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Follow the money.

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As usual you present the FACTS in short order....WELL DONE Jeff...I think a recall on Ozais is the answer for the citizens of Clallam County.....

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Yes let’s do that!! Recall him he isn’t working for us the taxpayers

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I hope many citizens will share this website with as many local county friends & acquaintances as they can, especially those in District I, because it is blatantly clear the elected official is not for the citizens of Clallam County. The only way we can keep control of the County is to counter his every move with his own words and actions & hold him accountable for the remainder of his term. It’s going to take a village, it’s going to have to wake people up, it’s going to take action. Our only other option is do nothing & watch it all happen.

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It is about the money. There is no expressed concern regarding the water issue. The impact on the environment does not seem to bother anyone. When in other areas is a prime issue. Thank you for keeping us informed.

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600 acre housing development will cause emissions, lighting and noise pollution, traffic congestion locally and highways, impact schools, bus transport and overall impact the sanctity of life in general for existing wildlife and residents.

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It is only 160 acres of land. It is 600 homes they want to put on that acreage.

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Well... let’s just look around Sequim....we have to tenement project or soon to be slum up on Sequim ave. Isn’t that a delightful eye catcher. Thriving well maintained modular community... un huh! At least Sea-brook has a track record as proof of doing what they plan. Traffic brings paying customers, homes bring taxes + sales taxes ... hopefully upgrading schools and more employment...

Sequim is almost a bedroom community now like Kingston. This change offers us the opportunity elect a hopefully decent minded commission and representative to see our needs and hopes to fruition. This is ACTION TIME ... to turn or frustrations and attitudes toward what we want.... not what we don’t want...

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Obviously, Ozais & Klallam Tribe have the impression that folks do not read their rambling pseudo

intelligent, pseudo clear speak. Maybe yesterday, BUT, demographics change. And, so do commissioners. Seems same with all who babbled on about Towne Rd. Compare what they are agonist to what their web sites state. Munchausen by proxy. Muck it up, switch it up, them claim "hero" Thank You for info.

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She sees our back door deal and raises us a Munchausen by proxy.

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Sorry for mis-spelling. Now called FDbP. Was first used to describe congress, some 20 years. Maybe a few don't understand what they write or what I wrote. Or how silly they are.

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I think its cool. Mental illness references are harder to pull off these days after Trump made fun of that one dude. Can't smack em accross the face with a glove either. We are being investigated so DLTA is watching. I am glad they can see it and I am glad Clallam County Sheriff Detective Fife is trying to spell Munchausen..

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Their misdeeds blind them so much.... the delusion is so great they love and call it reality. The clout they gain but using other week minded individuals is intoxicating, more heady than any drug one could take. Look at their families what they’ve raised and how they’ve have turned out....

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I just wish I would spell check myself... I'm so an in the moment nut!!!

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Where will all the wayter come fromfor thiis massive development? This area is suitable only for limited development beasuse of our limited water supply. This is not a Seattle type area.. This will ruin Sequim and the very reasionmwhy people come here.

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Yep so many wells drying up after they started piping in irrigation ditches years ago no longer recharging aquifers or providing habitat for wildlife never even see frogs or toads anymore and been in the neighborhood for decades.

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Whats the old saying? “The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions”

Of course the Tribes letter was “intended” to push their political influence around. Informational purposes only (ha)! They really think the citizens of this county are that stupid?

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What the Tribe wants, the Tribe gets, as Ozias is in their back pockets and his tongue licking their behinds.

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Only for a few more minutes..... just hope he come out of this a better person

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Another Mr O/tribe back door deal? Transparency I'm sure 😁

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I love Dogs.... all sorts of dogs.... I just am opposed to them licking my face because they like to lick their fannies and because they like eat Poop. With glee and giggling bodies and

shy little looks on there faces like " awww you didn't see that did ya?" So likewise are the two authors of the letters you have posted here.

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What?

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Hey Robert... I write like that when otherwise I would use all expletives and get kicked out for vulgarity... I guess I could have used words like kisses or butts... that’s not how I was feeling... now I’m all calmed down....

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What? What are you “what ing ?” 🙂

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This is another good methane behind a reservoir bad methane behind a dam moment. To go along with the no concrete near a wetland/ saltwater marsh unless its casino concrete moment. The tribe and county have zero credibility at this point.

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Yes! Absolutely! That’s just the tip of the iceberg with the water/environment contamination. The impact of all the pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals, roundup etc etc going into the water treatment facility and additional sewage where will that go….into the bay like Seattle every time the system gets a storm and overflows/load….Already have the Sewer cam truck all over sequim city all the time. Probably not a good indication of how well it works….

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May 19·edited May 19

Perhaps the Jamestown tribe is tapped out of $$’s, resources, and staff to care about other salmon waterways Johnson Creek & Jimmycomelately and the local migrating elk, sedimentation, storm water retention and all the other very important, critical, things because of the Towne Road restoration area of .06 mile of roadway/trail they are so heavily fighting for? Perhaps 160 acres is insignificant in the scheme of the total picture? Will there be more breeches, will there be more pauses, will it all be approved without the necessary studies to protect everything and everyone before issuing permits to build? I hope not because Sequim is a handle to hold onto just the way it is without further destroying landscape for which it is known for, ask the tribe they are RESTORING landscape to sort of it’s natural habitat.

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RESTORING habitat right exactly…, and just take a look at all their focus on Native Plantings in their very own landscaping. It’s apparent how much they care about natural environment and impact as long as there’s monetary benefits involved for them.

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Interestingly they are too young to remember ‘natural habitats’.... they’ve taken on the roll of the environmentalist of the ‘70’s... even the army corp of engineers had stepped back from their often irrational ideas. I lost my property in the lower keys during those years to black mangroves... paid taxes on it for forever till begging got it off the tax roll... sold it for zip and today they is thriving community their and black mangroves are Gone! So what I’m saying is areas evolve and hopefully under good guidance because and good science things can be put in place that honest people will see and use.

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Once it’s gone there is no turning back. Mitigation of forests and wetland is a myth. Seabrook is the perfect example of believing their own story. I’m sick of those with the most money getting to break the rules or rewrite them.

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Another thing is the gravel pit business would only be open during daytime 5 days a week. Sure there would be traffic but it is not even comparable to the amount of traffic that a 600 home housing development will create. Not even a fair comparison at all. It wouldn’t affect none of the other things one bit. Corporate greed is destroying small town communities and quality of life.

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The development on Sequim Bay would require gravel pits, batch cement etc etc. when completed nothing goes back to pre construction environments, that ship will have sailed.

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Its tribal all the way. Look at the map. No talk of too much concrete or 6PPD-Q. The tribe will take over and extend the empire from 7 cedars to John Wayne marina with Sequim Bay Lodge development in between. They have the money and the control. Tribes are as smart as paint these days. Have the "American" developer come in build it and lay off the heavy enviro pushback. Then buy it outright later because the Port would not sell it to them now. This is tribal development at some point. It will happen. That's why its good methane..

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Exactly! They can farm shellfish in a wildlife preserve for crying out loud disturbing. They do what they want…. power and control that’s what’s up….

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Think of all the construction traffic and the tire wear particles as the development is being built. Worse than a gravel pit 10x over. Worse than the mitigated section of Towne Road 100x over.

Only temporary jobs during the development phase IF the developers don't bring in their own crews from outside the area.

Sure there would be an increased tax base / revenue but at what cost? Oh and more casino, golf, restaurant customers.

The hypocrisy of tribal leadership and Ozias is not surprising but it is extremely disappointing. This would be a BRAND NEW unmitigated (in terms of pollutions) assault on the environment they claim to care so much about. It's not like it's a remodel of an existing, historic and vital thoroughfare.

Is it time to hire DLTA's environmental lawyer to get an injunction against this? It appears to be more his forte' (and would probably pay him better) than fighting to stop a small, mitigated-for-pollution section of vital and historical county road.

Additional fallout from this could be a further escalation of housing prices in our area. If anyone cares about trying to house people that actually work here, this is not going to help with that. The area needs affordable housing, regular (not temporary) jobs that pay enough to support families, and the infrastructure to go with it all. I don't think we need a "Seabrook" in our backyard. Build it and they will come but does our small community really need it?

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