Ladies, gentlemen, children of all ages, I bring you the greatest entertainment since P.T. Barnum brought Dumbo the elephant to the circus, and rivals all Disney parks in its scope: Clark County.
Ring 1: Tesoro, Savage, Vancouver Energy and minion, the Port of Vancouver, owned by the railroads and Bakken oil fields. See the former beauty of the Columbia River Gorge, the tawdry riverside oil terminal near the I-5 Bridge, and smelly, haze-filled skies all the way to the Cascade foothills. Isn’t that Warren Buffett seen lurking in the background?
Ring 2: Madore World with minions Mielke, Benton and Liz Pike. Filled with superpowers, lots of money and chutzpah, Madore delights you with his tax cuts, words of wisdom, no new I-5 Bridge or light rail, and the complete takeover of Clark County council. Is that a crown I see on his head?
Ring 3: The greatest suckers, err, supporters of rings 1 and 2: many voters of Clark County. They’ve been taken in by the magic feats of all the ringleaders, the numerous jobs available with living wages, beautiful views and living conditions.
Pay no attention to the person behind the curtain. It’s only the Emperor With No Clothes!
