This exchange from the March 15 Clark County Planning Commission meeting between Chairman Dick Deleissegues and a new member, Eileen Qutub, made me laugh. Qutub was appointed to the board by county commissioners in December and the chairman couldn’t get…
Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt’s sartorial choices have been making headlines — ok, not really, but they have been worthy of note — for years, and they just keep making for high blog fodder. It started with a gaffe in his…
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Those lines from “Romeo and Juliet” have been recycled so many times — so what’s once more? On May 18, elected officials…
The upset farmers who showed up at Tuesday’s public hearing made an impression on Clark County commissioners, but not necessarily a favorable one. Before a work session Wednesday, Commissioner Tom Mielke was talking to Andy Silver, executive director of the…
During county commissioners’ board time last week, talk turned to Hazel Dell. Commissioner Marc Boldt said he’d been meeting with community groups and explaining why there’s no threat that the city of Vancouver will annex Hazel Dell anytime soon. Boldt…
The city of Vancouver has launched a new short, monthly TV program called “We are Vancouver,” a production intended to highlight different city programs and profile city councilors and local businesses. In the inaugural show: The Humane Society walk, a…
We’re so happy there was even a sash. We wrote about the “Salute to Moms” event on May 12 to benefit CDM Services, and pondered who among a banner list of elected officials and veryimportantpeople would earn the title of…
The Hazel Dell Parade of Bands was this past weekend, and of course that meant a parade of politicians. Clark County Live posted dozens of photographs, and here’s what some of our local electeds looked like on May 19. Clearly,…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Washougal Mayor Sean Guard and Mayor Pro-Tem Jon Russell are not seeing eye to eye on a city government matter. This time it’s in relation to an email Russell sent out last…
La Center’s $14 million sewer agreement with the Cowlitz Indian Tribe is all but kaput for now. However, that doesn’t mean officials with the city’s four card rooms are celebrating. Not yet, at least. The two sides could forge a…
