Imagine a world where Bend’s Summit High School gets so much money for its sportsing programs that one day, in hopes of getting even more exposure and money coming in for sportsing, the school proclaims that it will no longer play its cross-town rival, Bend Senior High School. Two publicly funded schools of about the […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/23/2023
Let’s Protect Owyhee Canyonlands as a National Monument Thank you Source Weekly for your recent editorial, “After His Bluster About the Owyhee, Rep. Bentz Should Probably Talk to his Compatriots in the Senate More Often.” I applaud U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley working with many local ranchers and environmentalists to create Malheur County […]
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The Audacity of the Oregon GOP Calling Out Teacher Walkouts
Members of the Oregon GOP are calling it a “dangerous precedent” — this notion of teachers, paid to do a job, walking out in protest
Members of the Oregon GOP are calling it a “dangerous precedent” — this notion of teachers, paid to do a job, walking out in protest. Considering this talk of a “dangerous precedent” is coming from the members of the party that this year convened the longest-ever legislative walkout in Oregon history, we are amused. Some […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/16/2023
RE: Shepherd’s House Introduces Permanent Shelter in Redmond. News, 11/9 While it’s nice to offer permanent shelter, with that offer there is no requirement for background checks or moving towards sobriety. Therefore success rate to permanent housing is low. The Bethlehem Inn in Redmond, as of last week on a local news broadcast, stated they […]
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After His Bluster About the Owyhee, Rep. Bentz Should Probably Talk to His Compatriots in the Senate More Often
A host of ranchers, environmentalists and others worked on a compromise for the Owyhee. Now Bentz needs to get on board.
In early November, Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR2) took to the floor of U.S. House of Representatives to deliver a 4-minute speech opposing a Senate bill that would turn about 1.1 million acres of the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeastern Oregon into wilderness. Over the past several years, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with Sen. Jeff Merkley […]
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The King of “Poverty Porn” Hits a Snag
The notion of using public funds to help the sheriff craft a narrative about homelessness was bad enough. Then the situation got worse.
In late summer and early fall, when “homeless consultant” Kevin Dahlgren submitted his purported “Point in Time” count, local service providers and some members of the public were already concerned. Not only did the report skew widely from the counts and reports compiled by a host of service providers and volunteers during the more formal […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/09/2023
Serious About Guns? GUNS are to intimidate, maim and kill. Guns do not serve the Common Good and are unacceptable in a decent society. What would a society do if it were serious about stopping the deadly effects of gun use? Create a buyback program such as the one enacted in Australia. Establish consequences for […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/02/2023
Oregon’s big Wild and Scenic River anniversary On October 28, many of Oregon’s most iconic rivers celebrated 35 years of Wild & Scenic River protections. This includes natural treasures like the Deschutes, McKenzie, John Day, Metolius, Clackamas and North Umpqua rivers. There’s a good chance your favorite Oregon river was included in this legislation! The […]
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The Democratic Party Machine Should Take Congressional District 5 Seriously This Time
Things have been interesting since the last U.S. Census
Things have been interesting since the last U.S. Census, after which, Oregon got a new seat in Congress. Bend, Redmond and a good portion of the southeast Portland suburbs got lumped together as the newly drawn Oregon Congressional District 5 – a strange marriage of rural, urban and suburban voters stretching across one great divide […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/26/2023
Guest Opinion: The Real Triple Crown of Economic, FireFighting, and Environmental Benefits By Dominick A. DellaSala and Rick Martinson Senator Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) recently introduced “Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act” claims to “build[s] much-needed federal support for that triple crown of economic, firefighting, and environmental goals.” We find it ill-advised to promote logging […]
