One of the mavens’ favorite national nonprofit organizations, the Sunshine Review, has released its 2013 Transparency Report Card. Washington ranks among the top 5 performing states when it comes to open government, along with California, Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The…
Clark County just sent out a late add to the commissioner’s calendar for this Friday. I wonder where that came from. Looks like I’ll be joining Commissioners David Madore and Tom Mielke, State Reps. Paul Harris and Brandon Vick, State…
Treasurer Lasher, I thought you would like to know that the Clark County commissioners were talking about you last week during board time. Specifically, they were talking about how they hope you make it so property owners can make partial…
Clark County commissioners tentatively agreed last week on what board assignments they’ll have for the coming year. Most of these appointments are to regional boards tackling topics such as the environment, economic concerns and intergovernmental cooperation. Commissioners David Madore, Tom…
Thanks to an anonymous tip, the meeting mavens have learned about a public meeting that, whoops, wasn’t properly noticed under the Open Public Meetings Act. The “Conservative County Officials Lunch,” has been scheduled for the first day of every month,…
Decommissioned computers, that is. Clark County is selling off what appears to be a fair amount of decommissioned computers at $40 a piece on Craigslist. Here they are, sitting on a cart, in what looks like some office in the…
Now, I can’t fault Kelly Sills, Clark County’s economic development director, for his handwriting. He didn’t think that his notes would end up being the subject of a public disclosure request, because I’ve never had to file a public disclosure…
Maven Erik is out sick, so I’m filling in on my old county beat. And what did Commissioner Tom Mielke say when he saw me this morning? “We didn’t cut funding.” He was referring to our lead A1 story, “County…
Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt has a date lined up for Valentine’s Day: himself. Leavitt said Tuesday he will announce on Feb. 14 whether he plans to seek a second four-year term. He said his announcement will likely be outside of…
