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Commissioners and staff,
I have been running notices on fb about the pool survey. There are some common complaints that you should be aware of.
The survey is supposed to allow responses per device. That is not what is happening. I am hearing from lots of people that they see a notice that they have already completed the survey,
even though they have not and no one in their household has, either. I personally experienced this as well.
Diane says these people should call JAC to manually complete the survey. That option is not realistic or trusted. JAC is obviously biased and people do not trust them to accurately record
the feedback. I think we should all understand this sentiment. If not, then you may also be biased.
There are other problems with completing the survey via phone. JAC does not have staffing to support this demand and they have to return any call made to them at a later date. This,
by default, also deters respondents and reduces the feedback people are willing to provide.
Houston, we have a problem.
Isn't the whole purpose of this survey to understand what the public thinks about a pool? Shouldn't the survey be accessible to as many people as possible, across ALL perspectives AND
geographical regions of the county? Are we confident that is what we are seeing? Are we comfortable risking a flop? Is it acceptable to go to the expense of creating a PFD and running
a ballot measure and watching it go down in flames because we did not do our due diligence to understand the people? Why is more of the same anemic and force-fed approach which has
the stench of the first iteration of the Healthier Together Steering Committee's lack of public outreach or transparency an acceptable path to follow? You know that if the public is
not informed and behind this project that it will fail, right?
I think this is the last chance we will get at this pool. If this whole thing gets dumped this time, it is dead permanently and forever. When the voters get burned out on this, it can
never become a phoenix arising from the ashes. We are there now and this failing survey is pushing voters and taxpayers further away, not drawing them in. You cannot push a rope.
While I am at it... I'd like to be crystal clear. Do not put words or thoughts into my mouth. I can speak for myself and I do not need you to interpret my position for me, thank you
very much. I am not now, nor have I ever, expressed to you that I oppose this pool, in concept. I have been deeply critical of the poor process, the lack of public engagement, and the
funding mechanism. You should not take my criticism in any way as intended to express whatever misconstrued opinion you think I may have. I have had quite enough of that. I am, however,
extremely opposed to just about everything produced by the pathetic process we have seen. The exception, though precious little in comparison, has been the second iteration of the Healthier
Together Task Force, which did produce some good work which was somewhat open to the public.
I would like to thank Diane for restocking my inventory of literature to distribute to south county and for continued conversation and information as this survey has gone live. I have
been busily supplying Quil and Brinnon and parts of Chimacum with rack cards for the survey. When more arrives from the print shop, I will continue distribution.
Kind regards,
She who requires no mansplaining or word stuffings for her thoughts
PS Yeah, that cracked me up. You want less sarchasm and snark? Maybe consider avoiding beating up on volunteers and misrepresenting their words and actions since you really aren't qualified
to speak for others. If these hardworking volunteers didn't give a damn, they'll ignore you altogether. Their feedback is how they make the outcome better for us all.