tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post3423235560503698367..comments2023-12-07T00:44:23.610-08:00Comments on The Trojan Heron: Déjà Vu All Over AgainECKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13031277544085651063noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-91197999560856504812012-12-16T03:10:04.611-08:002012-12-16T03:10:04.611-08:00For further evidence that the influence of outside...For further evidence that the influence of outside money and ideas is strongly influencing public policy, just check this out form Whatcom county; http://www.whatcomexcavator.org/eco-activism-and-county-policy.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-30295074926366131702012-12-14T20:24:21.327-08:002012-12-14T20:24:21.327-08:00God bless the victims and their families of Newtow...God bless the victims and their families of Newtown, CT.<br /><br />And personally, I think there needs to be better mental health screening of young men. Severe mental illness, especially schizophrenia, often starts to manifest itself in men between the ages of 18 to 25. There is a gender and age relationship to these incidents, and to the incidence of violence-oriented mental illness.<br /><br />Having said that, it still gives me the willies that many in our county engaged in fear-mongering about the CAOs, accusing CAO critics of threatening behavior when all they were doing was dissenting. Those types of false accusations are just reprehensible.<br /><br />During the Bush administration, there were quite a lot of bumper stickers around the county that said "Dissent is not unpatriotic." Funny how we just don't see many of those stickers anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-45502229938416431022012-12-14T20:23:25.087-08:002012-12-14T20:23:25.087-08:00"Well said" with me too, until he got to..."Well said" with me too, until he got to the automatic weapons. End subject!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-76509797857612299502012-12-14T18:58:40.948-08:002012-12-14T18:58:40.948-08:00Only Patty Miller and crew could have parsed non c...Only Patty Miller and crew could have parsed non conforming into this. Now you are conforming until you pick up a shovel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-41931753828872438802012-12-14T11:32:37.950-08:002012-12-14T11:32:37.950-08:00Re: Senator Ranker's comments - We're onli...Re: Senator Ranker's comments - We're online late at night because we work 24 hours a day, not because we're unemployed, but it's nice to see Senator Rancor's customary respect and concern for the unemployed.<br /><br />The joke is on us though because somehow we keep electing that empty-headed narcissist and ex-Friends Director as our Senator because he's "one of our own." <br /><br />On a related note, well said "Leave me Alone!"<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-37695257650299885152012-12-14T11:03:45.279-08:002012-12-14T11:03:45.279-08:00Check this out ... an appeal for a new "Leave...Check this out ... an appeal for a new "Leave Us Alone Party"<br /><br />http://www.dailypundit.com/2012/11/30/the-leave-us-alone-party/<br /><br />" am a small-l libertarian with conservative leanings on most issues, except on many traditionally conservative social issues, where my stance would be regarded as hopelessly liberal by most social conservatives. My primary concern is to increase individual liberty as much as possible in the face of statist efforts to restrict it from both the right and the left. If I had to sum up my beliefs as concisely as possible, I would say, "Stay out of my wallet and my bedroom," "your liberty stops at my nose," and "don't tread on me." I will believe that things are taking a turn for the better in America when married gays are able to, and do, maintain large arsenals of automatic weapons, and tax collectors are, and do, not."Leave me Alonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-15501699682112029432012-12-14T11:00:49.998-08:002012-12-14T11:00:49.998-08:00The "21" came by my mistake from the ide...The "21" came by my mistake from the identity box and was not intended to be there. (Not everyone on the TH is a fan of the Adjenda 21 rag.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-77271900309818130562012-12-14T10:54:22.895-08:002012-12-14T10:54:22.895-08:00People that just wanted to be left alone and inste...People that just wanted to be left alone and instead got attacked by their own government?21Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-61827113605533413832012-12-14T10:49:47.511-08:002012-12-14T10:49:47.511-08:00Watch out when we all show up at a Clowncil meetin...Watch out when we all show up at a Clowncil meeting wearing Guy Fawks masques...<br /><br />Actually there may be an unconfirmed rumor that Senator Wanker believes we are just a small group of unemployed Repubican late night joke writers. <br /><br />Almost true were it not for all the local Democrats happily jumping in as we'll. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-61244170076779257182012-12-14T09:36:03.856-08:002012-12-14T09:36:03.856-08:00Who are all you Anonymous Patriots? I feel a kinsh...Who are all you Anonymous Patriots? I feel a kinship, a shared "victim hood" here at TH. I feel like Patrick Swayze in the original "Red Dawn"<br /><br />"Wolverines"!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-56365991636508220582012-12-14T08:56:37.997-08:002012-12-14T08:56:37.997-08:00Is the "development" on Lampard Road par...Is the "development" on Lampard Road part of the "Home Trust"? <br /><br />If so I have it from the source that Browne Lumber (local) gave them a bid per house that was $400 more than a mainland outfit so they went w/the mainland people. That is a for sure for the first 10 of the 30 plus they're building.<br /><br />That urkes me SO much. Browne lumber is one of the few really steady places around her to get a decent job and they have employees who literally make a career of it.<br /><br />So...who made that decision? It is hurting the very population they are pretending to help. And what's the turnover employee rate for the company they went with? <br /><br />I'd be very curious to know what category of "affordable housing" that development is and WHO made that decision. Really bad business. Anybody know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-79300196179094884392012-12-14T08:46:51.590-08:002012-12-14T08:46:51.590-08:00The "home trust" model and the CAO, vers...The "home trust" model and the CAO, version 2, implemented by the Pratt, Byers, Stephens Eco-Troika will be influenced strongly by the now hyper-empowered Shirene and the Friends. The goal is the forced relocation of the population into ultra dense human habitation zones living in zero-net energy solar powered straw huts. Steve Ludwig will be made "Life Style Czar" and head of a commission to purge the county of all vestiges of technology and capitalism. The existing cell towers will be ripped out, and trucks with RF detectors will prowl the roads looking for illegal wifi emissions. Welcome to the People's Eco-Socialist Agro Commune!<br />Your Papers Please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-76962024706479146302012-12-14T08:17:36.606-08:002012-12-14T08:17:36.606-08:00Take hope. I hope the reference to "wierd sis...Take hope. I hope the reference to "wierd sisters" was a Shakespearean quip about their behavior not lifestyle. I have a lot of respect for those guys as well, even if they lose their way occasionally. They have done a lot of good for Lopez too.<br /><br />Bob Jarmin will have a good opportunity to show the county voters how he likes to work. Sure the home trusts on three islands could become politicized, but I've noticed fire fighters like to go with who they know and they know Bob has got their back.<br /><br />And we have three fire districts with lots of volunteers.<br /><br />It'll get interesting out there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-54928803571763481242012-12-14T07:35:58.375-08:002012-12-14T07:35:58.375-08:00OPALCO board members include good old Bob Mhyr and...OPALCO board members include good old Bob Mhyr and the wife of our planning commissions favorite communist curmudgeon and long time board member of OPAL, the land trust managed by Lisa Byers for so many years.<br /><br />Don't get me started on the home trusts. How is it, that what ought to be a simple property management role for these outfits becomes instead little tin pot communitarian propaganda chop shops?<br /><br />Lovel the Prattfall headed up the hometrust on San Juan island for some years until she was encouraged to go seek her higher levels of incompetence in other endeavors. I guess running a hometrust shows your leadership skills to become elected to county council.<br /><br />The LCLT (didn't even need to spell that out did I) has been a font (geyser?) of socialist surrealism that watches over its sheep with a sharp eye and loving grace ever since the GMA was passed. Run by a pair of weird sisters with a guest appearance by Jamie Stephens whose interests extend far beyond making sure rents (or whatever they call it) are collected.<br /><br />And as for OPAL. Well, that's gone political too hasn't it? Why is that? And the "model" for these organizations is east coast in origin, not home grown at all. Not a fit with our rural character. They are densely packed suburban housing projects with a twist ... a well funded "neighborhood association" to look over you and keep you in line.<br /><br />Does anyone seriously believe that these three home trust organizations on three islands are not going to become quasi-campaign headquarters for the Mean Green Machine in the months to come directed from the 10th floor board room of the Lopez Community Land Trust? <br /><br />Holding facilitated solidarity meetings and campfires with the low and moderate income "residents/tenants" who should "feel lucky to have a place to live if you know what's good for you!"<br /><br />Watch our affordable housing network go political in the months to come and show us all the real Potemkin Villages they've built.<br /><br />This is so unsettling it makes me want to hurl in the rain garden outside Herb's Tavern.Uncle Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-56191820410021162782012-12-14T06:31:50.816-08:002012-12-14T06:31:50.816-08:00I'm VERY interested in direct action against F...I'm VERY interested in direct action against FOSJ. From lawsuits (what could be the subject?), to exposing the money trail and backgrounds of the trolls that associate with that dark organization, to standing in the parking lot of the Tech Center with signs. Are there enough freedom loving patriots left in the county to mount a sustained war against theses denizens of Mordor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-51746543704954497682012-12-13T21:26:24.001-08:002012-12-13T21:26:24.001-08:00Sounds good. If you don't want to use your own...Sounds good. If you don't want to use your own name ,there are plenty of lawyers to do it for you. These first few cases of the new rules will set the standard for the rest. They want these rules then let them be the first test. Lets see if these go away like Ms Buffums trespass case. It must be nice to have the power to just make it go away. Who makes that call Randy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-18632789593477520182012-12-13T20:34:16.013-08:002012-12-13T20:34:16.013-08:00Don't worry, these folks will not get the oppo...Don't worry, these folks will not get the opportunity to run. The Prop's 1,2,&3, were intentionally written in a manner that they will be overturned. Do you actually think that Randy will give up his control of the county??? The Prop's were intentionally written in a way to allow them to be challenged. Cain will be the fall guy for this fallacy. But Randy will rule supreme. Don't think so. Look at the recommendation that the CAO's can be signed off on and then changed after the fact by attaching the signed papers to the altered documents. All of this is to set up Randy to be the good guy in keeping this out of our lives. But this is only done because with three counselor's, Randy would no longer be in control of the county. Look at who has the ultimate power here. Eco terrorism, Delphi, Agenda 21, etc., are all part of it, but it is still about who locally has control of these Island's. If you are tired of this then you need to start doing freedom of information request's on all parties, and filing complaints against the friends, council members, and others who abuse the system. Start with the 500 watt max, light ordinance. If any of these people violate these ordinance's then file a complaint. It is time for everyone to step up and become a civil disobedient. Exercise your constitutional rights. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-71015633055229650362012-12-13T19:34:39.580-08:002012-12-13T19:34:39.580-08:00We'll see on Friday, but right now it looks li...We'll see on Friday, but right now it looks like no common sense qualified candidate will run from the Lopez District, AND, Orcas and SJ may have put their votes together for two common candidates, one from each district, to prevent a Lopez power grab.<br /><br />Someone mentioned how great OPALCO functions and is managed. I agree, and although I'm not up on the elected board there, it seems it must be a board of QUALIFIED people, so even with some very hard working thinking council member(s) over the years, the unqualified political sell outs we also get on the County Council keep coming back.<br /><br />The big promised raise in pay did nothing to bring in qualified candidates so far, and ALL of the boards and commissions I covered long ago had people who worked for nothing. If fact one town actually had to set up a baby sitter allowance because both parents usually had to work.<br /><br />Mr. Power says the school board here gets nothing, so this good pay thing is not the answer. (I don't know what they get at OPALCO.)<br /><br />Hope Friday brings us more candidates.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-3316715472302480962012-12-13T18:50:52.610-08:002012-12-13T18:50:52.610-08:00We have only one hope for sanity in the near futur...We have only one hope for sanity in the near future<br />Sanity has yet to fill the request for an upcoming position<br />Trojan, we need your help here, can you? Help!<br />It's time. To "stack this deck"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-35593166223811243222012-12-13T16:43:19.762-08:002012-12-13T16:43:19.762-08:00Looks like our plan worked. We flushed them out. N...Looks like our plan worked. We flushed them out. Now lets turn on the bright lights and make 'em dance.<br /><br />With some luck and a decent judge we'll get home rule back and in the meanwhile everyone can watch the Mean Green Machine strut and fret it's last hour on the stage to be heard no more. <br /><br />Let us pray.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-33153996718033799922012-12-13T12:47:27.199-08:002012-12-13T12:47:27.199-08:00We have until 4:30 tomorrow (friday) for Batman or...We have until 4:30 tomorrow (friday) for Batman or Superwoman to lay down that big wad of candidate filing cash in the Auditors office. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-71406730377092851302012-12-13T12:25:47.049-08:002012-12-13T12:25:47.049-08:00That's funny because I see this as more of a L...That's funny because I see this as more of a Lopezian driven thing than a left-wing thing. There may not be much a difference to some folks, but there is to me.<br /><br />Lopezians (and Lopezian values, or at least a certain subset of "Friendly" Lopezian values) are backing Orcas and San Juan candidates in a major major MAJOR way.<br /><br />Lopez has its own candidates, but the real story is that Lopez has put up candidates in the other districts too. It's not that this election could be decided by Lopezians, it's that just a small subset of very active "Friendly" Lopezians could decide it.<br /><br />It looks like a voting block has been put together. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.Non-Lopeziannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-64146497109300151872012-12-13T12:20:05.643-08:002012-12-13T12:20:05.643-08:00I myself am hoping that Gretchen Krampf will file ...I myself am hoping that Gretchen Krampf will file to run. That way, we can have Council with everyone seated on the floor in a circle around rocks and candles, with the Friends controlling the agenda. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-6708134660780332952012-12-13T12:16:53.738-08:002012-12-13T12:16:53.738-08:00Well, the far-left SJC "Democratic" Part...Well, the far-left SJC "Democratic" Party seems to have its slate in place. Lovell, Lisa Byers, and Jamie. What a fine party that will be. Lovell, who was still talking about new County spending a few months ago, ignoring the hole that we're in; Lisa, whose work in "affordable housing" has been praised, but that is a heavily subsidized program, and has never operated as a business. Lisa is likely good at applying for "grants," those wonderful sources of "free" dollars. This County is full of "facilitators" and gran writers and poets, and is up to its ears in debt, with one of the biggest budgets ever, and no end in sight. So neither of these candidates is even an option. And Jamie along for the ride (in the Jaguar). Sheesh. I hope our County bondholders aren't looking. Especially after that idiotic press release from the County about how the County lost 1.7 BILLION in property value. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-39305187278045073332012-12-13T11:54:54.053-08:002012-12-13T11:54:54.053-08:00Cross your fingers and toes or whatever, that an i...Cross your fingers and toes or whatever, that an intelligent court, via the Calrson/Gonce suit steps in and halts this disaster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com