Local Politics: A Tangled Web
When it comes to government intrigue and political infighting, we sure live in “interesting times.” Who needs national or global politics when we have so much political backbiting going on in our own backyard?
I’m not taking sides in this Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce controversy. He Said, She Said...the plot thickens.
Sequim — and Port Angeles — voters have spoken. There's been a regime change in both of these cities, and if some people get tossed out through no fault of their own — well, it happens.
Still, it’s hard not to sympathize with Lee Lawrence. We've all gotten negative performance appraisals that seemed groundless or unfair (haven’t we?).
I’m not taking sides in this Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce controversy. He Said, She Said...the plot thickens.
Sequim — and Port Angeles — voters have spoken. There's been a regime change in both of these cities, and if some people get tossed out through no fault of their own — well, it happens.
Still, it’s hard not to sympathize with Lee Lawrence. We've all gotten negative performance appraisals that seemed groundless or unfair (haven’t we?).
Labels: Lee Lawrence, Port Angeles, Sequim, Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce
posted by Tom Harper at 3:57 PM
14 Comments:
For the last couple of years the old city council decided they didn't need to listen to the majority of the voters.
The voters brought in new council members and they in turn listened to the voters and put a new mayor into place. Sorry Karen your ploy didn't work with your standing minority.
I was told by a very important person in PA that you can't fight city hall. Well guess what, we won.
Now lets get the Farmers Market back into the downtown area.
From what I've been seeing the same attitude is with the director of our chamber. He seems to be running the show and not the membership. I was surprised at a luncheon awhile back where he and Karen Rogers chasized Gary Braun over his postion against the Pool Level. Quite unprofessional in my opinion. Of course he was pushing the Pool Level with the City Council. But lets not ask where the membership stood.
If I remember correctly he didn't support the Farmers Market staying in downtown either, but backed the City Council.
"Pool Level" ... what the hell is that?!
We can't have the Farmer's Market on Laurel Street because the City Council is going to rename it "Bob Stokes Sculpture Garden Avenue" and we wouldn't want anything to compete with that.
Hey! The Farmer's Market can move into the William SHore Memorial Pool once the voters turn down the levy and it has to close.
YES! Lets get the farmers market back on Laurel...
How could both the chamber and down town association be so STUPID!!!
No, no,no and again no.
We never had no farmers markets in downtown Port Angeles, U.S.A. and we got along just fine. Now we gots to have a farbers markit in down town just because some bunch of Callifornians want one.
People always wanting to change things that was just fine before! Bah!
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"We can't have the Farmer's Market on Laurel Street because the City Council is going to rename it "Bob Stokes Sculpture Garden Avenue" and we wouldn't want anything to compete with that."
How bitter you seem to be. Hopefully if your an artist it hasn't hurt your art.
Quote: "How could both the chamber and down town association be so STUPID!!!"
The Downtown Asso supported the Farmers Market on Laurel St. As did the majority of downtown merchants. Get your facts straight.
Quote: "We never had no farmers markets in downtown Port Angeles, U.S.A. and we got along just fine. Now we gots to have a farbers markit in down town just because some bunch of Callifornians want one."
I'm sorry we did have a Farmers Market Downtown and it sure brought alot of the community into downtown to shop. The majority of the downtown business loved having the Market on Laurel St because they saw an increase in their business. It also gave the tourist something to do while they were waiting for the ferry.
And no, I doubt it's because some Califorians are suggestioning it.
Well you knows so much ha ha.
I bet you don't know that these farmerds markets is just a Comunist front and that when one of these farmers markets comes to a town honest grocery workers lose theyr jobs. It is a fact! You read about it all the time. How many people lost ther job at a grocery store in town because of the farmert market and had to goon the welfairs?
Well we all know that Walmart is a Comunist Front and you most likely shop there.
I doubt very seriously many jobs will be lost at Safeway over a Farmers Market in the area.
Hmmmmmmm Lets see, we have a Home Depo and yet Heartnagels expanded and theres lots of folks that shop there. Swains is still alive and well.
Give me a break!!!!!!!!!
Personally I hate WalMart and have never shopped it either.
When that doctors' office relocates to Cherry Street, IF they ever do -- they plan to close off one block of Cherry Street for parking. Since doctors aren't usually doing business on weekends, maybe that parking lot could be used by the Farmers Market. It would have more room than that $5 parking lot next to the Toggery.
what is this thing about PARKING LOTS and the Farmer's market?
If Laurel is closed there are OTHER streets to connect First and Front. It's DUMB to keep shoving the Farmers Market into a parking lot. It takes away from PARKING, for one thing, and second, it limits how much a Farmers Market can grow, and it shows how un-supported the farmers market is.
When the market was on Laurel we went there, always. In fact, we'd also go to the other merchants along the streets, and on First and Front, because it could be a "one stop shopping trip". Once they moved the market to the Courthouse, it became less easily accessible. It was ANOTHER stop. Another destination, in a string of them. It is often forgotten about or bypassed. It's too far to walk to town and to there. It's not a pleasant walk. (Lincoln is not my favorite street, and hiking all the way to Peabody..is a trek. I might as well go home.) Driving costs money, so if I must drive, I'd rather head out to Nash's/Dairy/Sequim's farmers market on Saturday.
The fact that the Farmer's market couldn't stay downtown says that it's poorly managed, and that the community has it's head up it's ass.
Dude, you said "goon the welfairs"!
Quote: "The fact that the Farmer's market couldn't stay downtown says that it's poorly managed, and that the community has it's head up it's ass."
Again someone that has been misinformed.
The Farmers Market has been managed but they really didn't have the time to grow because of constantly moving around and some other small problems.
The community as a majority supported the market on Laurel St. The minority with their lawyer and the blessing of the old city council kicked them back to the Court House location.
I repeat "they have their head up their a&&"
Yes, duh, the community supports it, which is why is SHOULD NOT be muscled into moving around! What do you have for brains and balls? Mush!
The powers that run the farmers market did not do enough to keep the council from pushing them around, now that there is a NEW council, it's time to fix the past nonsense.
The community needs a healthy farmers market. PERIOD. Moving from parking lot to parking lot is stupid, and it's wimpy, and that translates to less merchants, less customers, and you might as well broadcast "we're losers" and make that part of your banner.
Give me a break. The Farmer's Market is way to willing to sit back and whine, drive viable businesses out (must be local, must be local), and be way to willing to casually accept whatever nonsense is handed to them. The fact that Sequim's can barely fit into a very LONG block should give you a hint. Port Townsend's is almost two blocks long and really vibrant. What is our excuse?!!!
P-l-ease!
OK, next topic please Tom. This is Wabi Sabi. WTF? Mayor Braun thinks it's a good idea for Port Angeles to consider hosting a prison!
Where's he from?
A prison could open up 300 new jobs? So could tourism, so could developing the waterfront with condos and life supporting businesses, like the farmers market, more restaurants, stores,hotels with convention ability, and more easily available transportation. Our neighbor Victoria gets it.
Just what we need, more jobs that make people sick in their spirit. Unless we can build a prison that actually rehabilitates people and spits them back out into a community that is thriving and open, I don't understand why this would even be brought to the table.
Good point. I'll make that my next post.
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