So, the CRC is dead, dead, dead... right?

Finally.

But we still need more access across that monster river.

Lots of ideas are floating around, including
the Ghost of Tolls Eternal -- may its name not be spoken again!

So how about a bridge proposal voters in Clark County approved...
while they disapproved of light rail from the South?

Remember an old friend of the Executive Club, from North of the river?

David Madore

Clark County Commissioner and founder/CEO of U.S. Digital,
a debt-free and community-supporting Vancouver company.

He returns from Vancouver to talk to us about what happens
when voters actually have a say in how to cross the Columbia.

About the proposal to build a third bridge across the Columbia River
four miles east of the I-205 Glenn Jackson Bridge at 192nd Avenue and SR-14.

With no tolls, and no light rail,
built cheaper than the DOWN PAYMENT on the C...
oops! May its name be stricken from memory!

Meet the East County Bridge.

The vision was embraced by Clark County citizens in November 2013.
In response, Clark County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution
that directed commissioners to provide leadership and to champion the project...

for the citizens.

They even included the requirement to bring the resulting
design, cost, schedule, and financial terms back to the voters...

for their approval.

Done, done, and done.

Wanna see what it looks like?

Join us Wednesday night,

for a dose of Northern Sanity
in place of Salem Nonsense.

Portland Airport Shilo Inn ~~ 11707 Northeast Airport Way
Bring a friend! ~~ $20 buffet option ~~ no host bar

And of course, the cigar room, afterward

Next meeting after this: October 1st, 2014

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