!Slippery slope? While many politicos keep their views on pot close to their chest, there’s one who’s voicing an opinion. After all, the next five months are going to be a whirlwind time for the Washington State Liquor Control Board,…
!Slippery slope? While many politicos keep their views on pot close to their chest, there’s one who’s voicing an opinion. After all, the next five months are going to be a whirlwind time for the Washington State Liquor Control Board,…
The cover story in today’s Weekend section features drink recommendations to ring in 2013. Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt’s suggestion? A Kahlua Cockroach. I’ll admit that my husband, after he edited the story earlier this week, made a mini-Kahlua Cockroach at…
It’s time for Clark County commissioners to play a New Year’s game of musical chairs, sort of like in the unnotable scene from one of the less beloved Peanuts television specials, “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!” Here’s a link to…
Vancouver City Councilor Jeanne Harris criticized county commissioners this week for not operating a municipal animal shelter. Oh, how I would have loved it if Commissioner Tom Mielke could have been there to respond. The meeting could have been interrupted…
Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt spent Wednesday morning visiting the Loowit Class (first and second grades) at The Gardner School of Arts and Sciences. A few weeks ago, the students visited Leavitt at City Hall as part of their field trip…
We can’t even do apathy well. While Clark County had the lowest voter turnout in the August primary, voters here weren’t as aggressively apathetic in the November general election. Our turnout in August was 30.66 percent of registered voters, compared…
As reporters, we get press releases all the time. They come from all over the place, whether we want them or not. And we know we can’t always take them at face value. Take Wednesday for example. As I was…
Tuesday marked the final C-Tran board meeting of 2012, and the final meeting for Clark County Commissioner Marc Boldt as a board member. But Boldt, who was defeated in the November election, didn’t leave without a parting gift: No, not…
Local dudes Gary Bock and Jim Mains have a new Vancouver Side video out, “The Christmas Gift,” in which they get schooled by Santa on the meaning of holiday. During their quest to find Christmas in the Couv, they visit…
Larry Patella, a longtime critic of the Vancouver City Council and the Columbia River Crossing, sends out frequent complaints about city government. Patella, 83, always signs off, “And so it goes.” In past months, people who receive his emails (including…
