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City has one sister, not sure it can handle another

Of all the topics presented at Vancouver City Council workshops, a proposal to be a Sister City with Dubrovnik, Croatia, seemed like it would be fairly innocuous. I wrote about the proposal in February when a delegation from Dubrovnik, including the mayor, visited

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Madore seeking mayor…er…council candidates

Clark County Commissioner David Madore has a casting call out for folks considering running for city council positions this year. Yes, it could be you. Now, I could write a whole bunch of words about how he probably won’t support

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Hey Carolyn, here’s your proof

During Monday’s Vancouver City Council meeting, failed legislative candidate Carolyn Crain ripped into Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt for saying that signature gatherers were paid for their work on the anti light-rail petition.  ”You declared that people were paid to collect

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Cheap county employees hog free downtown parking

Well, this won’t do much to foster city-county goodwill. The Vancouver City Council had a workshop Monday on its Government Parking District Management Plan in advance of an April 15 public hearing. The council has been discussing downtown street parking

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City folk can now walk dogs county-style

The Vancouver City Council on Monday updated the city animal code to match the county code, which makes sense since the city contracts with Clark County Animal Control to deal with dangerous dogs and dead cats.

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