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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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Letter: Mayor Anne’s power grab

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Letter: Mayor Anne’s power grab

Shauna Walters argues Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle has used C-TRAN to advance light rail at the exp ...

Shauna Walters argues Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle has used C-TRAN to advance light rail at the expense of Clark County’s smaller cities and taxpayers. ...

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Letter: Local Vietnam War dead finally honored at ceremony

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Letter: Local Vietnam War dead finally honored at ceremony

Vancouver’s Ann Donnelly reflects on a community ceremony honoring 59 Clark County soldiers lost in the V ...

Vancouver’s Ann Donnelly reflects on a community ceremony honoring 59 Clark County soldiers lost in the Vietnam War, decades after their sacrifice. ...

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: Death before detransition

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Opinion: Death before detransition

Nancy Churchill argues the cultural slogan “death before detransition” silences regret, fuels despair, an ...

Nancy Churchill argues the cultural slogan “death before detransition” silences regret, fuels despair, and creates conditions for tragedy while calling for compassionate alternatives. ...

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: Homeless response is ‘buying failure with an expensive price tag’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Opinion: Homeless response is ‘buying failure with an expensive price tag’

Leslie Lewallen argues regional partners are failing on homelessness, calling ECHO “buying failure,” as C ...

Leslie Lewallen argues regional partners are failing on homelessness, calling ECHO “buying failure,” as Camas adopts a camping ban and amends its code to address public encampments. ...

Friday, August 29, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Letter: Kim Harless, Pokémon, and a $29,750 conflict of interest

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Letter: Kim Harless, Pokémon, and a $29,750 conflict of interest

Vancouver resident Brad Erhart alleges a $29,750 conflict of interest tied to grants for Vancouver Arena ...

Vancouver resident Brad Erhart alleges a $29,750 conflict of interest tied to grants for Vancouver Arena and Council Member Kim Harless, calling for a full investigation. ...

Friday, August 29, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh – ‘Sanctuary’ policies put state at risk

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Opinion: WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh – ‘Sanctuary’ policies put state at risk

WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh argues “sanctuary” policies in Washington undermine federal immigration law, ris ...

WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh argues “sanctuary” policies in Washington undermine federal immigration law, risk public safety, and enable trafficking, citing a recent letter he says challenges those polici ...

Friday, August 29, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Letter: ‘Public safety is a must-vote Brad Benton’

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Letter: ‘Public safety is a must-vote Brad Benton’

Ridgefield resident Carley Meuchel urges support for Brad Benton for the Charter Review Commission, citin ...

Ridgefield resident Carley Meuchel urges support for Brad Benton for the Charter Review Commission, citing public safety, CCSO funding, and staffing as priorities. ...

Friday, August 29, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Letter: ‘If they have not compromised in the 15 years of planning the bridge, they never will’

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Letter: ‘If they have not compromised in the 15 years of planning the bridge, they never will’

Bob Mattila of Brush Prairie says the I-5 Bridge replacement is unworkable due to unresolved height confl ...

Bob Mattila of Brush Prairie says the I-5 Bridge replacement is unworkable due to unresolved height conflicts and urges expanding I-205 or considering lift bridges instead. ...

Friday, August 29, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: TriMet & C-TRAN – Who pays versus who gets service

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Opinion: TriMet & C-TRAN – Who pays versus who gets service

Rep. John Ley argues TriMet’s financial mismanagement and C-TRAN’s funding model unfairly burden Clark Co ...

Rep. John Ley argues TriMet’s financial mismanagement and C-TRAN’s funding model unfairly burden Clark County taxpayers, especially small cities and rural residents, while Vancouver receives most of t ...

Friday, August 29, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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