In the ongoing effort to keep Clark County Citizens informed on candidates and issues affecting us all, and not always finding mention in the Columbian, Couv.com, “Clark County’s Online News Network” has began rolling out interviews with candidates competing for city, town council or mayor in each of the eight cities in Clark County.
Vancouver businessman David Madore, seeing a need in Clark County for a balance in news reporting, founded Couv.com with a focus on various avenues of concern for Clark County. Such a focus is found in the interviews that are now being rolled out 2 at a time by region.
Mr. Madore outlines the procedures for the interviews here, indicating questions were not given to any candidate before hand and each was prohibited from sharing the questions with other candidates prior to their interview.
Candidates that responded were asked about Impact fees, Light Rail, Bus Rapid Transit, rising taxes in Clark County, in part for a proposed stadium next to Clark College, Growth vs urban sprawl, stewardship of our tax dollars and each was given time to make a closing statement.
The first in the interviews featured Margaret Tweet: Camas City Council Ward 3, Position 2 here running against incumbent Shannon Turk here.
Following that race came Ken Kakuk here, running for Mayor of Camas against Scott Higgins here.
Some Vancouver city council candidates declined the invitation, claiming Madore had donated to their opponents. As I see it, their loss as voters will not see where they stand on other issues not favored by the Columbian.
So far, only four candidate interviews have been released, but as stated above, the rest will be flowing in the days ahead.
I invite all readers voting in elections this year to bookmark and check Couv.com Elections frequently for subsequent releases.
Let’s get to know the candidates and elect the best we have been offered and stop settling for just a familiar name.
We cannot afford another Tim Leavitt masking his true intent until elected.