clark county
Council addresses recall petition in heated board time
If you have five minutes and 19 seconds to spare this holiday weekend, spend it listening to Wednesday's short board time meeting. It was the first time the councilors had the opportunity to speak […]
Debate over money in politics arrives in Clark County
The debate over big money in politics has come to Clark County. Camas investor and philanthropist David Nierenberg’s announcement about Connecting Clark County, a political action committee focused on getting Republican Councilor […]
Sen. Don Benton seeks second county director gig
Don Benton applied to lead Clark County’s Human Resources Department, a move dripping with irony given how Councilors David Madore and Tom Mielke trod on county HR policies to hand […]
From iPad Wizard to ‘disrespectful and insubordinate’
Little more than an hour before the Clark County Council deliberated on granting County Manager Mark McCauley an 18-month contract, Councilor David Madore sent him a "letter of reprimand." "You made a […]
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 […]
Berrigan turns petition over
Christian Berrigan’s efforts to overturn the Clark County Council’s rules of procedures are onto the next step: signature verification. Last week I wrote about Berrigan, who protested the county council’s decision […]
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 […]
Madore relatively quiet in early weeks of election 2016
For many of you, the exasperation of another year of campaigning may already be underway as you pass the 4 x 8 campaign signs starting to dot our countryside. “It’s only […]
Boldt reduced again to tears at the dais
Tuesday was yet another rough day for the Clark County council, and perhaps roughest of all for Chair Marc Boldt. As yet another exhausting and emotionally-charged four-hour meeting wound down, Boldt, […]
Revising the history of the Benton hire
Councilor David Madore has spent a great deal of time in recent weeks at attempting to revise the history surrounding the now infamous hiring of Don Benton to lead the […]