Randomly wandering thoughts as we near the conclusion of Campaign 2008:
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Random Pre-Election Day Wanderings
Randomly wandering thoughts as we near the conclusion of Campaign 2008:
Local News
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Sprawl or Intelligent Urban Design?: Bend’s Planning Commission Finally Approves Expanded UGB
Obviously Bend can’t expand the UGB fast enought to keep up with this kind of demand.By all accounts, the 16 months it took for the
Obviously Bend can’t expand the UGB fast enought to keep up with this kind of demand.By all accounts, the 16 months it took for the Bend Urban Area Planning Commission to define and approve a new urban growth boundary for the city seemed like a lifetime, but judging by the raucous applause erupting from the more than 50 people sitting in on the October 28 hearing, many local property owners seemed to approve the plan.
Critics however, are questioning whether the proposed boundary map is anything more than a blueprint for sprawl and a giveaway to builders and developers.
The commission voted 5-1 (Commissioner Nathan Hovekamp cast the only "nay" vote and Commissioner Steve Miller did not attend the hearing) in favor of expanding Bend’s UGB by 8,943 gross acres. The majority of new growth would occur on land bordering the city’s western, northern and eastern edges, with a small portion on Bend’s south side.
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Bachelor’s Pay More, Deliver Less Strategy
The Eye doesn’t agree with Bulletin Editor John Costa about very many things, but one thing Costa says has always made a lot of sense
The Eye doesn't agree with Bulletin Editor John Costa about very many things, but one thing Costa says has always made a lot of sense to us: You can't offer less and charge more and expect to get more customers.
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Blowin’ In The Wind
This past week the State of Oregon sent out a health advisory announcing that a former mine and toxic waste disposal site along the Deschutes
This past week the State of Oregon sent out a health advisory announcing that a former mine and toxic waste disposal site along the Deschutes River near Terrebonne is nothing to worry about. That's news to neighbors who say they have been inundated with what they say are cancer-causing dust clouds. They say the state has downplayed the risks associated with the site even as its owners lay plans to redevelop the former mine as a rural housing subdivision.
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Could Cruz Cruise Out of Drake Park?
The Flashback Cruz has always been one of The Eye’s favorite Bend summer events. We’re not really a car aficionado, but it’s still fun to
The Flashback Cruz has always been one of The Eye's favorite Bend summer events. We're not really a car aficionado, but it's still fun to go down to Drake Park and look over all the polished-to-perfection, tricked-out classic and exotic vehicles.
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The GOP’s Human Pinata
Pity Tucker Bounds, U of O grad and John McCain’s spokesman for the state of Oregon. Beating up on him has become a favorite pastime
Pity Tucker Bounds, U of O grad and John McCain's spokesman for the state of Oregon. Beating up on him has become a favorite pastime of the media … both left and right.
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Dems Try to Tie Stevens to Smith
The Eye almost - ALMOST - has to feel sorry for the GOP: Just when it seems that things can’t get any worse … they
The Eye almost - ALMOST - has to feel sorry for the GOP: Just when it seems that things can't get any worse … they do.
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Right-Wingers’ Credibility Gets Carved Up
When the story about McCain campaign worker Ashley Todd being attacked by an Obama supporter who carved the letter B into her cheek appeared on
When the story about McCain campaign worker Ashley Todd being attacked by an Obama supporter who carved the letter B into her cheek appeared on The Drudge Report, right-wing news media gobbled it up like a kid with an ice cream cone - and none more enthusiastically than the NW Republican blog.
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Smith Assails McCain Tactic
Sen. Gordon “I’m Not Really a Republican” Smith has made another gesture to distance himself from his party, becoming the fourth Republican senator to denounce
Sen. Gordon "I'm Not Really a Republican" Smith has made another gesture to distance himself from his party, becoming the fourth Republican senator to denounce John McCain's scurrilous "robocalls" against Barack Obama.
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Cancellations, Mega Rap at Midtown and Axl Rose spoils perfectly good bets
Many of you already spotted this in the print edition of the Source, but we thought we’d further spread the news here that the LNYX
Many of you already spotted this in the print edition of the Source, but we thought we'd further spread the news here that the LNYX and Jamie Janover show slated for tonight at the Silver Moon has been cancelled. Word is that Janover has an ill family member and was forced to cancel the remainder of his West Coast tour in order to be with his family.
