Tag Archives: light rail
Light rail conspiracy theory
First, let’s get something out of the way: The Columbia River Crossing is still dead. Yet the ghost of the proposed Interstate 5 Bridge replacement continues to haunt government meetings in Clark County. Politicians and citizens still routinely evoke the CRC and light rail as if it were starting construction next week. (Remember the rumors […]
February 5, 2015 3:54 pm
CRC can’t even beat dead Colonel
The meeting mavens aren’t delusional – we know where our stories about local governments rank. We get the daily analytics on page hits on our website. Crime stories always rank the highest — as the saying goes, “If it bleeds, it leads.” Those “nice” stories about “nice people” that people always say they want? They […]
August 23, 2013 2:53 pm
“Light rail has a documented connection to witchcraft”
A new website has surfaced, and it is a spot-on parody of an anti-Columbia River Crossing website. Here is the parody, which can be found at www.crcfacts.com. Over the years, many residents tried to start ferry services, but their efforts were stymied by government-funded snipers on the Oregon side of the river. After two decades […]
March 19, 2013 9:40 am
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. Eric FloripI’m the environment/transportation reporter for The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Wash. Contact me at eric.florip@columbian.com or 360-735-4541.
March 1, 2013 1:36 pm
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: Eric FloripI’m the environment/transportation reporter for The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, Wash. Contact me at eric.florip@columbian.com or 360-735-4541.
February 22, 2013 11:15 am