This blog is often a bastion for little tidbits about the malapropisms and temper tantrums that come with covering local politics. Not today for this reporter, who is back from a six day vacation that included palm trees. Even though…
This blog is often a bastion for little tidbits about the malapropisms and temper tantrums that come with covering local politics. Not today for this reporter, who is back from a six day vacation that included palm trees. Even though…
The meeting mavens are happy to welcome guest blogger, Columbian reporter Laura McVicker, who shares the story of a county prosecutor who, well, let’s just say it’s unlikely Jim David will ever be transferred to the department’s “civil” division. She’ll…
The Vancouver City Council spent two hours discussing the Columbia River Crossing’s draft Final Environmental Impact Statement Monday afternoon. The councilors, in general, provided Nancy Boyd, CRC project director, and Heather Wills, CRC environmental manager, with positive feedback on the…
Carolyn Crain, a regular speaker during public comment at Clark County Board of Commissioners meetings, accused the commissioners Tuesday of appointing a communist to represent the 49th Legislative District. Crain was so steamed she couldn’t bring herself to even name…
News of Kiss rocker Gene Simmons’ visit to Battle Ground this week sparked quite a bit of discussion on The Columbian website. Battle Ground Mayor Mike Ciraulo said his phone was buzzing with text messages and phone calls from community…
Tom Mielke may be the chairman of the Board of Clark County Commissioners, but he’s not the muscle. That title apparently belongs to 6-foot-5 Steve Stuart, who is taller than Mielke and Marc Boldt and the only Gen Xer on…
Bear with me on another blog post about the baseball proposal. The Yakima Herald-Republic reported that if the Yakima Bears left town, the city would lose $700,000 a year. That was a mistake that The Columbian repeated, then corrected. This…
A proposal to bring a minor league baseball team to Vancouver will likely hinge on the willingness of the Clark County commissioners to support a 5 percent admissions tax. The Vancouver City Council will also have to agree to go…
Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke may question the dangers of secondhand smoke, but he’s certain about T-shirts bearing depictions of marijuana leaves. No good. During Wednesday’s Board of Health meeting, the discussion on banning the sale of e-cigarettes to minors…
At the C-Tran Board of Directors Meeting, top staff showed the gathered elected officials a video of just how light rail and a farmer’s market go together after the project is constructed. You can see it here, in a link…
