All Politics is Local
Madore: Let the public debate on Facebook
The Clark County commissioners' work session on marijuana was attended by more than 60 people. That's a huge crowd, considering a reporter from The Columbian is often the only person […]
Two-Term Tim
I watched the weekend's NFL Wild Card games in Las Vegas, so I'm the first to say all my predictions don't come true. Especially when you bet the over and […]
Memories of a county beat reporter
First of all, I'm leaving. I'm going to Sochi to cover the Olympics. I'll miss working at The Columbian. I'll also miss some of you. But not all of you. […]
Gathe’s 2014 resolution
Longtime Vancouver City Attorney Ted Gathe has informed City Manager Eric Holmes and members of the city council that he'll retire in July. Gathe has survived, by my count, five city […]
Turlay’s criticism of federal spending criticized by Leavitt
We know Vancouver City Councilor Bill Turlay doesn't believe in global warming, because as a fighter pilot he "worked where weather is made" and "weather, over a period of time, […]
More straight talk with Tom Mielke
I spoke with Clark County Commissioner Tom Mielke the other day for a good amount of time on a story I have coming up. The interview took maybe five minutes. Then […]
When your powers combine… Don Benton’s Wikipedia page is a battlefield
On Nov. 25, someone made 3,395 character changes to the Wikipedia page of state Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver. The edits — which you can see side-by-side here — include removing nearly […]
Clark County Variety Hour
Well, that was weird. On Wednesday I heard from a plaintiff's attorney, who told me Clark County commissioners were expected to discuss the stormwater settlement during a 1:30 p.m. executive session […]
Councilor’s wife commandeers his Facebook page
I was scrolling through the comments section on my story today about how Vancouver needs money for its streets, amused by the fact Councilor Jack Burkman was trying to patiently […]
RTC: Boldly joining the 21st century
Visiting the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council's website is like stepping back in time. Back to a time when cell phones were used for phone calls, when The Columbian had just […]