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		<title>Opinion: ‘They are complicit through their silence and that is morally abhorrent’</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Vance, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="160" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Large_Clark-County-Today-clark-county-council-kirk-resolution-300x160.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Ken Vance criticizes four Clark County Council members for refusing to back a resolution condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk, calling their silence morally abhorrent." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Large_Clark-County-Today-clark-county-council-kirk-resolution-300x160.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Large_Clark-County-Today-clark-county-council-kirk-resolution-750x400.jpg 750w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Large_Clark-County-Today-clark-county-council-kirk-resolution-150x80.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Large_Clark-County-Today-clark-county-council-kirk-resolution-768x410.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Large_Clark-County-Today-clark-county-council-kirk-resolution.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Ken Vance criticizes four Clark County Council members for refusing to back a resolution condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk, calling their silence morally abhorrent.]]></description>
		
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		<title>POLL: How would you rate the accessibility of Vancouver city officials for addressing community concerns?</title>
		<link>https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/poll-how-would-you-rate-the-accessibility-of-vancouver-city-officials-for-addressing-community-concerns/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=poll-how-would-you-rate-the-accessibility-of-vancouver-city-officials-for-addressing-community-concerns</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ClarkCountyToday.com]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Large_Clark-County-Today-CCT-Poll-2.0-Long-Answers-6-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="How accessible are Vancouver city officials to community concerns?" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Large_Clark-County-Today-CCT-Poll-2.0-Long-Answers-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Large_Clark-County-Today-CCT-Poll-2.0-Long-Answers-6-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Large_Clark-County-Today-CCT-Poll-2.0-Long-Answers-6-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Large_Clark-County-Today-CCT-Poll-2.0-Long-Answers-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Large_Clark-County-Today-CCT-Poll-2.0-Long-Answers-6.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>How accessible are Vancouver city officials to community concerns?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Importance of open government laws on display with shocking stories</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ClarkCountyToday.com]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2023 01:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="160" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Large_Clark-County-Today-Importance-of-open-government-laws-on-display-with-shocking-stories-300x160.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Jason Mercier of the Mountain States Policy Center discusses two recent stories that illustrate the lengths that some public officials will go to evade public accountability." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Large_Clark-County-Today-Importance-of-open-government-laws-on-display-with-shocking-stories-300x160.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Large_Clark-County-Today-Importance-of-open-government-laws-on-display-with-shocking-stories-150x80.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Large_Clark-County-Today-Importance-of-open-government-laws-on-display-with-shocking-stories.jpg 740w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Jason Mercier of the Mountain States Policy Center discusses two recent stories that illustrate the lengths that some public officials will go to evade public accountability.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion:Threats and intimidation against public officials are obviously never OK, even when we disagree on policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/large_Clark-County-Today-Opinion-Threats-and-intimidation-against-public-officials-are-obviously-never-OK-even-when-we-disagree-on-policy-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center shares that ‘when people are being stupid or threatening, we should do what we can to make them stop’" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/large_Clark-County-Today-Opinion-Threats-and-intimidation-against-public-officials-are-obviously-never-OK-even-when-we-disagree-on-policy-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/large_Clark-County-Today-Opinion-Threats-and-intimidation-against-public-officials-are-obviously-never-OK-even-when-we-disagree-on-policy-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/large_Clark-County-Today-Opinion-Threats-and-intimidation-against-public-officials-are-obviously-never-OK-even-when-we-disagree-on-policy.jpg 711w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center shares that ‘when people are being stupid or threatening, we should do what we can to make them stop’ ]]></description>
		
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