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    I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.
    Bertrand Russell

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    City Employees’ Union AFSCME Local 307VC Endorses Leavitt for Mayor of Vancouver

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    City Employees’ Union AFSCME Local No. 307VC
    Endorses Tim Leavitt for Mayor of Vancouver

    Vancouver, Washington — The American Federation of State, County and Local
    Employees (AFSCME Local 307VC) has endorsed Vancouver City Councilman Tim
    Leavitt for Mayor of Vancouver. Local 307 is the labor union that represents 154
    employees working in the City’s Water, Streets, Traffic, and Public Works
    Departments, as well as the clerical unit of the [...]



    Vancouver City Council will be discussing the resolution against hate crimes

    Friends:

    I am very happy to say that TONIGHT the Vancouver City Council will be discussing the resolution against hate crimes that we drafted after recent racially motivated acts of vandalism.

    Please join us tonight at the start of the City Council meeting, when the resolution will be presented.
    7pm, City Hall Council Chambers,
    Thank you to all of the local leaders, from all sectors, who offered support and [...]



    Candidates for Vancouver City Council Forum

    Candidates for Vancouver City Council Forum

    Forum at the Library and League of Women Voters present “Candidates for Vancouver City Council”

    Position 1: Jack Burkman, Bart Hansen, John Jenkins, Bill Turlay

    Position 2: David Michael Heywood, Jeanne E. Stewart

    Position 3: Jeanne Harris, Don Houston, Anne McEnerny-Ogle

    Moderator: Betty Sue Morris
    Thursday, July 16 at 7 pm Community Room,
    Clark Public Utilities 1200 Ft. Vancouver Way, Vancouver

    [...]



    Wear a bike helmet or pay $50 in Vancouver

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    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 people over.

    [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

    (bikeportland.org has the comments from the rest of [...]



    Vancouver needs Campbell

    Lately the city of Vancouver has been under a cloud of suspicion and controversy:

    Enacting a regressive business tax based on # of employees
    Suspicious sales of city owned properties
    Disputes with county officials over annexation
    Promoting light rail without resident consultation
    Interfering in another city’s affairs (La Center)

    Pat Campbell is running for Vancouver city council for the position currently held by Dan Tonkovich.

    If you speak with Pat as I [...]