All Politics is Local
Port canceled meeting has uncanny timing
If you were looking forward to rallying for or railing against the Vancouver Energy oil terminal — like so many of you love to do — at the upcoming Port of Vancouver Board of Commissioners meeting, you’re going to be disappointed. If you were hoping the commission would use the upcoming meeting to cancel the […]
June 23, 2017 7:45 pm
“They don’t have the guts to raise taxes.”
Earlier this week, I profiled retiring Battle Ground Superintendent Mark Hottowe, who is leaving the district after more than 40 years in education. The story was a look back at Hottowe’s legacy and a look forward to the leadership of incoming Superintendent Mark Ross, who takes over this summer. What didn’t make it into the […]
June 23, 2017 4:34 pm
Benton’s promotion came with a pay cut
Vancouver’s Don Benton is back in Washington and Oregon this week to encourage men to register for the draft. The former Washington state Senator, who is now the director of the Selective Service Administration, is also taking the opportunity to once again address what he considers to be “fake news.” Benton sat down with Melissa […]
June 16, 2017 3:01 pm
The game will go on, Democrats vs. Republicans
In a time of increasing political division, the Clark County Democrats and Clark County Republican party decided to take a page from federal lawmakers and host a bipartisan softball game. This coming Sunday the two local parties will face off in the first annual event coined “The Clark Cup.” Members of the local Republican and […]
June 15, 2017 12:24 pm
JHB agrees with Trump, the Paris climate agreement was a bad deal
On Dec. 12, 2015, officials from more than 190 nations made a pact: they would cut down on emissions, adopt green energy sources and generally try to limit the increase in the world’s global temperatures. And as we all know now, President Trump recently announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. […]
June 7, 2017 5:25 pm
Badass women of Washington
In a segment titled “Badass Women of Washington,” CNN recently featured U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, who recounted the birth of her daughter deemed the “miracle baby.” Abigail was the first baby to survive bilateral renal agenesis, commonly referred to as Potter’s sequence, or syndrome. She weighed 2 pounds 12 ounces when she was […]
June 7, 2017 4:58 pm
Things have quieted down in Truman
The Truman Neighborhood Association held an unremarkable meeting last week. That’s news because the last meeting by the association was marked by raw emotions, raised voices and a movement by some residents to oust the association’s current council and install new members who would take a more aggressive stance on issues of public safety. But […]
June 6, 2017 12:07 pm
Connection between GOP and right-wing activists
The Guardian has a story today linking Republican officials in the Pacific Northwest and right-wing activists who made headlines after fighting with anti-fascist protesters. And guess who is at the center of their story? Clark County’s Don Benton along with his son, Adam. The Guardian reported John Beavers was given a framed replica of a […]
June 1, 2017 5:22 pm
The city and the county resolving to be pals
Clark County and the City of Vancouver are getting along better. The members of their respective councils are talking to each other after a period marked by frosty relations. They even held their first joint meeting in 15 years. At Clark County council’s Wednesday afternoon board time meeting, the level of chuminesses between the two […]
June 1, 2017 4:35 pm
Response to Manchester sounds familiar
It’s become a predictable response to an unfortunate event. A terrorist attack happens and the call for concealed carry permits from public officials increases. The awful bombing during the Ariana Grande concert, in Manchester, England, that killed twenty-two people and injured fifty-nine, was no different. Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, posted on Facebook […]
May 26, 2017 5:23 pm