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    Only winners get to vote on campaign finance reform. The losers have gone back home. The winners are the ones who profited from the current system...
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    Little Boxes

    Old Barn In Vancouver No More (click to enlarge)

    This magnificent structure was torn down a couple days ago.  It was about a mile from my home (119th st and 72nd ave) and I had grown attached to it for reasons unknown.  Maybe it was because I have never been around a building that had a see-through roof.  Or maybe [...]



    Approve 71 Community Organizing Meeting

    Please join us for an Approve 71 Community Organizing Meeting in Vancouver on September 14th, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Clark County YWCA, 3609 Main St, Vancouver, WA 98663-2225

    RSVP [...]



    Run Hedrick Run

    The possibility of David Hedrick, spokesman for the angry Town Hall mob locally, running against Brian Baird in the next election cycle is intriguing.  Since there are already two other possible Republican contenders, it means there would be 3 R candidates running in the primary.

    If another Democrat enters the race and challenges Baird, that would mean the republican vote would be chopped into [...]



    don't miss the last First Friday of the summer

    Dance your way through Art Walk this Friday: Main Street will be closed for dancing in the street between 11th & 7th, with the party continuing up north in Uptown Village (Main Street between McLoughlin & Fourth Plain).

    I’ll be there with my jewelry (in front of Mermaid Music, 2312 Main St.), along with my friend Missy* who indulges in decorative paper [...]



    Baird Puts his Foot in his Mouth...Again

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    One would think that after the last town hall sessions where his anti-war constituents tore into him in a big way, Representative Baird would be tiptoeing around trying to stay out of the war zone. But no. Now he has compared the health care reform opponents to Nazis:

    “What we’re seeing right now is close to Brown Shirt tactics,” [...]



    Esther Short Park Slideshow July 18 2009

    This may take a while to load in Internet Explorer.  Use Firefox or Chrome for a better and faster experience (they are better browsers).  You may also watch it full screen in much more detail by clicking the right menu bar button when your mouse is over the photos.  Be sure to notice the baby in the stroller behind the bagpipe players in a [...]



    Local Humane Society Moving to Nice New Digs

    Grand opening set for new animal shelter

    A public grand opening for the new 30,000-square-foot animal shelter in east Vancouver will take place Sunday.

    Tour the shelter, at 1100 N.E. 192nd Ave., between 12:30 and 4 p.m., and enjoy live music, concessions and children’s activities. Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard and other city officials will be on hand.

    The $7 million facility [...]

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