August 30, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Our nation’s capital was attacked on Jan. 6, 2021, by American rioters. Those rioters used violence against U. S. citizens in an attempt to prevent the vice president from reading 2,000 presidential electoral votes as required in Article II, Section 1 of our Constitution. Read story
August 30, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Vote “no” in November. Washington faces a direct threat from four deceptive and dangerous ballot initiatives. Read story
August 30, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Joe Kent, member of the party that opposed the infrastructure bill, now wants the federal government to pay for all of the Interstate 5 Bridge replacement. Me, too, but that ship has sailed. Read story
August 29, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Upon doing research into the funding process for bridges, one can soon realize that it is quite complicated. However, one thing becomes quite apparent — local metropolitan area bureaus, committees, commissions and other officials play a huge part in the outcome. Read story
August 29, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Thank you for your forthright comments describing Housing First (“Can Housing First work in the face of Clark County’s fentanyl crisis?,” The Columbian, Aug. 24). As former chair of the Vancouver Housing Authority, the resident’s reporting is correct. There are numbers of unsafe, unaddressed actions and unintended consequences within this… Read story
August 29, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Recent statements from former President Donald Trump on his social media platform, Truth Social, regarding the Affordable Care Act demand our attention and scrutiny. Despite the ACA debate seemingly settled in 2017, Trump’s post declaring he will “never give up on the fight” to repeal it and that he is… Read story
August 29, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Kudos to the group of volunteers in the community that have taken it upon themselves to clean up trash around The Waterfront Vancouver. It’s good some people care. Hint: a few extra trash cans would possibly help. Read story
August 29, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
“Everybody” knows that the Climate Commitment Act increased gasoline prices by 50 cents per gallon. That’s not correct. Extensive research shows that for 2023, the first year of the program, the impact was 25.7 cents per gallon, and it has gone down from there. Read story
August 29, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
What do you suppose Donald Trump’s reaction would be if someone asked him to assign as much credit for his presidential decisions to Vice President Mike Pence as he does to Vice President Kamala Harris under Joe Biden? Read story
August 28, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
In 1950, Vancouver had a large celebration for its 125th birthday. Next year it well be 200 years. About time for another party, don’t you think? I’ve contacted city hall twice with no response. Is anyone home? Read story
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