Politics

Apparently, Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt wasn't just speaking for himself when he said this at Tuesday's C-Tran board meeting: "Who in the world are 311 and Slightly Stoopid?" The two reggae-flavored bands […]

Since there's no Vancouver City Council meeting tonight in observance of Veterans Day, it's a good time to revisit a topic councilors discussed last week. City Attorney Ted Gathe gave councilors […]

Reporter Eric Florip has been contributing to All Politics is Local, but we’ve officially made him the fifth maven. We recently introduced the newest contributors to All Politics is Local, Erik […]

What's in the water supply? Well, in Portland, not Fluoride. Vancouver’s neighbor to the south would do well to create a Bureau of Dental Hygiene post for The Crest® Gel Crest® […]

Does this look like fun? Clark County hired more than 200 election workers this year, said Auditor Greg Kimsey. In the era of polling places, the county had to hire 600 […]

Budget season is here, and local elected officials are deciding how tax revenues are spent. To answer the questions, "Where do my property taxes go?" and "What do I get […]

David Madore and Tom Mielke are looking like they will be the majority on the Board of Clark County Commissioners. Both decry regulations and have promised to do whatever it […]

A co-worker brought in a mailer produced by the Washington Realtors. Since we've established that I'm so tired of reading mailers I'm only looking at the photos, I looked at […]

There are two problems with listing everyone who has "liked" your Facebook page as a supporter, as Clark County commissioner candidate David Madore did on a recent ad. First, as […]

A county resident talked his way out of some free cash from Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke during the public comment period of the Oct. 30 county commissioner meeting. Apparently, Dave […]