Nine Years of Mike French: The Promises That Never Arrived

Clallam County Watchdog · Sep 15, 2026 · 37m

Mike French entered Port Angeles politics in 2017 talking jobs, roads, housing, and common sense. The voters’ pamphlets show how the pitch evolved—and how little the results matched it. After nine years, Clallam is still being sold the same lines while the books, the roads, and the downtown tell a different story.

Mike French’s first printed promise was simple. Port Angeles was his lifelong home. He would work “tirelessly” for a robust economy, job opportunities, good roads, affordable housing, and a thriving business community. He would use common sense. He would be a voice of reason. He…