Month: June 2011

Your tax dollars at work

This blog is often a bastion for little tidbits about the malapropisms and temper tantrums that come with covering local politics. Not today for this reporter, who is back from a […]

Talking dirty comes at a price

The meeting mavens are happy to welcome guest blogger, Columbian reporter Laura McVicker, who shares the story of a county prosecutor who, well, let's just say it's unlikely Jim David […]

Stewart: “The citizens have been duped”

The Vancouver City Council spent two hours discussing the Columbia River Crossing’s draft Final Environmental Impact Statement Monday afternoon. The councilors, in general, provided Nancy Boyd, CRC project director, and […]

Stewart: "The citizens have been duped"

The Vancouver City Council spent two hours discussing the Columbia River Crossing’s draft Final Environmental Impact Statement Monday afternoon. The councilors, in general, provided Nancy Boyd, CRC project director, and […]

Appointment of Wylie has woman seeing red

Carolyn Crain, a regular speaker during public comment at Clark County Board of Commissioners meetings, accused the commissioners Tuesday of appointing a communist to represent the 49th Legislative District. Crain was […]

Ciraulo’s rock-n-roll past

News of Kiss rocker Gene Simmons’ visit to Battle Ground this week sparked quite a bit of discussion on The Columbian website. Battle Ground Mayor Mike Ciraulo said his phone was […]

Ciraulo's rock-n-roll past

News of Kiss rocker Gene Simmons’ visit to Battle Ground this week sparked quite a bit of discussion on The Columbian website. Battle Ground Mayor Mike Ciraulo said his phone was […]

Big Stu: Full time commissioner, on-call bouncer

Tom Mielke may be the chairman of the Board of Clark County Commissioners, but he’s not the muscle. That title apparently belongs to 6-foot-5 Steve Stuart, who is taller than […]

Here’s why an estimate was off by $500,000

Bear with me on another blog post about the baseball proposal. The Yakima Herald-Republic reported that if the Yakima Bears left town, the city would lose $700,000 a year. That was […]

Here's why an estimate was off by $500,000

Bear with me on another blog post about the baseball proposal. The Yakima Herald-Republic reported that if the Yakima Bears left town, the city would lose $700,000 a year. That was […]

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