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 […]
Gun control
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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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Wyden presses NRA to divulge foreign donations and how they were spent
WASHINGTON – A senior Democratic senator said Tuesday the National Rifle Association has dodged some of his questions about its possible receipt of Russian money in advance of the 2016 election and demanded more information about the group’s foreign donations. … and demanded more information about the group’s foreign donations. In his third letter to […]
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Senator Ron Wyden Stops by the Source
Wyden hosting a Town Hall at Pilot Butte Middle School tonight
Ron Wyden, one of Oregon’s two Democratic Senators, answered a few questions from the Source’s staff before heading to his Town Hall Friday night at Pilot Butte Middle School in Bend. Here are a few of the things Wyden had to say. On Net Neutrality: “It’s really important for a community like Central Oregon, where […]
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Letters to the Editor
Gun control and investigation into Russian election tampering
Gun Control Candidate Trump stated since he carries a pistol, he would have shot the assailant in that nightclub multiple shooting. Now that he is President, and his powers have increased, he says he would have subdued the Florida shooter, even if unarmed. (He will soon add a cape to his usual business suit.) So […]
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Stop It!
Three days after a school shooting in Newton, Conn., a grim-faced President Obama presented a national address, during which his mood wavered between sad and angry. Twenty children and six adults had been shot dead by a deranged man. And that shooting came at the end of a year when there already had been seven […]