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FREE, FREE, FREE — but at what cost?
“Free” is the most expensive word in Clallam County. Free housing, free food, free drug paraphernalia, free lunches, free grants—programs that sound compassionate on paper but shift costs onto families and businesses while fueling the very crises they claim to solve. From out‑of‑state troublemakers cycling through our jails, to encampments growing along our corridors, to a county government that insists “free” doesn’t cost you—Clallam County is living the reality that San Francisco is now trying to escape. Connect the dots on how a culture of “free” invites dependency, blunts accountability…
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