Month: March 2011

Mielke's got light rail on the brain

Look at this logo for the grassroots branding campaign launched by local business boosters. What do you see? When Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke looked at the logo on Wednesday, he […]

Feed the city government

Monday's Vancouver City Council discussion about the changes to citizen communication was all over the map -- and topics got so wide-ranging, they eventually landed on the dinner table... and […]

He meant what he said, and he said what he meant

Of all the stories written by Dr. Seuss, we don’t remember one involving a sheriff, a newspaper editor and a restaurateur. But those three characters did come together Monday to celebrate […]

All the elected ladies (or, if you like it then you shoulda put your vote to it)

I get to tell you what's on the front page of Sunday's paper, because there's no way anyone else is going to be able to steal it. Sunday's story is about […]

The Generation Gaps

Clark County recently had 67 managers attend a two-hour session on generational differences. Steve Hanamura of Hanamura Consulting in Beaverton, Ore., explained how Veterans (pre-Boomers), Boomers (born between 1945 and 1960), […]

Melnick dresses for the occasion

Clark County Health Officer Dr. Alan Melnick is a busy guy. In the last two weeks, two Clark County kids have been diagnosed with measles. Melnick and other Clark County Public Health […]

The public meeting that wasn’t

What do you have when 11 elected officials get together to discuss publicly funded projects? Apparently a private meeting. Last week I asserted that Commissioners Steve Stuart and Marc Boldt violated […]

The public meeting that wasn't

What do you have when 11 elected officials get together to discuss publicly funded projects? Apparently a private meeting. Last week I asserted that Commissioners Steve Stuart and Marc Boldt violated […]

Going after the Sheriff’s ‘stache

Last year, when deputies from the Clark County Sheriff's Office raised money for the American Cancer Society by growing mustaches, Sheriff Garry Lucas instead said it would take money for […]

Going after the Sheriff's 'stache

Last year, when deputies from the Clark County Sheriff's Office raised money for the American Cancer Society by growing mustaches, Sheriff Garry Lucas instead said it would take money for […]

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