The Security Story That Doesn't Hold Up

Clallam County Watchdog · Dec 22, 2025 · 31m

After months of refusing to answer questions about taxpayer-funded private security at Charter Review Commission meetings, Commissioner Jim Stoffer has finally shared an explanation with his fellow commissioners—but what he offered was not new evidence or transparency. Instead, he circulated a curated set of emails from county leaders defending the decision and recasting it as routine, even though the record shows otherwise: selective security, shifting explanations, unanswered questions about an alleged “threat,” and a continued effort to keep the issue off the public agenda, all while…