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Indignant crowd confronts U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez at Vancouver city corridor
A line of greater than 500 folks wrapped across the Luepke Heart in Vancouver for Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s Thursday city corridor. Most of them had been there to criticize the Skamania Democrat for siding with Republicans on current controversial votes. Lots of them had voted for her.
Her vote for the SAVE Act, a invoice that will require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections however critics say may disenfranchise tens of millions, was “the straw that broke the camel’s back,” stated David Terry, 78, who attended the city corridor.
Pronoun coverage supporters, opponents flock to La Heart college board assembly
LA CENTER — Greater than 100 folks attended the La Heart college board assembly Tuesday, an unusually giant crowd for the small college district that has lately made nationwide headlines for its coverage on pronouns.
Twenty-eight folks spoke to the board concerning the district’s gender-inclusive colleges coverage, which state officers say doesn’t meet tips. Amongst these in attendance at Tuesday’s assembly included members of Clark County Delight.
Vancouver actual property government Al ‘Corky’ Angelo Jr. dies at 76
Al “Corky” Angelo Jr., co-owner of the Vancouver property administration firm based by his father and namesake, died Saturday. He was 76.
“He was always ahead of his time. He had an entrepreneurial spirit,” stated Angelo Jr.’s eldest son, Al Angelo III.