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No major incidents, accidents on July 4 There were no major incidents or injuries during July 4, reported the Port Orchard Police Department. Port Orchard Police Chief Geoffrey Marti said — judging from surrounding cities — that the city has less problems and injuries than other communities “The fireworks detail went very well,” said Marti. After the fireworks show on the Sinclair Inlet, Marti said directing traffic out of downtown went smoothly. “We directed traffic and cleaned out the traffic congestion afterwards in about 30 minutes,” Marti said. “The last two years, it took about an hour. I think it’s because we do a lot more traffic congestion than in the past.” He said officers were directing traffic at all the main intersections, which helped facilitate the downtown traffic Marti said he feels the crowds were larger as in past years. As for calls to the police department, Marti said there were no injuries within the city. “We responded to every firework call we received,” he said.
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Charges filed in district court The following charges were
Council votes against revising pot ordinance
filed between July 2-8 in Kitsap County District Court: • July 8: William Alexander Wilson, 24, Gig Harbor, seconddegree malicious mischief. • July 7: Richard L. Purves, 37, address unknown, residential burglary and third-degree driving with license suspended or revoked; Adrien Jazz Bigelow, 21, Port Orchard, fourth-degree assault; Naomi Renee Bessette, 52, Port Orchard, driving under the influence and two counts of second-degree driving while license suspended or revoked; Wade Merel Joslin, 30, Port Orchard, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine; Michael James Cook, 21, Port Ochard, possession of a stolen vehicle. • July 3: Jeffrey Michael Burch, 43, Port Orchard, making a false or misleading statement to a public servant; Tessa Marie Denny, 27, Port Orchard, second-degree theft.
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The Port Orchard City Council voted 5-0 against a proposal that would have added home-based childcare centers, nursery schools and preschools in the 1,000foot buffer zone that would protect them from recreational marijuana businesses. The council took action July 8 on the proposal after a public hearing in which two people addressed the council. The proposed ordinance would not have allowed marijuana businesses to operate within 1,000 feet of childcare centers, family day care providers, nursery schools or preschools. City code restricts recreational marijuana businesses from operating within a 1,000 feet of a child-care center, but does not apply to family daycare providers. Last month, Terri Squires, a home day-care provider, urged the council to implement the 1,000-foot buffer zone and provide protection as it does to commercial daycares. Squires’ day-care is outside
Harper Pier cleanup is scheduled July 12 The beach cleanup has been set for July 12 from 8 a.m. to noon at the site of the Harper Pier Replacement Project. Volunteers will be needed as spotters, pickers, carriers, photographers and people to document the debris that is pick up. Also beach captains will be need to explain that will need by picked up. No machines are allowed on the beach. This beach cleanup is required by the state as mitigation for construction of the new pier.
the city limits, but within 1,000 feet of the industrial park zone for marijuana producers and processors. Squires was unable to attend the July 8 public hearing because she was out of town. Squires stated in a email read by City Clerk Brandy Rinearson that all businesses that deal with children should have the same protection. “Either put all children in the ordinance of 1,000-foot protection or remove the child-care centers,” she stated in the email. Terry Vaughn told the council he is hoping to purchase property in the Port Orchard Industrial Park for a growing and processing business and that approving the proposal could hurt the city in creating some jobs. “It would be good for Port Orchard to have a couple of growing operations,” said Vaughn. “We expect to hire between 10-15 employees and pay good wages. The exclusion in the proposal might hurt Port Orchard in getting those jobs.” Vaughn said he intents to have an indoor operation for
growing marijuana. He said he doesn’t see how a growth operation would affect children and that he didn’t have an application site that would be affected by the proposal. Colette Thomas, who presents a recreational marijuana retailer in the 700 block of SE Sedgwich, asked the council to consider the time and money that some individuals have invested while following state guidelines. She said the store is close to obtaining a license and the store would not be affected by the proposal because their are no home-based child cares in the area. City Attorney Greg Jacoby noted established retail stores would be grandfathered in if a child care center later choses to locate within the 1,000-foot buffer zone. The proposed retail store is located close to a city-owned land zoned for a future dog park. “It’s not subject to the 1,000-foot rule just because it’s zoned as a park,” said Jacoby. He said once the land is used for a park it would affect
any future licenses to sell in the area. City Developer Nick Bond said the city’s current ordinance regarding production and processing of recreational marijuana states it has to be in the industrial zone and has to have a license from the state’s Liquor Control Board. “We have adopted all the state’s requirement concerning production and processing and incorporated in our ordinance,” Bond said. “The prevision that the city adopted addresses cultivating, processing, displaying, manufacturing, selling and storage shall be conducted out of the public’s view,” said Jacoby. Councilman John Clauson said that marijuana processors and producers are different from retail stores. “A growing operation has to be inside and won’t be having the traffic as a retail store,” Clauson said. “There is definitely a difference. We should be able to treat them differently.” Two council members, Jerry Childs and Cindy Lucarelli, were absent from the meeting.
Scales runs afoul of election rules covering campaign materials
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Bob Scales, a Bainbridge Island attorney and former city councilman running for the post of Kitsap County prosecuting attorney, has run afoul of election rules covering campaign materials. Scales said Monday that he was notified today by the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) that someone had
raised concerns about the signs, hats and T-shirts sported by supporters during last week’s Fourth of July parade through downtown Winslow. Turns out, the campaign materials did not include the words “elect” or “for.” The Washington Administrative Code requires non-incumbent candidates to specifically use those words on campaign signs and other materials. The complaint against
the Scales campaign was lodged by a consultant for Progressive Strategies NW, a political consulting firm that is working for incumbent Prosecutor Russ Hauge, a Democrat who is seeking another term. Scales said his campaign is taking steps to add the words to signs and things that will be used in his race. He also said photos from the parade that show the signs and other materials will
be removed from Facebook. “I apologize for any confusion that this oversight has caused,” Scales said. “My campaign staff are working hard to correct the problem and ensure that all of our campaign materials conform to the PDC requirements.” The PDC, the state agency that serves as a watchdog on campaign financing, was contacted via email about Scales' campaign materials Monday morning. The agency then notified Scales by phone about the problems with his signs and other materials. The email that complained about Scales' campaign was sent by Nic Van Putten, who works for Progressive Strategies NW, a political consulting firm based in Tacoma. Van Putten did not immediately return a call for comment from the Review on Monday. Progressive Strategies NW is working for Hauge, one of Scales’ opponents in the race. According to campaign finance reports from the Hauge campaign on file with the PDC, Hauge paid Progressive Strategies NW a retainer of $2,500 on See full May 1 to work on story on the his camwebsite paign.