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Steven McGee's avatar

Sounds like the board of directors and office manager need to be replaced with common sense not hating people. The our way or the highway attitude needs to go.

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

Unfortunately, yesterday the senior center held the annual membership meeting and all the currently board members were re-elected. Granted, no one normal ran.

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Steven McGee's avatar

Hopefully changes can be made next year especially if membership numbers continue to go down.

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Timothy Christopher Rollins's avatar

That leftist group MUST BE FINANCIALLY RAPED of its 501(c)3 tax-exempt status — AND ITS ASSETS SEIZED — on grounds of harassment for violating the free association rights of others under the First Amendment, its members arrested and CONVICTED OF A FELONY without prison time attached.

This way, these LOSERS are not made martyrs, but within their sentences, are deemed LIFETIME INELIGIBLE for pardons, and must live with the consequences of their actions that actively seek to deprive others of their constitutionally enshrined freedoms.

This double standard of ‘freedoms for me, but not for thee’ bullshit MUST END!!!

You want to visit or travel to other countries with a felony on your sheet?

Good luck 🍀 TRYING to get in…unsuccessfully, as most other countries will see you as a thug who lacks the good moral character needed to get past Immigration and Customs 🛃 on arrival.

These whiners just can’t handle not getting their way…like a 2️⃣-year-old not getting his or her chocolate milk 🥛, and then throwing a sh*t 💩 fit over it.

See how far that gets them at arraignment…

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

Well, the Board of Directors and office manager should be punished. I wonder how many violations of 501c3 before a charity is shutdown.

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John Vezmar's avatar

It’s difficult getting bumper sticker brains to acknowledge anything more than their bumper sticker philosophy. Clearly, they’re nothing more than a frumpish clique of mentally arrested dupes trying to out impress each other. That’s why they’re Democrats.

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

I am both hurt and shocked.

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John Vezmar's avatar

Why are you hurt and shocked?

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

I am hurt because I have known and liked 3 of the board members for 4 years. Shocked because they had a chance to say: Oops! We accidentally rented to a political group. Instead they LIED and made ME out to be the problem.

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John Vezmar's avatar

Probably that lefty peer pressure spurred by irrational exuberance to criticize and strike back at President Trump. Having tangled with some female Democrats, I know from experience it’s exasperating.

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Paulene Dougherty's avatar

Unfortunately I know way too many people in my age group (60's ish)who are hard leftys or even straight up marxists. Including my spouse unfortunately. Some have been that way since their 20's including a family member with whom I got into a year long feud over my voting for Reagan in 1980. As for the rest, my best guess is that they faithfully consume mainstream media propaganda ( and will hear nothing else) as if it were still Walter Cronkite.

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

And, they are so full of hatred that they are chasing members and volunteers away from the senior center.

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MK's avatar

Hi Diane. I'm finding this a fascinating issue because of how closely it paralells the activities we're seeing up here in Clallam County. We have a self avowed Communist (Tim Wheeler) heavily influencing the political landscape, NGO'S keep popping up, some backed by the tribes to do their bidding, and a bought off Commissioner by the local tribe acting solely in their best interest. There are plenty of people who would like to see a recall initiated, but we can't find an attorney for guidance. So we flounder.

I'm saying all this because it's not just us, or your little slice of heaven, it's a well coordinated attack on all of us, and we haven't figured out how to coordinate to fight back by sharing resources.

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

I suggest you contact the man who initiated the Recall of Pacific County Commissioner Lisa Olsen: Michael Pickens: cmichaelpickens@gmail.com

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Brett Hyland's avatar

Apparently, this 501(c)3 senior center’s tax status has a resistant uterine lining.

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

Geez! What an imagination you have!!!

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Randall Murray's avatar

I have a couple family members like that. Surprised by it. I try to stay above it and gently show it but it’s ingrained in them. FYI live suburbs of Seattle so not too shocking.

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

We escaped Portland because of the Democrat riots. Have not seen much of this jackass behavior until after Trump was sworn in again. The natives were not so nasty while Biden was destroying America.

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Randall Murray's avatar

Either way it’s hard to try and correct people. I pick and choose otherwise be a long string of retorts. For example I tried to correct my Aunt getting mad when someone correctly noted that SS was a Ponzi scheme. I had to explain how SS really works, thus a form of Ponzi scheme. Or of course the “fee” when buying something in Oregon, or better and proper term, sales tax.

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Mary Washington's avatar

How did so many people get so blind and stupid, so suicidal?

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

I truly don't know.

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MK's avatar

Have you thought about checking their names and organization name against the PDC website to see if they have been involved in giving or receiving funds for political purposes?

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

What PDC?

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MK's avatar
Apr 29Edited

The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission. As an example, I entered "Jamestown" to find out who the tribe corporation has contributed to. The results were expansive. This link should be able to tell you who the people who are part of the group who met have contributed to. Likewise, has the group received or distributed monies to campaigns? You have to be registered with the PDC to receive funds.

Running the names of the participants might yield organizations they are part of, and again a more likely than not pattern that they are a political group could you be established.

https://www.pdc.wa.gov/political-disclosure-reporting-data/browse-search-data/contributions

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

Thank you!! I will check it out!

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Paulene Dougherty's avatar

I would have turned them in to the IRS. Especially after they threatened you for asking questions.

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Diane L. Gruber's avatar

No. I can't do that. Yesterday, after the annual membership meeting the new office manager screamed at me in front of one board member and one former board member. I AM going to make an issue of THAT because she is chasing away members and volunteers. Now, the senior center has two problems: offending Trump supporters AND having a nasty bully as office manager. About 300 members did not renew their membership this year, which is due no later than April.

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