Casey Roats
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Bend City Council Announces Appointee Process

The Council seeks to fill newly elected mayor Sally Russell’s remaining two years as a councilor
Chris Miller

After Sally Russell takes her newly elected position as Bend’s mayor, it will leave the City Council absent one councilor. That spot will soon be filled by a Council appointee.  According to the City of Bend, the city charter requires that a vacancy on the Council be filled within 30 days of declaring the vacancy […]

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Roats Announces City Council Bid

Chris Miller

Bend’s Mayor, Casey Roats, announced on June 19 his bid for re-election to the Bend City Council. Roats did not announce his intention to run for mayor again. “It’s been an honor serving as mayor,” Roats said in his press release. “With the new elected mayor position, the obligations and responsibilities for the mayor will […]

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Over 1,000 Uber Drivers Ready to Take Central Oregon for a Ride

Uber service begins May 4 in Bend and Redmond; Sisters soon to follow
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

As of 10 am Thursday, the transportation networking app, Uber, will be open for business in Bend and Redmond. Redmond Mayor George Endicott and Bend Mayor Casey Roats took a ceremonial ride in an Uber car Wednesday, somewhat unceremoniously beginning what could be a brisk business for the San Francisco-based app that connects drivers to […]

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Source Spotlight: Mayor Casey Roats

A spotlight on the people of Central Oregon
Brian Jennings

The day after being elected mayor of Bend by fellow councilors, Casey Roats sat down with the Source Weekly to talk about the future of the city and his new role. “I’m looking forward to serving as mayor. It’s a real honor. It’s not something I campaigned for and I wasn’t seeking it out.” But […]

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Reflections on 2015

City councilors weigh in on a year in the life of Bend
The Source Staff

Illustrations by James Brickell City Council has given Bendites plenty to both gripe about and express gratitude for this year. But what do those decisions look like from the dais? Longtime and outspoken Councilor Victor Chudowsky is joined by newcomers Barb Campbell and Casey Roats in sharing lessons learned over the past year in City […]

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Best Reason to Attend a City Council Meeting

Barb Campbell and Casey Roats
Avatar photo Erin Rook

Unless there’s a particularly hot topic on the agenda (like, oh, vacation rentals), attendance at bimonthly City Council meetings can be pretty sparse. Especially when you subtract the people required to be there—select City staff, people testifying on agenda items, reporters. But sometimes, things get a little spicy. And for that, we can usually thank […]

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(Nearly) 100 Days Progress Report

Checking in with Bend’s newest City Councilors
Avatar photo Erin Rook

CASEY ROATS Source Weekly: Since starting on Council, what has caught you most by surprise? Casey Roats: I have been most surprised to learn how costly and time consuming our Urban Growth Boundary expansion process has been. The 2008 proposal was over 8,000 acres and was remanded back to Bend by the State. The current range […]

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Side Notes 2/18-2/25

Avatar photo Erin Rook

Re-sig-na-tion. (Imagine it sung, plaintively drawn out, in the style of k.d. lang’s “Constant Craving.”) Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned his post at high noon, Friday the 13th. The day before Oregon’s 156th birthday. His decision to step down followed a dog pile by media […]

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