I’ve lived in Vancouver many years. Up until we voted in David Madore to Clark County government, this was a town that wrestled with rampant growth, wild fluctuations in new construction and jobs, school districts struggling with an unprecedented influx of English as a second language students, and a failing economy.
Our public leaders met these challenges with different opinions and suggestions on how to deal with this. They had a congenial, polite, intelligent approach to each problem. They didn’t always agree on the best solution but always seemed to come up with a compromise that was good for our county.
This new way of “my way or the highway” makes me wonder if Councilors Madore and Tom Mielke were shut in a closet by their parents when they misbehaved. Aggressive, angry, nasty behavior doesn’t belong here.
