Author: Erik Hidle
Elected Duck fan says it’s okay to laugh at Husky fans again
Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart, a University of Oregon alumnus, has issued a statement on his official Facebook account regarding the NCAA's levying of penalties on Oregon football. Ah, keepin' it […]
Free speech guy’s views on free speech
Clark County Commissioner David Madore makes a point of reminding folks he’s a “free speech guy.” Here he is just last Tuesday saying of local government that, "I love our freedom […]
Stuart and Rivers have something in common
Back on May 1, when Clark County commissioners moved to hired state Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver as head of Environmental Services, Commissioner Steve Stuart became incensed. On Thursday, he chose to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Purrr-fect match for Clark County commissioners
While browsing the Humane Society for Southwest Washington's website in search of a potential newsroom cat that my editors have specifically told me I am not to bring in to […]
One man’s plan is another man’s fist full of sand
Big hearing coming up June 11 to talk about Clark County Commissioner David Madore's plan to cut away at impact fees for new business developments in the county. The plan would […]
Defining success for Benton
Clark County commissioners discussed the May 1 hiring of state Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, to the position of director of Environmental Services again at this past Wednesday's board meeting. That's […]