Month: January 2013
Washington among top 5 “Sunshine” states
One of the mavens' favorite national nonprofit organizations, the Sunshine Review, has released its 2013 Transparency Report Card. Washington ranks among the top 5 performing states when it comes to […]
Washington among top 5 "Sunshine" states
One of the mavens' favorite national nonprofit organizations, the Sunshine Review, has released its 2013 Transparency Report Card. Washington ranks among the top 5 performing states when it comes to […]
Lunch with the boys
Clark County just sent out a late add to the commissioner's calendar for this Friday. I wonder where that came from. Looks like I'll be joining Commissioners David Madore and Tom […]
Bring the Payne
Treasurer Lasher, I thought you would like to know that the Clark County commissioners were talking about you last week during board time. Specifically, they were talking about how they hope […]
Clark County Commissioners get to the appointments
Clark County commissioners tentatively agreed last week on what board assignments they’ll have for the coming year. Most of these appointments are to regional boards tackling topics such as the environment, […]
Mielke, Madore will get lesson on Open Public Meetings Act
Thanks to an anonymous tip, the meeting mavens have learned about a public meeting that, whoops, wasn't properly noticed under the Open Public Meetings Act. The "Conservative County Officials Lunch," has […]
Clark County Decommissioned
Decommissioned computers, that is. Clark County is selling off what appears to be a fair amount of decommissioned computers at $40 a piece on Craigslist. Here they are, sitting on a cart, […]
Here’s what open government looks like now in Clark County
Now, I can't fault Kelly Sills, Clark County's economic development director, for his handwriting. He didn't think that his notes would end up being the subject of a public disclosure […]
Deadbeat “Dads”
Maven Erik is out sick, so I'm filling in on my old county beat. And what did Commissioner Tom Mielke say when he saw me this morning? "We didn't cut funding." He […]