Author: Stephanie Rice
Councilor’s wife commandeers his Facebook page
I was scrolling through the comments section on my story today about how Vancouver needs money for its streets, amused by the fact Councilor Jack Burkman was trying to patiently […]
“All Politics is Local” turns 3
When we started this blog three years ago, we weren't sure how people were going to react. Turns out that, like the Columbia River Crossing, a Cowlitz casino or candy corn, […]
First Benton, now hoof rot
APIL would like to welcome guest blogger Allen Thomas, The Columbian's outdoors writer. Ed Barnes can fight more than one battle. Yeah, he's made his name railing against Clark County's hiring of […]
“It is not her role to create a project for Southwest Washington”
Vancouver City Councilor Jeanne Harris, who lost in the August primary and will leave the council at the end of this month, isn't going quietly. During Monday's workshop with Mark Brown, […]
An uncomfortable, and inaccurate, choice of words
At Monday's Vancouver City Council meeting, two city residents -- Penny Ross and Micheline Doan -- testified against raising the city property tax levy by 1 percent. They were joined […]
“Integrity” already defined in county HR manual
Earlier this week, Clark County commissioners David Madore and Tom Mielke approved an "integrity resolution," much to the eye-rolling of Commissioner Steve Stuart. As Erik Hidle reported, commissioners debated the document […]
Flowers for Jeannes
The Vancouver City Council will honor outgoing members Jeanne Harris and Jeanne Stewart on Dec. 9. A few flower-bearing people took time Monday during citizen communications to thank the councilors. Carolyn […]
“Proud Past, Frightening Future”
Former Clark County Human Resources Director Steve Foster, who left the job in 2001, wrote a mock job posting on Clark County Citizens for Good Governance, a Facebook group. The post […]
The Jeannes condemn the fact Burkman, not Leavitt, signed a letter
Vancouver City Councilor Jeanne Stewart questioned why Councilor Jack Burkman was allowed to sign a letter to U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on behalf of the Vancouver City […]
APIL Presents: MasterPuppet Theater
Welcome to a very special post on All Politics is Local, in which we explore the just-asked-by-us questions: "What would happen if we had sock puppets stand in for public […]