Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke answered questions Tuesday from me and Ken Vance, editor of The Reflector, for CVTV’s “Clark County Focus.” Here’s a link to the show. Some highlights: Mielke doesn’t think Commissioner Marc Boldt did anything wrong by…
The nine members of the C-Tran Board of Directors are expected to vote in April on who gets to vote this fall on operations and maintenance funding of light rail and bus rapid transit. As La Center Mayor Jim Irish…
The Vancouver City Council is set to renew the contracts of its hearings examiners. And it’s even re-giving the job to Sharon Rice, an attorney from Shoreline who smacked down the city’s emergency moratorium that tried to stop biomass. Of…
You may not know this, but be aware next time you’re downtown: City Hall can see you. When government moved into its new digs at Sixth and Esther streets, they mounted a webcam on the roof that streams video from…
First-half property tax statements have been mailed, and homeowners with septic systems may have noticed a $16.50 fee. The flat fee replaces a tipping fee and a reporting fee that some people weren’t paying. Depending on the type of septic…
Our blog entry Monday about a misfired rumor regarding Vancouver City Council comments and CVTV got us thinking: Who watches CVTV anyway? Well, there’s no Nielsen ratings for public access, but they do track web hits on their site. There…
We respect local pundit Larry Patella’s hardy skepticism of local leadership. We also believe in turning a questioning eye to elected officials. But we also check our facts before putting it out there for all to see. Patella today sent…
And now a special post from transportation reporter Eric Florip, who had to spend Valentine’s Day with the C-Tran Board of Directors: It’s tough being the little guy. In the ongoing debate over who should vote on C-Tran’s planned sales…
A judge signed a scheduling order last week in Clark County, Washington, et. al, v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., otherwise known as the Cowlitz lawsuit. Now that initial claims have been filed and answered, the Feb.…
A criminal complaint filed by a Vancouver man who didn’t want to pay his traffic tickets was dismissed last Friday. Jon Dessert filed the complaint in a Tacoma federal court on Jan. 4, claiming that he’s a sovereign free man,…
