Tag Archives: campaigns
The Phantom Maureen
There’s a certain finesse to covering city council primary elections. You want to give each candidate a fair shake while framing the election for the reader in a useful way. Our rule of thumb is to give all the candidates a “welcome to the race” story of sorts, to introduce them to the voters and […]
National Republicans: Herrera Beutler could be vulnerable
Looks like Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: Washington’s 3rd Congressional District could flip in 2020. The district, represented by Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Battle Ground, was identified as one of the eight most vulnerable Republican-held areas in the country by the National Republican Congressional Committee on Friday. The eight representatives on the NRCC’s list […]
How have council candidates addressed police shootings?
At the Vancouver Neighborhood Alliance meeting last night, most of the discussion revolved around a recent string of police-involved shootings: four in five weeks, three of them fatal. Vancouver Police Department Chief James McElvain fielded questions and defended the department’s actions and policies in a Q&A session that included a few tense exchanges. Also at […]
Jazz fundraiser prompts campaign complaints
Two people have filed complaints with the Public Disclosure Commission after last week’s dust-up over Clark County Council candidate Eileen Quiring’s “Jazz It Up” fundraiser. Quiring, a Republican running for Retiring Republican Councilor Tom Mielke’s seat, invited the Prairie High School Jazz Band to perform at her fundraiser on May 25. State law, however, prohibits […]
A jazzy mistake
Prairie High School Jazz Band members were put in an awkward spot Wednesday when they arrived at a gig and discovered it was a political fundraiser for Clark County Council candidate Eileen Quiring. The jazz band, led by band teacher Rudy Guidry, was the featured entertainment at the Republican candidate’s “Jazz It Up” fundraiser this […]
Will third time be a charm for Mielke?
It appears Clark County Councilor Tom Mielke will run for reelection after all. Mielke told The Reflector and Camas-Washougal Post Record that he is, indeed, running to keep his seat in District 4 for a third term, which covers rural east Clark County including the cities of Camas, Washougal and Battle Ground. Mielke never returned […]
Follow the money for Clark County council
If you were stunned to see the sheer amount of money Clark County Councilor David Madore has put into groups supporting the write-in campaign for Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, get ready to be even more blown away. Because in races where Marc Boldt, this year running for Clark County chair with no party preference, has […]
Why is Mielke opposed to a quarry enforcement officer?
Clark County Councilor Tom Mielke is the only councilor opposed to the hiring a code enforcement officer specifically to police the county’s quarries. His reasoning seems sound, and it may be. Hiring another full-time employee specifically to for quarries when there are already code enforcement officers wastes county resources, Mielke argued during the council’s board […]
Madore backs tax delinquent for freeholder
Clark County Commissioner David Madore has been encouraging people to check out a list of Madore-approved freeholder candidates before filling out their ballots. For each of the 15 seats, candidates are identified “whose core beliefs are for small and limited County government. These candidates would help create a county charter that emphasizes a smaller and less intrusive government […]
No good deed goes unpunished
Last year, local dude Jim Mains did a nice gesture by attempting to remove Debbie Peterson’s Oregon license plates. Peterson, who was running an unsuccessful campaign for state legislator, had Washington plates for the car but even after five months still hadn’t figured out how to get off the Oregon plates, as reported in The Columbian. […]