GUEST OPINION Before It’s Too Late Worthy Brewing and Indie Hops stands behind Oregon Business for Climate, a group of businesses seeking legislation to curb runaway greenhouse gas pollution. We’ve been the target of attacks because we supported Oregon’s effort to pass a Cap and Trade carbon emissions reduction bill (HB 2020). Farmers, truckers, loggers […]
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Republican Senators AWOL…Again, Racism, Legislators who flee and Knopp and Racism
In Response to, “Republican Senators AWOL…Again,” on 6/21 I’m a lifelong Democrat, but Kate Brown and Tina Kotek are anti-democratic zealots and are running roughshod over the Statewide Planning Goal #1 — Citizen Involvement. Their HB 2001 bill (and others) is a complete power grab that would do away with all single-family neighborhoods in Oregon […]
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Drivers licenses for all, For the love of cats, Bucket List and What if we’ve been framed
Drivers Licenses for all Oregonians Means Safer Roads When we travel, we want to believe all drivers passed an exam on the rules of the road and a driving test. But in Oregon some did not; they are excluded because they lack documents required by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to obtain a license. […]
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Guest opinion, Pebble mine in Alaska, Bend Roundabouts and Andy High
GUEST OPINION It’s Time to Pass The Clean Energy Jobs Bill When debating whether to climb an ice pillar, they say you shouldn’t climb it if you don’t feel safe standing under it. You have to decide if it can bear your weight and repeated strikes from your crampons and ice axes. Sometimes you can […]
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In defense of Mother Earth, against more taxes for longtime locals and a ‘holistic approach to Mirror Pond’ in this week’s letters.
Planet Earth PLANET EARTH where everything and everyone throughout time and space has been in MIGRANT MODE. What is the justification for the hate, fear, discrimination and violence targeting people of color immigrating from Central and South America, since migration is a natural phenomenon? Why do Latinx people, compelled to leave their homes at great […]
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Mountain Bike Season is Here! Thanks to the recent rains, the trails are in great shape. It doesn’t get any better than this! Along with bike season, comes campers. Get off of any single track, and ride along a Forest Service road. You will see numerous campsites, some of which produce piles of trash, human […]
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Guest Opinion The Canary and The Coal Mine I am deeply honored by the voters of Bend-La Pine for their confidence in me as a School Board Member. I look forward to the next four years, developing agency, belonging and equity in our schools. Rather than wait to be sworn in, I am starting that […]
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It’s not about abortion Whether the government is trying to distract the public from what’s going on at the border, the billions of dollars going towards war efforts, gun control, etc. — the laws being passed regarding women’s reproductive rights are extremely alarming. This is not an intention for debate or arguments, exactly the opposite. […]
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Carbon Initiatives Those who advocate the New Green Deal and other carbon reduction initiatives, such as that contemplated by the Oregon Legislature, “will bring climate change under control.” They also assert that a carbon tax or other ‘assessment’ would save the planet by 2030 and not hurt the less affluent. While such sentiment is politically […]
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Letter of
the Week:
In Response to, “Public Health of Pharma Profits” on 4/24 The anti-vax movement has hit a fever pitch. We are now reaping the results of allowing a segment of our population to resist the very serious public health benefits of vaccinations. Diseases that were close to eradication are now in resurgence and the resulting public […]
