October 26, 2011
Retain Higgins and Turk for Camas mayor, council
Camas residents have one of the clearest choices in years, between candidates for mayor and a city council position in the Nov. 8 election.
Camas residents have one of the clearest choices in years, between candidates for mayor and a city council position in the Nov. 8 election.
For the first time in years, all three seats up for election on the East County Fire & Rescue Board of Commissioners are being challenged in the Nov. 8 General Election. The three incumbents with more than 50 years of history on the commission between them are hoping to retain their seats against as the run against three men with a total of nearly 90 years of career fire fighting and on-the-job emergency services experience.
Voters have two choices as they cast their ballots for Port of Camas-Washougal Commission District 2, and while the Post-Record is recommending Bill Ward to fill that seat, his challenger Neil Cahoon has presented himself as a noteworthy opponent.
Camas and Washougal voters have an opportunity on Nov. 8 to keep existing C-Tran bus service intact, in their community and throughout Clark County, by voting 'yes' on Proposition 1.
It won't be long before General Election ballots begin arriving in local mailboxes, and what voters in Washougal will find are eight City Council candidates -- all with very different backgrounds and viewpoints on local issues.
It's been full steam ahead for the Camas-Washougal Economic Development Association, a partnership between the cities of Camas and Washougal, and the Port of Camas-Washougal that was organized earlier this year.
A decade ago some said a farmer's market just wouldn't work in downtown Camas, citing competition from other established markets as the primary concern.
A handful of memorial events, remembering the thousands of victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, took place over the weekend in Camas and Washougal.
It's only Sept. 6 and the General Election season, for all of its good and bad points, is underway.
After months of work aimed at deconstruction and removal of the derelict ship the SS Davy Crockett, the last major piece of metal was hoisted out of the water on Thursday. It was a major milestone for the project that involved what was described as a "massive and carefully engineered" effort.
