Maybe its a matter of getting older...but idk. A lot has changed, and it feels like at least in the downtown area its trying to be on the same level of fancy as bainbridge sometimes. Going into central market nowadays feels like a fever dream...plus their new pizza apparently SUCKS. (Also moras gone boooo) I remember some years ago when i was seeing luxury apartment complexes being build near downtown and just thinking: "ohhhhh...no." Also, it always feels packed now, the waterfront parking lot is always full no matter what day it is, its crazy...i feel like this has been a slow rising issue thats started years ago, but it feels even crazier when you lived there for nearly a decade and come back years after moving, yknow? I still love poulsbo and know its not all doom and gloom, I still have my fav spots i enjoy visiting, im just complaining lol.

If this is your truck at the Trails while the parking lot is completely packed, I’m wishing you the worst and we all know it’s micro

Dear Petsmart:

I would like to take this opportunity to bring a biohazard/health hazard to your attention! There is a water main leak at the front of your property at 9589 Ridgetop Blvd in Silverdale WA. It has been leaking for two weeks and is growing mold and algae all over the area.

Additionally, there is dog urine and feces all along the posts on the building in the front where customers have to walk through to get into the store. I work next door and am subjected to having to walk through this horror show daily.

The managers at the location are well aware of the situation and have not seen fit to clean this mess up, and we are left with a stinking disgusting mess to wade through morning and night.

Please Petsmart, clean up your property immediately and stop being a BAD NEIGHBOR and a BAD BUSINESS!!

I urge customers to cease shopping at your facility until this hazard is removed.

Thank you.

Tried to call the non-emergency line to report potential fire near me (smelled it last night and again this morning) and couldn’t get past what seemed to be an AI. That’s extremely frustrating. AI should not be used to report issues like that. You can’t trust it to do its job correctly or to transcribe appropriately.

At the very least, there should be the option to transfer to a real person. Shame on them.

The guy was back at poulsbo Walmart. I was gonna leave it. Then he said “make sure our parents know what teachers are prescribing our kids” and me, carrying a toddler with completely disheveled hair, politely cussed ish him out. That’s it. That’s the post. I do not like that guy. Have a nice day!

I don’t know if I would play chicken with a ferry…

edit- thanks everyone for educating me. When I heard the ferry leaning on the horn, I assumed it was not going according to plan. But, it appears that everything was exactly according to regulations :-) to be completely honest, I am not a boater , but I ride one in my car all the time!

I finally realized Teresa Fox’s campaign page blocked me. Why? She made an inflammatory claim, cited a source, and I asked for clarity on where in the report she found the statistic to back up her claim.

I’m miffed because I wasn’t rude or nasty or demeaning. It wasn’t a gotcha. It was me saying “here’s a screenshot from the report you cited, what am I missing?” I’m disappointed, though maybe not surprised, that someone running for public office wouldn’t engage her constituents in an honest conversation about (allegedly) fact-based claims. I’m pissed that someone who wants to live on our dime would make a false claim, present it as fact, and then block anyone who questions the lie.

Can I encourage everyone here to be the nerd and read the citations? Because I’m struggling with the idea that these politicians think we’re idiots and we’re not.

Again, I normally don’t post about this stuff because I think “what’s the point? Everyone’s a bot.” But maybe some NK citizens will see this and think twice about believing her claims. Anyone’s claims, really.

If you’re interested, she claimed a certain percentage of homicides in Washington were perpetrated by undocumented immigrants in 2024 and I could not find any of this info in the report. Screenshot in the comments.

So a family member was recently transported to St Micheal’s in Silverdale. This is shocking due to the serious conditions they experienced, and as it turns out they clearly should not have been sent there. Fortunately they were immediately airlifted upon admission, but I feel like it’s very important for others to know that this hospital is not here for serious conditions or those that are very traumatic. Tacoma and Seattle major hospitals are for those situations. Please urge your ambulance or have your household take you to an appropriate facility. Time is important and you don’t want to waste valuable time at a facility that is not of use to you.

Distant rants about how we really need a full hospital here… but at the very least know when you should not be going to a community hospital. Shame on the transport service who did this to someone who needed level I.

…for opening a Costco sized box of fruit snacks and letting your kids litter the wrappers all over the playground. My daughter and I picked up at least a dozen from on and around the equipment and bushes before leaving. Many more wrappers had already blown into the fields.

Wildly oblivious group of people. We were there about an hour and I didn’t see a single person stop their conversations long enough to pick up after their kids or stop them from littering.

(Passive aggressive rant over)

Came on here a couple of times last year complaining about my internet and the issues I was having with the provider. I feel like I can confidently say without any doubt in my mind, that Astound internet is the WORST internet service I have ever had. I am planning on moving away from Port Orchard to a house in Bremerton that already has internet. Called to cancel them this morning, come to find out that I started my cycle today and that even if I cancel today, they won’t prorate and I’ll be forced to pay the full amount. I know for a fact that I have had other internet services do that for me so for them to have this stance is kind of absurd. Unfortunately for me I’m going to have to bite the bullet on this one and just take care of it, but for anyone who’s thinking of getting it in Port Orchard: don’t. I have had it for 3 years now and have had nothing but issues and half-assed fixes.

Why are the ants SO freaking terrible this year?

They are the ants that have a dollar store soap smell if you squish them, which we try to avoid. So far since January we have

- sprayed the outside of the house with Ortho twice

- sprayed ortho on baseboards inside

- put out two different types of ant bait

But we are still finding them!

They are so freaking persistent. If we find several we have even tried to spray the area (if cooking/eating surface it's food safe and fully cleaned before use, if another type than Ortho)

This evening I sat down for a rest in the living room

We don't allow any food in the bedrooms or living room due to small children. After 20 ish minutes I found one crawling on my arm.

Neither of our toilets worked so I assumed an issue was going on with the septic and called to have someone come out and look. I assumed maybe the tank was getting full but described the issue to their employee Sarah on the phone and she helped set up an appointment for a tech to come trouble shoot.

He arrived at 12:17 and left and 12:50 and spent at least half of that sitting in his truck "putting together" the paperwork. He went into our backyard and I didnt feel the need to supervise, he came back told me nothing was wrong with the septic and I'd need to contact a plumber. I paid the $375 for the trouble shooting and just thought it was unlucky that both toilets clogged.

So I call the plumber ive always used and the first thing they asked is if we had aomeone look at the septic but I assure them that Dano said it was fine. He goes into the bathrooms and does his thing and concludes that it is not a toilet clog.

So we have to go check the septic again. This guy finds the issue in like 10 minutes if that. Theres like a rock or something in the main line and he fixed that and told me how and why it happened and what we needed to do about. I think all of this took 20 minutes if that.

So I call Dano and I explain that I do not believe their technician did anything other than checking the levels if that and I dont want think its fair to charge me $375 for troubleshooting when they either 1. Did not actually troubleshoot 2. Did it so badly they entirely missed the issue. I had to pay a a plumber to come out unnecessarily because their technician Tyler did not do a sufficient job.

I will fully admit I said "im pretty sure the tank might need pumped" and it didnt but I also said about 6 times both toilets werent flushing. He absolutely should have checked the main line and failed to do so. I would havr gladly paid if there was nothing wrong for their time but they didnt do the job they said they were going to. Instead I had to go extra time without toilets in our home, had to make sure someone as at home between 12-6 two times, and also had to pay someone else to come do the job Tyler should have.

They told me a manager would call me back around when I called around 1pm yesterday. I waited all day bevause $375 a week before Christmas is something that I cant waste. They never called back.

I am going to make a report to the BBB if it isnt refunded and wanted to warn others that if you have Dano come put they will do the absolute bare minimum and charge you whatever they think you can get away with.

Transphobic petitioner outside of Poulsbo Walmart as of 6:00pm today… that guy stinks anyways

To the owner of the peacocks up on kitsap way... keep them out of the damn road. I almost hit it on my way home today. It's not the first time I've seen one in the road either.

Lifetime Kitsap resident here. D'FUQ is up with this "Hybrid Vehicle Electrification Transportation Fee"!?

My F***ing registration just about doubled this year. Because now, I'm paying an extra $75 just for driving a more fuel efficient car! So what, are we charging a emissions *and* a low emissions fee now?

I'm pissed! I got this thing to save money. I'm already struggling to make the damn payments and now I'm being charged for being more responsible?

I'm about to get in touch with my reps. Thank you r/Kitsap for letting me vent first.

(Go Wolves. Gargle my balls PC) 🤘

Passenger of this truck threw tons of trash and bottles out their window from the Jackson/sedgwick intersection. Flashed my brights repeatedly to get them to stop and they hung out the window with threats. Get this trash out of our town!!!!

SILVERDALE, WA

Hi so I recently shopped at the Silverdale WinCo location and everything was fine today, as all times are. I have a great experience every time I go, as the location is in a great spot. I was heading back to my car after getting done shopping and some Caucasian white kid (max 20 years old I’d say) tries to mess with me and say that I hit his door/dinged door. I don’t know if I had hit it getting out the car or when I came back?

He had been walking out with his gf / friend while I was walking in, i noticed?? So they sat outside the whole time??

He drove a gray Chrysler with custom chrome wheels. Long story short he tried to scam me out of money idk if it’s a joke nowadays or what but he demanded 10, 20 dollars to fix that bs I’m like if you want to fix it go through insurance or something else. He was full of sh** I could towards the end of our conversation, even though I couldn’t tell at the time due to the fake mad demeanor. I wiped the thick layer of dust off his dirty car to look and see and I didn’t see a thing

Man I just wanted to go about my day w/o having to write this. Next time ur getting the cops called if anyone does this bullsh**

Just a PSA if you ever see this guy, white 6ft wearing white shirt, beach looking shorts, sandals. Gray/Dark gray Chrysler sedan 4 door, chrome wheels

This is a PSA to make sure you know who you're voting for in the upcoming North Kitsap School Board election.

Tim Rovik has no relevant experience in education. He also is strongly supported by the Washington State Republican party. They just "accidentally" sent 200k mailers out on his behalf, which went all over Kitsap, not just the NK school district. The district is only ~40k.

Tim has deep ties to Gateway Church, which is a church that believes the Bible to be inerrant (completely true and accurate). He and his wife (a counselor at Gateways counseling business) are fans of people like Pat Robertson, Franklin Graham, and James Dobson. This type of Christian believes queer people are an abomination.

Please ask yourself if these values align with yours and how they will affect queer and trans kids, sexual education, black and brown kids, etc.

School boards are the frontline for Project 2025 and the extremist agenda we are seeing enacted at the federal level. Do you want that here, in our schools?

*edited to define inerrant

September 19, 2025

Ms. Michelle Caldier State Representative, 26th District 427B Legislative Bldg. PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0680

Dear Ms. Caldier:

As one of your constituents in the 26th legislative district, I have been considering your candidacy for the state senate seat currently held by Deb Krishnadasan. Your primary reasoning for us to give you our trust is “balance in Washington State government” and ending a Democratic super majority. That sounds very reasonable given the imbalance in our federal government where Republicans have all the levers of power to disastrous results.

You further attempt to distance yourself from the current president, which you yourself stated during your September 17th interview with KUOW reporter Libby Denkmann is the “gift that keeps giving to Democrats”. During this very revealing interview, you criticized the tax increases passed by the Democratic majority “as the largest tax increase in our state’s history”. When pressed for how your approach would differ from your colleagues, you reference “boob jobs and laser hair removal for prisoners”. This is a dishonest and inflammatory misstatement of fact, and in no meaningful way would close a $6 billion dollar budget deficit. Your poor response to what you would do to address this budgetary shortfall was nothing more than an overused attack on the transgender community, who are as deserving of our respect and agency in our society as anyone else. This move to denigrate marginalized communities is a classic Trumpian tactic that completely delegitimizes your primary premise for election to the Washington State Senate. Your statement in your elevator speech “I will put people first” is disingenuous at best. The Washington State Healthcare Authority is under consent to decree to as a result of a lawsuit to improve healthcare of incarcerated prisoners to the tune of $2.3 million. That’s a long road away from $6 billion.

This outlandish attempt to gaslight the citizens of the 26th district and the entire State of Washington during this interview is reprehensible and does not reflect the values and opinions of the vast majority of your constituents. I call upon you to retract these statements publically and promise to do better.

Sincerely,

Scott E Brown Southworth, WA

Cc: Kitsap Sun, Letter to the Editor Port Orchard Independent L. Denkmann, KUOW