It took me some time to appreciate what Bend is offering, but I have. I love this town with its sweeping skyscapes, and charming neighbors, many of whom embody that old-fashioned Brother's Keeper business we have been talked out of in the New Age.
After 5 months in office, it may be time to look in on how the new Bend City Council is doing. Forget for a moment the back-room maneuvering to seize the Mayorship, to freeze out sitting Councilors Clinton and Barram, to hold meetings with special interests devoid of public notice and the blatant violation of conflict of interest ethics by appointing a Juniper Ridge Advisory Board member to fill a vacant Council seat: I'm talking here about comparing the slate's rhetoric with their records five months into their terms.
Recall that they ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility, economic development and keeping fees low. In turn, they won huge financial support from local realtors' and builders' groups; in effect, in the opinion of many, buying their seats. Let's take a look: how are the campaigners faring as Councilors?
I wanted to say that this city has the hottest guys I have ever seen anywhere in the country and wow they are all so intelligent, too. I am from Denver and must say those mountain biking guys are so HOT! Makes me want to go mountain biking just for that reason.
My husband and I ride our motorcycles as much as possible in decent weather both because it's fun and because less fuel consumption is better for the environment.
Wednesday evening we stopped by Regal Cinemas in the Old Mill, and bought movie tickets at a kiosk.
Bonjour: Yesterday I happened on your Front page quip about Jesus and turn signals. (tSW, May 14) I found it very apropos.
Wondering how to pay City of Bend water/sewer rate hikes? Bugged about Central Oregon's deteriorating roadways and jammed intersections? Contact Salem this week to urge Rep. Judy Stiegler, (503-986-1454, or rep.
As my beloved bar assistant, Regan, is off on an internship in hopes of making the world a better place for developing nations, I am left with the task of replacing one of the most loyal, hard working, and intelligent people I’ve ever worked with.
Anyone who has ever hired and collected resumes will tell you that unfortunately most resumes are hard to read, bear little relevant information, and are unappealing to the eye.
The magician David Copperfield once made the Statue of Liberty disappear. Oregon's Republican legislators claim they've come up with a trick that's even neater: They can make $3 billion appear.
The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from the White Salmon River, removing computer-tracking chips from salmonids then attaching them to squirrels to baffle scientists, on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly.
$30 billion for Failing
Here’s JohnnyIf you haven't heard, General Motors is now in bankruptcy, and received another $30 billion for the fine work. These additional dollars aren't even a loan, but raise the U.S.'s - Our - ownership stake in GM to 60%. Kudos! Go pick up your Hummer, Saturn or Pontiac today! GM has been creatively bankrupt for decades, and over a dozen plants have been identified for closure (adding over 20,000 in potential job losses), and 2,000+ dealerships have already been notified that GM is breaking up with them (including three in Central Oregon) = another 100,000+ un-employees. Ever optimistic, and citing Chrysler's rapid reinvention only a month into bankruptcy, President Obama offered, "Many experts said that a quick, surgical bankruptcy was impossible. They were wrong." We'll just have to take his (and GM's innumerable, inept managers') word on that one… In other news: Michigan will soon be sold to militias for training exercises, and ex-GM CEO Rick Wagoner was seen driving a Toyota Prius, smoking a Cuban cigar, looking for a tasty quiche.
A recent item that ran in the Upfront section of our May 14 edition about the deportation of suspected Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk made a regrettable comparison between the Israel-Palestine conflict and concentration camps. The Source Weekly is a strong supporter of all minorities and regrets likening the modern conflict, while grave, with the horror of the Holocaust. We sincerely apologize for any offense that the ill-conceived comparison created and have offered the following space to a member of the local jewish community for a more detailed perspective on the subject. – Eric Flowers, editor.
It is important for readers to understand why Jews are sensitive to negative public characterizations. Countless Jews have paid with their lives for incitement from the medieval "blood libel," which falsely accused Jews of killing children to use their blood to make Passover matzah. During the late 1800's the Russian forgery Protocols of the Elders of Zion was published (falsely claiming that Jews would take over the world through banking and the newspapers). It would later influence Hitler in his mad quest to murder all Jews.
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