Guest Opinion: An Open Letter to the Bend City Council Dear Mayor Kebler and Bend City Council: Congratulations on your election. Your tasks are going to be challenging. The members of the Neighborhood Association Round Table suggest one way to facilitate decision making is to use the already agreed-upon plans developed by residents and city […]
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Letters to the Editor 12/29/2022
Winter Driving Merry Christmas to all. After driving in New Hampshire for over 50 years I have learned a few things about winter driving. First and foremost is slow down, leave a little early so you can get there on time even though you are going slower. Second, please clean off your car of any […]
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Letters to the Editor 12/22/2022
Elections The elections are over, thankfully! The vitriol seems to get worse and the lies are exponential. For example, the overturning of Roe vs. Wade did not mean the end of abortion availability. Trump won! We can save the planet by eliminating fossil fuels. How many votes were purchased with the promise of cancellation of […]
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Letters to the Editor 12/14/2022
RE: Nurses Overwhelmed and Understaffed News, 12/8 Thank you for raising attention to the nursing shortage and the toll it takes on nurses and patients. It reinforces the need to figure out how to keep ourselves healthy using nature’s medicine so that we don’t need to lean on nurses/doctors so much. A portion of the […]
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Letters to the Editor 12/08/2022
RE: Concealed Carry Laws in Oregon Need to Change. Opinion, 12/1 Your editorial on concealed carry laws is spot on. There are music venues, bars and other businesses in Austin that post signs telling patrons that they cannot bring their guns inside, concealed carry permit or not. That’s deep in the heart of Texas, folks. […]
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Letters to the Editor 12/01/2022
Guest Opinion: Public Trust and the Deschutes River In October, irrigators began the annual drawing down of the Deschutes River to the point where fish and other wildlife die or are threatened. Good people have tried to save fish stranded in pools of water. I do not want to denigrate their efforts, but the fact […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/24/2022
RE: Jury Reaches Verdict in Cranston Trial. Web version, 11/16 The jury heard all the evidence and had the proper instructions from the Court before going into deliberation – 2nd Degree Murder was a charge grandstanded by outgoing DA John Hummel – and the evidence to include video evidence from four stationary security cameras showed […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/17/2022
CORRECTION: An article in the Nov. 8 issue stated former administrators of the Bend FC Timbers were facing misdemeanor criminal mischief charges, however the District Attorney is charging Tara Bilanski, Jen Davin and Emily Williams on what would be misdemeanors instead as violations — meaning there is no possibility of jail time. We regret the […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/10/2022
Kingship, Medicare and Corporate Greed
Saul or Abimelech There is a famous moment in time in the Bible when the people of Moses decided to turn away from democracy to embrace kingship. The so-called Hebrew republic became a monarchy and still existed for a few hundred years after the people chose Saul as their first king. However, prophets popped up […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/03/2022
RE: Culver Pulls Students from Camp Over Nonbinary Counselor. News, 10/27 The frustration I feel reading about [Supt. Stephanie] Garber’s decision to pull the students from camp is rooted in disappointment and sadness. “That individual support plan cannot create a discriminatory environment,” should be the underlined takeaway. I don’t understand why we’re punishing a counselor […]