Author: Tyler Graf
All politics is (hyper) local
Every election year, a flood of fliers begins flowing into mailboxes. Candidates rely on direct-mail campaigns to reach the largest number of people with the least amount of work. And, […]
Fireworks policy elicits Kafkaesque conversation
It's been a rough couple of weeks at public meetings. First there was the Sieg Heil dude, whose Nazi salute set the C-Tran board on edge (yet elicited a smattering of […]
Commissioner’s Facebook post makes you go hmm
Commissioner David Madore is living by Mark Twain's old adage that one shouldn't let the truth get in the way of a good story. In a Facebook post Monday, Madore […]
Blast from the past: Stormwater fee edition
At their last hearing Tuesday, the Clark County Board of Commissioners approved increases to stormwater fees for the first time in more than a decade. What the commissioners didn't do […]
Facebook: A politician’s best friend
Back in the day, Facebook was a convenient way for college kids to post photos of themselves at parties drinking themselves sideways. It was like an ontological study of creative […]
A special, patriotic tribute to Clark County
When Francis Scott Key penned the poem that became "The Star-Spangled Banner," the story goes, he was watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British. So taken with the […]
Mielke to freeholders: Decreasing commissioners’ salaries ‘sucks’
At last week's board time meeting, noted wordsmith Tom Mielke offered a colorful assessment of a proposed salary reduction for county commissioners. With near Hemingway-esque succinctness, the commissioner deduced, "That […]
Madore’s website promises bargain basement deals
Are you a business owner, or prospective business owner? Are you looking for a real humdinger of a deal, something too good to pass up? Well, look no further than Clark […]
Massage businesses receive county perks
For more than a year, Clark County has waived the fees that business owners or developers have traditionally paid the county for new construction. The fee waivers, as they’re known, were part […]
Mielke to public: I’ve heard enough
Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke’s evenings are important. Tuesdays in particular, apparently. I can understand this. It’s a good night for TV. I mean, maybe Mielke is a fan of […]