Month: February 2013

The Vancouver City Council had a "retreat" Monday before its regular council meeting. (Can we please come up with another name to describe a long meeting at City Hall that […]

Lesson learned: Don’t file a public records request with Vancouver during the holidays. A story today takes a look at the top overtime earners in cities across Clark County. What started […]

Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt will formally announce Thursday whether he'll seek a second four-year term. Has there ever been any doubt he will? But the most convincing evidence for me was […]

How’s that saying go? “It’s all about location, location, location?” The county commissioners sitting on the Southwest Washington Behavioral Health governing board had lots to say about location during their 2 […]

Following Monday's Clash That Wasn't, an attorney for petitioners announced that since the Vancouver City Council didn't follow orders to put the light-rail initiative on the ballot, the group would […]

Folks making public comment before the Clark County commissioners now only need to state their name. The requirement to state an address is gone. Commissioner Steve Stuart made the change at […]

Happy Friday. Not much to say on this post, except what's the point of having access to public officials' emails if you can't print exchanges like this one between radio […]

The Oregonian is reporting that Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke lauded Clackamas County commissioners at a Thursday meeting for their bravery in taking up a resolution opposing the Columbia River […]

Before Monday's Clash That Wasn't, the Vancouver City Council received an annual update on the Columbia River Crossing from director Nancy Boyd. Most of the information was covered in Eric […]

If you’re a regular of the All Politics is Local blog then you know I had a lunch date with the conservative county officials today. The lunch has been the topic […]