In a 5-2 vote, with Mayor Jim Clinton and Councilor Doug Knight dissenting, the Bend City Council approved a motion finding councilor-elect Casey Roats qualified to be elected to City Council. We’ll have more in this week’s issue, online and on stands Wednesday. What’s your take? Sound off in our poll and in the comments […]
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Judge and Jury
City Council prepares to weigh Casey Roats’ qualifications
On December 1, City Council will hold a special session to deliberate and decide on the question whether councilor-elect Casey Roats is qualified to serve on Council. The meeting, scheduled for 3 pm at City Hall, will include testimony only from Roats. Neither the public, nor attorneys, will be permitted to comment. The meeting comes […]
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Perennial Council Candidate Ron Boozell Joins Lawsuit Against Casey Roats and City of Bend
A lawsuit spearheaded by local attorney Charlie Ringo, seeking to prevent the certification of councilor-elect Casey Roats, has gained a new plaintiff—one of Roats’ three opponents in the race for position 6, Ron “Rondo” Boozell. Ringo says the move was made in response to court concerns that the original plaintiff, Foster Fell, did not have […]
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Bend City Council Will Decide on Candidate’s Residency Dec. 1
Bend City Council will hold a special session Dec. 1 at 3 pm to decide if councilor-elect Casey Roats is qualified to serve on council. Roats won the race for position 6 despite questions around his residency. The City Charter requires councilors to have resided within the city limits for 12 months prior to their […]
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Hot Seat
Lawsuit challenges Councilor-Elect Casey Roats’ qualifications
Last week, as promised, attorney Charlie Ringo filed a lawsuit on behalf of Bend resident and activist Foster Fell seeking to prevent Councilor-Elect Casey Roats from taking office. In last Tuesday’s election, Roats won the largest share of the popular vote for City Council, Position 6. The Nov. 5 lawsuit, which also names City Recorder […]
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Council Candidate Ron Boozell Calls for Recusal of Endorsing Councilors from Residency Decision
Bend City Council candidate Ron “Rondo” Boozell is calling for councilors who publicly endorsed or supported candidates in the race to recuse themselves from anything to do with vacating or filling seat 6, currently the subject of a lawsuit alleging councilor-elect Casey Roats is does not meet the qualifications laid out in the City Charter. […]
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Resident Files Lawsuit Seeking to Prevent Election of Casey Roats to Bend City Council
Bend resident Foster Fell has filed a lawsuit against City Recorder Robyn Christie, the City of Bend, and councilor-elect Casey Roats asking the Deschutes County Circuit Court to declare that Roats is not entitled to receive a certificate of election. The initial complaint, filed yesterday, alleges that Roats does not meet the qualifications set out […]
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A Question of Semantics
City Council undecided on approach to residency questions
What does it mean to be a resident, and why does it matter? These questions weighed heavily on the campaign for Bend City Council Position 6, with two of the four candidates facing accusations that they were not qualified to run due to inconsistencies in their residency information. What started as a claim that candidate […]
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To Reside, or Not to Reside
Casey Roats’ attorney claims opponent is the one with residency issues
A City Council race that started on high ground, talking about livability and affordable housing issues, has in its last weeks become overshadowed by questions surrounding the residency qualifications of candidate Casey Roats. That shadow grew longer last week when the candidate’s attorney, Neil Bryant, responded to calls for Roats to withdraw by attempting to […]
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Secretary of State Receives Complaint Alleging Casey Roats Committed Voter Registration Fraud
A Bend resident filed a complaint with the Secretary of State today alleging City Council candidate Casey Roats committed voter registration fraud when he registered both his business address and that of his then-under construction home on Brookswood Boulevard as his residence while living outside the city with his parents. The complaint, submitted by local […]