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About 30 people braved the cold weather Jan. 30 to voice their displeasure with the Bend City Council appointing Chris Piper to fill Sally Russell’s seat for the next two years.
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by Chris Miller, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 30, 2019
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They will be under a microscope for the next two years. If they disregard our priorities and needs, then they will be history on Nov. 3, 2020. We showed the special interests last Nov. that they can’t buy elections in Bend anymore.
It was a busy Wed. morning: Numerous people from this protest reconvened an hour later to join a crowd that had assembled to speak out against a proposed “Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance” at the Deschutes County Commissioners meeting. During public comment 20 people urged the Commissioners not to enact this law, which would allow the County Sheriff to refuse to enforce background checks and other features of the Oregon Firearms Safety Act. They cited endangerment of public safety (particularly to domestic violence victims). Many observed that the County would need to spend tens of thousands of dollars in public funds to defend this law against legal challenges.
Only one person testified in favor of this law.