Letters to the Editor

RE: “The Damned Deschutes” Nigel Jaquiss’s recent article misses the point. The story is not one of an electric utility, its critics and the health of the Deschutes River. That framing is too narrow. The real story is one of tribal sovereignty, resilience and self-determination. To be precise, the sovereignty of the Confederated Tribes of […]

RE: “City Engineer Resigns Following Internal Investigation into Partnership with Macher Developers” Great reporting! Thank you. This says it all and confirms my thoughts and comments I have made about our city and developer relationships. They are ruining this town. —Nicole Perullo via bendsource.com on 12/16 As a CoB employee who understands this issue and […]

In the 12/12 Opinion, “The Machinations Continue with Sheriff-Elect’s Effort to Recoup Legal Fees,” we stated the records were released on Vander Kamp’s website, and that Vander Kamp’s attorney was based in California. Those statements were incorrect. We have also removed a section in the fifth paragraph that speculated on Vander Kamp’s hiring of a […]

Connectivity, Infrastructure and the Hawthorne Bridge I appreciated the report you gave regarding the major bridge that the city has approved and working on to connect the downtown area and the now-newly designated Midtown. This is a lot of money to spend on something that is not going to draw a lot of people, and […]

Guest Opinion: Psychedelic Frontier By Erin Naftalin, R.N. I’m writing to express my concern regarding the recent Psychedelic Frontier column promoting unsupervised psilocybin use and offering vague guidance for self-administration. As someone deeply committed to safe, ethical and transformative psilocybin facilitation, I believe this approach is not only irresponsible but poses a significant risk to […]

Saving Grace/Mary’s Place As a board member of Saving Grace, I proudly support all the domestic violence services that we offer to the Central Oregon community—but I specifically wanted to highlight the value of Mary’s Place and ensure that community members know about this program. Mary’s Place offers supervised parenting time and safe exchanges for […]

Guest Opinion: ‘Tis the Season: The Season of Small Business and Small Business Saturday by Beto Yarce, Pacific Northwest Regional Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration Did you know that, according to various surveys, more than 80% of Americans trust small businesses and believe it’s important to support them? This approval rating is higher than virtually […]

Protect Bend’s Parks, Schools and Historic Open Spaces Bend needs affordable housing. However, adding “Income Qualified Housing Allowed Outright” to the Public Facilities Zone, as proposed by the Planning Commission, is neither mandated by Oregon law nor in our best interest. Nothing in the Oregon Affordable Housing legislation states that cities must alter their zoning […]

In Response to the Pilot Butte Incident with Child Bringing Gun to School Did you also know, Oregon ranks near dead last for mental health care in the nation, and ranks dead last for mental health care for youth in our nation? I remember being told this statistic somewhere around the last two years I […]