Author: Staff

State of the speech

Is this a dance move? Leavitt delivers his 2011 State of the City speech While it's not nearly as long a wait or as hotly anticipated as the season premiere of […]

Councils short on (Twitter) characters

I can't wait for baseball season. Not because I enjoy baseball. I enjoy the warm weather that comes with baseball season. Oh, and I enjoy the baseball-related tweets that Woodland councilman […]

You Could Be The Next Ridgefield Council Member*

*This is not a reality show advertisement. This is real life. Ridgefield residents, lend me your eyes! You have a .000408 percent chance to be the city's newest council member this […]

Hate your neighbor (for a legit reason)? Read this post

Community Mediation Services had a remarkably upbeat presentation for county commissioners this week. Maybe dealing with all those unhappy people helps with perspective? The two-decade old program was eliminated in late […]

The talk on tolls

State politics reporter Stevie Mathieu and Transportation Reporter Eric Florip (who gamely came back to the office last night after the tolling bill passed the house), have a bit more […]

Medical pot just an excuse to get high

Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke answered questions Tuesday from me and Ken Vance, editor of The Reflector, for CVTV's "Clark County Focus." Here's a link to the show. Some highlights: Mielke doesn't think […]

Battle Royale

The nine members of the C-Tran Board of Directors are expected to vote in April on who gets to vote this fall on operations and maintenance funding of light rail […]

No hard feelings

The Vancouver City Council is set to renew the contracts of its hearings examiners. And it's even re-giving the job to Sharon Rice, an attorney from Shoreline who smacked down the […]

Big brother is watching you

You may not know this, but be aware next time you're downtown: City Hall can see you. When government moved into its new digs at Sixth and Esther streets, they mounted […]

Potty mouths

First-half property tax statements have been mailed, and homeowners with septic systems may have noticed a $16.50 fee. The flat fee replaces a tipping fee and a reporting fee that […]

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