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Written on Belfair Water District manager fired; court to determine severance :

I would like to know more about the initial exchange between then homeowner with a citizen complaint Pope and Dave "shramie" Tipton. I agree with Ken, it is a good lesson on customer service and human nature for all (not just elected and staff) to remember!

Written on Hit-and-run suspect bites trooper after claiming he has AIDS :

in response to technogeek:

Since someone has actually contracted HIV from a bite I think the odds don't matter to anyone who got infected. To that person it was 100%. I don't care if the odds are low, it's possible, and the guy should be prosecuted for more than just simple assault!

I think you missed the point. Let's recap: hughareu cited some CDC data and concluded that HIV transmission by human bite was a remote risk when blood was present.

I posted an example that would illustrate Mark Twain's saying: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Now from that you may wrongly conclude that I somehow think this biter should get off easy, wrong again. There are many other concerns besides HIV when a bite occurs; Hep-B,Hep-C, herpes simplex virus, syphilis, TB and tetanus to name a few. I think he made a deadly threat and then delivered what a reasonable witness would believe to be a very serious if not fatal disease, the biter is fortunate to be alive.

Good on the WSP for not being trigger/punch happy after all of the mayhem here locally.


in response to hughareu:

Okay all you keyboard counselors, here are the facts.
Since this story is weak on describing the actual events, injuries and actual diagnosis of the assailant, please read this and get back on your daily regimen of anti-psychotics.

Can (a person) become infected with HIV through biting?
Infection with HIV in this way is unusual. There have only been a couple of documented cases of HIV transmission resulting from biting. In these particular cases, severe tissue tearing and damage were reported in addition to the presence of blood.

Can HIV be transmitted through a human bite?
It is very rare, but in specific circumstances HIV can be transmitted by a human bite. In 1997, CDC published findings from a state health department investigation of an incident that suggested blood-to-blood transmission of HIV by a human bite. There have been other rare reports in the medical literature in which HIV appeared to have been transmitted by a human bite. Biting is not a common way of transmitting HIV, in fact, there are numerous reports of bites that did not result in HIV infection. Severe trauma with extensive tissue damage and the presence of blood were reported in each of the instances where transmission was documented or suspected. Bites that do not involve broken skin have no risk for HIV transmission, as intact skin acts as a barrier to HIV transmission.


There is no risk from a bite where the skin is not broken.
There is a remote risk of transmission by human bite. All documented cases where transmission did occur included severe trauma with extensive tissue damage and the presence of blood.

It would be interesting to know how many times an HIV infected person bit another unaffectted person where blood was present and they did/did not contract the virus. Obviously that would be more relevent than say a statistic that weighted a human bite as part of the total numbers of contractions. As an example, if out of 10,000 HIV contractions only 3 were by human bite, but there were only 10 total bites with qualifing conditions, then the risk would be 30%. But if I mix the data with all types of contractions the odds are only .03%.

Written on LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Why I'm voting 'no' on SKFR levy :

Ok, here's a breakdown of some more false arguments:

rob and dahl = mind projection fallacy
dcr = onus probani fallacy
just me (the most clever) = fallacy of many questions

Written on Vote on Manchester Port Commission petition must be held in April :

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Written on South Kitsap Fire and Rescue will ask voters to renew levy :

in response to PennyRobinson:

I moved away from Kitsap County and don't have to be concerned, but if I still lived in SK, I'd be asking Wayne if the taxpaying residents of his fire district could please be informed of any major expensive studies, like the merger study between SK and Bremerton, BEFORE the check to the consultants is written. It was really tacky to find out about the tens of thousands of dollars paid after the fact.

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Written on PDC investigating vehicle complaint against fire commissioner candidate :

The timing of the release for this information is irrelevent. It is clearly a violation that the "perp" could have avoided...quit making excuses for the guilty. Dick West is clearly the right guy for this race!

Written on PDC investigating vehicle complaint against fire commissioner candidate :

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Written on Finally, some differences among Bremerton port contenders :

I've heard both of these guys talk, Shawn gets it, while Axel has to read from crib notes about what he is passionate about, reminds me of a Presidential candidate from Texas!

Written on Port Orchard mayor pitches city manager idea :

Hey fletc3her, you sound like a victim of a landslide election, lick your wounds and if you are such a hot shot, run for office, let's see what you can do...

Written on Part of South Kitsap fire district may merge into North Mason:

should have been done 50 years ago, thanks to the leadership in both districts for responding to this need

Written on School Replacement, Repairs Riding on Central Kitsap's Levy Measure:

in response to w.h.moore#247501:


Not correct, again. The increase for the average CK home valued at $250,000 will be $67.50 per year above the current Capital Projects bond portion of your local school collection.

It is impossible to tell anyone exactly how much this levy will cost any specific taxpayer because the process is based on the annual appraised value of property in the District. The language of the ballot measure sets exactly how much will be collected for each year. When it is time to send out the tax bills, the county divides that amount by the assessed value of all property and then multiplies the result by the value of each property to determine the amount of tax to be paid. That $67.50 is an estimate based on the current valuation of property in the District. It will change by the time our next tax bill comes.

Please explain the math: 58 million over five years is, 11.6 million each year, say the value of cksd is 7 billion, that would require a rate of about 1.65/per 1000 of AV. A home worth 300,000 would pay about 5 grand a year or 400 more a month...why are our numbers so different?


so what is that to a homeowner of say a 300,000 dollar home? $500 more a year for five years?

Written on Kilmer, Others Propose Bill to Cut State Elected Officials' Salaries:

Truth is, this is about leadership, demonstrate the correct fools who choose to only see through your partisan goggles ARE the problem, not dems or gop! Kilmer will continue to soar, but my guess is he slides in behind Dicks.

Written on OUR VIEW | For Congress, Vote Patty Murray, Norm Dicks ... and James Watkins:

in response to jodaddy:

"Due to what has happened and what I anticipate with the US economy we will have to adopt single payer health insurance."

Hasn't that been the plan all along?

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Written on Killer Olympic Park Goat Examined for Disease:

When the goats family was interviewed by officials, they said the old goat was hard of hearing and felt the hikers were taunting him by chanting feta, mutton and mazithra...later the hikers claimed they only said "ya betta not move nuttin, or the goat will play hell with ya", sorry that was baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!

Written on Big Savings Anticipated if Bremerton, South Kitsap Merge Fire Districts:

in response to USMCSNIPER539:

Roger, here is what you sound like to the rest of the world:

one shot, one kill

Written on Central Kitsap Fire Chief Announces Retirement as Merger Talks Progress:

benifit charge means more money out of the tax payers pockets especially the city, this is a hostile take over to drain us of our last pennies, but hey we will have the fish statues to sleep under....

Written on First Kitsap County Swine Flu Fatality Reported:

I think the vacination project in Kitsap county has been bumbled, don't cry about being a victim of supply, leadership requires you to take responsibility. When you have people like a health district bureaucrat/MD running an emergency incident you will have failures. Other county health officials recognized early that they needed to enlist those who regularly run large emergency incidents, and then give them the mission goals to run with. In this case our health director thinks this situation makes him king and his ego has caused harm to our community members, shame on you!

Written on Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue Will Delay Adding New Firefighters:

Let's see, you really didn't lose any money at all, what you lost was your projection of how much money you might have in the future. You still have 3 or 4 million in reserves right? Post your revenue/expense statement on your web site so we can all see how fat you really are. Why did you buy 14 new fire engines last year, at 400 grand each? Why do you have more support people (day shifters) than all the other kitsap FD's? You have plenty of fat to cut and still improve 911 responses (real workers who solve citizen emergencies).Quit BS'n the public and come clean.

Written on South Kitsap Voters Approve Levy to Open Station, Add Firefighters:

72% yes for EMS in SK says a lot! This is a service that we that word? VALUE! When a life is saved, be it a car accident, heart attack, alergic reaction to a bee sting while playing...this is low cost high value insurance for what 72% of the community really cares about, that is, the people who make up this community, even the vocal minority who bravely boasts they don't want or need it, anyone with an IQ knows you would beg loudest for help when you or someone you really cared about needed that help, you see as your neighbor we even care about you!

Written on Kitsap County Likely to Take on Debt for Bremerton Condos:

Dahl: 2 of the 3 county commissioners who approved the deal were from the "red" side, one is now a state legislator from the "red" side...will anyone be held accountable for this? NO just like those "dirty reds" who lied about the motives for entering into a middle east war...this isn't about blue or red, its about people we trust to make decisions for us and when they fail, to this degree there should be a judicial review for negligence.

BainbridgeClearCut: Ms. A was a mouthpiece for the KCHA and then was promoted to deputy director by Norm McGlaughlin with no qualifications seen...Norm ran with Cary, Dick Hayes and the others, their regime is so over that even Norm Dicks can't save them this time. How can a non-profit housing authority who acts and looks like governement, unfairly compete with general contractors who make their livelyhood in the development business without the non-profit advantage (condos, city halls, etc)this is criminal!

Roger: you are right on the money!

PennyRobinson: you are still an idiot and demonstrate that regularly.

Written on LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Vote ‘Yes' for SK's EMS Levy:

candyman, Ms. Penny is actually a guy who is an out of work county employee who has learned to drink too much...the world population reference is a dead give away with many other posts under different names where he thinks that death is an acceptable result of not enforciing safety codes, skate boarding accidents or what have you...a true nut job who gets boob boners from stupid blog posts that rile normal people. Place him on iggy!


jhazmar, you must be a product of the SK school system when they weren't passing their levies! OK, let's review your math...24 hours a day times 365 days a year equals 8760 hours a year. With 3, 24 hour shifts that about 56 hours week. When you take the 8760 and try to cover that with 8 hour shifts, you can take 40 hours a week times 52 weeks and you get 2080 hours a year. Divide 8760 by 2080 and you get a little more than 4 shifts required to cover that same 24/7 goal. So to do this would requires an increase of one additional shift or a 33% increase in the manpower...skcharge is right, you should change the batteries in your calculator or take a class at OC!

PS. Penny admit you are an idiot, its the first of 12 steps to your a friend of Bill and Ed

Written on OUR VIEW | Vote ‘Yes' for Mason District 5 Levy:

This just in....Mason 5 doesn't provide paramedic services so the law caps them at 25 cents per 1000 of assessed value for their EMS levy, that is why they are not asking for 50 cents....this is the most they can have per the law! How did the merger with Shelton effect costs here?

Written on OUR VIEW | Economics Mean Central Kitsap EMS Levy Must Wait:

hello fire commissioners....are you awake? Stop tnhe madness...before you lose all faith

Written on OUR VIEW | Renew Support for South Kitsap EMS Levy:

What a laugh and a half..."drive yourself to the emergency room", be brave and post that information around your neck so all emergency responders can respect your wishes, its natures law of selection at its best!


I live and work in SK and things are hard right now, but not so hard that we can't figure out a way to pay 3 dollars more a month to keep the EMS services SKFR now provides. I checked and compared to CKFR and Mason 2, SKFR has the lowest tax rate by far, yet they protect the most people and have more 911 calls for help each year than the other two combined! Let's perserve our community and its critical emergency services, join me in VOTING YES FOR EMS!

Written on SK Fire Ups Incentive for Voters to Pass Levy:

Once again SKFR has prepared for opportunities that benefit our community, the 1.3 million in 2008 SAFER act grant money avoids local property tax impacts for that exact amount. They have demonstrated our need for more Firefighter/EMTs on a national competitive process. The chief told us at a community meeting that the waiver on SAFER act grant matching funds is NOT for the 2008 awards, its for the 2009-2010 awards. He also told us that with this award, no Fire Department in Washington State has received more federal grant money than SKFR, because it is based on need. Look at SKFR's web site, you will see that they have the most work, nearly 9100 calls a year, yet have the lowest tax rate...that gets my suport!

Written on LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Sorry, SK Levy, My Tax Dollars Are Already Taken:

Yeah yeah yeah blame it on the new generation, that's a great move for the future, funny thing is back in the day when cars were invented, the horse riding generation said the same thing about the "young" generation (ask dahl, he sounds like he was there) So your enlightened approach is to pass along criticism to the future generation just as you were convenienient that the social problem isn't part of your doing! The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting a different result, guess that makes you a coo-koo, coo-koo...

Written on LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We'd Be Paying More With SK Levy:


With your thinking, you don't buy bread, milk or eggs anymore, because no matter what, the prices just keep going up and you aren't getting any more eggs than you got when you were 8 years old...have you gone on a fast in protest? Get over yourself, it cost more than a nickle to see a movie these days!


Ohhhhhh, I think dahl has been nailed. He and others are not interested in value for their tax dollar as they allude, they simply think all taxes are bad and they all need to go away, even when they serve the basic emergency needs and our children...I nominate dahl for chair of the CAVE club! Remember you get what you pay for!

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