The Olympia Washington Kiwanis members and their friends have cost the Washington State taxpayers over $50 million dollars (so far), because of their willful ignorance of long term, merciless and well known, child abuse that occurred at the Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.

October 2006 note: This Olympia Kiwanis stuff is old news. I've left this information on the web, because I like the thought that someone will say to one of these Kiwanis friends or members: "Grandma, (Grandpa), are you still friends with those Olympia Kiwanians?"

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I (Louis Bloom) ran for Wash St Treasurer against former Olympia Kiwanian, and current St. Treasurer Mike Murphy on Sept 19, 2000. I got (76,738) votes. I plan on running against a Thurston County Olympia Kiwanian in (2002). Here's some campaign letters, newspaper articles, e-mails and my responses.

Here's a link to the Official Treasurer primary voting results.

 
WASHINGTON STATE PRIMARY - SEPTEMBER 19, 2000

Wash State Treasurer final primary vote totals

FINAL PRIMARY TREASURER VOTE TOTALS BY COUNTY

Candidate/Party	Votes	Overall %
Louis Bloom - D	76,738	6.66%
Mike Murphy - D	538,873	46.77%
Tim Perman - LBT	58,661	5.09%
Diane Rhoades - R	477,770	41.47%

County	Last Report	Bloom (D)	Murphy (D)	Perman (LBT)	Rhoades (R)
Adams	10/03 - 04:56 PM	156	1075	81	1635
Asotin	09/29 - 04:06 PM	257	1872	175	1907
Benton	09/29 - 11:25 AM	1354	9002	1224	14621
Chelan	09/29 - 03:32 PM	584	5297	733	8399
Clallam	09/29 - 02:55 PM	988	7482	1158	7943
Clark	09/29 - 12:53 PM	3532	21700	3018	24532
Columbia	09/28 - 10:54 AM	87	464	51	678
Cowlitz	10/02 - 03:29 PM	1492	9492	815	7235
Douglas	09/29 - 10:33 AM	355	2511	305	3944
Ferry	09/29 - 03:17 PM	155	709	142	1015
Franklin	09/29 - 12:00 PM	357	2426	353	3771
Garfield	09/29 - 04:39 PM	45	364	24	404
Grant	09/29 - 01:48 PM	596	3966	590	6626
Grays Harbor	10/03 - 04:46 PM	971	9186	676	4006
Island	09/29 - 10:50 AM	1202	6566	808	8598
Jefferson	09/29 - 09:37 AM	735	4587	664	3701
King	09/29 - 02:50 PM	20649	173706	16335	112966
Kitsap	10/03 - 04:50 PM	4359	26227	3069	23480
Kittitas	10/02 - 03:22 PM	363	2577	307	2966
Klickitat	09/29 - 03:29 PM	301	1058	191	1567
Lewis	09/29 - 10:05 AM	886	5738	937	7971
Lincoln	09/29 - 12:44 PM	185	1024	146	1755
Mason	10/03 - 04:49 PM	773	6011	675	4950
Okanogan	09/29 - 11:03 AM	408	2935	548	4236
Pacific	09/29 - 11:21 AM	350	2789	228	1786
Pend Oreille	09/29 - 11:15 AM	240	1363	215	1554
Pierce	09/29 - 09:51 AM	9574	61673	6802	56660
San Juan	09/28 - 05:27 PM	260	1920	282	1704
Skagit	09/29 - 03:02 PM	1452	8808	1031	10230
Skamania	09/29 - 08:11 AM	191	758	195	927
Snohomish	09/28 - 08:39 PM	8487	50752	5936	47416
Spokane	09/29 - 02:45 PM	7210	35598	3815	36692
Stevens	09/29 - 01:51 PM	573	3104	753	4862
Thurston	10/03 - 04:42 PM	2496	31648	2557	16411
Wahkiakum	09/29 - 11:17 AM	77	572	67	518
Walla Walla	09/28 - 04:38 PM	572	4061	424	5093
Whatcom	09/29 - 02:51 PM	1929	12369	1462	13484
Whitman	09/29 - 11:40 AM	440	3174	337	3740
Yakima	09/29 - 03:05 PM	2097	14309	1532	17787
Total Votes		76,738	538,873	58,661	477,770
Overall %		6.66%	46.77%	5.09%	41.47%

State Treasurer Final Nov. 7, 2000 tally

From the September 10, 2000 Seattle Times newspaper

There were many obvious and long-term warnings about the 1970-94 child abusing Olympia Kiwanis Boys Ranch.

DSHS knew since at least 1977.

The OKBR staff certainly knew.

The abused kids told staff, schools, counselors, police, caseworkers, therapists, ect.., about their abuse at the OKBR, but nobody investigated.

Olympia Police Chief Wurner came to an Olympia Kiwanis meeting in 1986 and told the Kiwanis about the troubles at the OKBR. Chief Wurner was ignored. Maybe he should have done more, but he probably wanted to keep his job.

It was well know by the Thurston County courts. These kids were constantly in and out of the Thurston County legal system.

The OKBR was written about in the Kiwanis Komments newsletters, and the Kiwanis Board Ranch minutes.

All the OKBR Board Members had a legal oversight of the OKBR.

Were all Olympia Kiwanis Attorneys & Judges and/or Politicians uninformed?

It's amazing how blissfully ignorant some people were about the OKBR. You can read about their guiltlessness in some of their Washington State Patrol and Office of Special Investigation statements.

Here's Wa St Patrol Olympia Kiwanis member lists of 1987, 1990, 1994

Here is a 49 page index of 5,223 pages of documents that the WSP collected about the OKBR. Anybody can order any of those public documents by following the instructions on that page.

The OKBR sent kids for weekend visits to child abusers who donated land to the Kiwanis. The Kiwanians sold the land in 1993 for $125,000.

Can the Olympian Newspaper claim ignorance?
manaco@whidbey.net

Candidate/Party Key	Votes	Overall %
Mike Murphy - D	1,266,969	55.83%
Diane Rhoades - R	905,401	39.89%
Tim Perman - L	96,910	4.27%