Port Angeles City Council to consider more funding for Olympic Peninsula Humane Society
" When you sign a contract, that's your word. That's your honor. Whetham said, I don't see supporting this budget without the humane society's receiving the full amount we had agreed to." ---Peninsula Daily News
Remember, yours truly goes by what is posted in the paper of record. So I based my commentary yesterday on that assumption. But never the less once again here is the question I posed to the city council:
" I read on today's edition of the PDN, that you are reconsidering funding for the Humane Society. I wonder though, if we can fund our furry and feather friends, should we also fund United Way for those low income folks that are struggling?
So, my question is has United Way been left out in the cold? If so, will you reconsider funding United Way?
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Well low and behold a day late and a dollar short I finally gotten an answer to my question from none other than my old pal Lee Whetham! This is the first time ever he wrote to yours truly:
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Mr. Ripley,
Please refer to our recorded Council meetings in the future at Clallam Public Eye on Youtube, this is a great way for everyone to form their own independent opinion about Council actions. As I recall, Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, has the only signed financial agreement with the city of Port Angeles, as answered by staff when this question was brought up during our last taped Council meeting. The city has given financial aid to several groups in the past besides United Way of Clallam County. Currently we are looking at reductions to; Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, Feiro Marine Life Center, United Way of Clallam County & Port Angeles Fine Art Center. Again, to my knowledge, other than our signed agreement with our Humane Society, none of the three other community groups have a signed & negotiated financial agreement with the city of Port Angeles. This negotiation occurred between Police Chief Gallagher and Olympic Peninsula Humane Society representatives.
To answer your question, the city Council is looking at financial contribution reductions to all four agencies, in which only one has a signed funding agreement through the end of 2017. United Way has not been" left out in the cold " on the proposed 2016 Port Angeles city budget, I anticipate that we will again put money aside for this great civic group as we move forward on the budget proposal.
- Thanks, Lee Whetham
Now, I appreciate Whetham's sharing his thoughts on the matter, if United Way is going to be helped along with our furry and feather friends then all is right in the world. Now none of this information wasn't mention in the Peninsula Daily News article posted last Wednesday, so I was hoping I get a quick answer to the question posed before my usual deadline on Friday, I usually do local news stories on Saturday's.
Notes how he pitches for another media outlet in his answer? A little swipe at me folks! But hey! That's fine good to see Lee braving the frontier in the world of social media and bloggers like me.Whetham knows how your truly does things, after all before he was councilman Whetham he too posted remarks about stories posted on the PDN webpage. So I have to hand it to Lee in answering the question yours truly posed. And has long as United Way is included in the reconsideration that's fine too.
From now apparently all my questions should be answered by the Clallam County Public eye. Now I wonder why that is!? Now if the local governments want to refer all media inquiries and public questions to the Clallam Public eye then that pretty much says they rather have the tape meetings speak for them, and so they can hide under their shield of silence. I wonder how the producer of Public Eye feels knowing that her efforts are now being use by some government circles to avoid questioning from guys like me? That would be interesting to find out.
From now apparently all my questions should be answered by the Clallam County Public eye. Now I wonder why that is!? Now if the local governments want to refer all media inquiries and public questions to the Clallam Public eye then that pretty much says they rather have the tape meetings speak for them, and so they can hide under their shield of silence. I wonder how the producer of Public Eye feels knowing that her efforts are now being use by some government circles to avoid questioning from guys like me? That would be interesting to find out.
Guess what I am saying I didn't much appreciate having the Public Eye, rubbed in my eye.
