Jennifer Baires and the Vander Kamp story Yet another bullseye piece by Jen Baires on the whole Vander Kamp investigation documents story. A big hat tip, as well, to OPB’s Emily Cureton Cook on this will he?/won’t he?/what the hell is going on here? roller coaster of a tale. —Bruce Cummings Election Deniers Have No […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/10/2024
Guest Opinion: City Council candidates agree there’s a housing crisis; new tree code suggests otherwise By Kirk Schueler and Jesse Russell On Monday, Sept. 30, the candidates for Bend City Council gathered to share their views at a forum on affordable housing. Despite their differences, the candidates all agreed that Bend is facing a serious […]
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Vote Emerson Levy for House District 53
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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 […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/03/2024
RE: “On the Outskirts,” Feature 9/19 Just read the “On the Outskirts” article … nicely written and sadly showing that what we have dealing with this continually growing problem is a handful of politicians (or wannabes) with no valuable first-hand real-world leadership experience whose primary goal is re-election or getting elected. Doesn’t that read like […]
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In Oregon House 53 Race, Redmond School Board Director Keri Lopez Challenges Incumbent Emerson Levy ▶ [With Video]
A face off for the Bend-Sisters-Redmond House seat in the November election
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 […]
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Brewery Engineer Seeks to Unseat Current Bend City Councilor Megan Perkins ▶ [With Video]
The two recently participated in an interview with the Source Weekly, discussing issues they hope to advocate for on the council
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 […]
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Vote Anthony Broadman for Oregon Senate 27 ▶ [With Video]
Listen to candidates Michael Summers (R) and Anthony Broadman (D) and it might be hard to distinguish between them. The differences are in the details.
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 […]
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Vote Yes on Measure 117
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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 […]
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Vote Yes on Measure 116
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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 […]
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Letters to the Editor 09/26/2024
Guest Opinion: Good News for Groundwater and the Environment By Yancy Lind Since 1955 the Oregon Water Resources Department has had a legal requirement to approve new groundwater permits only where there are “reasonably stable” groundwater levels. Unfortunately, this was never defined and few steps were taken to measure or otherwise obtain data that would […]