Tag Archives: Jack Burkman
A modest proposal
Clark County Commissioner David Madore and others have long said C-Tran doesn’t need to raise fares, as the transit agency did for the seventh consecutive year in 2014. This month, Madore took his stance one step — make that several steps — further. The commissioner suggested that C-Tran slash fares to 25 cents and better […]
December 19, 2014 11:09 am
Leavitt steps away from C-Tran board
When the new C-Tran board is seated next month, it will be without at least one familiar face. Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, currently C-Tran’s board chair, is removing himself from the board. He made the announcement to his City Council colleagues this week. “I’ve been at it for 10 years now as (a) C-Tran board […]
December 3, 2014 3:53 pm
The BRT name game
When C-Tran unveiled four possible names for its proposed bus rapid transit system on Tuesday, the response here in the newsroom was less than enthusiastic. C-Tran is asking the public’s help in picking the identity of the enhanced bus system, posting an online survey to rank the names. The agency will also accept direct comments, […]
May 14, 2014 2:41 pm
Musical (vice) chairs
At least Tom Mielke gets to be chair of the Clark County Board of Commissioners. Four times since December, Mielke has been nominated as chair or vice chair of two other bodies he serves on, only to be passed over for someone else. In each case, he was spurned by either the Regional Transportation Council […]
April 3, 2014 10:46 am
Jack Burkman causing problems for Jack Burkman, again
Vancouver City Councilor Jack Burkman has been taking a beating on social media, thanks to the other Jack Burkman, the one MSNBC host Keith Olberman named the worst person in the world in 2010. That Jack Burkman, a conservative lobbyist, announced this week he was working on legislation to ban gay athletes from the NFL. […]
February 25, 2014 1:10 pm
Burkman’s response to Vancouver Vitality’s attack ad
Vancouver City Councilor Jack Burkman responded last week to the television ad that was paid for by Vancouver Vitality, the conservative group that is pushing a slate of candidates. On his website, there’s a message headlined “Stop the Negative Campaigning!” that says Burkman does not sit on the C-Tran Board of Directors (currently those seats are […]
October 21, 2013 3:16 pm
The Dude Abides – and so does Burkman
With today’s announcement from the feds that they don’t care if Washington goes ahead, rolls Initiative 502 and lights up, I tweeted that the Vancouver City Council needs to actually approve zoning laws. Just joking, I added – we all know the city council will find another excuse to delay making a decision, especially during […]
August 29, 2013 3:21 pm
Sign drama continues with “Turlay” and “Stewart” stickers
Well, somebody has been busy plastering stickers on signs. Earlier this week, I wrote about election sign drama, including a sign that singled out Vancouver City Councilor Jack Burkman for raising property taxes when in fact the council vote was unanimous. In the interest of accuracy, I wrote, why not have a sign saying every […]
August 2, 2013 11:55 am
Who loves Topper?
Well, it wouldn’t be a proper campaign season without sign drama, but two types of signs reek of desperation. Councilor Jack Burkman posted this photo on Facebook over the weekend: Yes, “Burkman: Raised Your Property Tax.” Do you know who else voted for the 1 percent increase? Every other single member of the Vancouver City […]
July 30, 2013 12:39 pm
Firefighters don’t take a stand in Stewart race
The Vancouver Firefighters Union has endorsed Anne McEnerny-Ogle in her bid to defeat Councilor Jeanne Harris and Councilor Jack Burkman in his re-election effort, but is staying quiet about Councilor Jeanne Stewart’s race. Mark Johnston, president of IAFF Local 452, said today that there was internal debate over what to do in Stewart’s race, where […]
July 22, 2013 5:06 pm