The Outsider
A Newsletter for the Overburdened Taxpayers of Vancouver Washington
June 5th, 2007
What is it? How can the city of Vancouver get back to the basics? First good government has to be defined. Definition of good government might be first to serve the people that elected you by a majority instead of the political contributors who [...]
The Outsider
A Newsletter for the Overburdened Taxpayers of Vancouver Washington
May 22, 2007
Bigoted Government
The definition of a bigoted government is a government with strong opinions, especially on politics, or ethnicity that refuses to accept different views. This is true of our current government here in Vancouver Washington.
In the past ten years the taxpayer has paid [...]
[ May 7, 2007; 7:00 pm; ] According to the Columbian, the city is considering a resolution this Monday, May 7 at their city council meeting, opposing the Cowlitz Casino project in La Center.
Location: City Hall, 210 E. 13th St. @7pm. map
The article goes on to say:
Steve Horenstein, a Vancouver attorney representing the Barnett-Mohegan partnership, questioned whether the city has violated public [...]
The Outsider
A Newsletter for the Overburdened Taxpayers of Vancouver Washington
After all, he and city leaders have already gambled with your tax money. The whole city fiasco should be called Vancouver’s waste and spend government. The People’s Hilton bought with taxpayer’s money has yet to show a profit. There are the ten year tax exemptions to [...]
In the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech., someone decided to exploit fears of a copy-cat crime and scribe a threatening message on a restroom mirror:
The threat was scrawled in red marker in a restroom on the second floor of the library. The threat referenced the Virginia Tech shootings Monday morning. It included the [...]
February 8, 2007 – 3:15 pm
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The Administrator of D4V has very graciously asked me to write a piece here about the sign campaign against Light Rail that my website kicked off last week here in Clark County. You may have seen one of them around out here in East County….
You can find all of the details about [...]
February 6, 2007 – 1:01 pm
Larry Snyder was one of a handful of local residents who attended Monday’s port meeting. The former teacher said he isn’t opposed to taxes and asked the public for more money plenty of times. But the schools didn’t get additional funding without a 60 percent yes vote.
But Snyder said the port’s actions put a [...]
January 21, 2007 – 9:32 am
Six Billion Dollars
That’s the latest estimated pricetag I got yesterday from the Washington Department of Transportation Engineer at the Columbia Crossing Project openhouse.
The cost will be made up of three parts:
1. $1 Billion to $1.2 Billion for the Bridge itself.
2. Undetermined costs for the BRT or LRT Options (depends [...]
January 18, 2007 – 12:01 pm
(original Youtube link deleted by Viacom weasels.)
Congressman Brian Baird appeared on The Colbert Report’s Better Know a District segment.
Pretty damn funny. Brian’s a good sport.
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January 16, 2007 – 8:00 am
The State of Florida has offered a sales tax holiday on the purchase of certain items for a one week period in the month of July successfully for several years now. This is both pro-business and helps the neediest among us. For our area, it also helps increase local retailers exposure to [...]
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