Vancouver City Council
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 […]
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 […]
The invisible Vancouver City Council candidate
If Kathleen Metzger hadn’t filed for Vancouver City Council position 5, there wouldn’t need to be a primary race for the seat. Two other candidates, Ty Stober and Linda Glover, […]
Leavitt’s resolution for a happy, healthy 2015
In today's Live Well section, the lead story is by health reporter Marissa Harshman, who asked local elected officials and key health sector employees for their New Year's resolutions. On the […]
“High End Market Place” finally wants to locate downtown
Reading through my latest batch of Vancouver City Council emails, I learned that New Seasons has no interest in opening a store in downtown Vancouver. (Poor Block 10). That doesn't come as […]
Risking the wrath of Uber
I was tweeting from the Vancouver City Council's workshop last night on the taxi code (a discussion prompted by Uber) and received a tip: Make sure you only write nice things about Uber. The tip […]
Trying to reduce CO2 waste of money, Turlay says (again)
Vancouver City Councilor Bill Turlay on Monday accused his fellow councilors of wanting to kill eagles. Wait. Let me back up. Councilor Jack Burkman represents the city council on Metro's Joint Policy Advisory […]
Doggy, kitty lodging rates to increase
The Vancouver City Council on Monday authorized City Manager Eric Holmes to tack another two years onto the contract with the Humane Society for Southwest Washington. The city will pay an estimated $278,908 in 2015 […]
Vancouver talking tough with the state
The state legislature is in contempt of court for a lack of progress in fixing the way it pays for public education. State lawmakers also have to contend with the […]
$30,900 retreat leaves council members “jovial”
Swapping out Jeanne Stewart and Jeanne Harris for Alishia Topper and Anne McEnerny-Ogle, as city of Vancouver voters did last year, has created a noticeable difference on the council. You […]