Local voters displeased
with taxes and incumbents
Local voters were turning
their noses up at three-term incumbent Port of Vancouver commissioner
Arch Miller, long-time Vancouver
city councilman Dan Tonkovich and
Battle Ground incumbent mayor John
Idsigna, according to preliminary returns from Tuesday’s almost
ho-hum general election.
In Clark County, they joined
voters across the state in defeating a measure that would have
eliminated the 60 percent majority requirement for property taxes and
they joined Tim Eyman’s bandwagon
for requiring a vote on all tax measures passed by the legislature.
The vote against Miller wasn’t
even close. Jerry Oliver, who
campaigned on the slogan “Time for a change,” was leading Miller 19,259
votes to 13,001. Oliver took up the cudgel earlier this year by leading
a successful petition drive to put a tax adopted by the port to buy
Columbia River industrial property to a vote of the people.
The proposed port tax,
however, was overwhelmingly turned down at the primary election.
The fate of incumbents
Tonkovich and Idsigna is far from sealed, though.
Tonkovich’s opponent,
perennial candidate Pat Campbell
was ahead of Tonkovich 8,982 to 8,910, when vote counting ended Tuesday.
Battle Ground’s mayor,
Idsigna, was leading by one vote when the Tuesday night tally was ended:
Idsigna, 701 votes; opponent P.
Zandamela, 700 votes.
The Clark County Elections
Department had counted a little over 60,000 votes in the first round of
counting Tuesday. New results will be available after 5 p.m. as crews
continue counting. As many as 10,000 more votes could be counted.
Washington Generals Ed and
Dollie
Veterans Day Parade grand marshals
Ed and
Dollie Lynch, active in Clark
County community affairs since 1957, have been named grand marshals of
the Saturday, Nov. 10, Veterans Day Parade in Vancouver. The couple were
named Washington Generals last year by state lieutenant governor
Brad Owens.
Reviewing officer for the 21st
annual parade is Brig. Gen. Eldon P.
Regua, 104th Division, U.S. Army Reserve.
The parade begins at 11 a.m.
at the corner of E Reserve Street and Officers Row and proceeds through
town to Esther Short Park.
More than 2,500 participants
representing 115 organization will be marching in the parade.
News brief
More than 70 vendors will be
on hand for the Firstenburg Community Center Holiday Bazaar that will be
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in the Firstenburg Center, 700
NE 136th Avenue. For further information, call
Johnnie Tucker,
487-7096.
Calendar
Telecommunications Commission
meets in regular session at 7 p.m. this evening.
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Alter Wierner, one of the few
Holocaust survivors still alive in the Vancouver area, opens a series of
three presentations by Jewish authors at 2:20 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in
the Three Creeks Library, 800-C NE Tenney Road. The series is being
presented by the Shalom Chapter of Hadassah during National Jewish
Author Month. There is no charge. Authors will have books available for
sale.
Headlines Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007
Voters say no to simple majority--Columbian, Howard Buck
Camas mayor easily wins re-election--Columbian, Dean Baker
Oliver captures Vancouver post seat--Columbian, Jonathan Nelson
Dan Tonkovich's 16-year council tenure in danger--Columbian,
Jeffrey Mize
Foreclosures on growth spurt locally--Columbian, Cami Joner
Oregon's
cigarette tax fails, land rights measure passes--KATU, AP
Huge Puget Sound transportation package fails at the hands of
voters--Seattle P-I, Larry Lange
Stocks tumble on weak dollar and oil prices. Dow down by 360
points--New York Times, Michael M. Grynbaum
Demos take control of Virginia Senate--Washington Post, Tim
Craig
State-by-state look ahead: What's at stake in 2008--USA TODAY |
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Sarah
Prince deserving
72-point headlines.
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Stephanie Anderson
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about.
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Wednesday, cloudy
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Thursday,
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Accounting
Caley & Associates, James
Caley CPA, 695-0065
Peterson & Associates,
P.S., Certified Public Accountants, 574-0644
Tax Advisors, PLLC, CPAs
Property Tax/Cost Segregation 750-6884
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Canal Road. A new order in
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Brian R. Heurlin, 750-7547
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PLLC, 699-1201
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Architects
LSW Architects PC,
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Bank of America, 696-5641
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993-2265 First
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Hopper Dennis Jellison,
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Earl C. (Duke) Simpson,
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Andersen Construction Co., Inc. Bob Durgan, (503) 720-5234
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Columbia Credit Union,
891-4000
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Killian Pacific LLC, 567-0625
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Ryan Smith,
773-5789
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Investment and Retirement
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JD White BERGER/ABAM Engineers,
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Normandeau Associates, Karen Ciocia and Kent Snyder, 694-2300
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Hunt Communications Tom Hunt,
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Coldwell Banker Commercial
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