At the same time that Mayor Leavitt delivered his State of the City address and Oregon State legislatures met to hear testimony on the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project, the Regional Transportaion Avisory Committee met in relative obscurity. The meeting was captured on video, though, and while most ...
Today’s cartoon is provided courtesy of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in celebration of Sunshine Week. Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in ...
In January 2003, Tim Leavitt was appointed to city council to fill a vacancy. In November 2003, he was officially elected to the council. By 2009, he campaigned against tolls on the looming Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project and ousted Royce Pollard as mayor. Before 30 days were up, ...
A national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information is celebrated in March. Sunshine Week was created by journalists to shed light on government, and athough freedom of the press is at its core, the public’s right to understand what its government ...
Located on Esther St. between 6th and 8th the Vancouver Farmers Market has been a mainstay of Vancouver life for over two decades. It returns to downtown for its 23rd season debt free. A few years ago, the market incurred a significant amount of debt and took action by closing ...
The general election in Washington State takes place Nov. 6. To help you prepare, here is a list of candidates who have filed to date, including the top fundraisers. Top fundraisers so far in state races: Governor Robert M. McKenna (R) Raised to date: $3,739,785.21 See details at PDC site ...
The Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling backers continue to propagate known misleading statements exposed long ago as false. In an article just published in the Battle Ground Reflector ironically titled “Setting the records straight on the CRC,” Mayor Tim Leavitt continues to mislead citizens by making statements known to ...
It has been three generations since accurate history was taught in our public schools regarding the American form of government, says Michael J. Chapman. He is the featured speaker at We The People on Friday, Mar. 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Cascade Middle School. Chapman’s film American’s ...
Unfortunately, there’s more than one ‘CRC’ We are not alone. The light rail tolling disaster being forced on our community is only one of many across our nation. Monday night at the city council meeting, I listened to the nonsense of Mayor Tim Leavitt and two condescending council members ...
Listen to audio from the video by clicking the above black arrow or the download link. A primer on how Washington State tax codes work was presented to a group of Vancouver neighbors courtesy of Clark County League of Women Voters and the Vancouver Neighborhood Alliance. Olympia-based author Steve ...
We were led to believe that the Coast Guard failed to inform the Columbia River Crossing that the 95 bridge height was unacceptable. We were told the Coast Guard just now changed their mind and that they were negligent to not inform the CRC long ago of the disastrous mistake ...
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