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 ...
Should Congress thwart Internet piracy even if it results in censorship?
Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are facing this question as they consider two bills intended to clamp down on the piracy of copyrighted material...
It’s fitting that the Vancouver City Council held an informal town hall meeting at Clark College at Columbia Tech Center Tuesday, because the event looked more like class registration day than an official City Council meeting. But that was the goal, as the council – unable to meet at its ...
Oregon Republican Party Chairman and potential 2014 Oregon gubernatorial candidate Allen Alley used to support the $10 billion* Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project (CRC) – that is until he started looking at the details. Now he describes the CRC as the ultimate “talking frog” – kind of cool, but ...
For 125 years, the Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB) has pursued its primary purpose of educating and training the visually impaired. Today, learning to read Braille still goes hand-in-hand with regular school work, but training also includes developing daily living skills, computer skills, and job skills. In 1886, ...
Author Kathy Condon makes no apologies about being self-published. In fact, she’s proud of it. Her first book, It Doesn't Hurt to Ask, was chosen by USA Book News as Best Book Award finalist in its business category. This past summer, Condon released her second book . . .
On a frigid morning at the Vancouver Landing amphitheater there was crisp criticism of the current Columbia River Crossing Light project (CRC) from representatives of the Smarter Bridge Committee, a group that rejects the current CRC project as designed. Estimated to cost up to $10 billion* (including debt service), the ...
Motion control technology manufactured in Vancouver is a vital element that underwrites the success for SkyFuel Inc. SkyFuel is a technology developer that has created an innovative answer to concentrated solar power, including ReflecTech, a reflective material that is an alternative to heavy mirrors normally used in concentrated solar power. ...
The Smarter Bridge Committee is holding an informational event at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Vancouver Landing. The event will focus on a bridge that is right size, right price, right place. The 24-member committee has been meeting for several months, and member Sharon Nasset said members include elected officials. ...
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