Author: Stephanie Rice
The would-be First Lady of Vancouver pulls a Stuart
Stephanie Turlay, wife of mayoral candidate and Vancouver City Councilor Bill Turlay who also serves as his campaign manager, was sitting in the front row of the council meeting this […]
Leavitt’s billboard pledge
Anyone who has been southbound on Interstate 5 in recent weeks has probably noticed this billboard, near where the long-shuttered Thunderbird on the River Hotel burned last year. As we've reported, […]
It’s an election miracle!
When I interviewed mayoral candidate and Vancouver City Councilor Bill Turlay on Oct. 7 and asked about his 1994 bankruptcy filing, he blamed the failure of his company, Contech Corporation, […]
Leavitt still working to “Fix the Debt”
A television ad that begins airing today statewide is part of a national ad buy for Campaign to Fix the Debt, which was co-founded by former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson and […]
Mayoral race – the sporty edition
My story on the Vancouver mayoral race ran on Sunday's front page. Last week, metro editor Craig Brown and I selected some photos of Mayor Tim Leavitt and Councilor Bill Turlay […]
Last-minute birthday plans
Vancouver City Councilor Larry Smith turned 71 on Oct. 1, and boy, did he get a birthday surprise! Ninety minutes before the start of a meeting of the Southwest Washington Regional […]
But who do the firefighters support?
We all love firefighters. But the question is, Do they love you back? A campaign flier by Vancouver Vitality implies that if you support the Columbia River Crossing, then if your house burns […]
The hard-hitting question Turlay couldn’t answer
Wednesday's mayoral debate didn't include any memorable lines, or much debate, for that matter. Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt and Councilor Bill Turlay each answered seven questions from moderator John McDonagh that had […]
Turlay, Leavitt ask for end to sign wars
(This post ran in Sunday's newspaper.) As sure as political signs go up every election season, some signs get torn down. Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt and his challenger, city Councilor Bill Turlay, would like […]
Mayoral race marked by damaged and negative signs
As sure as political signs go up every election season, some signs get torn down. We rarely write news articles about sign vandalism unless someone is charged with removing or defacing a […]