clark county council
One resolution hanging on for dear life
Clark County Councilor David Madore appears to have had a small victory, a rarity for the Republican councilor these days. It appears that at its first meeting of the year, Clark […]
Prolific Facebook banning in question
I put out a crowd sourcing call on Twitter over the weekend asking readers to share what they believed was the post that got them banned from posting on Councilor David […]
Trigger warning: Bridge
New Clark County Councilor Julie Olson learned quickly Wednesday that you can’t say the word “bridge” in the council chambers without triggering Clark County’s biggest hater of tolls and light […]
Sheriff’s deputies guard county meeting
Do you ever feel like you’re being watched? If you were at Tuesday’s Clark County council meeting, you were. At the request of Acting County Manager Mark McCauley, two armed Clark […]
Pot shop violating moratorium qualifies for fee waiver
Not only did John Larson, the man behind Sticky’s Pot Shop in Hazel Dell, manage to acquire a certificate of occupancy for his business despite a moratorium on marijuana retailers, he […]
Looking back on an explosive 2015
Last February, I arrived in Vancouver with a car full of junk and a heart full of optimism. I was back in the state I loved, closer to my family […]
A literary end to 2015 for Clark County council
A coworker of mine on Tuesday described the Clark County council’s four-hour meeting as "Kafkaesque." It was an appropriate end to a meeting peppered with literary references. One-time Vancouver Port commissioner […]
Friends of Clark County gearing up for legal action
At least one organization is already gearing up for legal action over Clark County’s 20-year growth plan. Land-use and conservation group Friends of Clark County, whose members have been vocally opposed […]
Clark County council agenda like Grinch’s heart: Growing
UPDATE: I rewrote this blog post to reflect the contents of Councilor David Madore's proposed resolution as detailed below. An earlier version of this blog post appears at the bottom […]
Christmas week Clark County council meeting feels like a lump of coal
T’will be just before Christmas, and on the sixth floor Our own Clark County council has hearings galore. The meeting’s been noticed, thank David Madore. He wrote them himself, and he plans to […]