County Commissioner candidate Jake Seegers takes a hard look at the North Olympic Library System’s proposed $3 million tax increase and asks a question many residents are quietly starting to raise: Why is a shrinking user base costing more than ever, while core public safety remains stretched thin?

In this powerful podcast conversation, Clallam County Commissioner candidate Jake Seegers sits down with Stacey Richards, a local woman who has been sober for more than 25 years. For Richards, September 11, 2001 is more than a historic date—it marks her personal “ground zero,” the first day of a life that would ultimately be rebuilt after addiction nearly destroyed it.

In this week’s Sundays with Seegers, County Commissioner candidate Jake Seegers questions why county leaders appear poised to expand public messaging around harm reduction instead of reexamining outcomes. With talk of a Public Information Officer and efforts to counter “misinformation,” he asks whether taxpayer dollars are going toward optics rather than reform.

In this week’s Sundays With Seegers, county commissioner candidate Jake Seegers responds to claims that volunteer syringe cleanups amount to “theft” and offers a documented tour of encampments along Tumwater Creek. Contrasting government discussions with on-the-ground conditions, he questions whether current harm-reduction policies are delivering measurable results and calls for stronger accountability, enforcement, and a renewed focus on treatment and restoration.

In this week’s Sundays with Seegers, County Commissioner candidate Jake Seegers describes how a gated, posted property he co-owns was entered by a county appraiser, sparking a constitutional challenge. After raising concerns under the Fourth Amendment and Washington’s Article I, Section 7, the Grays Harbor Assessor reviewed the issue and implemented corrective action.

County Commissioner candidate Jake Seegers has described a rip current of change beneath Clallam County government — and recent events suggest it’s real. Citizens are showing up, demanding transparency and equal enforcement of the law. From a controversial Conditional Use Permit in the Sol Duc Valley to overdue action on county-owned land and long-delayed clarity on land-use rules, public pressure is producing visible course corrections.

This week in Sundays with Seegers, county commissioner candidate Jake Seegers takes a hard look at the county’s newly touted “Opioid Gaps Report” and the rush to declare victory on harm reduction. As officials prepare to celebrate declining overdose deaths, Jake examines who funded the report, why it surfaced now, and whether national trends and treatment-first interventions are being miscast as proof that a decade of local policy has worked.

In this week’s Sundays with Seegers, County Commissioner candidate Jake Seegers chronicles a rare moment when citizen pressure worked — and issues a warning about the fight still ahead. Public testimony forced county commissioners to reject proposed land-use changes and reopen discussion on existing code that restricts RV living, ADUs, and vacation rentals many residents rely on to survive.

When government stops enforcing the laws, the lawful pay the price. During the mid-to-late 1800s, large portions of the American West were ruled by lawlessness. In many frontier towns, there was no functioning government, no reliable courts, and no effective policing.

Why Clallam County’s housing crisis reveals the limits of regulation — and the power of voluntary local action. At the state, county, and city levels, officials increasingly assume that expanding government programs is the primary way to address community challenges.

How a manufactured budget crisis drove taxes, cuts, and a levy the County didn’t need. Despite repeated public calls to examine the budget line-by-line, commissioners chose another path: Raise property taxes.

How Clallam County built a homelessness industrial complex that fails its own residents. Citizens are taxed. NGOs call the shots. Government promises fail. Local leaders continue to miss the obvious solutions.

Local business professional and father of three launches campaign with a call to “Dream Something New, Build Something Better.”

When leaders enforce costly mandates but ignore their own violations, that’s not order — it’s hypocrisy

Preserving paradise while pricing out locals

From parcel fees to levy lifts, the commissioners keep finding new ways to reach into taxpayers’ pockets—while spending soars faster than inflation

I didn’t. You did. Envelopes flooded the mailbox - each page and stamp a testament to your efforts.

CCD's $2 Million Grift

How County Commissioners are backing a “funding crisis” built on bad math, misleading claims, and special interest spin

The $5 hustle: How Clallam Conservation District wants taxpayers to foot the bill

Why Port Angeles must choose local innovation over outsourcing

How local leaders convince us to vote for higher taxes—and feel good about it

Clallam's broken budget reality