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My View: Justin Livingston, Bend City Council Pos. 1 Candidate โ–ถ [with video]

Vote 2020: The Source invites local political candidates to share their views, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy

Justin Livingston, candidate for Bend City Council position 1, joins Source Weekly Editor Nicole Vulcan for “My View,” a video series inviting local candidates to share their views on a host of topics ahead of the 2020 election, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy. Livingston chose a view of downtown Bend’s Mirror […]

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Climate Action Plan Passes

Councilors continue to debate the merits of Home Energy Scores

Bend City Council passed the Community Climate Action Plan 5 โ€“ 2 Wednesday night, with Councilor Justin Livingston and Councilor Bill Moseley voting against.  Bend City councilors had been divided in the weeks before the vote, because the original resolution contained a mandate would have required home sellers to complete a Home Energy Score before […]

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A Push for a Warming Shelter in Bend

Local leaders work on solutions for the unhoused population, still left out in the cold

Temperatures dropped below freezing the night of October 29โ€”while people without homes braved the life-threatening temperatures out of doors, huddling in their vehicles or cuddling with their animals for warmth, many hidden from sight on Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service land on the outskirts of town. That morning, city and county officials, […]

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Bend City Council Fills Open Seat

Chris Piper, vice president of a marketing company, will fill the seat for the next two years

The Bend City Council voted 4-2 on Wednesday, Jan. 16, to appoint businessman and registered Republican Chris Piper to the vacant council spot for the next two years. The position opened after Sally Russell became Bend’s first directly elected mayor. The Council previously met Monday, Jan. 14 to tackle the issue, but was unable to […]

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Candidates – Elections 2016

The Source Weekly’s Endorsements for 2016 Candidates

Governor Kate Brown The looming budgetary shortfalls in Salem are of epic proportion. The shortfalls in education, public infrastructure spending, the public employee retirement system (PERS) and health care obligations are a wake up call for good governance. It’s enough to make a voter want to hit the reset buttonโ€”but that would be foolish. Gov. […]

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