All Politics is Local
JHB changes her tone on Trump
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz — who once called Donald Trump “a narcissist at a level I don’t think this country has ever seen” and a “pathological liar” – said he would vote for Trump this week. He’s not the only politician who has had a recent change of heart. U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has repeatedly […]
September 23, 2016 3:07 pm
Secretary of State’s office urging snake people, others to vote
Those darn millennials. If you believe everything you read, they’re ruining America, with their bar soap hating, paper napkin eschewing ways. Now the Secretary of State’s Office is doing its part to get those darn kids and others to vote in this dumpster fire of an election year, sending out totally rad postcards to 140,000 […]
September 23, 2016 1:45 pm
Parks parking fees could be on notice
You can probably expect free parking at county parks to be on the chopping block later this year, if Wednesday’s Clark County council work session was any indication. The long and short of it is, the county’s levy-driven funding for parks is unsustainable. Without intervention, the county’s cash flow will be in the negative in less […]
September 16, 2016 6:05 pm
RT’s don’t equal endorsements
A Vancouver woman emailed The Columbian on Friday to ask why the media wasn’t covering Secretary of State Kim Wyman’s use of state resources to endorse Bill Bryant. “Yesterday Secretary of State Kim Wyman used state resources to endorse candidate for governor, Bill Bryant,” the email read. “ I wonder (why) the media (hasn’t) picked […]
September 16, 2016 4:48 pm
Homeless with 8-month-old baby girl
On August 17, at 4:02 p.m. Megan emailed Vancouver City Councilor Alishia Topper for help. It was a short email, barely a paragraph. I’m leaving out Megan’s last name because she didn’t send the email with the idea a reporter would later read it. Lately, we’ve written a lot about the affordable housing crisis the […]
September 9, 2016 2:20 pm
Media wars
I was bemused Thursday night to see the long expected announcement of Clark County Councilor David Madore’s newest project: his own news website. Madore, with the help of former Reflector editor Ken Vance, has launched Clark County Today, a news website that will supposedly go live in October. “ClarkCountyToday.com, founded by U.S. Digital CEO David […]
September 9, 2016 11:31 am
Endorsement wars
The Clark County Republican party has been waging an internal battle against itself for several years now. Recently, officials within the party created new battle wounds by refusing to endorse the re-election bids of Republicans U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutelr and state Sen. Ann Rivers. They took it a step further with Republican John Blom, […]
September 2, 2016 1:19 pm
Tanisha Harris picks up an unlikely endorsement
Democrat Tanisha Harris picked up an endorsement she didn’t ask for in her bid for departing Republican David Madore’s seat on the Clark County council: Madore himself. In the wake of the Clark County Republican Party’s oppose Republican John Blom in the District 3 race, Madore took to Facebook to announce his decision to endorse […]
September 1, 2016 4:58 pm
Yes, pot moratoriums are legal
In the latest chapter of Sticky’s Pot Shop’s ongoing legal battle against Clark County, a Superior Court Judge decided that the store must close its doors. Owner John Larson under state law has, yes, all the licensing and is in compliance to sell marijuana. But he’s been nonetheless thumbing his nose at the county’s moratorium […]
August 26, 2016 6:19 pm
Dump Trump/Herrera Rally
Taking a page from Democrats’ playbook, congressional candidate and state Rep. Jim Moeller, of Vancouver, is pressing U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, to either disavow or endorse Donald Trump. Moeller is hosting a “Dump Trump/Herrera Rally” at 5:30 p.m. at Esther Short Park on Aug. 31. The rally is timed to coincide with Trump’s […]
August 24, 2016 5:19 pm