Corrections: In our 10/18 endorsement in the Bend mayor’s race, we erroneously stated that sitting councilors running for mayor who did not win the mayor’s race would be removed from office. Should Bill Moseley or Sally Russell not win as mayor, they will fill the remainder of their term(s) as Councilor—not be removed. If one […]
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Vote Jamie McLeod-Skinner for U.S. Rep., 2nd District
Congressional District 2 is nothing if not a vast, disparate district. Its constituents range from the ranchers of eastern Oregon, to the Valley dwellers of Medford, to the outdoor enthusiasts of Hood River and Bend. It’s a district that’s long been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Greg Walden (R, Hood River)—but “representative” […]
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Letters to the Editor
Bend Post Office Sorting Center In January 2015 the Republican Congress closed the U.S. Post Office sorting center in Bend. As a result all letters mailed in central Oregon now go to Portland or Eugene to be sorted and sent, including those destined across the street. Not only did postal workers lose their jobs but […]
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Letters to the Editor
Jamie McLeod-Skinner I was glad to learn that the Independent Party of Oregon endorsed Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner, for U.S. Congress. Now I hope Independents — and unaffiliateds — will actually turn out and vote for McLeod-Skinner and not sit out the election. Voter turnout is extremely important in this election. If you are not planning […]
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Walden, McLeod-Skinner and Roberts to Debate
Candidates for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District seat will square off Oct. 5
The three candidates in the race for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District—which includes Central and Eastern Oregon—will face off in a televised debate on Oct. 5. Democratic candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner‘s campaign announced today that she will debate Republican incumbent, Rep. Greg Walden and Independent Party candidate Mark Roberts in a one-hour debate, to be broadcast live from […]
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Party-line voting is never ideal—but this year, that’s even more apparent
As the 2018 election season begins to elevate to fever pitch, voters are being challenged, perhaps more than in other years, to truly think for themselves as they cast their votes. We’d like to say that voters should always be compelled to go beyond party-line voting and to choose candidates based on merit and position—but […]
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Letters to the Editor
Jared Rasic’s review of “Death of a Nation” and in response to…
In response to the response to “Nothing Idle About Idling,” Letters to the Editor on 8/2 Tori Pearce, you clearly live in the paradigm where someone else is going to fix this for you; where you have no agency and little things don’t count (because they’re just so darn inconvenient). I cannot fathom what you […]
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Walden Should Follow Through on Debating McLeod-Skinner
If you want to get an answer from Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR2), apparently you have to find him in a parade. That’s exactly what Jamie McLeod-Skinner, the Democratic candidate for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, did last week in Joseph, Ore. McLeod-Skinner has been attempting to get incumbent Walden to agree to a series of three […]
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Lawmakers React to Trump-Putin Summit
Merkley, Wyden and Republican colleagues blast the president’s remarks in Finland
After Monday’s meeting between leaders of two of the world’s superpowers, in which President Trump condemned the Justice Department and accepted the explanation of a hostile foreign leader over the findings of his own intelligence agencies, reactions from Oregon’s two senators were unflattering. “President Trump is repeatedly siding with a dictator over his own government […]
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Buehler Gets the Repub Gov Nomination; Baney Loses to Adair
Results of the May 2018 primary
Less than 30 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the May 15 primary—yet despite that low voter turnout, some won; some lost. Here are the results of interest to people in Central Oregon, according to unofficial results from the Oregon Secretary of State: 9-115 City of Bend Five-Year Operating Levy for Fire and Emergency […]