In the last 8 months, Suzette Delancey says she has applied for 43 jobs and received 42 rejections. When she’s had the opportunity to interview, employers have said that her felony convictions—for delivery and attempted delivery of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, in 2009 and 2011—are too recent. Only one employer is willing to take a […]
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City Approves $190K Contract for Galveston Revitalization Design
Galveston business owners told City Council Oct. 2 they hope the preliminary design for the corridor’s revitalization doesn’t use this concept map as a starting point. It’s only been a month since the City raised the ire of Galveston corridor business and property owners with a bridge closure that limited access to businesses and diverted […]
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Safety Study Highlights Bend’s Traffic Crash Problem
According to a recent Traffic Safety Study, Bend had more fatal car crashes from 2006 to 2010 than other comparable cities. “We have a traffic crash problem in the City of Bend, to put it bluntly,” Police Chief Jeff Sale said at the Sept. 18 City Council meeting, in a brief overview of the results […]
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Council meeting fizzles in heat of summer
Sharply dressed, members of the Bend City Council could have conducted business set to Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” Wednesday night. (Listen while you read, really, it might spice it up) However, discussions weren’t quite as sharp, as the topics went from moderately interesting to humdrum. Trees were a point of discussion during the work […]