An anonymous letter addressed to APIL arrived today. “The good ol’ boy network is alive and well at Clark County — and it just doesn’t look right,” the letter started. The author, citing the county’s calendar/email system, said there’s a…

Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, when he has his shirt on, is known about town as pretty much the only guy who follows GQ rules. Except in Eastern Europe. And sometimes that’s backfired in our Old Navy-friendly environment. Think back to…

You know those few thoughtless drivers who either try to wedge a Ford F-350 into a space marked “compact” or park on the line instead of comfortably inside it? They apparently all work for Clark County government, because this notice…

Not every candidate agrees to meet with The Columbian’s editorial board, and not every candidate agrees to be interviewed by David Madore’s COUV.com. This was an issue last year when Madore was a donor and continues to be an issue…

And now, a dispatch from transportation reporter Eric Florip: A state Public Disclosure Commission review earlier this month found that C-Tran followed election rules in the run-up to last year’s Proposition 1 vote. The ruling refutes a citizen complaint alleging…

Listen, we know politicians are always saying one thing and then doing another. There’s even a delightful word for it that does a grave injustice to comfy summer footwear — flip flopping. Councilor Jeanne Harris let Mayor Tim Leavitt have…

Admittedly, the meeting mavens watch more meetings than sporting events (except when it’s football season) but we’re going to go ahead and select Bob Knight, president of Clark College, as our first Athlete of the Year. Last weekend I covered…

Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce three of the 13 participants in September’s “Glamorous Gams” benefit for the Children’s Center. We have former La Center City Councilor Troy Van Dinter Clark County Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tonya Rulli And…

Thanks to Karen Savage/City of Vancouver I wrote/lamented in a story last year that while Portland’s downtown office workers were swimming in a sea of food cart choices, us up here in the Couve, we’re stuck with nothing. Until this…

After people in the metro area Wednesday got a first peek at the suspected Hazel Dell bank robber who ended up face down at the feet of four Portland police officers, several of us had the same thought: Doesn’t the…