All Politics is Local
When Carolyn Crain attacks: local GOP faces campaign finance complaint
The recent infighting in the local Republican Party now includes one of the hallmarks of many other political squabbles in Washington: a complaint with the state’s election monitor claiming someone filled out paperwork incorrectly. Earlier this week, GOP activist and precinct committee officer Carolyn Crain filed a complaint with the Public Disclosure Commission against the […]
Let the campaign mailers begin
Are you a voter in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District? Have you started receiving mailers for the 2020 race? Though we’ve got more than a year to go until the incumbent, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, faces off against a challenger in the general election, mailer campaigns have already kicked off. Take a postcard from the American […]
A neighborhood association’s disowning comes up at county council
When it’s time for open public comment period at the Clark County Council’s Tuesday evening hearings, councilors typically just listen and avoid getting into a back-and-forth with people who show up to speak. But when talk of a disowned neighborhood association and retaliation by the county came up, council Chair Eileen Quiring had to respond. […]
Former GOP chair calls on activists to sidestep county party in 2020 elections
Clark County Republican Party Chair Earl Bowerman beat back an attempt to recall him by disaffected members of his party on Tuesday. But that doesn’t mean the party’s infighting will stop. It could instead continue into next year’s hotly contested state and federal elections. On Tuesday, a meeting of the party’s precinct committee officers adjourned […]
City councilor lashes out over email
Vancouver City Councilor Bill Turlay really doesn’t like Portland activist and newsletter-writer Richard Ellmyer, if a recent email correspondence between the two is any indication. In response to a political newsletter authored by Ellmyer criticizing President Donald Trump, Turlay sent the following response from his official city council email account on July 31: “Hi jerk. […]
In voter turnout, county fell short
Statewide voter turnout in the Aug. 6 election hit 29.56 percent, making this year’s ballot return the most popular odd-year primary election in a decade. The results, released from Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, were certified on Friday. The last time odd-year primary results hit that high was in 2009, when the ballot return […]
How local legislators did on NARAL Pro-Choice Washington’s scorecard
From the Department of Not All That Surprising, NARAL Pro-Choice Washington released its scorecard earlier this month of state legislators on how they voted on abortion access. The Reproductive Freedom Legislator Scorecard, not all that surprisingly, gave high marks to Clark County’s legislative Democrats and low marks to Republicans. According to the scorecard, lawmakers were […]
What’s up with that T-shirt?
Vancouver retailer Axehead appears to have closed its storefront in Uptown Village, a few weeks after the company got into a social media spat stemming from an Instagram post that was seen as endorsing the use of an anti-gay slur. The post showed owner Randy Larson standing with two visitors to Axehead’s second storefront location […]
Did the union “take over” Tuesday’s election? Depends on who you ask.
Robert Stewart isn’t pleased with Tuesday’s election results. The Columbia Credit Union financial adviser came in third in his bid for Vancouver Public Schools Board of Directors, losing to two teachers, Lisa Messer and Kathy Decker. But it’s not Messer or Decker who’s got Stewart mad. It’s not even the fact that he lost. It’s […]
County Manager explains basic science on national TV
As Clark County manager, Shawn Henessee has many responsibilities, such as preparing a half-billion-dollar annual budget, overseeing over a thousand employees and presiding over the bureaucracy that is county government. Now, Henessee has another job: explaining basic science to millions of people. Henessee’s debut as an up and coming Neil Degrasse Tyson came via the […]