I’ve been wondering for a while whatever happened to the much-ballyhooed face-to-face town hall meetings Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt instituted after he took office. There were a handful, but none since last November. A news story I wrote in January…
As we’ve reported twice, there is a neighborhood-association sponsored meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Clark County Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., on the baseball proposal. Topics, according to organizer Bridget Schwarz, include: benefits of bringing baseball to Clark…
Usually we leave it to our ace cops reporter John Branton to report scams — but this one hits politically close to home. Vancouver City Council candidate Bill Turlay’s campaign email sent a plea to folks on his contact list…
I always thought elementary school teachers were the only ones who cared about seating arrangements. This week’s Clark County Board of Health meeting proved me wrong. Typically at board of health meetings, all the important people sit in the front…
The Hoops on the River “celebrity” match between local public figures and members of the KPTV news crew ranked somewhere in the middle as far as entertainment value. More entertaining than watching “regular” 40-year-old men playing basketball. Less entertaining than…
First, the good news. Two days after I revealed that Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart is behind on his office coffee dues, he paid up. Today, he paid office assistant Jennifer Clark $60 cash to cover what he owed, plus…
I must start this post by noting that I do not have a clause in my contract requiring me to “blog about Washougal political blogs” once per week. It only seems that way. And breathe … This week’s installment of…
When this blog was started in December, we promised it would be a place for readers to learn behind-the-scenes details about local government leaders. I’ve also decided it is a venue where I can publicly shame Commissioner Steve Stuart into…
A fun fight for a good cause Saturday at the Vancouver Farmers Market featured a special guest: Vancouver City Councilor Jeanne Harris. The “Clash in the ‘Couve” was billed as a comical battle between Jim Mains, president of the Vancouver…
Update: Elections chief Tim Likness has informed us that primary losers cannot, we repeat, cannot, mount a write-in campaign. But Likness can stand us up at the gates of Hell but we won’t back down from this blog post, partly…
