Dear Patriots,
Below I have attached a letter to the editor written by John Straka. I felt it was important to pass this along to everyone on our mailing list. The word must get out, we need to pass this along to everyone we know especially if they are Grays Harbor County residents.
The current pandemonium surrounding the Building & Planning department is long overdue. We have all known for many years the Democrats running this county are just as dirty and corrupt as they are in Olympia and Washington DC.
We need to start digging, asking pointed questions, demand documents, and seek information from every department of every government organization, county, city, PUD, etc. It doesn’t matter, if the Progressive Democrats are in charge there are problems and now is the time to uncover them.
The Labor Unions and local Environmental Wacko’s have gained complete power and exercise absolute control over every aspect of our local communities. Every segment of our County has been severely injured by this special interest and their rampant cronyism that has become the norm.
I have to ask, aren't you tired of this? I am! That’s why I am coming forward to support John. Now I'm asking each and every one of you to do something, please just pick something and do it. This county is a mess, it has gotten this way because good people have done nothing to stop it. Let's end this cycle right here, right now!
We need good Conservatives to come forward and run for office, every office that is up for re-election is being mismanaged by the Progressives now running them. These Progressive incumbents are more vulnerable now than ever before. If you’re willing and able to meet the challenge please consider stepping up.
If you need ideas on how to get involved or want to help but not sure where to start, hit the "Contact Us" menu button and let me know.
Conservatively Yours,
Gary Randall
March 3, 2010
The Daily World
315 S. Michigan
Aberdeen, WA. 98550
Dear Editor,
In signing the affidavits for temporary injunction of the ICC report, six AFSCME union members identified what the report didn’t do, that was who they were and that what they did. That they expect to be disciplined for their actions and probably fired. Those union members are Michael Ferry, Curtis Crites, Kathryn Rydman, Becky Andres, Mark Sigler, and Mike Adams.
In the affidavits all six employees acknowledge the report does NOT identify them, BUT their acts could identify them. The disciplinary action they anticipate, all state will "Severely damage their ability to earn a livelihood" That means they feel they are telling the judge in a legal document, under oath, they anticipate being fired. The ONLY thing that will affect future earnings, is a felony conviction. To me it appears the report is being with-held because of what would appear to be extensive felonious activity.
As citizens and taxpayers each of us trust elected officials and the union to be honest and honestly do their jobs. It appears rather than use a report as it was intended, to clean-up an agency that has long been a source of community outrage, they want to sweep it under the carpet and continue-business-as-usual.
The release of the report to the union has become "quick sand" for both sides. Releasing it by the commissioners, makes it a public document. The motive for the commissioners was to get the injunction. The union took the "bait" and six union members are wrote "suicide notes", which takes the rest of the union over the cliff, with them.
The commissioners and the prosecutor's office "say" they want the report released but have actively designed the roadmap to block it’s release. That is a direct assault on their credibility.
Al Carter asked me before the commissioners meeting if I thought he should be "cuffed and hauled off to jail?" With the time frame we had, I couldn’t properly answer the question. I will answer it now. I see no difference between what the county staff and elected officials are doing and what happened in Nixon's "Watergate". Laws were broken and there was a massive "cover-up". Nixon was forced out of office and a pardon kept him out of jail, but many of his staff were prosecuted and went to prison for their role in what happened.
The declarations for temporary injunction say, employees know what they did was wrong and they will probably be fired.
The commissioners are coordinating the cover-up, by attempting to negotiate the content of the ICC report. They released the document to the union, thereby placing themselves above the law to stall or prevent the release of the report. That makes them as guilty as the perpetrators.
Should Al Carter be treated any differently than Richard Nixon and held any less accountable? I don’t think so. County departments are being "run" as individual empires and above the law. Accountable to no-one.
I have no idea what the facts are here, but a "cover-up", is a "cover-up". At this point there are no checks and balances and no accountability. It will take an outside legal authority, either state or federal, to clean up the mess. If they are breaking the law, as I believe the report will show and the affidavits indicate, he and everyone else involved, should be removed from office and sized for "jump suits". So Al, I guess the short answer is "yes".
Sincerely
John Straka