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I saw that a whole bunch of people, with their own T-shirts, blitzed the Clark County Council to argue in favor of fireworks.
Classic "squeaky wheel" politics.
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6/16/25
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This is a message to those engaging in violent activities in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and beyond.
Instead of resorting to chaos, destruction and aimless rebellion, consider stepping back …
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6/16/25
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I just read Rick Hauser’s critique of Clark County Council’s latest decision on fireworks.
I have lived in Battle Ground for 10 years, and the last eight years we left …
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6/16/25
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I saw that a whole bunch of people, with their own T-shirts, blitzed the Clark County Council to argue in favor of fireworks.
Classic "squeaky wheel" politics.
They …
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6/9/25
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On board Amtrak recently between Vancouver and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I reflected on the state of our deeply divided nation.
Our fellow travelers included quite a few fresh-faced …
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6/9/25
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Donald Trump’s first significant action after assuming the presidency in 2016 was to push through a tax cut for the top 1%, our billionaires and wealthy corporations.
This tax cut …
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6/9/25
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Newly elected Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law Senate Bill 5167, and other separate bills that increase the state’s tax burden onto its citizens by $4.3 billion over the next two years. As a …
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6/9/25
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It is almost a spiritual experience
Trust, like faith, is a wonderful thing. Those who have had religious or spiritual experiences know this all too well.
That “knowing” …
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5/26/25
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There is a lot of misinformation and outrage regarding the construction of the new Battle Ground Public Schools District facility by the high school, so some things need to be cleared up.
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5/26/25
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After reading former Mayor Phillip Johnson’s article, I cannot keep my fingers from the keyboard.
He is so “right on.”
We moved here five years ago to …
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5/26/25
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Last November, the C-Tran Board voted to abandon their policy related to the Interstate Bridge Replacement and protect Clark County taxpayers from paying for TriMet Operations and Maintenance …
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5/19/25
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Another Easter has come and gone.
Over 2,000 Good Fridays and Easter/Resurrection Sundays have been celebrated since God's Son gave His pure holy life paying our infinite debt of sin on a …
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5/19/25
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The white minority government in South Africa imposed a system of racial segregation and discrimination against non-white citizens from 1948 to the early 1990s.
The legacy of that barbaric …
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5/19/25
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I woke from a dream and realized the state Democrats have taxed Washington state citizens into bankruptcy.
The state has a spending problem, not a tax problem. It is very simple: if people …
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5/12/25
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I attended the La Center School Board meeting addressing the gender policy the Washington state Office of the Superintendent Public Instruction was trying to coerce Washington schools to …
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5/12/25
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In response to your “Battle Ground students plead to preserve programs” article, I really feel terrible for the kids. I have worked for over 30 years as a registered nurse and, in …
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5/12/25
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What would you think if six of your best friends decided they should no longer visit? I would wonder what I had done and if there was anything I could do to win their trust again. It would be the …
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4/21/25
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US Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell deserve our gratitude for opposing the potential $880 billion in federal cuts to Medicaid now on the table in Congress. Cuts of this magnitude would impact …
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4/21/25
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There are many memorable lines from the classic 1969 movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. A couple come from one scene in particular where …
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4/21/25
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In response to the story (Vancouver points blame toward Battle Ground on homelessness), I say to the Battle Ground City Council, if we have less homeless, less crime, less vandalism per capita than …
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4/21/25
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