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My View: Megan Perkins, Bend City Council pos. 3 candidate ▶ [with video]

Central Oregon political candidates share their views on the issues
The Source Staff

Megan Perkins, candidate for Bend City Council position 3, joins the Editor Nicole Vulcan of the Source Weekly for “My View,” a video series inviting local candidates to share their views on a host of topics ahead of the 2020 election, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy. Perkins chose to meet at […]

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My View: Melanie Kebler, Bend City Council pos. 1 candidate ▶ [with video]

Vote 2020: Local candidates share their views on the issues
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Melanie Kebler, candidate for Bend City Council position 1, joins Editor Nicole Vulcan of the Source Weekly for “My View,” a video series inviting local candidates to share their views on a host of topics ahead of the 2020 election, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy. Kebler chose Hollinshead Park in northeast […]

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My View: Justin Livingston, Bend City Council Pos. 1 Candidate ▶ [with video]

Vote 2020: The Source invites local political candidates to share their views, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Justin Livingston, candidate for Bend City Council position 1, joins Source Weekly Editor Nicole Vulcan for “My View,” a video series inviting local candidates to share their views on a host of topics ahead of the 2020 election, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy. Livingston chose a view of downtown Bend’s Mirror […]

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Vote 2020

The Source Weekly’s endorsements in the May primary election, including the Oregon House race, Deschutes County Commission and Secretary of State
The Source Editorial Board

Endorsing candidates looks a little different in the midst of a global pandemic. With most interviews and candidate appearances happening via Zoom, YouTube or any number of other online platforms, we’ve been challenged to adapt in how we connect with and learn about candidates—as have voters, voters’ groups and anyone engaged in the political process. […]

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Vote Phil Chang for Deschutes County Commissioner Position 2, Democratic Primary

Three candidates are in the race, but Chang is best prepared
The Source Editorial Board

The May primary election is right around the corner—and three people are vying to unseat sitting Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Henderson. We believe the best choice to move forward in the Democratic primary is another Phil—Phil Chang. Yes, it’s odd that our county commission races are partisan at all—but that’s how it is currently set […]

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Vote Jason Atkinson for U.S. Representative, 2nd District Republican Primary

Voters will have a lot of choices on their ballots in this Republican primary. Here’s our pick.
The Source Editorial Board

The race for the Republican nomination for Greg Walden’s U.S. House seat is filled with a host of contenders—many of whom have served in the Oregon legislature. While some of those candidates have provided some colorful—and amusing—political theatre during this time of quarantine, it is in one of the less-flashy candidates that we find ourselves […]

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Vote Nick (Nik) L. Huertz for U.S. Representative, 2nd District Democratic primary

A field of five candidates is in the primary race for the U.S. House seat
The Source Editorial Board

Greg Walden’s long-held seat in Congress is up for grabs this November, and a crowded field populates the primaries on both the Democratic and Republican sides. On the Democratic side, we have a field of five candidates, including John Holm, who lists “currently disabled” as his occupation, with past experience as a broker; Nick Heuertz, […]

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Endorsement: Vote Jamie McLeod-Skinner for Secretary of State in the Democratic Primary

Three solid candidates mean this race will have a strong contender for the general election, but McLeod-Skinner has proven her commitment to rural parts of the state
The Source Editorial Board

Making our decision on who to endorse for the Democratic nomination in the primary for Oregon Secretary of State was a tough call. Among the contenders are three highly qualified individuals: Shemia Fagan is a state senator serving the southeast Portland area; Mark Hass is also a state senator serving the western suburbs of the […]

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Vote Kim Thatcher for Secretary of State in the Republican Primary

With two candidates in the race for the Republican nomination, Thatcher is the clear choice
The Source Editorial Board

Two candidates are running in the Republican primary for Oregon’s Secretary of State position, including Kim Thatcher, a state senator and Dave Stauffer, an environmental inventor—but it is in Kim Thatcher that voters will find the most viable candidate.  Voters may remember Stauffer’s bid to run for governor of Oregon, as a Democrat, in 2016—a […]

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Yes on 9-83 (Bend Street Bond)

Eric Flowers

It's a favorite shell game played by politicians all over the country and Central Oregon is no exception; it's called Hide the Tax Increase. And it works like this: A city or other taxing entity sees the sunset of a temporary tax coming over the horizon and, being government, it finds a way to reallocate that money to another unfunded need at no “new” cost to taxpayers. It's happening right now in Bend as city leaders attempt to convince voters to replace the soon-to-expire downtown urban renewal tax – that's right, you've been paying it for years without even knowing it – with a new $30 million road improvement bond designed to address Bend's growing backlog of road improvement work, which today stands at roughly $100 million. The impact on individual homeowners – like most funding measures, it's a property tax assessment – varies, depending on how much your home, or homes, are valued at. But it comes to about $81 per house for the owner of a home valued at $300,000.

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