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Washington State Community Outrage at Inslee and his Violent Sex Predator Release Scheme – Fox News

The nation is beginning to learn about the horrific polices of Governor Inslee and AG Bob Ferguson along with the Washington State Democratic Party coordinating to release the most violent sex predators into random communities throughout the state with minimal security, no warning, and no concern for the consequences.

Last Wednesday, I was invited by Fox & Friends to discuss Washington State Governor Inslee and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson‘s insane Violent Sex Predator release scheme. This is an unfolding scandal that only gets worse the more we learn about it. I wanted to point out that most normal people are horrified by the decision process, the implementation, the carelessness and the heartlessness of those who are pushing policies like this in Washington State and elsewhere. See this Fox news interview here:

Washington residents outraged over proposal to release sex offenders into community | Fox News Video

Additionally, we produced our 5th video in this series uncovering some of the more absurd elements of this fiasco as we uncover more information via whistleblowers, internal contracts, records requests, and emails. I’ve linked that most recent video below:

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This video was originally posted on February 15, 2023:

Nothing about this story gets better, the deeper we dig…

As we’ve stated before, nothing about this scandal is getting better the more we dig up what they want to hide from the public. The incompetence, the insider grifting operations, the lack of oversight, the total lack of concern for the victims (past and future), the arrogance directed at the peons and peasants in the community who, it appears the Democrat party officials just expect to take the pain, pay the price and shut up about it. Nothing about this story gets better, and it appears likely to get far, far worse the more we are able to dig up.

As we’ve stated before, there are good people who work in the Washington State Department of Corrections and other related state agencies. They just don’t put the good people in charge. It appears they are promoting and advancing the worst people they can find in these agencies and the leadership of these agencies are apparently willing to do anything, no matter how absurd, harmful, and destructive – providing Governor Inslee, AG Ferguson, and the Democrat controlled legislature tell them to do it and are willing to provide political and media cover for their actions.

Worse than all this, however, is the fact that they have willing accomplices in the traditional media who refuse to report on this story (and others), and they also appear determined to cover it up as best they can. We will continue to release what we discover and expose the truth – regardless of how much the political insiders continue to try to cover it up.

Additional Videos we have released on this subject:

Video #1 on this subject released January 18, 2023:

Video #2 – Released January 24, 2023:

Video #3 – Released February 2, 2023:

Video #4 – Released February 9, 2023:

Various Images and Memes worth sharing about this topic:

Activism can take many forms – here is a local neighbor standing in front of Violent Sex Predator house in Thurston County
Maybe a little…

OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

Fox News and Friends – Interview with Glen Morgan – February 15, 2023

Enumclaw Residents Outraged over group home for violent sex predators

State pays over $1million/year, per house to drop violent sex predators in neighborhoods near you

DSHS contract with Supreme Living to pay $1million+ for housing 5 Violent Sex Predators at their Tenino/South Thurston County house – includes fee schedule

Q13 – Fox News – “Disgusted by the Dishonesty: Tenino residents rally to stop facility from housing sex offenders”

Q13 – Fox News – “‘End SVP releases into our communities’: residents push for new legislation regarding sex offender housing”

Rebel News – “Gov. Inslee to Release Nation’s Most Violent Sex Offenders into small town Communities”

Thurston County Health Department Letter to Supreme Living – January 24, 2023 – stopping (temporarily) the Violent sex Offender home release program.

Direct link to local Facebook Group organized in Thurston County opposing this Violent Sex Offender release scheme

“Supreme Living” for profit company official website

YouTube Channel hosting videos of Supreme Living Angela Rinaldo speaking to local citizens about the Violent Sexual Predator release site she planned to launch in their community – January 11, 2023

State Government Staff claim “gun free zone” school not “safe” for Tenino meeting, but releasing violent sex predators into neighborhood is fine

History of McNeil Island (historical society)

2021 Senate Bill 5163, which launched this absurd program

Washington State Department of Health and Human Services

Washington State Governor Inslee official website

Washington State Attorney General official website

Washington State Executive Ethics Board

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission

Washington State Legislative Ethics Board

Video about Governor Inslee being sanctioned by the PDC for breaking the law

Batch one – 692 pages of DOC/DSHS emails – mostly concerning Supreme Living facility in Tenino

2012 – McNeil Island Report (funded by WA State Legislature) Long Range Planning (Berk)

2011 – SB 5871 – Senate Bill Report – (this was a report on the legislation to fund the 2012 long range planning report on McNeil Island)

2011 – SB 5871 – Original Bill Draft

Rewarding Extortion of Govt Staff for Campaign Cash – PDC helps Assessor Steven Drew

Nobody ever said working for local government wouldn't have some pitfalls.

Steven Drew

A recent decision by Washington’s Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) has rewarded Thurston County Assessor Steven Drew for getting caught extorting staff who work for him for his own personal campaign contributions.  This is the second time Mr. Drew has been caught and formally exposed for this practice, and while it may be illegal (See RCW 42.17A.565), clearly there is minimal downside for politicians who seek to violate the law in this manner moving forward.  It is unfortunate this has become Washington State’s campaign finance policy today, but few really believe the law is fair or consistent in its application anyway.  Proof like this case is helpful.

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I will always owe Assessor Steven Drew a personal debt of gratitude I can never repay, and I often thank God that Drew won the highly contested 2010 campaign for the most exciting position in local government  – the Thurston County Assessor’s office.  Had I known what I was doing back when I ran that campaign and picked up a few more points, I would be in that office instead.  I would not have experienced the joys of writing, producing videos, and exposing the truth about Washington State’s government today.   For this fact alone, I owe Steven Drew an eternal lifetime of gratitude. 

Steven Drew – A history of breaking the law

Steven Drew gets wacky around campaign season

However, while that election may have been a blessing for me, Steven Drew’s ascension to the office of Thurston County Assessor has not been so good for the staff who work there.  A common complaint from employees who have been unfortunate enough to be employed there over the past 12 years or so has been the fact that Steven Drew repeatedly has extorted them for campaign contributions.  Even in Washington State, this practice is illegal (See RCW 42.17A.565).  Yet, despite the legal prohibition on this practice, Steven Drew can’t help himself, and he continues to make this a habit.

In fact, twice, he has been exposed, caught and fined for the exact same violation.  In 2012, Steven Drew was fined $300 for browbeating his employees into making contributions to Thurston County Commissioner Sandra Romero and Karen Valenzuela’s reelection campaigns (See PDC Enforcement Case #13-014 linked here).  Both of these historic Commissioners and Steven Drew are proud members of the Thurston County Democratic Party.  In that case, just a few years after he was elected to the Thurston County Assessor’s office, Drew was so obnoxious in his browbeating of staff, the employees filed official complaints with the Human Resources Department.   It was the Head of Thurston County Human Resources who filed the original PDC campaign finance complaint against Drew.  At the time, Drew pretended it was a rookie mistake, and the Olympian (which back then, actually had a newspaper office) helped promote his story, as did the Seattle Times (linked here).

Unfortunately, that experience apparently only emboldened Drew, and he continued to pressure staff who worked for him to contribute to future political campaigns – mostly his own.  Once again, Steven Drew was caught breaking the law (thanks to a complaint I filed with the PDC (linked here), which was clearly based on staff complaints).  Drew was forced to both refund some of these “contributions,” and he also formally signed a Statement of Understanding (linked here) admitting guilt and paying an even lower nominal fine than he paid the first time he was caught.  In most cases, the PDC is supposed to escalate the fines for repeat offenders, but that policy has been abandoned, and now they reduce it each time.  Here is where the focus of this story changes from the bad actor Steven Drew – caught twice with his hands in the proverbial cookie jar, and the Public Disclosure Commission and the job they have theoretically been tasked on behalf of the people of our great state.

The Problem is not petty lawbreakers like Steven Drew – the PDC can do better

There will always be bad actors in the political campaign process.  Always.  This is just reality.  There is too much money, power, prestige, and narcissistic ego to avoid those who are willing to break the law. This is because to most of them, the ends (their quest for power) always justify the means (even cheating when you can get away with it).   The human capacity for self-justification is endless.  However, this very fact is why the people of Washington State created the Public Disclosure Commission via the initiative process in 1972 in the first place.  The whole point was to create some type of oversight to ensure the cheating, dishonesty, and campaign finance corruption be kept to a dull roar rather than an open mockery of the system.   One key way this goal is achieved is by adequately punishing those who are caught repeatedly breaking the law. 

In this case, I really don’t blame Steven Drew for the laughable reward of the $150 fine.  The guy obviously can’t help himself and his view of staff as potential campaign donors he can threaten and extort at will is just the way he views the world.  He isn’t alone in this attitude.  You can’t ask a dog to change his spots, but you can train him not to pee in the house, and the PDC staff and Public Disclosure Commission should at least be a little more serious about how they view their mission in overt cases like this.

My original critique with how the state was imposing absurd fines for minor violations back in 2016-2018 had to do more with how the state was selectively prosecuting certain cases (particularly the abuse of the AG’s office).  We saw $5 million fines to Tim Eyman (the tax-reducing initiative guy) for example while totally ignoring Ferguson’s political contributors (or a wrist slap fine if the narrative required) when they break the same law.  I also felt some of the campaign finance laws were poorly written and interpreted in such a way as to ensure nobody could comply, which was particularly harsh for new people getting involved in politics.  Political insiders always got the free pass. I proved this by filing hundreds of complaints that resulted in fines, sanctions, AG lawsuits, and other drama (see here) some of the issues which concerned me were fixed when the state passed the Stop Glen Morgan bill in 2018 (see here).   

However, there are still basic norms of human decency and some violations are more serious than others.  If someone misses a date in the filing of their C4 – ok, the PDC can fine them a nominal amount, like a parking ticket.  The PDC does this every year for late F1 (Financial Affairs Statements).  Maybe they will do better next time, and if they don’t – normally the fines start to grow.  But, when someone goes out of their way on multiple occasions to extort cash from employees who work for him and then the PDC keeps giving him decreasing fines, far less than the amount he is extorting in the first place -this has the practical effect of encouraging more of this type of behavior.  Not just for Steven Drew, after all, he is a small, backwater politician in Thurston County.  No, the real problem is the message this failure sends to thousands of other local government officials who will learn that they can do the same thing and pretty much get away with it.  How miserable will this make life for the employees of local government? 

The Consequences of the PDC’s Drew Loophole

Do any staff or anyone else at the Public Disclosure Commission even think these consequences through?  There are inevitable even if unintended consequences to actions like this one, and the results can be far messier than any fit of rage a backbench local politico player might have in Thurston County.  There are always consequences when it becomes clear crime pays well.  We see this every day with the local drug camps.  That, unfortunately, is the message now broadcast by the PDC with this micro, wrist slap penalty for Steven Drew last month.

The sure way to get a promotion in Thurston County

There are always unintended consequences when engaging in exposing bad behavior by local elected officials.  I understand this, and it can moderate your behavior when you understand these consequences.  For example, staff at the Thurston County Assessor’s office have often mocked Assessor Steven Drew for so rarely being in the office.  By one measurement, the number of times he logged into his computer for example, it appears that he was only there 17 days over a two-year period.  I mean, this is what you get when you only pay him $130,000 per year.  You can’t really expect the guy to show up at the office, can you?  However, drawing too much attention to this fact potentially triggers the risk of actually encouraging Drew to be in the office more frequently.  Staff universally stated over the past decade that Drew was so miserable and mean to them when he was in the office they actually preferred if he was not there.  These can be the unintended consequences of exposing the truth

So, if you are a local government employee – anywhere in Washington State, and you find yourself getting the squeeze from your local elected politician trying to encourage you to write them a check or “there might be consequences” to your career, etc – let me know.  I’m sorry you are experiencing that type of behavior, but we can still expose it wherever it might be happening.  Please document those cases, provide as much evidence as you can find, and pass that information to me.  As I’ve amply demonstrated already (see here), I’m clearly willing to call out that type of illegal activity.  I’ll continue to do so, even if the people we put in charge of this process don’t appear willing to do the same. 

For some reason, someone sent me this “campaign” ad for Steven Drew last year. I’m not sure it would really work, but it illustrates the missing dates the staff complained about.

OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

Public Disclosure Commission Case File #112911Steven Drew (complaint by Glen Morgan)

Original Complaint filed by Glen Morgan against Steven Drew

Final Statement of Understanding signed by Steven Drew – January 17, 2023 – $150 fine

Public Disclosure Commission Case File #13-014 – Steven Drew (complaint by Thurston County HR Director)

A current list of over 200 politicians, PACs, judges, etc who I have caught breaking the law and who were either fined or received formal sanction from the AG, PDC, or Ethics Board

RCW 42.17A.565 – “Solicitations of contributions by public officials or employees”

Governor Jay Inslee signed “Stop Glen Morgan” campaign finance bill, but will it change anything?

Adventures in Political Accountability and Campaign Finance Enforcement in Washington State

The Scorched Wasteland of Washington’s Campaign Finance Laws

October 2022 – Ethics Complaint against Inslee and 11 Senators and Legislators

Washington State Executive Ethics Board

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission

Washington State Legislative Ethics Board

Video about Governor Inslee being sanctioned by the PDC for breaking the law

RCW 42.52.180 – “Use of Public Resources for Political Campaigns”

WAC 292-110-010 – “Use of State Resources”

RCW 42.17A.555 – “Use of public office or agency facilities in campaigns”

Inslee’s Violent Sex Predator Release Project: Internal Emails Expose Staff Concerns

As we collect more emails and dig deeper into Washington State Governor Jay Inslee's Violent Sex Predator Release Project, the emails reveal many problems

As many people collect records from either public records requests obtained through RCW 42.56 or from whistleblowers inside various state agencies or private contractors who are horrified and shocked at what they know, nothing about this situation gets any better.  At no point in this process have we found any indication the past victims or the almost certain future victims of these Violent Sex Predators merit more than a passing mention, let alone a real concern to the people involved in this release scheme.

Background on Inslee’s Violent Sex Predator Release Project

A quick background for new viewers – we’ve produced a handful of videos and articles linked here, here, here, here, and here which will provide you more detailed context. 

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However, this expanding story essentially began when the Washington State legislature, in the middle of the Covid lockdown legislative session (public fenced out of the Olympia capitol campus with national guard troops and police threatening to arrest anyone who wanted to see their legislators).  Keep in mind, many people were dealing with the chaos of Washington State Governor Inslee’s randomly changing lockdown orders and random purges of the state workforce if state employees wouldn’t take the experimental shot and booster craze.  In this middle of this chaos, four Democrat State Senators sponsored a bill SB5163 (linked here), which essentially accelerated the release of Violent Sex Predators from where they were currently locked up on McNeil Island (nicknamed Pedophile Island) in the middle of Puget Sound into unsecured homes in our neighborhoods. Attorney General Bob Ferguson justified and supported this legislation and Governor Jay Inslee enthusiastically signed it.

Angela Rinaldo, Supreme Living

The intention of this bill was to take the most violent, mentally deranged sex predators ever caught in Washington State history and start randomly releasing them into various homes located in neighborhoods throughout Washington State (also called Less Restrictive Alternatives or “LRA” for short).  This story essentially became wider known because some effective local activists and neighbors of one of these homes located between the City of Tenino and the City of Tumwater in south Thurston County started to expose the truth and drew attention to the problem.

Their efforts in coordination with two of the three local Thurston County Commissioners and the Thurston County Sheriff’s office led to the Thurston County Health Department issuing a notice that the home could not be used for this purpose due to a failure to properly upgrade the house septic, water, and kitchen facilities to a commercial grade.  This was the second temporary delay caused by local neighbors digging into this fiasco, and essentially their initial concerns about lack of honesty, lack of transparency, and lack of security for this site have been amply justified when records have been received about this Tenino location.

On top of all this drama, the private for-profit vendor who was planning to dump these violent sex predators into this inadequate facility is named “Supreme Living, LLC” and is run by a former DSHS employee named Angela Rinaldo.  The deeper we dig into Supreme Living and Angela Rinaldo’s background, the more concerned we have become, and local residents are furious and disgusted that this type of avoidable fiasco is unfolding in their neighborhood.  This of course raises more questions.

This is the 4th video in this series that I have released on this subject, and this mainly focuses on the fact the Dept. of Corrections employees who interacted with Angela Rinaldo were not happy with her arrogant attitude, dismissive concern over security, and clear lack of knowledge about how to safely run a facility like this.   Here was the video we released on February 9, 2023:

Quotes from Emails showing concern over Supreme Living Violent Sex Predator site

Here is a direct link to the 692 pages in this records request that I referenced (see here).  They are also linked along with a variety of other relevant documents and sites at the end of this article.  The three quotes I provided in the above video can be found in the records linked above and at the end of this article, but I will quote them now for easier reference:

Quote #1 – Email dated June 9, 2022 from Washington State Dept. of Corrections employee Jessica Bullock, a Corrections Specialist in the Civil Commitment Program – (this is page5 of the above linked email dump):

“I would like to pass along some concerns regarding what has been going on with this. Throughout this investigation I have received various things implying that this placement was fully determined and agreed upon prior to DOC receiving the investigation. There have been emails, as the one below, detailing everyone being on board with releasing Mr. Marshall without the investigation being completed…. Where this is coming from…. I’m not sure. There seems to be an attempt at trying to prove SCC can take on the discharge planning, but what is showing problematic, to include the confrontational interaction the housing provider had with me when she first met, is that it provides a false sense of “everyone is in agreement/onboard” with the housing plan. DOC doesn’t have an opinion at this time.”

Quote #2 – Taken from Site Review of proposed Tenino location for Violent Sex Predator release program run by Angela Rinaldo, of “Supreme Living” sent to the court on December 13, 2021, again by DOC Corrections Specialist Jessica Bullock (this is from page51 of the above linked email dump):

“The Court should be aware that while communicating with Angela Rinaldo I explained the purpose of my questions. During the initial conversation there appeared to be a level of aggressive engagement from Angela Rinaldo based upon the questions. DOC needed to clarify her level of understanding about RCW 71.09 due to some of the answers she provided which highlighted a potential lack of understanding. We were specifically discussing her understanding of security and chaperoning residents in the community. She stated that in the future staff would potentially take residents to outings as a group where the ratio would not be 1 to 1. During the discussion when trying to gain clarity of whether she was under the impression she could use the same models from the Western State Hospital side she made statements such as “we created a lot of programs and I appreciate the lecture but have a master’s degree, I know what I’m talking about.” Since then, these issues appear to have changed, but were somewhat concerning as it brings into question her future cooperation with DOC.”

Clearly, the neighbors and local residents of Thurston County are not alone in their concern that Angela Rinaldo of Supreme Living, LLC is not prepared to properly run a facility like this.  The same arrogance and breezy lack of concern about the victims of these Violent Sex Predators that she planned to dump in the Tenino facility was also on display when meeting with DOC employees.  This arrogance was put on display when the Thurston County Commissioners forced her to put on a minimal “public meet and greet” in Tenino last month (see video channel here which recorded some of this event). 

In our next article and video we will dig deeper into Supreme Living, LLC and Angela Rinaldo and better understand the problems this organization and person is introducing into our community and how they appear to be failing in their duty to protect the people who live in our communities.  Angela Rinaldo is not alone in these failures, but she is worth discussing as an example of what appears to be a widespread failure across the state with this program and the strange desire by the political leadership of Washington State to make this problem worse for everyone who lives here. 

We will also explore the other locations, the current failure at every level of government to properly supervise almost every aspect of this program and the total lack of concern for past victims of violent sexual crimes in our state and the fumbling rush to produce and encourage as many future victims as possible in the most expensive way they can.

We have often described government as a mountain of corruption concealed by an ocean of incompetence, and this story seems to be following the same pattern that we find elsewhere when we start to dig deep.

Additional Videos we have released on this subject

Video #1 on this subject released January 18, 2023:

Video #2 – Released January 24, 2023:

Video #3 – Released February 2, 2023:


OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

State pays over $1million/year, per house to drop violent sex predators in neighborhoods near you

DSHS contract with Supreme Living to pay $1million+ for housing 5 Violent Sex Predators at their Tenino/South Thurston County house – includes fee schedule

Q13 – Fox News – “Disgusted by the Dishonesty: Tenino residents rally to stop facility from housing sex offenders”

Q13 – Fox News – “‘End SVP releases into our communities’: residents push for new legislation regarding sex offender housing”

Rebel News – “Gov. Inslee to Release Nation’s Most Violent Sex Offenders into small town Communities”

Thurston County Health Department Letter to Supreme Living – January 24, 2023 – stopping (temporarily) the Violent sex Offender home release program.

Direct link to local Facebook Group organized in Thurston County opposing this Violent Sex Offender release scheme

“Supreme Living” for profit company official website

YouTube Channel hosting videos of Supreme Living Angela Rinaldo speaking to local citizens about the Violent Sexual Predator release site she planned to launch in their community – January 11, 2023

State Government Staff claim “gun free zone” school not “safe” for Tenino meeting, but releasing violent sex predators into neighborhood is fine

History of McNeil Island (historical society)

2021 Senate Bill 5163, which launched this absurd program

Washington State Department of Health and Human Services

Washington State Governor Inslee official website

Washington State Attorney General official website

Washington State Executive Ethics Board

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission

Washington State Legislative Ethics Board

Video about Governor Inslee being sanctioned by the PDC for breaking the law

Batch one – 692 pages of DOC/DSHS emails – mostly concerning Supreme Living facility in Tenino

2012 – McNeil Island Report (funded by WA State Legislature) Long Range Planning (Berk)

2011 – SB 5871 – Senate Bill Report – (this was a report on the legislation to fund the 2012 long range planning report on McNeil Island)

2011 – SB 5871 – Original Bill Draft

If Mexican Drug Cartels ran Seattle, would the city’s public policies be any different?

If Mexican Drug Cartels ran the City of Seatle would the public polices they implement be any different? Tell me where I'm wrong...

Most observers who have watched the City of Seattle self-immolate with absurd public policies, exploding crime, drug addiction, virtue-signaling, and other destructive politically-imposed plans often wonder how is it possible for serious public officials to be so self-destructive. Or, to be clear, while these elected officials and bureaucrats may be ensuring their personal career path is protected, they certainly have far less concern for the damage they are inflicting on their community.

The total lack of concern by the local elected officials for the clear and obvious damage they are doing to their community, and their same lack of seriousness when it comes to solving local problems has created a wide variety of theories by Washington State residents who believe it is impossible to be THIS incompetent and fail so consistently. It isn’t possible to find people who are SO crazy, SO useless, and who SO CONSISTENTLY fail to help their community. I mean, even if they just randomly picked decisions out of a hat every day, at least SOMETIMES they would do SOMETHING that helps. Right?

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Is it possible for the City Council in Seattle to make things worse than they already are striving to do? Would things be worse if the City of Seattle was controlled by Mexican Drug Cartels, for example? In fact, are the policies implemented, cheered, and funded today in the City of Seattle be any different if the city were openly (or quietly) run by International Drug Cartels? We explore that question in this video:

Who really runs the City of Seattle and could you distinguish the policy difference between Drug Cartels and the current City Council?
Maybe a little…

OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

If Seattle’s Tourism Bureau was honest (Video)

Seattle’s Decay (Video)

Ride Seattle’s Public Transit! Where only the suckers pay the fare (video)

Seattle is Dying (Video)

Fight for the Soul of Seattle (Video)

City of Seattle – Official Website

Are YOU a Domestic Violent Extremist? According to AG Bob Ferguson – probably.

Bob Ferguson had decided many of us are now Domestic Violent Extremists and he needs to silence us, censor us, and punish us for Wrongthink. This is his first step.

Sometimes we are blessed with the opportunity to see the truth clearly without any need to speculate. For example, sometimes the authoritarians in our midst come out the closet and they out themselves for the world to see. While they may have always enjoyed arrogant, authoritarian ideas, they usually pretend they care about freedom, liberty, and our state and federal constitutions when they are in the public view. But, sometimes they feel like they can let their masks drop and show us their true feelings.

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Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson has recently done that with his pet public policy project – codified in HB1333. Ferguson clearly wants to create his personal Ministry of Truth, which he calls the Domestic Violent Extremist Commission as proposed in this bill.

The real question, of course, is exactly who does Bob Ferguson believe a “Domestic Violent Extremist” is? Who fits this category in his fevered dreams? In the following video, I expose who a Domestic Violent Extremist appears to be at this point in political time, but of course, just like the definition of a woman, be warned – these definitions can change without warning or attachment to reality:

And, as always, if you want a few memes you can share with others, feel free to use these or change them yourself. You have our permission to share widely:


OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson official website

Original draft of HB1333

(In Case they memory hole this embarrassment, I’ve copied it also here for you download)

Official Legislature page (2023) for tracking progress of HB1333

Our First Video on this “Stop Washington AG Bob Ferguson’s Orwellian plan. Let’s make Orwell fiction again”

HB1333 – “An Obscene Gesture to our Constitution”

HB1333 – “The bill that creates Washington’s Ministry of Truth”

Stop the Creation of the Disinformation Ministry

Free Speech and Conscience Rights under attack in WA State with HB1333

Federal Version from last year:

RealClearPolitics – “Biden’s Ministry of Truth”

The Hill – “Biden’s Ministry of Truth”

Washington Times – “Disinformation Governance Board – Biden’s Ministry of Truth”

Biden’s Minnistry of Truth on Pause

Worse than we thought – Inslee’s Violent Sex Predator release program

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee's Violent Sex Predator release program is worse than we thought

As we continue to dig into Washington State Governor Inslee’s Violent Sex Predator release program from the McNeil Island facility, the data, emails, contracts, and source information isn’t making anyone feel better about this scheme. It only seems to be getting worse. We have been told that 86 Violent Sex Predators have been released so far (it isn’t clear that all of these are from McNeil Island, and we haven’t verified this number other than a claim made by some senior government leadership). Despite all evidence to the contrary, DSHS and DOC are both claiming now that McNeil is not planned to be shut down (We will get into this in more detail in the near future).

It also appears we may be getting close to identifying all the locations for the proposed new Violent Sex Predator release site. However, as much as it gets worse the deeper and closer you look, it doesn’t do us any good to look away or pretend this isn’t happening.

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This is the 3rd video in this series I released a few days ago on February 2, 2023:

We should have more information coming shortly as we process records requests and insider information. Stay tuned for those.


OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

State pays over $1million/year, per house to drop violent sex predators in neighborhoods near you

DSHS contract with Supreme Living to pay $1million+ for housing 5 Violent Sex Predators at their Tenino/South Thurston County house – includes fee schedule

Q13 – Fox News – “Disgusted by the Dishonesty: Tenino residents rally to stop facility from housing sex offenders”

Rebel News – “Gov. Inslee to Release Nation’s Most Violent Sex Offenders into small town Communities”

Thurston County Health Department Letter to Supreme Living – January 24, 2023 – stopping (temporarily) the Violent sex Offender home release program.

Direct link to local Facebook Group organized in Thurston County opposing this Violent Sex Offender release scheme

“Supreme Living” for profit company official website

History of McNeil Island (historical society)

2021 Senate Bill 5163, which launched this absurd program

Washington State Department of Health and Human Services

Washington State Governor Inslee official website

Washington State Attorney General official website

Washington State Executive Ethics Board

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission

Washington State Legislative Ethics Board

Video about Governor Inslee being sanctioned by the PDC for breaking the law

Batch one – 692 pages of DOC/DSHS emails – mostly concerning Supreme Living facility in Tenino

2012 – McNeil Island Report (funded by WA State Legislature) Long Range Planning (Berk)

2011 – SB 5871 – Senate Bill Report – (this was a report on the legislation to fund the 2012 long range planning report on McNeil Island)

2011 – SB 5871 – Original Bill Draft

Stop Washington AG Bob Ferguson’s Orwellian Plan – Let’s Make Orwell Fiction Again

Bob Ferguson appears to be attempting to create his own Ministry of Truth inspired by George Orwell's 1984 and a recent similarly stalled Biden administration effort.

Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson appears determined to try to create his own Ministry of Truth to silence and destroy all independent thought, free speech, freedom of expression, independent thought of any kind, and any real or imagined threats to the political orthodoxy which he follows. He is doing this by drafting and endorsing House Bill 1333 in this year’s Washington State legislative session. Sometimes I wonder if these guys are trying to parody themselves, but it does appear he is serious this time.

This recent effort by AG Ferguson and his fellow Extreme Leftie followers in the Washington State Legislature appears to be a watered-down version of a similar Federal Government effort launched by the Biden Administration to national ridicule last year. The Biden crew backed down and put the plan on ice for now, but there were many rumors that the Feds would try to get their minions to do the dirty work at the State level. It looks like Ferguson volunteered for the job in Washington State.

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Here is the video we recently released about this (originally published on YouTube on February 1, 2023):

If you want to read the original bill you can go here. If you want to see what type of goofs sponsored this bill and where it is in the legislature go here. We’ve linked a variety of articles about this dumb idea down at the end of the article along with other helpful source links and background articles.

In the meantime, Ferguson has inspired us to provide some Meme fodder for our social media friends out there. Feel free to copy, paste and fill in your own Memes as you feel inspired. The first one is a blank one, and we’ve attached a few samples below which you are also free to share and post widely.

Please, let’s stop guys like Ferguson so that we can at least try to make Orwell fiction, once again.


OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson official website

Original draft of HB1333

(In Case they memory hole this embarrassment, I’ve copied it also here for you download)

Official Legislature page (2023) for tracking progress of HB1333

HB1333 – “An Obscene Gesture to our Constitution”

HB1333 – “The bill that creates Washington’s Ministry of Truth”

Stop the Creation of the Disinformation Ministry

Free Speech and Conscience Rights under attack in WA State with HB1333

Federal Version from last year:

RealClearPolitics – “Biden’s Ministry of Truth”

The Hill – “Biden’s Ministry of Truth”

Washington Times – “Disinformation Governance Board – Biden’s Ministry of Truth”

Biden’s Minnistry of Truth on Pause

State Government staff claim “gun free zone” school not “safe” for Tenino meeting, but releasing Violent Sex Predators into neighborhood is fine.

Governor Inslee's staff afraid to visit "Gun Free Zone" to visit the public, but believes releasing violent sex predators in neighborhood is perfectly safe.

Inslee refuses to meet future child victims of his Violent Sex Predator neighborhood release scheme. 

South Thurston County residents who have been targeted to involuntarily become neighbors of Violent Sex Predators released into their neighborhood recently discovered that Washington State government administrators do not feel safe meeting them in person.   Despite the fact that newly elected Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders invited them to meet local citizens at Tenino High School – a “Gun Free Zone” under Washington State law with plenty of Tenino Police and Thurston County Deputies in attendance, these government bureaucrats decided they felt “unsafe” because of purported nebulous “threats.”  No proof of any “threats” have been provided, but these bureaucrats did write a letter (see below) to Sheriff Sanders indicating that these government agencies would be willing to do a distant remote “zoom” broadcast without the scary experience of meeting the peasants and deplorables of south Thurston County.

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Yeah, Inslee’s bureaucrats don’t believe this will protect them either.

Hundreds of local residents attended the meeting without the responsible state employees on Sunday, and local residents were not happy about the arrogant brush off by the bureaucrats who seem to revel in the harm they inflict on the people who live here, and who certainly don’t want public input about it.

Recently, when questioned by traditional media about his Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood Release program in Tenino, Washington State Governor Inslee claimed he was a “Tenino Boy” and that nobody understood his program.  Yet, the Governor won’t visit Tenino without a full team of armed Washington State Patrol officers.  Last Thursday when local parents (many from Tenino – Inslee’s “home town”) came to Inslee’s office in the Capitol, Inslee refused to meet them or the future child victims of his violent sex predator release program before they become victims of those same predators.  It is hard to understand how Inslee and his bureaucrats believe they are doing anything good here, but the Governor and these bureaucrats don’t appear to care. 

In 2021 Inslee signed the Democrat sponsored bill SB 5316 (linked here).  That is his signature.  The vote happened, even if it was during the shady Covid lockdown legislature behind fences locking the people away, and it seems very few noticed this policy fiasco.  If the Democrats thought this was such a safe program, then why did they exempt everyone involved from civil liability? (see page 19, lines 1-8).   Great question, but nobody in Inslee’s administration will answer it.  If this idea is so awesome, why won’t they locate these Violent Sex Predator release homes next to Inslee’s house on Bainbridge Island?  Or Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s home?  Or Democrat Speaker Laurie Jenkin’s home?   As much as Governor Inslee wants to pretend this is not happening, even he can’t deny he signed and endorsed this Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood Release Scheme.  Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is doing his best to hide behind the Violent Sex Predators he plans to defend after they create more victims as well.  It is possible Ferguson views this as a job security bill for his agency. 

This is a photo from the January 29, 2023 meeting at Tenino High School which DSHS, DOC, and Inslee staff were afraid to attend because of “safety concerns.” Like all schools in Washington State, this is a “gun free” zone, but the same bureaucrats believe it is perfectly safe to dump the most Violent Sex Predators in the state in your neighborhood.

Secondly, when local residents became understandably upset about exposing their young children and women to Violent Sex Predators, the entire program was cloaked in secrecy and dishonesty.  The for-profit vendors (in every instance we have uncovered so far) always lie to the sellers of the homes they purchased and they always lie to the neighbors about how they plan to use the home.  The lies range from claims they will use the homes for housing “foster kids” (Supreme Living – Tenino), or an “Assisted Living Facility” (Pierce/King County).  Additionally, these for-profit groups always keep the intended use secret from local law enforcement and elected officials until after they start to import the Violent Sex Offenders from the secure lockup at McNeil Island.  If this program was so great, why does every site and vendor lie about the property use?  Why do they keep it secret from local elected officials and law enforcement?  Why do they always use out of county judges to approve the Violent Sex Predators they plan to dump on the community?  Good questions, which nobody in charge wants to answer.

Saving money by spending twice as much – the Logic of Inslee.

Finally, even Governor Inslee can no longer pretend the state isn’t paying absurd and ridiculous fees (bribes?) to inadequately “house” and launch these Violent Sex Predators into the neighborhood.  For an example of these types of contracts see this current contract linked here.  You will see that the minimum monthly payment is $38,513.50 per month to house one of these predators in your house (for those who survived Washington State Common Core math education this equals $462,162 from the state in a year just for one Predator).   For some time, the state has been eager to empty the McNeil Island secure lock up facility which is housing about 214 Violent Sexual Predators using the excuse that it is “too expensive.”  Frequently the state has claimed that it costs around $200,000 to house them on the island.  So, in order to “save money,” the state plans to spend twice as much per Violent Sex Predator to drop them all around the state into neighborhoods filled with convenient future victims.  Apparently to Inslee, this makes sense, and the Democratic Party believes spending twice as much “saves money.” (Some have argued this logic is partly a result of Washington’s awesome public education system).

Those who believe it isn’t possible for the Inslee administration to be this incompetent and foolish have a few theories that might support Inslee’s “saving money” claims.  First, they theorize that the Inslee administration knows these predators will reoffend and they expect that when they are caught, convicted (again), and go to prison, this will save the state money because it costs far less to house these violent pedophiles and predators in prison.  Secondly, they also theorize that by dropping these violent sex predators into neighborhoods with high rates of firearm ownership, perhaps armed local citizens will defend themselves and their children when attacked, and perhaps by killing some of these predators in the commission of a crime, the state can also reduce its long-term liability in this manner.  Plus, in this second scenario, each shooting incident would provide Governor Inslee and AG Ferguson another excuse to blame “gun violence” and then try to further disarm the citizens of the state. It seems unlikely anyone in the Inslee administration would admit to either of these scenarios as part of their “plan.”

Who cares about the victims?  Nobody in Inslee’s administration.

Of course, all the political and bureaucrat leaders appear to completely ignore the future children and women victims of these Violent Sex Predators who will be far easier victimized by these predators when released into our neighborhoods compared to living on a secure island with a long, cold swim to get to future victims.  Not one of the supporters of this program express any concern about the future victims they plan to create.  This includes Governor Inslee.  To be fair, one of the reasons for this apparent lack of concern might be the fact that the Democratic Party as a matter of policy appears no longer capable of defining exactly what a woman is any longer (see here).  So, some sympathy with their inability to comprehend the inevitable damage they plan to inflict on our communities might be in order.  Perhaps.  Or, maybe we could just demand they hear the truth.

Inslee and Ferguson have no clothes.  Someone needs to tell them.

Few in local government today appear to have read the classic folktale by Hans Christian Anderson “The Emperors’ New Clothes.”  If you attended Washington State’s awesome public schools recently, and never read the story before, go here.  Almost two hundred years old, this political satire story really is a cautionary tale on the inevitable nature of man in regard to collective denial, groupthink, and the inevitable desire to virtue signal despite reality. 

However, these types of woke edifices tend to collapse when even a child can see and speak the truth.  Eventually, it all comes crashing down.  Governor Inslee and AG Ferguson may not be running around naked in the street just yet, but the policies they champion like this Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood release program clearly deserve the scorn, disgust, and distrust from the public they are earning.  The praise Inslee and Ferguson may receive from the Democratic Party for releasing these predators on society is flimsy and transparent cover for the damage they are inflicting on real people and our otherwise beautiful state.

Not Everyone opposes Governor Inslee’s Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood Release program.
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee loves releasing violent sex predators and believes that it is better to be King than to be Governor

OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

DSHS contract with Supreme Living to pay $1million+ for housing 5 Violent Sex Predators at their Tenino/South Thurston County house – includes fee schedule

Q13 – Fox News – “Disgusted by the Dishonesty: Tenino residents rally to stop facility from housing sex offenders”

The Chronicle – “Inslee comments on Tenino Sex Offender Housing amid community outrage”

Rebel News – “Gov. Inslee to Release Nation’s Most Violent Sex Offenders into small town Communities”

The Post Millennial – “WA Democrats releasing ‘worst of the worst’ inmates from sex offender prison island”

Thurston County Health Department Letter to Supreme Living – January 24, 2023 – stopping (temporarily) the Violent sex Offender home release program.

Direct link to local Facebook Group organized in Thurston County opposing this Violent Sex Offender release scheme

“Supreme Living” for profit company official website

History of McNeil Island (historical society)

2021 Senate Bill 5163, which launched this absurd program

Final Complete Text of SB 5163

Washington State Department of Health and Human Services

Washington State Governor Inslee official website

Washington State Attorney General official website

Washington State Executive Ethics Board

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission

Washington State Legislative Ethics Board

Video about Governor Inslee being sanctioned by the PDC for breaking the law

State pays over $1million/year, per house to drop violent sex predators in neighborhoods

Under Governor Inslee's direction, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services is paying over $1 million per house per year to release Violent Sex Predators into neighborhoods near you

We just received a copy of the first contract for Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood release program.  It is worse than anyone thought.  This contract is from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and a for-profit company named “Supreme Living” run by Angela Rinaldo.  Specifically, this contract is for the house exposed by local activists in South Thurston County – located between the City of Tumwater and the City of Tenino.  The house was a million dollar home purchased last year and Supreme Living planned to stage five Violent Sex Predators next to the families and residents of this community.  A copy of the original contract can be viewed or downloaded here

Some people are obviously happy and supportive of Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood release programs

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Inslee has many fans

As you can see from the attached fee schedule (linked here), the owners of these properties can get $38,513.50 per month per Violent Sex Predator they house in your neighborhood, or up to $107,858.50 monthly for five of them at the same time.  This is big dollars, and was one of the reason Angela Rinaldo, Supreme Living’s representative was so excited about the cash flow she would generate.  This money train also explains why it was not difficult to find investors in her project because it looks like easy money to them even if these guys escape and kill, rape, or molest the kids and women in the neighborhood.  Not surprisingly, none of the investors, politicians who voted for these laws, or the bureaucrats who administer these programs live anywhere near the release site homes.

Many concerned activists from around Washington State are processing more documents and background information collected from either inside sources at various state agencies or from formal records requests submitted to state and local governments in order to better understand this public policy fiasco.  It seems certain that we will have many more updates for you in the near future.

For background on this story, feel free to watch the following two videos we produced over the past few weeks:

However, as we mentioned in our article from a few days ago (linked here), the local activists were able to temporarily stop the Violent Sex Predator house from opening in south Thurston County until after the for profit entity Supreme Living addresses a substantial number of health code violations associated with that house (see Thurston County Health Department Letter to Supreme Living linked here).  Again, while the delay is likely to be substantial, this is merely a temporary delay for this one facility, and it is believed there are dozens of these places in some process of being launched throughout the state.  

It is challenging to find these homes because they are always purchased under false pretenses and the non-profit or for-profit organizations that own the home always lie to the neighbors and sellers about the planned use of the home.  They also conceal the fact they are importing Violent Sex Predators from the secure lock-up facility on McNeil Island from local law enforcement and local government officials until AFTER they have started moving these bad guys into the home. 

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson have much to laugh about right now.

Thurston County Residents try to meet with Governor Inslee.  Inslee hides in a meeting.

Additionally, on Thursday, January 26th, a large number of local Thurston County residents impacted by Inslee’ Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood release program came to the Washington State Capital for a pre-arranged 4:30pm meeting with the Governor.  They filled the Governor’s reception area and spilled into the nearby hallways.  They carried signs in opposition to this scheme, and several attendees were parents who brought their kids with them so that Governor Inslee could personally meet the likely future victims of his Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood Release program.   Inslee was, of course, “unavailable.” 

.January 26, 2023 – rally by Tenino/South Thurston County residents opposed to Jay Inslee’s Violent Sex Predator neighborhood release program in their community rally at State Capitol before marching into his office where Inslee refused to meet with them

Local activists from Thurston County submitted a petition signed by about 2600 local Thurston County residents to Governor Inslee’s office in opposition to his Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood Release program, but there is no confirmation that Governor Inslee either cares or will look at that petition. A recent video was produced by Q13 Fox News about how residents are disgusted by the state’s dishonesty (see here), and other news reports here:

Despite Governor Inslee’s calloused indifference to the people his program will harm, and the silence of Bob Ferguson, Washington State’s Attorney General who also is unconcerned about the victims of the programs he legally defends, the local citizens will not stop their mobilization.  People are waking up. We suspect as more people learn about this and other similar irrational, dangerous public policy schemes, what starts as a trickle can quickly grow to become a river of discontent. 

We will post more information as it becomes available.

Tenino/Thurston County residents outside Governor Jay Inslee’s office wanting to be heard. Briefly they started chanting “We want Jay” before the Governor’s staff asked them to quiet down.
Activism can take many forms – here is a local neighbor standing in front of Violent Sex Predator house in Thurston County

OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

DSHS contract with Supreme Living to pay $1million+ for housing 5 Violent Sex Predators at their Tenino/South Thurston County house – includes fee schedule

Q13 – Fox News – “Disgusted by the Dishonesty: Tenino residents rally to stop facility from housing sex offenders”

Rebel News – “Gov. Inslee to Release Nation’s Most Violent Sex Offenders into small town Communities”

Thurston County Health Department Letter to Supreme Living – January 24, 2023 – stopping (temporarily) the Violent sex Offender home release program.

Direct link to local Facebook Group organized in Thurston County opposing this Violent Sex Offender release scheme

“Supreme Living” for profit company official website

History of McNeil Island (historical society)

2021 Senate Bill 5163, which launched this absurd program

Washington State Department of Health and Human Services

Washington State Governor Inslee official website

Washington State Attorney General official website

Washington State Executive Ethics Board

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission

Washington State Legislative Ethics Board

Video about Governor Inslee being sanctioned by the PDC for breaking the law

Activists stop Gov. Inslee’s Violent Sex Predator release plans in Thurston County

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee's program to release violent sex predators ran into a delay in Thurston County as activists mobilized in opposition

Yesterday, on January 24th, local Thurston County activists with the help of a few local elected officials managed to stop, at least temporarily the Violent Sexual Predator House scheme which was slated to officially start February 1st.    I had just posted a follow-up video providing more details about Governor Inslee’s Violent Sexual Predator neighborhood release program, and the information about the temporary halt to this facility became known after the video was filmed and launched. 

Some people appreciated Inslee’s program

We will explain how the activists motivated Thurston County staff and elected officials to intervene later in this article.

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However, if you want to know more about this truly bizarre and ludicrous public policy fiasco and how we got to such an absurd place, you can watch the video below, which we published on January 24, 2023:

Keep in mind, local neighbors and activists only had a few weeks to prepare for this crazy facility opening and they were obviously concerned about the fact Governor Inslee was emptying the isolated, secure McNeil Island facility of the current 215 or so Violent Sexual Predators and planning to dump them into various neighborhoods and communities all around Washington State. 

If you want to learn more about this scheme, you can also watch this video which we published last week on our YouTube channel:

Neighbors became activists in South Thurston County in opposition to Supreme Living’s Violent Sex Predator home

Neighbors and Friends Get Organized in Thurston County

Activists were essentially working on four basic tasks simultaneously.  First, they were helping to educate the South Thurston County community, particularly the City of Tenino residents and the surrounding rural neighborhoods (full disclosure – as I mentioned in my first video – I live about 13 minutes or so from this proposed Violent Sexual Predator release home).  As part of this effort they used a Facebook group (linked here), testimony at Thurston County Commission Meetings (see here), and also attendance at a bizarre “meet and greet” hosted by the for profit organization, named “Supreme Living,” planning to make bank on this project (see YouTube video channel linked here where the attendees posted video recordings from that event). 

Secondly, local residents and neighbors spent time reaching out the Thurston County Commissioners on this issue.  Thurston County currently has a three member elected commission government structure, but will soon be expanding to a five member elected commission government structure based on a recent vote (see here).  Two of the three commissioners were strongly opposed to the SVP (Sexual Violent Predators) facility being located in Thurston County.  They were Independent Commissioner Gary Edwards (former Thurston County Sheriff for 20 years – see bio linked here), and also Democrat Commissioner Carolina Mejia (see bio linked here).  The third commissioner Democrat Tye Menser was very lukewarm in his assistance – and repeatedly said “they have to live somewhere” when referring to the violent sex predators.  Despite the weakness of Commissioner Menser on this subject, the other two commissioners were able to overrule his resistance, and their help was instrumental in achieving the recent long delay for this project.

Angela Rinaldo (R) was the person in charge of the Tenino Violent Sex Predator house

Thirdly, the activists were meeting with local legislators and state Senators and asking for their assistance.  As I reference in the videos above, the original enabling legislation supported by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and signed by Governor Jay Inslee originated in the Washington State Senate (2021 – SB 5163 – linked here).  There was general recognition that the legislature couldn’t immediately stop this fiasco, but there is some hope that local residents and concerned neighbors can convince the legislature to start drafting legislation to reverse this policy fiasco.  It might take some time, but the time to start pushing back and fixing the problems is now.  There is a general recognition that since the Democrats are in control of both state legislative branches of government – the state senate and the state legislature,  and this political party openly supports the release of violent sex predators in the community, it might take some time to get legislation passed to actually fix the problem they helped create.

Finally, there is a general recognition that this problem (secretly purchasing and locating VSP houses) is occurring – mostly in secret – throughout Washington State, and local activists want to spread the word everywhere about the importance of opposing this public policy disaster, strive to work hard to protect children and women from becoming victims of these Violent Sexual Predators, and expose the corruption and incompetence behind the actual implementation of this flawed policy.   Most of this is exposing the for profit or “non-profit” organizations who appear to be in a gold rush collecting state tax cash to inflict these programs on small communities.

Sunday’s community organized meeting to oppose releasing Violent Sex Predators in the community was popular at Tenino High School.

How the Violent Sex Predator Neighborhood release project was stopped (for now) in Thurston County

Essentially, the Supreme Living Violent Sexual Predator house can’t be used for this purpose until they actually comply with a variety of land use rules, which they attempted to skirt and ignore from the beginning. The official letter sent to this for-profit Violent Sex Offender housing company is linked here, and it is worth the read. However, the reasons for the county to prevent the place from being occupied essentially come down to three primary problems:

AG Bob Ferguson and Governor Inslee are not happy

1. The Septic System for the house was not designed for commercial use. It was permitted for a three-bedroom home, and this has become a 5 Violent Sex Predator Bed facility with full time crew of two unqualified and inadequately trained “minders” who are employed by Supreme Living to “watch” these long-incarcerated guys. The septic system will need to be upgraded and permitted.

2. The Kitchen in the home was originally intended for a family or homeowner. With the change to a commercial operation like this, the kitchen will need to be upgraded to a commercial kitchen, which will require extensive remodeling and the installation of different appliances and inspections.

3. The Water Supply for the home was an exempt well for a residential home and was not intended to be used commercially in this type of public setting. This will also need to be upgraded to a commercial water supply system and will also need to be inspected and permitted.

If you know anything about Thurston County, the Central Planning programs are bureaucratic, inefficient, and hostile at the best of times. For the first time in a few decades, that reputation might actually help someone in Thurston County. Clearing these hurdles will take months or even years if the property owner is lucky and can find some county employees to bribe.

For now, everyone recognizes this is not a permanent solution to the policy problem which faces our state on this crazy issue, but this is a welcome delay to give the opposition to this fiasco more time to organize, educate, and stop this project from rolling out on a bigger scale across the state.

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson along with their allies in the state legislature appear to not really care

We still have a lot more to learn about this program, and I expect to write some more articles about McNeil Island itself – the opportunities that exist there and also to expose the records we expect to receive back from the various state agencies involved in this public project.  However, until then, it is helpful and useful to celebrate the wins as we get them, and this was a win for local activists.  To those who wanted to throw their hands up and surrender because it was a hopeless cause – please remember you can’t always win, but you are far more likely to prevail if you at least try. The future belongs to those who show up.

Activism can take many forms – here is a local neighbor standing in front of Violent Sex Predator house in Thurston County

OUR CONSTITUTION BEGINS WITH THE PHRASE “WE THE PEOPLE.”  IT WAS THE FOUNDERS’ INTENT THAT GOVERNMENT BE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE, TO SERVE THE PEOPLE.  IT WASN’T THEIR INTENTION FOR THE PEOPLE TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT.  IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT GOVERNMENT WHICH FAILED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE “ALTERED OR ABOLISHED.”  UNTIL WE RETURN TO THE FOUNDER’S INTENT, WE REMAIN WE THE GOVERNED

Background articles and reference links:

Thurston County Health Department Letter to Supreme Living – January 24, 2023 – stopping (temporarily) the Violent sex Offender home release program.

Direct link to local Facebook Group organized in Thurston County opposing this Violent Sex Offender release scheme

“Supreme Living” for profit company official website

History of McNeil Island (historical society)

2021 Senate Bill 5163, which launched this absurd program

Washington State Department of Health and Human Services

Washington State Governor Inslee official website

Washington State Attorney General official website

Washington State Executive Ethics Board

Washington State Public Disclosure Commission

Washington State Legislative Ethics Board

Video about Governor Inslee being sanctioned by the PDC for breaking the law

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