Politics

Filing week is still nine weeks away, but one of the county commissioners, Republican Tom Mielke, already has two publicly declared opponents. What about his fellow Republican, Marc Boldt? Boldt will be […]

Some of the comments on today's Columbia River Crossing story bashed the fact that the Washington State Department of Transportation conducted an internal audit of the project. One thing to make […]

Well, we're not sure what to make of this letter, which was sent to us by someone who said it was distributed in the Hough neighborhood in west Vancouver a […]

Calls for a public vote on transit. Signs, billboards and heaps of newspaper coverage. A locally preferred alternative. Swirling debate over the future of transit. Clark County, meet Lane County, Ore. […]

Some jokes write themselves. Now, we at APIL appreciate those sworn to serve and protect so we would never make any cracks about police officers and pigs. Battle Ground City Councilor and […]

Of course your nerdy city government reporter subscribes to podcasts, including This American Life. This last Sunday's edition (which I of course didn't finish until today) is an excellent primer on […]

For a project like the CRC to go without a hitch would be "Disneyland," Mayor Tim Leavitt said last week. When The Columbian broke the story about the Coast Guard's concerns […]

As Clark County Commissioners keep churning through the development code book, updating, maintaining or eliminating rules and regs in a laborious process known as Retooling Our Code, they've finally reached […]

NOTE: This post is an update on this story. Sorry if you are offended by its lack of snark. I'll make up for it with my next post, I promise. The […]

Is this a dance move? Leavitt delivers his 2011 State of the City speech While it's not nearly as long a wait or as hotly anticipated as the season premiere of […]