Feeding the kids at home is beyond the reach of some Moms and Dads, so public schools serve free and reduced price breakfast and lunch.
In the summer, a federally funded Summer Food Service Program kicks in.
July 29, 2019 The Seattle Times
Free meals for Washington kids who need them when school is out — but everyone is invited
Tax money- which some people intend to be used to help others via public assistance programs– also goes for failed wars that never end.
Helping others by donating to churches or private charities, food banks, etc. can avoid these conflicts.
Donors are free to opt out if a charity misbehaves.
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Suspicionless checkpoints- away from border crossings and ports of entry:
July 29, 2019 The Dallas Morning News
Congressman asks Border Patrol chief to clarify testimony about U.S. citizen held for weeks
“Falfurrias, Texas, Border Patrol Checkpoint, a distance of more than 25 miles from the United States border with Mexico…”
Jul 27, 2019 The Oakland Press
ICE releases US citizen, 18, wrongfully detained near border
“The Border Patrol apprehends people entering the U.S. illegally, both directly at the U.S.-Mexico border and with its series of highway checkpoints miles from the border.”
Locking up US citizens who are moving about away from border crossings and ports of entry while bad guys move product into Hometown, USA.
US Troops at the border, El Chapo takedown, opioid lawsuits, REAL ID, Homeland Security grant money, CBP social media posts, strict post 911 security protocols and a $40.6 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security fail to keep meth out of the USA:
July 29th, 2019 Spokane Public Radio
Seizures Of Methamphetamine Are Surging In The U.S.
July 28, 2019 The Seattle Times
Afraid of enabling drug use, Washington cities push back against needle exchanges
Port Angeles biohazard in the garage update:
“Four or five times a week, Patty Pastore, 70, and her team of volunteers scour Port Angeles’ 40 blocks, six creeks and half dozen parks for every needle they can find.”
“They’ve picked up almost 700 this year, and Pastore is having trouble getting rid of them. She has nearly a thousand in her garage, in coffee cans and salsa containers. She can take them to the regional transfer station, but they have to be in soda bottles for the safety of sanitation workers, and she doesn’t drink enough soda to hold all the needles.”
Maybe someday, the press will go and find out if Port Angeles CBP staffing and infrastructure is at all relevant in keeping heroin and meth from entering Port Angeles, Clallam County, the Olympic Peninsula, or the Puget Sound area.
US Border Patrol, Port Angeles, WA
An upgrade in staff requiring a new, $11.9 million, 50 agent facility. Secret arrest statistics, denied FOIA requests, heroin and meth in the community, no cross-border USBP arrest in more than 9 years, fraudulent overtime claims, 1,200-horsepower interceptor boats and zero questions from the press.
Are fraudulent overtime claims still the norm at Port Angeles?
Border Patrol whistleblower pays price for refusing overtime pay
Possibly of interest-
Newspeople play the role of federal public affairs personnel during Operation Macho Swagger– a ride-along to let us know what is being done to keep the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca safe from B.C. incursions: Operation Macho Swagger & Port Angeles Heroin
Local meth news stories here.
Local heroin news stories here.
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for risking your ass in Iraq & Afghanistan- working to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things.
Don’t worry- The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
If you run a government operation- these are the reporters you want to see on interview day:
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Cross-Border Maritime Traffic – Newspeople Remain Silent
Does hometown pride get in the way of newspeople asking questions?
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