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 —no one on the campaign trail wants anything less — but we heard little about how he’d achieve it. We need to see the plan. Cerveny is a well-intentioned candidate but when running against an incumbent like Perkins, we would have liked a stronger case for replacement.
Perkins has been an empathetic voice on the council. However, this empathy has led to some social media gaffes that have been a distraction from the real work at hand. Feed the trolls, and they never stop complaining. We hope that going forward, Perkins will be more focused on helping voters see her for the serious, grounded, committed leader she has become during her four years on the Council, because that’s what’s important.
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This article appears in Source Weekly October 17, 2024.
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