Politics
Talking dirty comes at a price
The meeting mavens are happy to welcome guest blogger, Columbian reporter Laura McVicker, who shares the story of a county prosecutor who, well, let's just say it's unlikely Jim David […]
Stewart: "The citizens have been duped"
The Vancouver City Council spent two hours discussing the Columbia River Crossing’s draft Final Environmental Impact Statement Monday afternoon. The councilors, in general, provided Nancy Boyd, CRC project director, and […]
Stewart: “The citizens have been duped”
The Vancouver City Council spent two hours discussing the Columbia River Crossing’s draft Final Environmental Impact Statement Monday afternoon. The councilors, in general, provided Nancy Boyd, CRC project director, and […]
Appointment of Wylie has woman seeing red
Carolyn Crain, a regular speaker during public comment at Clark County Board of Commissioners meetings, accused the commissioners Tuesday of appointing a communist to represent the 49th Legislative District. Crain was […]
Ciraulo’s rock-n-roll past
News of Kiss rocker Gene Simmons’ visit to Battle Ground this week sparked quite a bit of discussion on The Columbian website. Battle Ground Mayor Mike Ciraulo said his phone was […]
Ciraulo's rock-n-roll past
News of Kiss rocker Gene Simmons’ visit to Battle Ground this week sparked quite a bit of discussion on The Columbian website. Battle Ground Mayor Mike Ciraulo said his phone was […]
Big Stu: Full time commissioner, on-call bouncer
Tom Mielke may be the chairman of the Board of Clark County Commissioners, but he’s not the muscle. That title apparently belongs to 6-foot-5 Steve Stuart, who is taller than […]
Here’s why an estimate was off by $500,000
Bear with me on another blog post about the baseball proposal. The Yakima Herald-Republic reported that if the Yakima Bears left town, the city would lose $700,000 a year. That was […]
Here's why an estimate was off by $500,000
Bear with me on another blog post about the baseball proposal. The Yakima Herald-Republic reported that if the Yakima Bears left town, the city would lose $700,000 a year. That was […]
Admissions tax revenues wouldn’t go up in better economy
A proposal to bring a minor league baseball team to Vancouver will likely hinge on the willingness of the Clark County commissioners to support a 5 percent admissions tax. The […]