Do any of you remember the movie Westworld? It was about a theme park designed to look and feel like the old west, complete with robot gunfighters for visitors to have duels with. In other words, it was a tourist destination with violence and death built into it as part of the attraction.
Port Angeles is starting to seem a little bit like that, frankly - a would-be tourist destination with death and destruction built into it. Let's call it Worstworld.
Here you have a sparsely populated county, which has the highest per capita opiate-related death rate in the state, higher than even densely-populated-and-grunge-loving King County, and yet the Jefferson and Clallam County's shared public health officer, Dr. Tom Locke, "doesn't speculate on the Clallam-versus-Jefferson disparity in heroin use. He is instead seeking to save the lives of overdose victims." You're the public health officer, and you won't speculate? Isn't it possible that the insights gained from such speculation might "save the lives" of some of these people, sir? Or are you simply concerned about being the bearer of (even more) bad news, and fearful of losing your job on the Clallam County end of things? Amazing. I call this a dereliction of duty, Dr. Locke.
Meanwhile, one of your own nurses, Julia Keegan, reports that one out of five inmates displays symptoms of heroin withdrawal. At least that's what she's willing to state for the record, talking to the PDN. I know that when I last spoke with Julia before leaving, she told me it was one out of four. Either way, that's a pretty staggering number. But hey, why speculate about it, right? After all, it's only lives, families and entire communities utterly destroyed.
And how does this destruction manifest itself in the community? Well, another article in the PDN today gives a pretty good, and expensive, example of that. See the article headlined "Copper thief cuts power to 2,000 after damaging Clallam Public Utility District substation west of Port Angeles." In case you didn't know, Dr. Locke, it's very doubtful that this copper was stolen by someone who is just crazy about collecting copper. No, I'd speculate that it was stolen by someone who is...Hmmm...Addicted to drugs, perhaps?
And just this one little escapade could result in damages costing over $120,000, according to the report from the Sheriff's Office. All to net someone enough to buy probably $120 worth of smack or meth. That's some lethal math for a community any way you look at it. Oh, except, oops, I forgot, you don't want to look at it, do you Dr. Locke? Looking could be seen as a form of speculating, and we know how you feel about that, don't we?
But you know who does seem to be looking at this? The McDonald's Corporation, of all things. Per yet another article in the PDN today, "The international fast-food chain unexpectedly has delayed...plans to replace Port Angeles' golden arches with a new $2.5 million eatery." Per owner Brian Beaulaurier (who lives in Jefferson County, by the way), the existing restaurant is "old and tired."
Now, I don't claim to know what drove this decision by McDonald's to "delay" this long-simmering project. But if you Google the phrase "mcdonald's heroin," you'll find a veritable cascade of news stories about McDonald's workers selling heroin via the drive-thru window, parents overdosing at McDonald's, people selling heroin and shooting up in McDonald's parking lots, etc. In other words, a torrent of bad press linking McDonald's and heroin already exists. Maybe, just maybe, that came into play when higher-ups discussed the idea of investing millions in heroin-plagued Port Angeles? 
So, could the Sunday news combo meal get any worse for Port Angeles? Yes, yes it could. Per the PA Police Department, they don't have enough officers to properly patrol the city.
High rates of drug abuse, and corresponding high rates of crime. A checked out public health "leader." Reluctance in invest further in properties in Port Angeles. A thinly spread law enforcement presence. Yep, welcome to Worstworld. Would you like some (old and tired) fries with that smack?
***UPDATE***
And as if the above weren't bad news enough...Yes, thieves have stolen all the Christmas toys that the Salvation Army had in storage for needy children. I wonder if Dr. Locke would care to speculate on how much heroin you could get for a truckload of toys? Naw, probably not...
***SECOND UPDATE***
And it's true! Tom Locke is quitting - kind of. He's quitting his job as Clallam County's public health officer - but will stay on in that role in Jefferson County. (Poor Jefferson County!)
Meanwhile, he'll still live in Clallam County, and is taking a new job with the Jamestown Family Health Clinic in Sequim. (Poor Jamestown Clinic!)
So...Hmmm...So, you're not retiring. You're not moving. And you're not even partially retiring by quitting your job at Clallam County, because you'll be taking a new job at Jamestown. So...Hmmm...Gee, Tom, it sort of looks like you're jettisoning the underperforming portion of your portfolio, you know? Or like you're walking away from the big ol' public health liability that your own laziness helped create and foster.
But, you know what, Dr. Flakenstein? You're probably going to regret not moving away from the monster you helped create. Because, at the very least, you're still going to be living in the county where you're much more likely to have your house or car broken into by, you know, someone hooked on drugs. Now I realize that's just some of that nasty speculation on my part, but...
You might also find it a bit uncomfortable to be seen out and about in the county you just screwed over. I'm guessing that your woeful job performance, and the way you're just sleazing out of your duties here, won't sit well with a lot of people.
So, in an effort to help any and all of those pissed off people, here's a picture of "Dr." Tom Locke, so you'll know him on sight. Be sure to tell him what a stellar job he did before bailing out.
Are we EVER going to get mad enough about all this to actually DO something about it???
ReplyDeleteRite Aid was planning to build a new store at the corner of 8th and Lincoln, where all those empty lots and vacant buildings are now. Instead they decided to remodel the existing store. That prime real estate at one of the busiest intersections in the city has been derelict for years now.
ReplyDeleteThe old Bert's Chevron lot has been vacant even longer. And the gas/service station across Lincoln where people keep trying and failing to start business.
It's pretty depressing now that I think about all the empty buildings and unused land. No wonder more people are turning to drugs. And no surprise that we can't pay for basic services like law enforcement when all the money is squandered on stupid capital projects. Oh damn, the PAPD should have put in a bid for another officer or two with the Lodging Tax Advisory committee!
That vacant lot across the street from Sears is a toxic waste dump. Seems there was another service station there which for years emptied its used oil, tranny fluid, brake fluid, bad gas and other toxic waste right on the ground. Would be 100 times the real estate value just to clean it up to where people could just walk upon the ground. more city oversight neglected. Of course that is small potatoes to the downtown lot, also a former gas station, owned by one of the elite families in town. the city bought it for well over a million dollars and cannot even make good the note much less pay for the clean up.
DeleteThis city council has cost us more money, pain, prestige and quality of life than any in recent history yet 3 seats went uncontested recently.
To be fair, Rite Aid was planning that just before the crash came. Rite Aid was in pretty bad shape just after, like will they be around next year bad. The new building got put on hold because of that. I don't know if they still own the property of it defaulted or what.
DeleteOn the other hand, yes, Lincoln is basically 101 and you have that empty lot, the abandoned car wash right beside it, an empty gas station, an empty lot, a restaurant that's been closed for years, the Goodwill/Rite Aid lot is pretty uninviting, the UPS store looks like a warehouse and up and down the street just looks junky. I don't blame anyone for these, I just think it's sad there isn't the money to do improvements or maintain businesses on one of the most heavily trafficked streets in Port Angeles.
I'm sure the city is looking for a grant for that!
DeleteNow looka here, Dr. Locke is going to keep our water filled with fluoride. you know that waste product that comes from fertilizer plants. He's helping chemical companies from spending all that money getting rid of a waste byproduct by putting it in the city water supply. Give him credit for conservation. Why he and Dr. Kennedy and a few dentists meet regularly, usually early mornings so no one will know how important it is to keep that half million dollar reward the city gets for dosing the population with toxic waste.
ReplyDeleteKONP reports: Just got word the PA Salvation Army was robbed last night and most of the toys set to go to needy kids this week were taken. KONP is rallying the community to respond. If you can help out with a cash donation, drop it off at our studios Monday or Tuesday. Toy distribution was to happen on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteAt "our studios"? Tod, is that you???
DeleteI'd SPECULATE that most counties are better served when they have their own, full-time health officials. The way things are set up with Locke now, why wouldn't he spend most of his time in Jefferson County, where the news isn't nearly so dire and depressing? At least there he might be able to point to some good news from time to time. Meanwhile, back in Clallam County, he can, as he's done with this issue, basically wash his hands of it.
ReplyDeleteLocke slums over here just long enough to meet the bare minimums of his job descriptions. Ask him to cite the top two accomplishments of his office in the past year. won't be a very long list.
DeleteAsk him to cite ANY accomplishments. All he's going to accomplish is holding his job long enough to get a pension he does NOT deserve.
DeleteLocke would rather harass the local (legally licensed) raw dairy, the various people who sell the milk, and oversee how cheese is refrigerated, instead of do his damn job.
ReplyDeleteIf anything he could not care less about this drug issue, because it's not HIS issue (in his mind).
He has washed over so many real key things -- like the fact that the building at the foot of Lincoln Street the "HarborTowne Mall" (used to house India Oven and Thai Peppers now houses the Jasmine Bistro, crepe place and H20) has had sewage flooding in the basement for years, and years, because it is the lowest point on the street. The city sewer spokesman said (to the PDN) that "the cause was the city's combined water and sewer system backing up because of heavy rain".
Oh, gee, fecal matter? That is what sewage is, right?
Locke just says "the restaurants aren't affected, let them reopen". Really? Fecal matter the floor down, restaurants above -- but, what the heck, so?
He really cares. Right?
So, why would he care about heroin or meth, or any other issues that might mean he would have to either work, or be the bad guy. He'd rather deal with long hanging fruit. The guy is never in his office, doesn't return calls, and seems to be waiting it out until he can retire (on a nice pension).
Typical for our government workers.
Ugh, have you ever walked downstairs in Harbor Town? The door was open one day so I went down. It's all abandoned of course. But it reeked of mold. It was when Thai Peppers and Indian Oven was still open so maybe it's been cleaned out since then but I can't imagine eating food in that location. Like I said, maybe it's been cleaned. I know the owner of H20 did a lot of work cleaning things up. I don't know if the mall's under new ownership, it's likely. Usually new businesses don't come in until there's a change of ownership.
DeleteCK, way to find the thread that runs through these stories and links them together. It's depressing, but honest, truthful. This is the kind of writing, and vision, that would make the PDN something other than a joke. This is the kind of thinking that could make this town something other than a joke. But the powers that be, will be, and these words will never make it into "official" print, or be heard by "official" ears. The problems we have will not only be unaddressed, they will continue to fester and grow. The death of PA will not be quick or painless, that's for sure. Those in charge will draw out the suffering as long as they can, and as long as the outside grant monies allow. Anyway, thanks again for your efforts. Good work on a bad topic.
ReplyDeleteAgree! It's so refreshing to have an honest, informed voice that's willing to speak to the truth of just how screwed up life has become in this place. Is it depressing? it sure is. But you know what? It's not anywhere near as depressing as hearing our deaf, dumb and blind elected officials brainlessly parroting how great it is to live here. "Another great day in Port Angeles!" "Another day in paradise!"
DeleteBullshit. We might have some respect for these people if they were at least honest about the many shortcomings of this place, but even though the proverbial house is on fire, they're not even going to suggest that it's getting a little warm. They're spineless and hopelessly deluded liars, and this blog at least tells the truth. Thanks for that. No thanks to the city council, the county commissioners, etc. No thanks at all.
Take everything listed here, add in that most recent (of MANY) sewage overflows, and you've got everything you need to know about Port Angeles in just one day's news stories. Everything you need to know about why the only sensible thing to do is leave. Yes, things may be tough all over, but they're absolutely brutal here.
ReplyDeleteAND expensive.
Compare a thimble and a 55 gallon drum. That is the comparison for the amount of our sewer spills, accidental spills, by Port Angeles and the amount Victoria pumps into the same harbor, ten miles away, daily.
ReplyDeleteThe city should never have spent $50 million dollars, plus interest since they have to borrow all the money they spend now days. Moreover, they tried to blame the Department of Ecology threatening to fine them if they refused to correct the sewer problem. Ecology did not tell them HOW to address the problem--just to address it. Anyway, Ecology is a toothless hound. All bark-no bite. If they did impose fines the city merely dis incorporates and suddenly the county, and by extension, the state is on the hook for any fines handed out by ecology. The city is chock full of staff, bad staff who give bad advice to a council that asks few if any questions and barely has any curiosity as to why the city is in the shape its in. When a project comes up that our overpaid staff should be able to handle they go outside for consultants who do the job the paid staff should be doing.
Look at the city council. Most are retired from other government jobs. they have a secure retirement and will not miss a meal if no one in the city ever gets a job. They do not feel the pain and will shoulder none of the blame.
If folks on this blog choose to remain anonymous they too are toothless hounds. All bark and no bite. Yes, I'm posting this as anon but I'm doing my biting where it counts.
Woof woof!
DeleteVictoria has done a great deal to get sewage out of the strait, they cut back on prunes and high fiber cereals, didn't they?
DeleteAs for toothless hounds, right. You aren't biting anywhere more important than any of the rest of us. We're all anonymous, so you don't have any idea what anyone is doing. By your brag, there, and put-down, I know CLEARLY that you aren't doing squat.
Time to clean up this town. Lock and load!
ReplyDeleteRaw sewage, rampant smack, and stolen toys.
ReplyDeleteJust another fabulous weekend in Port Angeles!
Smiles, everyone, smiles!
In other towns, the leadership gets recalled for things so trivial, compared to what the leadership has done to this town. The leadership here has to go.
ReplyDeleteReplaced with what, you might ask? Who cares? After the last couple of weeks of one bad news story after another, how much worse could the average kindergarten kid do? Or my neighbors dog?
AND, almost more importantly, get rid of staff! These are the people that convinced the council members to vote for all these stupid projects that have gotten us into this situation.
If these people had ANY honor at all, they all would resign. Admit their failures, apologize to the public, and resign.
"If these people had ANY honor at all..."
DeleteAh ha...I see where your idea begins to fall apart.
With Locke resigning, does this mean he reads this blog? That he HAS some honor?
DeleteWill he be the first of the line up of "leadership" that will fall on their swords?
Don't let that door hit you in the ass, Locke.
DeleteAs an experiment, I just used three different search engines, and started typing in the phrase "clallam county." What words did all three search engines suggest adding on to that? "Jail roster." Yep, our number one local search term - the Clallam County jail roster.
ReplyDeleteA bit of history about Port Angeles, from a NOAA site:
ReplyDelete"Lincoln then declared Port Angeles the “Second National City” in 1890; for fear that Washington D.C. could fall to the Confederate Army. As a “National City” the government could use money from land sales to support war efforts.6 The U.S. military held on to its land ownership, due to its strategic location at the entry to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, until it decided to sell plots of land in 1894.7 Due to the lack of foresight, the City was built too close to the water and in 1914 the town was flooded at high tide. Instead of relocating the town “a plan was devised to use seawater to wash dirt from a nearby hillside into a series of dams that would trap dirt and raise the level of the town 14-16feet.”8 Today visitors can access underground tunnels and storefronts that were once at street level."
Yeah, we know about the underground. Just had to laugh, though. Even way back when, the City was too stupid to know the basics of things like high tide, and "Due to the lack of foresight, the City was built too close to the water and in 1914 the town was flooded at high tide."
They couldn't do it right 100 years ago, and they still can't.
Now the city is using Lodging Tax money to pay for street repairs because they were over the filled in "underground." Ya gotta give them points for creative use of lodging tax money. Just think how many people spend the night in town so they can take Don's tour of the streets that got filled in.
DeleteIt's been a pretty devastating week for local news, even by the low quality of life standards of Port Angeles. This place just keeps slipping down, down, down, with no end in sight. I really do need to get out of here, and never come back. Thanks, CK. If nothing else, you're helping to provide some needed clarity.
ReplyDeleteThe truth hurts. This has been a very painful week for Port Angeles.
DeleteThere is an article in today's PDN profiling two women who have completed inpatient treatment and have got off heroin. It's still a struggle they say but they are looking at going back to school, reconnecting and rebuilding family and friend relationships and becoming productive members of their communities. I though the article was well written and I really feel for the sorrows that caused them to turn to heroin in the first place. As a community, we really need to be encouraging and supportive to these folks as they try to rebuild - welcome them with open arms so they feel like they really are a part of a community and help them to remain clean.
DeleteThe friends I've talked to here have all been of the same opinion: So far as the local news goes, this is the worst week we can remember for a long time. We've gotten fairly used to the drip, drip, drip of bad news, but this week was definitely a flood.
DeleteLike the original poster said, things like this should bring clarity to those of us who are wondering why we put up with the bad economy, low quality of life, moronic leaders, failing school, etc. that living here means we must endure. It really is time to think about leaving. This place is hopeless, but I still have some hope for my life.
You did it CK, Dr Locke resigned!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the thought of working with three right wing county commissioners made him want to flee.
DeleteThis just in: Rumor has it Dr. Locke is leaving his post at the county.
ReplyDeleteAnd this rumor originates from what source?
DeleteAnother Liberal Progressive leaving the County! Too bad we eat our own!
DeleteIt's official, Dr. Locke tendered his resignation to the board of commissioners one week after his side by side debate with Dr. Eloise Kailin on fluoridation appeared in a local "free paper."
DeleteGood, finally, some good news.
Delete7:33 pm....as in he's going to Silverdale to do some Xmas shopping?
ReplyDeleteThis is a dead town. Why pretend otherwise? R.I.P. Port Angeles. Time to move on, folks.
ReplyDeleteTo the author of port angles unearthed! I for one am very glad you no longer live here with your crappy attitude towards my home. I was born and raised in Port Angeles and although it has some problems it is a great place to work and live. All you do is complain and your not even here to do anything about it. Granted there are many issues plaguing our area, your negativity can eat a bag of sweaty ones! You want to pick sides and play the politics game with your little blogspot. You deem yourself a novel journalist, but do you even do you own reporting? Or just feed of off the PDN and Port O Call??? Get a life and go be a downer in your new community and quit whining about ours!
ReplyDeleteOne: You misspelled the name of your own hometown. It's "Angeles," not "Angles." Oh, and that should always be capitalized, not just sometimes, like you do in your post.
DeleteTwo: The fact that you were born and raised in Port Angeles, and apparently are still there, may account for your defensive, none-too-worldly viewpoint. Those of us who have been different places, lived different places, often have a less parochial perspective on life.
Three: You use "your" when you should have used "you're."
Four: Does Port Angeles have "some problems" or are there "many issues plaguing (the) area"? Those two don't quite match; either way though, you're acknowledging what this blog is about - the FACT that Port Angeles is, to say the least, a very troubled place.
Five: "Can eat a bag of sweaty ones!" Thank you for such thoughtful, deep criticism. I will ponder this suggestion more, rest assured.
Six: When have I "deemed myself" a "novel journalist"? Being that I have never claimed to have written a novel, or to be a journalist, I don't quite know what you're trying to say.
Seven: I think you get the idea. Bad grammar from a bad place. Defensive attitude from an indefensible place. Insults thrown to show that it's wrong to insult. Again, I think you get the idea. But only because I had to point it out to you - point by point.
Anyway, thanks for reading.
Ouch, CK! Take it easy on Edna! I think it's admirable that someone her age has learned to use a computer, and is reading your blog. Give her some credit!
DeleteI can't help but note that Anon 5:06 pm doesn't challenge the truth about anything you've posted here, but just doesn't like having the bad news reported. I think that's called killing the messenger.
DeleteBut the fact remains that whether or not this blog, or the PDN, or KONP, tells a particular story or not, if that story is a bad or damaging one, well, the bad or damage is done no matter what. Telling what happened doesn't "make bad news", it just notes what has already happened. The damage is already done.
Truth is the sword of us all. Let's use it to keep chopping away at the BS.
Anonymous 5:06PM: You seem to have taken the title of this posting to heart, and are trying to block, or Locke, out the bad news.
DeleteTry putting your fingers in your ears and chanting "La la la la la la la" as loud as you can whenever you're confronted with something you don't like or want to hear.
Let us know if that actually helps, 'kay?
Yep, there you have it, a voice of the (I hear banjo music) locals at 5:06pm (must be right before supper time, and they're a might famished and a tad grumpy). The spelling, grammar, and the tone are exactly the problem with the area. And we wonder why no companies want to locate here. I'm sure in the words of 5:06 "we done, did good, before you people went and came here".
DeleteMa and Pa Kettle still live, right here, in Port Angles. (Clearly an obtuse angle.)
Remember when Peter Ripley called Edna a "classy lady"?
DeleteI've lived here for entirely too long myself. Port Angeles has a lot to offer, but it is being held back by an insane amount of equally insane problems. It's not perfect, no matter what some locals think. My thought is the only way to deal with these problems is to address them. CK's blog and Port o' Call are definitely addressing the problems and for that I'm grateful. Rather than burying our heads in the sand and pretending everything is wonderful we're confronting the issues. There's even some change coming out of it which hopefully will lead to positive results. Even if they sometimes come off as negative, as muckrakers often are, the end result could benefit Port Angeles and everyone who lives here. That ain't a bad thing people.
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DeletePeter always was such a sedimental fool...
Deletehttp://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20141216/NEWS/312169967/toxins-abound-off-old-port-angeles-pulp-mill-site-state-ecology-says. PORT ANGELES — Mercury, arsenic, dioxins and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are among the ingredients of the toxic brew in the eastern side of Port Angeles Harbor near the site of the former Rayonier mill.
ReplyDeleteA draft Marine Data Summary Report released Tuesday by the state Department of Ecology in Olympia summarized the amount and types of marine contamination in the 1,300 acres of water and sediment.
The poisons are concentrated most highly in water in the eastern part of the former log pond and near the mill dock, the report said, but “are spread throughout the marine environment.”
Given the other recent news here, I have to ask...Does it help mitigate the terrific amounts of toxic chemicals we have in our harbor to regularly dump our sewage on top of them? Do two wrongs make everything alright? And say, when is the next Crab Fest anyway?
DeleteI know what'll fix toxins at the Rayonier site! A high-end auto reseller!!
DeleteIt'll be interesting to see if the city keeps pushing ahead with doing their best to act (and spend) like one of the potentially liable parties to this toxic mess. I think it's highly, highly unlikely that there would ever be a legal determination declaring the city a PLP, but Bill Bloor and staff seem oblivious to even the possibility of that outcome. So they scare the council, who responds by spending money they don't have to spend, and that they just plain don't have. That's a pretty expensive way to "have a seat at the table."
DeleteUnless something changed that I haven't heard, the City is already collecting money from Port Angeles residents for the Harbor Clean up study, AND the Clean Up itself.
DeleteAll that stuff is on the bottom. All the favorite seafood varieties are bottom feeders. Oysters, lobsters, flounder, crab, shrimp, halibut all are pretty tasty. better leave that stuff alone or they will lose their taste.
ReplyDeleteThis whole thread started (I assume) with the big article in the PDN about the high rates of heroin/opiate abuse here in Clallam County. Right?
ReplyDeleteThat article featured Locke, had quotes from him, referenced him, etc. In other words, he was presenting himself, and was presented, as our full-time county health official. Not a hint that he was leaving.
My point is that if he really had decided to resign ahead of all this controversy, it seems like that would have been mentioned in the original article. To do otherwise, is more than a little dishonest. (Always a word that pops up when discussing our local leaders, I know.)
At the end of the day, I can't help but think that the PDN article, and this blog, and all the attention given to this big, glaring failure on Locke's watch, led him to decide it was time to go. In any case, it's a good thing he is going, I guess, though I certainly don't have much hope that the Three Big Red Commissioners are going to find or approve anyone to replace him who isn't also a huge disappointment. I'm sure whomever is hired will rise to the approved depths of dysfunction.
While I agree with you totally that it would be deceptive for Locke to have NOT mentioned his impending "I quit" with Clallam County to the PDN, if it had indeed been decided upon already...It's impossible to say whether or not the bad press would have helped spur his decision to leave after the article(s) came out. I can believe he'd be deceptive; and I can believe he'd decide to quit after the bad press. A split decision for me.
DeleteBut I also totally agree with you that whomever replaces Locke is unlikely to be anything other than another chair-filling, paycheck-cashing waste of space. Perhaps one of the County Commissioners has a relative looking for work?
This thread started Sunday, Dec 14th, Dr. Locke's letter of resignation was PRESENTED to the Board of Health on Wednesday, December 10th. Don't flatter yourselves, haters.
DeleteWe will all be underwhelmed at the choice, for certain. I just wonder how they'll find anyone as unmotivated, and with less of a personality.
DeleteDoes anyone know: Will Locke get a full retirement package from Clallam County, or will it be split with Jefferson? In other words, just how many paychecks will this loser be getting even after he quits here?
ReplyDeleteLocke will continue to build his ultimate pension payout while working for JeffCo; both counties participate in the same PERS (Public Employees Retirement System) program. So, he will draw just one pension check from his many years working for public entities. Look for him to retire from JeffCo when the public pension benefit equation (years of service multiplied by salary averaged over several years) generates the optimal retirement package.
DeleteWorking for the tribal clinic could result in generous retirement benefits, too. So, Locke will likely make out okay from his career advancements.
In related news...the Salvation Army received buttloads of $$ and donations to make up the loss. Great. I don't like the way the PDN reported that it was AFTER they published an article, so it was like they were responsible for the donations. They omitted the fact that all the Seattle news outlets (radio, television, online outlets, and newspapers) ALSO ran stories. Lets pat ourselves on the back, and not mention anyone else. This town stinks.
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