If there is anything you can make bank on in Clark County, it is the Columbian, the newspaper of record also known locally as the “unofficial daily newsletter for the Democrat Party” not missing a chance to slam Republicans like County Commissioner Tom Mielke while ignoring the missteps of RINO politicians like fellow County Commissioner, Marc Boldt.
We saw it clear as day when 4 months after being sanctioned by the Clark County GOP, they ran a series of negative articles against the CCGOP and defending marc Boldt over his numerous votes contrary to the conservative principles he campaign on to win the seat. Although they have admitted monitoring this blog and the Clark County Politics blog, who wrote of the sanctions when they happened, the Columbian seemed to ignore it until right after successful Vancouver businessman David Madore, another frequent target of their negative coverage, announced he would challenge Boldt for the seat.
Acting more like a spurned lover with a personal ax to grind than an objective reporter, the Columbian’s Stephanie Rice seems to take delight with any chance she can find to slam Commissioner Mielke, either in the pages of the Columbian or on their blog, All Politics is Local.
And that is what appears Stephanie has done again in her post at APIL, Wordplay where she takes yet another stab at Commissioner Mielke over the choice of wording in a campaign flyer and linking to an article favorable to his challenger, Democrat Joe Tanner.
Apparently, a campaign ad in the Reflector for Commissioner Mielke contains the statement, “Re-electing Tom Mielke for Clark County Commissioner brings voice to North County that has never been heard before.”
Stephanie Rice opines, “Isn’t that an odd claim for an incumbent? Has he not talked during his first four-year term? What about his years in the state legislature? Or maybe it means that if voters return him to office, he won’t be the same Commissioner Mielke and he’ll have a different voice?”
Not considered is the obvious, with Marc Boldt ousted and David Madore voted in, what Commissioner Mielke ha stood for will finally be heard instead of being drowned out by Democrat Commissioner Steve Stuart and RINO Sell-out Commissioner Marc Boldt often ganging up on Commissioner Mielke.
But Stephanie cannot miss a chance to slap at Tom Mielke.
When it comes to Marc Boldt though, she raises her blinders along with the rest down at the Columbian. Otherwise, they would have picked up on Boldt’s campaign flyer filled with inaccuracies of his time on the County Commission.
Clark County Politics blog covered much of that in his post Why is Marc Boldt lying in his mailer?
It seems that after 4 years of taking the liberal stand over a conservative one, Marc Boldt is once again trying to convince voters he is actually a conservative by claiming points that are, well, simple not true.
The first is his claim, “Fought For your chance to vote on light rail.”
Oddly enough, it is Stephanie Rice who provides the evidence of that statement being untrue in her March 31, 2011 article, Boldt, Stuart reject call for advisory vote on CRC.
Marc Boldt claims he “fostered the economic development alliance for job growth,” whatever that is. Not only is it something I have never heard of, what job growth? We in Clark County remain in our 4th straight year of double digit unemployment, much higher than most of the rest of our state.
His challenger, David Madore built his business in Vancouver, employs over 100 people and provides free office space to over 30 non-profits. What real jobs has Marc Boldt created?
Boldt also claims he “held property taxes below 1% while balancing the budget – for all budget cycles.” Considering that 1% is the limit that property can be raised, his claim is weak as we have seen several times he voted with Stuart to raise our property tax by the maximum 1%.
Does any of this matter to the Columbian or Stephanie Rice? Apparently not as they cannot bring themselves to even mention it.
No, all they can do is find some petty wording in an ad to beat Tom Mielke over the head with.
I wonder too if they will be as petty over 17th legislative district candidate Monica Stonier, a school teacher of all things and her misspellings in her Voters Pamphlet Statement?
Naaahhhh. She’s a Democrat, they ignore their little mistakes.
While considering Monica Stonier, will the Columbian ever comment or even mention the following photo, Monica Stonier caught peeking at Julie Olson’s paper at the recent League of Women Voters Forum?
