{"id":4315,"date":"2024-01-12T09:54:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2024-01-12T10:24:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:24:07","slug":"nooooooo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/2024\/01\/12\/nooooooo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nooooooo!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/01\/Nooooo-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/01\/Nooooo-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/01\/Nooooo-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/01\/Nooooo-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/01\/Nooooo-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/01\/Nooooo-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That was my reaction when the notification showed up on my phone that Pete Carroll was no longer coaching the Seahawks.&nbsp; Like many of you, I have enjoyed watching Coach Carroll\u2019s 14-year run as head coach.&nbsp; I am so thankful for all the memorable games, especially the Seahawks winning Super Bowl XVLIII.&nbsp; I appreciate his boundless enthusiasm and ability to create a culture where elite athletes and their dynamic personalities could succeed as a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So where do the Seahawks go from here?&nbsp; I am not sure, but I will still be cheering for the Seahawks next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel the same way when I see some of our long-time County leaders retiring.\u00a0 How can we ever go on without Melanie Halsan in Planning &amp; Public Works?\u00a0 Her leadership and attitude were key to the department\u2019s culture.\u00a0 And what about Jim Schacht in the Prosecutor\u2019s Office?\u00a0 He led our criminal division through the last five very challenging years.\u00a0 Sandy Moore, in the Assessor-Treasurer\u2019s Office, has been ensuring our qualified seniors get the property tax exemptions they deserve for years.\u00a0 How can we possibly go forward with a recently approved law significantly expanding the exemption program without her 33 years of experience?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every time I see an \u201cOur Family\u201d in my email announcing a retirement &#8211; and year-end naturally brings a bunch of them &#8211; part of me winces at the loss of experience and expertise that is walking out the door.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then I take a breath and thank them for their many years of service to our community and wish them the very best in the next phase of their lives.&nbsp; They have served our community well and earned their chance to focus on family and long-delayed travel plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I also see the new leaders joining \u201cOur Family\u201d- some coming from within our County ranks like our new Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Coreen Schnepf and some arrive from outside, like Planning &amp; Public Works Assistant Director Lauren Flemister.&nbsp; And nearly all have big challenges ahead of them, like Exemptions Supervisor Denise Marsyla!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These new leaders and their teams are up to the challenges!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are all just stewards of these positions entrusted to us by the people of Pierce County.&nbsp; I have full confidence; we are ready for 2024 and beyond!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2022\/02\/Bruce-blue-signature-small-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3352\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That was my reaction when the notification showed up on my phone that Pete Carroll was no longer coaching the Seahawks.&nbsp; Like many of you, I have enjoyed watching Coach Carroll\u2019s 14-year run as head coach.&nbsp; I am so thankful for all the memorable games, especially the Seahawks winning Super Bowl XVLIII.&nbsp; I appreciate his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nooooooo! 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