Author: Erik Hidle
Gone fishin’: no county meetings Wednesday
The Clark County commissioners won't hold meetings on Wednesday as they won't have a quorum. Yup, your electeds are taking a few days off before the summer fades. I'm not sure what […]
Commissioners hit their stride
Mark down Aug. 21 as the day that Clark County commissioners hit their stride. I'm going to try and temper my excitement here, because there is no precedent to say this […]
Ask David Madore
Clark County Commissioner David Madore did something pretty awesome on his Facebook page on Sunday by opening up a free-for-all question and answer session. And verily did folks provide the free-for-all. It […]
“I love the look in your eyes.”
Clark County Commissioner David Madore offered up a veiled threat to Commissioner Steve Stuart this week during the commissioners' board time meeting. After Stuart, a Democrat, basically begged Madore, a Republican, […]
The freeholder update list
Clark County voters are about to elect freeholders. At the end of the filing period on Aug. 9, 123 folks had filed for the office. But that number is dynamic, and […]
Who knew a written history of county treasurers would be incredible?
The All Politics is Local team was digging through the Clark County website a few months back when this incredible sentence was discovered on Clark County Treasurer Doug Lasher's web […]
Mr. Patella’s opus
Every morning an email from Larry Patella hits the inbox is a good morning. Patella is infamous for his odyssey against the city of Vancouver, where he fought a losing court […]
The blog post where a reporter laughs like a whimsical child
At least no one will hear me giggle like an eight-year-old on this ride we're about to go on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wrT4SBw5qw Oh. Oh no. I don't have much to say about this, other than […]
Straight talk with Tom Mielke
Commissioner Tom Mielke engaged in some straight-up, down-on-the-farm, no-nonsense conversation last week as commissioners debated what to do about a lingering contract dispute with the Humane Society of Southwest Washington […]
Mielke has a tough day of public testimony
Commissioner Steve Stuart is currently the chair of the board of Clark County commissioners. That means he leads the process of the meetings as best he can. He gets public […]