It’s been a good month for public comment in Clark County. First, there was the marathon Clark County commissioners meeting on May 7, where a lengthy public hearing and outrage over the hiring of state Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, pushed…
It’s been a good month for public comment in Clark County. First, there was the marathon Clark County commissioners meeting on May 7, where a lengthy public hearing and outrage over the hiring of state Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, pushed…
Pop quiz: Anyone recognize this? Ron Onslow does. That’s an old token for the Interstate 5 Bridge (back when it was called the Vancouver-Portland Toll Bridge), and the Ridgefield mayor was among those toll-paying drivers in the 1960s. Onslow gave…
When the official minutes of this week’s C-Tran board meeting are finalized, you’ll see this phrase: “Tom Mielke motioned, Tim Leavitt seconded, and motion carried…” A new political alliance? Well, probably not.
As a reporter, it’s a little disheartening when you can sum up the results of a seven-hour meeting you just sat through with three words. To be continued.
And now, an inspirational message from local dudes Jim Mains and Gary Bock of The Vancouver Side. Enjoy:
When a group of anti-light rail petitioners trekked to Kelso this week, it’s a safe bet that no one was wearing one of these:
It’s displayed on the wall during every board meeting at C-Tran headquarters. Most of the time, it goes unmentioned. We give you, C-Tran’s mission statement: “Provide safe, reliable, efficient mobility choices.” Seems innocuous enough. But that statement, adopted in 2001,…
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…
Remember all that subdistrict-or-no-subdistrict talk earlier this year? It may not have mattered. Turns out, most of the Vancouver urban area said no to C-Tran’s sales tax increase in November anyway. So did every other city in C-Tran’s taxing district,…
