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When Voters Lose Their Voice, Bureaucrats Gain Power
This week’s developments reveal a troubling pattern in Clallam County governance: voter authority quietly sidelined while public accountability is replaced by commissions, NGOs, and “stakeholders” who never appear on a ballot. From Olympia legislation that would let unelected boards remove elected sheriffs, to courthouse renaming efforts that ignore the wishes of the very person being honored, to harm-reduction policy, dark-sky hypocrisy, public-safety failures, and a tax-everything mentality in a state where businesses are already planning their exits—one theme keeps repeating. Power is…
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