Cary Schneider has been serving as an appointed member of the Bend Park & Recreation District board since last year, when he filled the place left by Zavier Borja. Voters should support Schneider continuing in the work. Having served on the BPRD budget committee prior to his service on the wider board, Schneider has displayed […]
Elections
May 2025 Electoral Endorsements: Pos. 1
Ashley Proctor is a person Redmond voters should be proud to welcome to the school board. She cites the support of educators and other community leaders in motivating her to see beyond her at-risk childhood โ enlisting in the Army, and later, into a career as a social worker helping those with intellectual and mental […]
May 2025 Electoral Endorsements: Zone 6
Voters have two quality candidates in this race. Theo Wilhelm is a K-12 classroom teacher with 25 years of experience; Ross Tomlin, the incumbent who was appointed by the board last year, is a career educator with administrative experience at the community college and education service district level. Both would serve the students, teachers, support […]
May 2025 Electoral Endorsements: Zone 7
In this race, the incumbent, Kina Chadwick, is most prepared to serve. From their years on the school board, Chadwick has a clear vision of the challenges ahead: funding cutbacks, a need for more early childhood literacy, engaging students and chronic absenteeism among them. They should have a chance to continue their work. Chadwick’s opponent, […]
Vote Megan Norris for Bend City Council Pos. 1 โถ [With Video]
This race is an interesting contrast. On the one hand you have a sitting councilor, Megan Norris, who’s been embedded in politics in California and now works for local housing developer, Hayden Homes. On the other hand you have Jonathan Curtis, who was raised in Bend and experienced homelessness before working as a wildland firefighter […]
Vote Megan Perkins for Bend City Council Pos. 3 โถ [With Video]
Megan Perkins has been out front on the issue of tackling homelessness in Bend, and for that, she should get another go-round on the Council. Her opponent, Nick Cerveny, shared during our interview how he wanted to see a 100% reduction in homelessness in Bend. It’s great to have lofty goals โno one on the […]
Vote Steve Platt for Bend City Council Pos. 4 โถ [With Video]
This was a tough one for our editorial board. All three candidates have strong backgrounds and a solid grasp of the issues. All came with fairly detailed plans for addressing issues such as permit times, which developers say are stymying Bend’s growth. These are the type of prepared candidates one hopes will come forward in […]
Vote Emerson Levy for House District 53
In this race we have two elected officials and working parents who are passionate about creating the best-possible community they can. Keri Lopez is a Redmond home builder who serves on the Redmond School Board; Emerson Levy is a Bend attorney who is rounding out her first term as the state representative for House District […]
In Oregon House 53 Race, Redmond School Board Director Keri Lopez Challenges Incumbent Emerson Levy โถ [With Video]
Current representative for House District 53, Democrat Emerson Levy, will face off against Republican Keri Lopez, the current director of the Redmond School Board, for the Oregon House seat in the November election. Lopez, who’s running on the premise of adding balance to the legislature, leaned on her expertise from the Redmond School Board for […]
Brewery Engineer Seeks to Unseat Current Bend City Councilor Megan Perkins โถ [With Video]
Current City Councilor Megan Perkins is running against Nick Cerveny, a veteran and engineer at Deschutes Brewery. The two recently participated in an interview with the Source Weekly, discussing issues they hope to advocate for on the council. Both candidates spoke of the importance of infrastructure funding, addressing houselessness and managing water resources. Both also […]

