Five different Clark County school districts are asking voters to approve property tax levies in a special election Feb. 14, with requests ranging from $47 million in Ridgefield to $400,000 in Green Mountain...
In light of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “record of decision” approving the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, COUV.COM revisits a Clark County Today interview with world-renowned designer and architect Kevin Peterson. This edited four-minute version of a six-part, 70-minute interview from ...
A coalition of opponents to the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project (CRC) hosted a five-hour meeting and tour Saturday to promote a number of alternatives to the current $10 billion* mega project. Members of the new Smarter Bridge Committee believe CRC planners dismissed more affordable options before fully vetting ...
One of the many concerns opponents of same-sex marriage have expressed is whether churches who choose not to perform such weddings would lose some of the protections they have now, according to an article in The Olympia Report. Dr. Joe Fuiten, senior minister of Cedar Park Church in Bothell, said ...
We had such overwhelming response to our coverage of Tiffany Couch in Olympia that we decided to post the full audio and PowerPoint versions. The original post with exclusive audio appears here: Tiffany Couch’s CRC presentation in Olympia. Below are Couch’s PowerPoint slides. To download a PDF of her entire ...
Situation: How do you know when to give your child more responsibility? Parent Talk Tip: Diane Moore says that while parents have to guard their “pack leader” status in the home, at some point it’s time to relax and go back to the drawing board. A child who has a ...
Vancouver-based forensic accountant Tiffany Couch urged members of the Washington State House Committee on Transportation in Olympia to investigate irregular financial practices associated with the $10 billion* Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project. Couch gave a 20-minute presentation to six members of the 29-person committee last week, saying that the ...
Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation plans to cut 17 full-time positions and 500 recreational programs in an effort to address a projected $1.2 million budget shortfall this year. Pete Mayer, director of Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation (VCPR), delivered the somber news Monday to a full house of spectators during a late ...
Responding to unease among Oregon lawmakers over the $10 billion* price tag of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, planners have proposed spending an initial $2.45 billion to build a replacement bridge and light rail, and postpone other highway improvements until more funding is secured. The announcement came during ...
In a white paper presented to transportation officials this week, forensic accountant Tiffany Couch slammed what she calls a “severe lack of accountability, transparency, and oversight” in managing the $10 billion* Columbia River Crossing Light Rail (CRC) project. Couch, owner of Vancouver-based Acuity Group, met Thursday with the area’s political ...
The Bonneville Power Administration formally rejected a citizen-proposed route intended to place a 70-mile voltage power line as far away from populated areas of Clark County as possible. This is the latest chapter in the debate over where BPA should build a new 500-kilovolt transmission line between Castle Rock in ...