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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Listen to candidates Michael Summers (R) and Anthony Broadman (D), who are running for Oregon’s Senate 27 seat, and at broad brush, it might be hard to distinguish between them. Both see housing and housing affordability as the top issues for this campaign. Both talk about the need to adequately fund schools. Both want to […]
Vote Yes on Measure 117 The case for ranked-choice voting may be most easily understood when looking at recent presidential elections, where “splitting the vote” has had some very real consequences. Maybe you were a Bernie Sanders supporter, but you felt the need to vote for Hillary Clinton so as not to by consequence throw […]
Vote Yes on Measure 116 Voting yes on this measure will create an Independent Public Service Commission to set salaries for the governor, state legislators, the secretary of state, state treasurer, BOLI commissioner, supreme court judges, district attorneys and the attorney general. Compared to other states, some of the salaries of these public officials are […]
Vote Yes on Measure 115 Right now, Oregon is the only state that doesn’t grant the state legislature the power to impeach the governor. Measure 115 would change that, amending the state Constitution to allow legislators, by a two-thirds majority, to impeach and to also remove executive branch officials, including the secretary of state, treasurer, […]
Like it or not, the present election for the next Deschutes County Sheriff plays as a referendum on current Sheriff Shane Nelson. Under his leadership, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office has been plagued with lawsuits and personnel complaints that have not only put a stain on the office, but cost county taxpayers plenty, to boot. […]
Vote No on Measure 118 The notion of turning corporate profits, from a new corporate sales tax, into checks paid out to needy Oregonians sounds good, but it’s a bit too socialist for our taste. It’s a bit like robbing Peter to pay Paul; it puts a few-thousand-dollar check into the hands of a working […]
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