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What scares Larry Smith?

Vancouver City Council’s workshop Monday on the makeup of the C-Tran Board of Directors turned into a confessional for Councilor Larry Smith, who shared his thoughts on the Clark County commissioners. Smith, who serves on the C-Tran Board of Directors

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“Boys of Steel 2: Not Faster Than a Speeding Bullet”

I’m not sure how much money contestants in “Dancing with the Local Stars” are raising, but they make for rich blog material. Last week we had the “Boys of Steel,” “DWTLS” contestants Jim Mains and Bart Hansen along with Harrison

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Boys of Steel

I haven’t got details yet from Thursday’s stud auction fundraiser, except that a couple bought Mayor Tim Leavitt’s package for $1,600. His package includes taking three people to dinner in a limo, followed by a Patrick Lamb concert at Bethany Vineyards, plus gift certificates for

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City renews Comcast contract, but questions customer service

Let me start by saying my husband and I are DirectTV subscribers out of necessity, and we use CenturyLink for telephone and internet, so I don’t have personal experience with Comcast. On June 3, the Vancouver City Council (with the exception of Jack

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County endorses candidates for city, maybe, or maybe not, something something CRC

Remember this post? No? Hey, it’s cool, I’ll recap. The county has long linked to the official website of the Columbia River Crossing to provide information. Commissioners David Madore and Tom Mielke felt it wasn’t fair to present one side

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It’s a hard-knock life

“Annie!” my 7-year-old daughter yelled from the backseat on Saturday, her excitement unmistakable. “Mom! There’s a sign for ‘Annie’! Are you going to take us to see ‘Annie’?” she asked. I hadn’t seen the sign my daughter was talking about,

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Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: clip art

As mentioned in an earlier blog post, the Clark County Republican party has a new website. It’s a bit confusing because the old website is still up, but I imagine it will all be sorted in time. Meanwhile, the Clark

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The final count on home rule

The Clark County Republican Party won’t be sailing against the wind of creating a charter county. In a statement on its shiny new website, the local Republican chapter says it wants folks to consider taking part in the change coming

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Stuart starts a bear hug fest

Perhaps the finest moment in all of Clark County commission history occurred at Tuesday’s public hearing when Smokey The Bear showed up and gave out hugs. Look at this photo I posted on my Twitter account (which you all should

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Camas, Battle Ground: Dancing by themselves

A good negotiation is like a dance in which neither partner leads, both attempt not to step on each other’s toes — except as a passive aggressive ploy — and everyone leaves frustrated. But you can’t dance if there’s no

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