the city. Staff lying and manipulating the city council. Sadly, this is unlikely to come as a news flash to anyone. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-74012501390792189612014-08-12T19:55:15.378-07:002014-08-12T19:55:15.378-07:00I read it, got it from a couple sources. You expl...I read it, got it from a couple sources. You explained it best.Dale Wilsonnoreply@blogger.com