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Ken Vance

Opinion: The answer to the funding crisis for public schools isn’t higher salaries

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Opinion: The answer to the funding crisis for public schools isn’t higher salaries

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance argues Washington’s public school funding crisis stems from dispropor ...

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance argues Washington’s public school funding crisis stems from disproportionate salary growth and flawed budgeting, not a lack of taxpayer support. ...

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: ‘Ideas for future solutions should not be vetted through the lens of what Oregon leaders will or will not approve’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Opinion: ‘Ideas for future solutions should not be vetted through the lens of what Oregon leaders will or will not approve’

Ken Vance argues Washington must pursue transportation solutions like an East County Bridge without relyi ...

Ken Vance argues Washington must pursue transportation solutions like an East County Bridge without relying on Oregon’s approval, urging state leaders to push harder. ...

Tuesday, August 19, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: ‘The obvious conclusion is to take a simpler, more affordable first step to improving our regional transportation issues’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Thursday, August 14, 2025

Opinion: ‘The obvious conclusion is to take a simpler, more affordable first step to improving our regional transportation issues’

Ken Vance urges support for the East County Bridge, a toll-free alternative to costly I-5 plans, citing p ...

Ken Vance urges support for the East County Bridge, a toll-free alternative to costly I-5 plans, citing past voter approval and faster, more affordable congestion relief without light rail. ...

Thursday, August 14, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: President Trump is the hope for sanity being applied to the I-5 Bridge replacement project

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025

Opinion: President Trump is the hope for sanity being applied to the I-5 Bridge replacement project

Ken Vance argues that President Trump may be the best hope for restoring common sense to the I-5 Bridge r ...

Ken Vance argues that President Trump may be the best hope for restoring common sense to the I-5 Bridge replacement project, citing concerns over cost, delays, and light rail funding. ...

Thursday, July 31, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: ‘Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences of that speech’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Monday, July 21, 2025

Opinion: ‘Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequences of that speech’

Editor Ken Vance weighs in on the First Amendment, suggesting freedom of speech does not mean freedom fro ...

Editor Ken Vance weighs in on the First Amendment, suggesting freedom of speech does not mean freedom from its consequences, especially for public employees. ...

Monday, July 21, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: ‘Vilifying broad swaths of Americans’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025

Opinion: ‘Vilifying broad swaths of Americans’

Editor Ken Vance reflects on troubling posts by public defender Renee Alsept and shares a thoughtful pers ...

Editor Ken Vance reflects on troubling posts by public defender Renee Alsept and shares a thoughtful perspective from longtime attorney Brad Andersen on ethics, discourse, and professionalism. ...

Thursday, July 17, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: ‘Today’s Democratic Party is not our father’s Democratic Party’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Opinion: ‘Today’s Democratic Party is not our father’s Democratic Party’

Editor Ken Vance reflects on how today’s Democratic Party diverges from the values he associates with his ...

Editor Ken Vance reflects on how today’s Democratic Party diverges from the values he associates with his father’s generation, citing issues like taxation, gender policies, and shifting ideology in Wa ...

Wednesday, July 9, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: ‘Southwest Washington residents deserve a better I-5 Bridge replacement project and a more reliable partner to complete it’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025

Opinion: ‘Southwest Washington residents deserve a better I-5 Bridge replacement project and a more reliable partner to complete it’

Ken Vance criticizes Oregon’s failure to pass transportation funding, calling for a more dependable I-5 B ...

Ken Vance criticizes Oregon’s failure to pass transportation funding, calling for a more dependable I-5 Bridge replacement plan and a trustworthy partner. ...

Saturday, June 28, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: An accusation of ‘multiple inaccuracies and defamatory statements’

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Thursday, June 19, 2025

Opinion: An accusation of ‘multiple inaccuracies and defamatory statements’

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance shares the full details of a critical exchange with IBR Program Admin ...

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance shares the full details of a critical exchange with IBR Program Administrator Greg Johnson, who objected to claims made in a recent column about the light rail and ...

Thursday, June 19, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: Why would C-TRAN Board members put the agency on the hook for $7.2 million annually if they don’t have to?

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Sunday, June 15, 2025

Opinion: Why would C-TRAN Board members put the agency on the hook for $7.2 million annually if they don’t have to?

Ken Vance questions why C-TRAN Board members would commit the agency to $7.2 million in annual light rail ...

Ken Vance questions why C-TRAN Board members would commit the agency to $7.2 million in annual light rail costs when the IBR administrator says alternative funding is possible. ...

Sunday, June 15, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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