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Steve Bloomfield's self congratulatory smirk
County Commissioner’s Linda Ring Erickson and Tim Sheldon selected a man accused (or his company, Olympia-based Seattle Shellfish) of having illegally harvested shellfish from State lands:
Clam Pirate story reported on Shelton Blog
…”Mr. Bloomfield seems to think he has more rights than the average person. His e-mail screen name, CLAMPIRATE, actually fits quite well! Being from a family with their own road may make him think he is entitled to do all kinds of things…including stealing shellfish off of state DNR lands. However, he is not in the Port of Shelton and thus has no vote.
Next time someone should simply ask if he lives in the port district or if he is just there to cause trouble.
It seems that last year, it was found that he and his company, Seattle Shellfish, were found by Washington State DNR to be growing and harvesting shellfish on State owned public property. Mr. Bloomfield and Seattle Shellfish were fined $75,000 for breaking the law. So the public might want to keep this in mind when they hear him making all kinds of ridiculous statements about OUR port and OUR elected officials.
He has no right to interfere in OUR port, he has no honor, and he is nothing more than a CLAM PIRATE.”…
DNR Report of Clam Pirating, fines
…In the $417,000 settlement announced on June 23 by Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark:
- Shelton-based Taylor Shellfish Farms agreed to pay $225,000 for encroachment on 3.1 acres of tidelands along North Bay near Allyn.
- Olympia-based Seattle Shellfish company agreed to pay $75,000 for encroachment at Arcadia Point on Case Inlet and Arcadia Point. [Steve Bloomfield’s company]
- Seafood of Shelton agreed to pay $117,000 for trespassing at Arcadia Point. …
Mason County’s fate has a long history of being passed down to the hands of successive robber barons and corrupt politicians. If Mr. Bloomfield (or his company) can’t be trusted not to steal from the State, should he be trusted not to steal from the County? But given the long history of the County’s public funds funneled without meaningful oversight or competitive bidding to private companies like the EDC, perhaps the question is rhetorical??
Clam Pirates
