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No clapping in Mr. Ganley’s class

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

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A drive down memory lane

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

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Playing politics at C-Tran

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.

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C-Tran workshop yields … another workshop

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.

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Blast from the past

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:

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