Unemployment Up on North Olympic Peninsula
Clallam County's unemployment rate is at 11.5% as of January; up from 10.1%.
In Jefferson County it's 10.7%; up from 9.4%.
But on the bright side, first time unemployment claims are slightly down. In Clallam County there were 781 new claims in January; down from 893 the previous month. In Jefferson County, there were 204 new claims; 248 the previous month.
In Jefferson County it's 10.7%; up from 9.4%.
But on the bright side, first time unemployment claims are slightly down. In Clallam County there were 781 new claims in January; down from 893 the previous month. In Jefferson County, there were 204 new claims; 248 the previous month.
posted by Tom Harper at 4:45 PM
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I don't know what to think of that. On the one hand, that's a heckuva jump. But then there's always a seasonal bump at this time. Plus the first time unemployment looks encouraging. Then again this town is starting to look really depressing to me. If downtown is an economic indicator there is no one economy. Except maybe for a few teenage girls buying clothes at Maurices and some skeevy looking homeless folk begging for change.
No,no,no. This article cannot be true. We heard from someone "in the know" that everything on the Olympic Peninsula is GREAT, and getting better every day!
I've heard from Fred, Ted, Edna, Tim, Moe and Curly that anyone who questions what is going on here is a "Liberal" and a "whiner". No kidding. Here we have an article from more whiners. Don't they know that everything is GREAT, and getting better every day?
i think the public agencies should spend all the tax revenue on parks, and pools, and libraries, etc.
Then when there is no more jobs in town, people can walk their dogs downtown and let them shit on the sidewalks.
haha
"i think the public agencies should spend all the tax revenue on parks, and pools, and libraries, etc.
Then when there is no more jobs in town, people can walk their dogs downtown and let them shit on the sidewalks."
Yeah.
We know that the people who work in parks, pools and libraries work for free, have no salaries, and pay no taxes. Clearly the cause for the decline of civil society.
Then again this town is starting to look really depressing to me.
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Starting to?? How many of the stores that closed up months and years ago, are still empty? With more closing, seemingly daily?
And, with the rising prices of everything, it doesn't look like things in Port Angeles are going to get any better, any time soon.
as the number of tax paying businesses and residents decline so will services.
AS water, sewer, electricity, etc. costs rise, (get ready for 2012) more people leave.
Washington State, Clallum County, The City of Port Angeles, and the Port of Port Angeles better take a coarse in Economic Development fast.
Claims are down cuz so many have stopped looking for work, or moved, or are working under the table.
Those that try to make everything look rosy are just conning everyone.
Hey, did Jace Real Estate downsize? Looks like it, yup, things are just great here.
Governments want the economy and population to grow, in order to put more in their coffers in order ‘to help you’. That’s a very sneaky way of having control over you don’t you think? And most of you are dumb enough to go along with it, and allow most of them to live much better than many of you do. It’s time for a nice rebellion, I like the smell of spent gun powder in the morning.
Not that I’ll join any rebellion, like I said before, I’ll just be a cheerleader, all fine rebellions need some cheerleaders. I’m just interested in protecting my own space.
Washington State, Clallum County, The City of Port Angeles, and the Port of Port Angeles better take a coarse in Economic Development fast.
Na, I would prefer that they leave the area and leave the rest of us alone to get by the best we can on our own.
"... some skeevy looking homeless folk begging for change."
This is an elitist comment, Nerd, and I know that you know better than that.
I prefer to think of these folk as Urban Campers. This phrase is free of the supercharged bias of "homeless folk" and I believe that if we all think of them as Urban Campers we will come look upon not as a blight to the downtown scene, but as piquant (if I may be allowed to use such a highfallutin' term), bohemian addition to our beloved, if half-empty (I prefer to see it as half-full) downtown.
Thank yoo Wacher for helpin dignefie me and mai freends. We are Urben campurs, not homles fohks - so stop callin us all stinky effers an tellin us to get jabs. We are campen and enjoyen the urben seen!
So, you going to watch "The China Syndrome"?
No, I don't mean that movie from the mid 70s about the nuclear plant that has cooling system problems after an earthquake.
I'm sure the folks in Japan will get things under control. But, if they don't, the radiation cloud will be on the west coast of the US within 36 hours.
Ah, yes. Modern technology.
Don't worry. That second head you'll be growing in the next few months will come mighty useful!
No...the govt. employees who work in parks, pools and libraries make more than the private sector...THAT is the problem.
9:31, quit talking out YOUR ass, you're as bad as some of the city council folks, and politicians around the country.
China Syndrome, maybe, but the toxic cloud has a long way to go, and a winding path on the wind. You can't say with any certainty that it will go anywhere, and only the bullshit headline makers "chicken little, the sky is falling" network news boobs would say otherwise. No scientist has said that, but a whole bunch of "get rich quick" pill and snake oil salesmen are putting up websites and sending out spam as fast as they can.
You, sir, are a SUCKER. Congratulations.
China Syndrome, maybe, but the toxic cloud has a long way to go, and a winding path on the wind.
You, sir, are a SUCKER. Congratulations.
5:02 PM, March 14, 2011
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Maybe so. I find it interesting that sailors on that US warship 100 miles away from Japan, with what little radiation that has already been released, had to be decontaminated. This according to the US military.
And as of tonight, the Japanese government says 3 reactors are now spewing radiation.
Obviously all is good, and getting better.
"Obviously all is good, and getting better."
Gitcher iodide right now, folks! You don't want little Junior to have a second head by summer, do you? You don't want granny to be glowing in the dark, do you? Of course not - so gitcher i-o-dide right now folks!
"Maybe so. I find it interesting that sailors on that US warship 100 miles away from Japan, with what little radiation that has already been released, had to be decontaminated. This according to the US military.
And as of tonight, the Japanese government says 3 reactors are now spewing radiation. "
News tonight says now 4 reactors are in trouble.
We hear about the impacts to people. We hear the talking heads on TV reassure us that radiation will not reach the US. Maybe so.
But, what about all the other life forms, other than people, that ARE being affected. Birds, fish, and other stuff flying and swimming around the radiation, and now in the food chain of the planet.
Oh! Sorry. I know. Who cares.
Change the channel, I'm bored.
why are you worried about radiation from Japan when we have dead zones in the ocean off the WASHINGTON coast-- for the last few YEARS.
An oxygen-depleted "dead zone" the size of New Jersey is starving sea life off the coast of Oregon and Washington and will probably appear each summer. The huge area is one of 400 dead zones around the world, most of them caused by fertilizer and sewage dumped into the oceans in river runoff.
And you're worried about a few radioactive isotopes that are measuring in the 1/millionth, such unbelievably low amounts that they can barely be measured (reaching our shores)? If you want to doom and gloom it..what about the bee dye off? What about the fact that we are in the midst of a modern-day extinction?
"Within the past 500 years, it is estimated that at least 80 species of mammals have become extinct out of a starting total of 5,570 species. This compares with an average extinction rate for mammals of less than two species disappearing every million years."
This Japanese reactor stuff is small beans compared to all the other damage we've done to our Earth. The earthquakes are just a way to shake us off like a tick off the back of a dog.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1362454/Earth-heading-sixth-mass-extinction-eradicate-75-life.html#ixzz1H83Z84Zn
"This Japanese reactor stuff is small beans compared to all the other damage we've done to our Earth. The earthquakes are just a way to shake us off like a tick off the back of a dog."
Whereas I will not disagree with you points about the other die-offs created by human impacts, I am disappointed in your comments saying: " And you're worried about a few radioactive isotopes that are measuring in the 1/millionth, such unbelievably low amounts that they can barely be measured (reaching our shores)?"
Hunh? So, you are saying no life exists in the ocean waters immediately offshore from those failing reactors? Humans are evacuated for 20 miles around the seaside reactors, and the winds are carrying the radioactive debris out over the adjacent waters, but you see no problems?
And, only a hundred metres or so from the reactors themselves, receiving the runoff from all those helicopters and water cannons spraying tons of water by the hour directly on the spent fuel rods, flows into the adjacent waters with no cleaning or decontamination. No problems, for you?
You really think this poses " ..a few radioactive isotopes that are measuring in the 1/millionth, such unbelievably low amounts that they can barely be measured.."?
You might want to stop believing what you hear/see on TV, and start to think about what you can easily understand if you just give it a chance.
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