Month: June 2013
City renews Comcast contract, but questions customer service
Let me start by saying my husband and I are DirectTV subscribers out of necessity, and we use CenturyLink for telephone and internet, so I don't have personal experience with Comcast. On June […]
County endorses candidates for city, maybe, or maybe not, something something CRC
Remember this post? No? Hey, it's cool, I'll recap. The county has long linked to the official website of the Columbia River Crossing to provide information. Commissioners David Madore and Tom Mielke […]
It’s a hard-knock life
"Annie!" my 7-year-old daughter yelled from the backseat on Saturday, her excitement unmistakable. "Mom! There's a sign for 'Annie'! Are you going to take us to see 'Annie'?" she asked. I […]
Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: clip art
As mentioned in an earlier blog post, the Clark County Republican party has a new website. It's a bit confusing because the old website is still up, but I imagine […]
The final count on home rule
The Clark County Republican Party won't be sailing against the wind of creating a charter county. In a statement on its shiny new website, the local Republican chapter says it wants […]
Stuart starts a bear hug fest
Perhaps the finest moment in all of Clark County commission history occurred at Tuesday's public hearing when Smokey The Bear showed up and gave out hugs. Look at this photo I […]
Camas, Battle Ground: Dancing by themselves
A good negotiation is like a dance in which neither partner leads, both attempt not to step on each other’s toes — except as a passive aggressive ploy — and […]
City’s response to Kissinger about his festival concerns
Yesterday, I posted an email Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt sent to city officials after talking with Michael Kissinger of Bravo! Vancouver. The talk was about two weeks prior to Kissinger filing a […]