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Confessions of a Precinct Committee Officer (part 1)

I don’t believe we are practicing any recognizable form of democracy in this country and here is just another example.
Let me say at the outset that I don’t blame anyone for this mess besides perhaps a justice system that is more concerned about promoting a “dog eat dog” world than administering wise jurisprudence.
I am a [...]

Wear a bike helmet or pay $50 in Vancouver

Head injury statistics from the CDC

The Vancouver City Council approved a new helmet law for bicyclers and skaters. According to this Columbian article, the vote was 5-1 with newly elected Pat Campbell the lone dissenter. Councilman Campbell argues in the following audio that this was not something that the police should be hassling [...]

Reminder: Move-on monthly meeting date and place has changed

Columbia River

The Operation Democracy - MoveOn meeting has changed location and the day of the week. The meeting is this Saturday from 9am to 11am at the Parsley Recreational Center located 4100 Plomondon St. Vancouver 98661 off Falk Rd. between Hwy. 500 and Fourth Plain Blvd. map
As those of you who attended caucuses [...]

Report on MoveOn Operation Democracy Dec 5 meeting

© by Erin Lynch

Attended the MoveOn meeting in Vancouver moderated by Carolyn Wolin last night. About 25 local activists were in attendance.A motion to approve a name change for the group to MoveOn/Operation Democracy was approved. This will allow the group to work on issues and projects that are not specifically called [...]

In My Opinion

Although the 2007 elections were a resounding success, we were able to vote out of office two tax and spend rascals, (Arch Miller and Dan Tonkovich) and the vote totals for Stemper was encouraging. But we still have a lot of work to do before the remaining members of the tax and spend crowd [...]

Downtown site eyed for arts center

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
BY BRETT OPPEGAARD for The Columbian
A nonprofit group’s plans to build a performing arts center in Clark County are growing bolder, despite previous setbacks.
The Southwest Washington Center for the Arts recently released the results of a $30,000 feasibility study - conducted by Vancouver’s E.D. Hovee Co. - which calls for a $100 [...]

I-747 Consequences Part Deux

NuVoice News
For the Overburdened Taxpayers of Vancouver Washington
November 16, 2007
 
I-747 Consequences Part Deux
On this coming Monday night the city of Vancouver will be taking further steps to raise everyone’s property tax. This is being done at this time of high fuel prices, inflationary food prices and a shaky economy. They are still doing it [...]

In my opinion

Admin note: Mr. Patella’s posts are republished by d4v from his periodic emailings about local issues and with his permission. This one was overlooked until mentioned in the post earlier today from Chief (Is Jerry Oliver a “Sore Winner”??) about the new port commissioner.
November 14, 2007
As I have repeatedly said, you [...]

Will twelve lanes and a toll tame the tie up?

Sunshine bridge mockup south of St. Pete, FL

The Daily News has an article today about “toll talk” and the Columbia River Crossing:
Unless improvements are made, the freeway could be gridlocked for up 14 hours a day by 2030.
Don’t want to even think about no improvements 23 years from now. War will break out between [...]

Columbia Bridge Crossing task force briefing

[ November 27, 2007; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]

 

 

 

Public Meeting about the Columbia Bridge Crossing project.

Is Jerry Oliver a “Sore Winner”??

n November 14th, Vancouver’s most notorious complainer, (and until recently) one of the Columbian’s most frequently published writer of Letters to the Editor, sent out another of his e-mailed rants via his “Local Mailing List”.
Given Mr. Patella’s favor during the campaign to defeat the IDD Levy, and in electing Port Commissioner-Elect Jerry Oliver, I was [...]

My Thanks to All

The Outsider
A Newsletter for the Overburdened Taxpayers of Vancouver Washington
November 9, 2007

My Thanks to All
First, I wish to thank everyone that supported my campaign, next my thanks to all that participated in this election process. I feel that I did my best and did attend every meeting to which I was invited with [...]