Vancouver City Council
Austin’s Graffiti Park not a solution to vandalism
Bart Hansen, the backpack-carrying Vancouver City Councilor whose earnestness sometimes causes me secondhand embarrassment, always wants to be the cool dad on the council. While other councilors were agreeing Monday to take […]
Golden arches in Uptown? Residents not McLovin it
As reported, a Kirkland man wants to build a McDonald's restaurant at the northeast corner of Fourth Plain Boulevard and Main Street just north of Uptown Village. The news was not well-received […]
Toilets, windmills among Stephanie Turlay’s complaints to council
Stephanie Turlay, the would-be First Lady of Vancouver, was among the speakers Monday at the Vancouver City Council. She first criticized the "premature action by some on this council," referring to […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one …
Monday's Vancouver City Council workshop about a proposed arts district in downtown sounded familiar even before it began. I had to think wayyy back and search our archives for stories […]
Vancouver council expressing hopes, dreams for city
Confession time. Today the Vancouver City Council is having the first of four strategy sessions about ... well, I'll let you read Mayor Tim Leavitt's description. Now, since a majority of […]
“Sincerely, Piss Off!”
Reading through Vancouver council emails the other day, I was able to confirm that Councilor Alishia Topper, who took office in January, hasn't lost her enthusiasm for the job. First, councilors […]
An uncomfortable, and inaccurate, choice of words
At Monday's Vancouver City Council meeting, two city residents -- Penny Ross and Micheline Doan -- testified against raising the city property tax levy by 1 percent. They were joined […]
The Jeannes condemn the fact Burkman, not Leavitt, signed a letter
Vancouver City Councilor Jeanne Stewart questioned why Councilor Jack Burkman was allowed to sign a letter to U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on behalf of the Vancouver City […]
New political action committee backed by familiar names
The first negative campaign flier is out for Vancouver council and mayoral races. It was paid for by a new political action committee, Vancouver Vitality, which is backed by familiar […]
City, county parks divorce about to be final
At the end of Monday's council meeting, Vancouver City Manager Eric Holmes gave an update on efforts to salvage the Vancouver-Clark County Parks and Recreation department: They haven't worked, and […]