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RIP, ‘Pee Tunnel.’ Do You Really Want to Fight to Keep It?

The Franklin tunnel is an eyesore, and we’re having a hard time understanding why people would be so opposed to improving it.
by The Source Editorial Board

Whether you’re walking, rolling or driving, there’s not much to love about Bend’s Franklin Avenue tunnel. It’s used as a public restroom, is unsafe and when it rains, it turns into a flooded disaster. A number of years ago, hopeful volunteers painted the walls inside the tunnel to make the area more cheerful. Attempting to […]

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Letters 12/16-12/23

The Source Staff

REFUGEES CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CRISIS My view that technology is isolating many of us from the natural world was reinforced in the latest issue of the Source. On page six you editorialize in support of 10,000 and probably more, Syrian refugees to come to the U.S. On page seven, you ran a five-page article explaining […]

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The Slipper 12/9-12/16

The Source Staff

Pay Together City Council took the first decisive step toward keeping Bend’s roads from falling into a deepening state of disrepair at its last meeting by voting to put a fuel tax on the March 2016 ballot. It was not a unanimous vote. Councilors Victor Chudowsky and Casey Roats voted against the tax measure, ultimately […]

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