All Politics is Local
Trucks vs. Neighborhoods: Who comes out on top?
It must be tough to tell west Vancouver residents who are upset about heavy truck traffic in their neighborhood to sit tight while the city studies the problem. Especially when those […]
What’s the plan again?
You don't need to tell the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council that local traffic congestion is bad and getting worse. The agency is in the middle of a Congestion Management Process […]
New décor for the Clark County council
Have you noticed the new décor in the Clark County council chambers? No, I’m not talking about “In God We Trust.” That hasn’t gone up. The Declaration of Independence, however, went up […]
Fact-checking Marc Boldt
Let’s round out the week of campaign silliness with a kick-off email from Marc Boldt. Boldt, the incumbent who lost the commissioner race to Councilor David Madore during the 2012 election, […]
Differing downtown waterfront revenue forecasts
The city of Vancouver’s 20-year tax revenue forecast for the first five-block phase of the downtown waterfront development project, which I wrote about Monday, didn’t sit well with the developer. Tuesday, […]
What’s in a like?
Councilor David Madore, once again, seems to have conflated his Facebook “likes” with his supporters and endorsers. He’s not the first person to do it. I’ve been hassled before for “liking” […]
Councilor Tom Mielke needs a copy editor
It appears Councilor Tom Mielke's campaign for Clark County council chair is well underway. Campaign mailers appear to have gone out sometime in the last week, asking people for whatever […]
Guard’s been working on the railroad all the live long week
Sean Guard wasn’t happy with how I told his story, but he got what he wanted out of it anyway: plenty of publicity. That’s obvious, if you’ve read the comments on […]
Council has a ‘serious conversation’
Clark County councilor Tom “Enough is enough is enough taxes” Mielke sure hates the idea of paying more than his fair share of the pie when it comes to taxes—even […]
I’d like a property taxes and pepperoni pizza
I’m about to drop some tax knowledge using culinary analogies. Among the concerns about Alternative 4 of the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan is the fear that the creation of 8,000 new […]