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Cast of Characters

Writer: David AtkinsonDavid Atkinson

Updated: Aug 11, 2024

Secure, Washington is a big story, covering a timeframe from 1972 through mid-2039. In order to tell it, I used 69 named characters in all! Here they are, in the order they appear in the book (roughly speaking):


  1. George Stoltz - Fictional author of Secure, Washington: Ten Years In

  2. Olivia Stoltz - George's wife

  3. Bennie - George's literary agent

  4. Bethany "Beth" Askoy - Project manager working for Dacus/Beith International; founding member and later President of MM Group; co-chair of Race to Secure board

  5. Farid Askoy - Beth's husband; City of Bainbridge Island police officer; founding member and later head of security for MM Group

  6. Reginald "Reg" Wahls - Manager at Seattle City Light; founding member and later Treasurer of MM Group

  7. James "Jim" Carver - Manager at Seattle City Light; founding member of MM Group

  8. Leslie McDonald - Veterinarian; founding member and later Secretary of MM Group

  9. Angie Carver - Jim's wife

  10. Lavonne - Reg's wife, who suffers from MS

  11. Roy McDonald - Founding member of MM Group; deceased (sarcoma cancer)

  12. Sanch - Friend of Farid, who is also a police officer at the Port Orchard jail

  13. Mark - Friend and co-worker of Jim, who died from exposure likely caused by his severe alcoholism

  14. Phoebe - Jim's evil step-mother

  15. Rodrick "Rod" Broward - Engineer with Dacus/Beith International; co-owner of Rodeff Corporation, which built the three different mover cars used in Secure; designed residential towers

  16. Jeff Metz - Engineer with Dacus/Beith International; co-owner of Rodeff Corporation, which built the three different mover cars used in Secure; designed residential towers

  17. Brian Fennery - Designer with Dacus/Beith International; MM Group's webmaster and general building designer and graphics illustrator

  18. Rachael McDonald - Daughter of Leslie and Roy; helped gather signatures for I-1719; department head of Secure's twin veterinary/animal shelter facilities

  19. Jody - Reporter with The Seattle Times newspaper

  20. Teresa - Tacoma City Council member; member of Citizens Against Tyranny (CAT), which was against the construction of Secure

  21. Marilyn Maxwell - Member of the House of Representatives of the Washington state legislature; lives in Okanogan, and represents the 7th legislative district as a Republican; co-chair of the Race to Secure board

  22. Troy Dacus - President of Dacus/Beith International

  23. Sonny Beith - Retired co-founder of Dacus/Beith International

  24. Mukesh Singh - CEO and chief engineer of ApplIed Corporation

  25. Kwan Yee - Grays Harbor county representative to the Secure project; later became saboteur of Secure's construction

  26. Mark McCoy - City of Pasco police department captain

  27. Sean Cullen - Grays Harbor county sheriff deputy

  28. Curtis Clark - Repeat convicted criminal (DWI); resident 00,001 of Secure

  29. Macie Kranda - Volunteer Processing Agent at Secure; George's guide during his week-long stay

  30. Lee Tai - Worker at West Secure Processing Center (Station Two)

  31. Bo - Worker at West Secure Processing Center (Station Three)

  32. C. Carlos "Mayor Carl" Gutierrez - City Manager of Secure; past mayor of Pomeroy, Washington

  33. Rene Laurent - "DJ" of Secure's streaming audio and video channels

  34. Rory - Department head of Secure's Meat and Dairy House (MADHouse)

  35. Heather - Department head of Secure's Green House

  36. Crow - Green House's resident (and very talkative) parrot

  37. Roberta - Foreperson at St. John's Modular Homes factory

  38. Cory - Foreperson at Almost Amish furniture factory

  39. Elmer "Patches" Williamson - Department head of Secure's Education Center

  40. "On Strike" Floyd - Expert bowler

  41. Rita - Wellness Center's resident cat (who is very talkative and friendly)

  42. Dr. Connie Stoeffer - Department head of Secure's Wellness Center

  43. Yancy - County deputy who introduced Mayor Carl to the concept of atonement, which changed his life

  44. Barb Kowalski - Volunteer at the Seattle Homeless Alliance Project (SHAP)

  45. MoNeeke - Homeless person that Barb helped transition from a life on the streets into Secure

  46. Sabrina - Resident 00,002 of Secure

  47. Crystal Galen - Resident 00,057 of Secure; DWI repeat offender, who worked her way out of Secure only to return at a staff member (nurse) in the Mental Neighborhood

  48. Tom - Crystal's alcoholic ex-husband

  49. Taylor - Crystal's first-born daughter, born with FASD and with mild facial deformities

  50. Bre - Crystal's second-born daughter, also born with FASD but without deformities

  51. Mr. Sock - Resident 19,901 of Secure; resides in the Mental Neighborhood; electrocuted as a small child, which stopped his mental development at that age

  52. Officer Park - Seattle police officer who first came upon Mr. Sock

  53. Andrew - Seattle police officer who first came upon Mr. Sock; partners with Officer Park

  54. Vlad - Resident 00,866 of Secure; chose not to conform with Secure's many rules and committed another violent felony; sent to prison for life with no chance of parole

  55. Terrance - Secure's East Processing Center guard

  56. T.K. - Resident 02,605 of Secure; drug addict (meth) and chronic thief, shoplifter and vandal

  57. Suki - T.K.'s wife, who ended up in Secure due to her being a kleptomaniac

  58. Bruce - Port Angeles police officer who delivered T.K. to Secure

  59. Diego - Resident 14,922 of Secure; violent rap sheet first placed him in the East Secure neighborhood, but later atoned for his criminal past and was moved into West Secure

  60. Ramone - Diego's cousin who brought him into a biker gang

  61. Lucy - Resident 17,030 of Secure; voluntary entered Secure as a homeless person living in Downtown Seattle after moving from Boise, Idaho; married Diego after moving to Secure

  62. Mr. Barnes - Lucy's foster father, who passed away first

  63. Mrs. Barnes - Lucy's foster mother, who passed away last

  64. Kirk - Stalker who tormented Lucy while she was living in Boise

  65. Cheryl Baker - Staff phycologist at Secure

  66. Corina Clark-Adamson - Department head of Secure's Kitchen Services

  67. Gustavo Uni - Department head of Secure's Laundry Services

  68. Sofia Martine - Department head of Secure's Room Services ("Pack Rats")

  69. Randy - Deceased son of Macie (died of fentanyl overdose)


 
 
 

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