tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post7454461646544034863..comments2023-12-07T00:44:23.610-08:00Comments on The Trojan Heron: Who's in Charge Anyway?ECKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13031277544085651063noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-83373720885070217452015-02-23T12:21:52.233-08:002015-02-23T12:21:52.233-08:00I thought that solid waste had been "privatiz...I thought that solid waste had been "privatized".<br />Did they really hire her to manage that? something that was no longer a county function?<br />WTF is wrong with this government? Hiring someone incompetent to do a job that isn't needed, and then passing a ballot measure to pay for all this stuff. Otherwise, if we don't raise taxes, what will happen? Seniors don't get lunch, the library closes, and the fire and police might be slow to respond, right?<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-2983580198141302742015-02-21T09:04:12.338-08:002015-02-21T09:04:12.338-08:00She "managed" garbage grants...perfect.....She "managed" garbage grants...perfect...just when you think it's not possible to waste tax dollars any worse than the MRC we have a garbage grant manager running the waste of all wastes...CD&PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-55727971846353917842015-02-21T05:47:24.737-08:002015-02-21T05:47:24.737-08:00Anyone know what this Gibnoney woman did at public...Anyone know what this Gibnoney woman did at public works before being put at the helm of CDPD? <br />I don't remember ever seeing a job description for this position. Did they really just pluck her out of the blue and not bother to interview and screen anyone else?<br />Wow. Fail. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-30417703118129055322015-02-19T19:37:40.931-08:002015-02-19T19:37:40.931-08:00@11:03AM
Wow. I didn't know the Trojan Heron h...@11:03AM<br />Wow. I didn't know the Trojan Heron had such a broad reach. 5% of the population. Damn. That's almost 400,000,000 people.<br />I had seen the Dutch Trojan Heron so I knew there was a broad reach. Didn't realise we made it to 5% this fast. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-66615537320486068802015-02-19T19:34:34.107-08:002015-02-19T19:34:34.107-08:00I'm not seeing any character assassination.
C...I'm not seeing any character assassination. <br />Could someone point it out for me?<br />Thanks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-41319658005690374662015-02-19T11:37:41.289-08:002015-02-19T11:37:41.289-08:00No need to waste your time on a blog that is so un...No need to waste your time on a blog that is so unpopular then. Pay no attention to the TH. We don't influence anything.<br /><br />And thanks for stopping by. Your comment is really classy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-76860462026131732972015-02-19T11:03:28.654-08:002015-02-19T11:03:28.654-08:00Oh! Another character assassination! Classy. Lucki...Oh! Another character assassination! Classy. Luckily your contingent is about 5% of the population, so all the navel gazing in the world isn't going to get anybody you like elected. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-73295443291803955802015-02-17T07:25:40.418-08:002015-02-17T07:25:40.418-08:00This county elects the leaders it deserves. I can ...This county elects the leaders it deserves. I can think of local leaders who would do a magnificent job, but they would (a) never want to do the job and (b) never be electable. No getting around blaming the citizens of this county for the way it is run. You get the government you deserve, and you get it good and hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-14405484610411957272015-02-17T00:04:55.699-08:002015-02-17T00:04:55.699-08:00That's like saying Jamie is the tallest midget...That's like saying Jamie is the tallest midget in the circus.<br />We need better people to step up and become leaders.<br />We seem perperpetually stuck choosing from the shallow end of the gene pool.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-32002906196634806532015-02-16T20:21:12.916-08:002015-02-16T20:21:12.916-08:00Jamie is the strongest member of the council, most...Jamie is the strongest member of the council, most professional, and arguably the smartest. <br />Most of the TH readers happen to philosophically disagree with him but his conduct and professionalism is leaps and bounds above others. <br />Problem here is he is part of the "oil spill" crisis crowd, complete with grant funding and glossy brochures. Since the whole Global Warming stuff is slowly being exposed as data manipulated to "prove" a certain theory, a new boogeyman emerges. Oil Spill prevention.<br />Jamie and Sam to the rescue. <br />Don't worry folks, it will only cost you untold millions and likely encumber us with more utterly bizarre and unnecessary regulations. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-3053472019393186652015-02-16T19:03:53.703-08:002015-02-16T19:03:53.703-08:00I don't think Jamie needs any of Rhea Miller&#...I don't think Jamie needs any of Rhea Miller's help. If anything, he's the strongest member of the council.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-6174647167425207552015-02-16T18:40:18.199-08:002015-02-16T18:40:18.199-08:00The voters empowered the Council to have ultimate ...The voters empowered the Council to have ultimate administrative authority yet they have chosen to be nothing more than yes men and hide behind M. Thomas's skirt.<br />Rick has sealed his fate as a one term failure, who knows what Bob is doing and we all know the Jamie is Rhea Millers' tool.<br />What a sad state of affairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-83606721071995055672015-02-16T18:29:01.492-08:002015-02-16T18:29:01.492-08:00Sometimes seems like this Council only has a rubbe...Sometimes seems like this Council only has a rubber stamp, but not a gavel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-18850738013090344782015-02-16T16:54:20.587-08:002015-02-16T16:54:20.587-08:00Back to the topic of the blog, I honestly wonder h...Back to the topic of the blog, I honestly wonder how Sam got her position. Did Mike Thomas not know, or not care? What about the Council? Are you telling me that Bob Jarman and Rick Hughes were okay with this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-17875436652749312722015-02-16T16:12:02.923-08:002015-02-16T16:12:02.923-08:00For a blog that is never read, the Carl Marks'...For a blog that is never read, the Carl Marks's of the world seem to know the location of TH's nests.<br /><br />Carl - you can't have tar in a heron nest. Everyone knows that! Sam Gibboney and Ecology would have to get a grant to study the nest watershed if that were the case. The Friends would be placing drift cards in heron nests. Pratt would get a heron-nest-tar-study contract too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-30438993132474882222015-02-16T15:46:23.677-08:002015-02-16T15:46:23.677-08:00Carl! We missed you! If it walks like a duck and t...Carl! We missed you! If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck and squawks like a duck, it must be a Carl Marks supporter.<br /><br />Thanks for spending your time reading a blog that no one reads. You're right. Move along. Nothing to see. No facts. No background.<br /><br />What's a "hergon" anyway? That wouldn't be a misspelling would it? Do you want "her gone" too? Looks like we may want the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-90676409830050097752015-02-16T14:50:17.287-08:002015-02-16T14:50:17.287-08:00Ah, the tabloid journalist is back to warming the ...Ah, the tabloid journalist is back to warming the tar and plucking the feathers. But isn't this the wrong nest? Which website are we using these days? I suppose it doesn't matter as long as Mr. Cory continues to be the sole traffic driver. <br /><br />Let's be honest, this hergon isn't a muckraker. He's a propagandist claiming to be the voice of the "common man". Yet so few have hopped on the bandwagon. Once again, the heron has resorted to an 'ad hominem' argument to push a point. Nowhere does the article bring up valid cases, instead relying on mud slinging.Carl Markshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_techniquesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-60221867553162254882015-02-16T09:26:05.860-08:002015-02-16T09:26:05.860-08:00So the Trojan Heron has been removed from the enda...So the Trojan Heron has been removed from the endangered species list?<br /><br />That's great news that the species is healthy, vibrant and making a come back. The downside is that since no longer endangered, probably no grant money to toss around. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-55275489998640408882015-02-16T08:16:31.393-08:002015-02-16T08:16:31.393-08:00Trojan Heron is back. Tanned. Ready and Rested. Mu...Trojan Heron is back. Tanned. Ready and Rested. Much work remains to be done ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-79318106179298059542015-02-16T07:43:18.176-08:002015-02-16T07:43:18.176-08:00There were 3 imbeciles, one ring leader, and one c...There were 3 imbeciles, one ring leader, and one clown.<br />The County only fires someone after a person is allowed to fully realize their incompetence for 3 - 6 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-1674969988150473852015-02-15T22:58:01.836-08:002015-02-15T22:58:01.836-08:00Enjoy seeing the new version of TH. I like it. I k...Enjoy seeing the new version of TH. I like it. I knew that the county was F----d up but the revelation about Gibboney is shocking! Who was the imbecile that hired her? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-45641597183117174042015-02-15T22:56:26.660-08:002015-02-15T22:56:26.660-08:00Why didn't Gibboney get fired over the Pratt c...Why didn't Gibboney get fired over the Pratt contract? Wasn't that a misues of funds? If it wasn't a misuse of funds, why was the contract cancelled?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-67989839160618852572015-02-15T19:11:28.797-08:002015-02-15T19:11:28.797-08:00TH, why didn't you tell us this sooner?TH, why didn't you tell us this sooner?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-46787742642393399212015-02-15T19:09:21.635-08:002015-02-15T19:09:21.635-08:00I don't know the most recent data, but long ag...I don't know the most recent data, but long ago the TH reported the salary adjustments that took place in 2012. The Department Head positions went up from $84k to $95k because, ya know, we were underpaying them relative to a basket of other counties, including King County. Morais' own significant other, John Manning, benefited from that raise. Morais raised her own salary from about $76k to $88k. We don't even let Congress raise their own pay, they have to raise it for the next guy, but San Juan County allows it. Hale's salary was "adjusted" from about $69k to $75k. So let's assume that Gibboney is getting $95k. Kuller is getting $75k. Morais is getting $88k. We know Thomas gets $134k a year, as of last June. He started at $120k the year before. Let's add that all up together with the mistakes mentioned in the last post, Kuller at $75k, Gibboney at $95k, Morais at $88k, Thomas at $134k, Johnson at $200k, See at $400k. That's $992k, and bear in mind that $392k of that is an annual, not a one time charge. What are we getting for this extravagance? Are these guys worth it? Doesn't look like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2025252027978265531.post-48077022640522041992015-02-15T08:59:25.777-08:002015-02-15T08:59:25.777-08:00The answer is too much.
Just another example of th...The answer is too much.<br />Just another example of this Council not properly vetting people, they are simply led by the nose and do the bidding of the real leader of San Juan County...Pamela Morais, who also has done such a marvelous job managing personell for the County...like George Johnson , awarded $200,000 for wrongful termination, and Maureen See, who also won a wrongful termination case and from what people are saying it will cost the County over $400,000...well done Pam, you shiuld sign off on another big pay raise for yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com