Like the race for the Zone 6 At Large position, the Zone 1 race for the Bend-La Pine School Board has three capable candidates who would all be strong advocates for schools, students, teachers and administrators in the district. Chet Liew is an IT professional working for TDS Communications, running on a platform of promoting […]
Mark Capell
Posted inNews
WATCH: Election 2014 Source Weekly Endorsement Interviews
Our Election 2014 Endorsement Issue comes out this week. But before we tell you how we think you should vote, make up your own mind by watching our unedited endorsement interviews with local candidates. (If you prefer to read, you can find candidate Q&As here.) Scroll on down or go directly to our YouTube channel. […]
Posted inNews
Whatcha Doing, Candidate? Mark Capell for City Council Pos. 5
Source Weekly: What is your age, occupation and political affiliation? Mark Capell: I am 54 years old (55 on September 30). I own a computer service company (CMIT Solutions) with five employees. I am a Democrat. SW: How long have you lived in Bend? MC: I grew up in Bend and graduated from Bend High. […]
Posted inNews
Mark Capell
City Council Pos. 5 (INCUMBENT)
AGE: 54 OCCUPATION: Owns computer service company CMIT Solutions PARTY: Democrat YEARS IN BEND: Born and raised. Lived elsewhere for work from 1988-2002. 2014 COUNCIL MEETING ATTENDANCE: 22 PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR: City Council (2006-present), Bend Metropolitan, Planning Organization (Chair), Bend Urban Renewal Agency (Chair), Deschutes Water Alliance Board (Member), Deschutes River Conservancy Board (Member) TOP […]
Posted inNews
Mark Capell Says He’ll Run for a Third City Council Term
Mark Capell announced today that he will run for a third term on the Bend City Council. He was first elected to council in 2006 and made headlines in 2012 when he bucked tradition and publicly declared his interested in serving as mayor. Capell currently serves as chair of the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Bend Urban Renewal Agency and is […]
Posted inNews
City Water and Sewer Rates Will Increase in October
City Council voted 4-3 tonight to increase water and sewer rates by 5 and 9 percent effective October 1. The rates were anticipated to increase as of July 1, but Mayor Jim Clinton and Councilors Sally Russell, Doug Knight, and Jodie Barram expressed concerns about hitting ratepayers with the increase before the October 15 end of irrigation […]
Posted inNews
OLD TIMERS: The 1930s
Bend remained festive throughout the era of the Great Depression, seeing its first Pet Parade and Bend Water Pageant. It also saw the opening of Erickson’s grocery and the Pine Tavern during the 1930s. Carmen Capell is a second-generation Bendite; her father moved here in 1915, and she is mom to city councilor Mark Capell. […]
Posted inOpinion
Shark Tank
In last Friday’s edition of the Bulletin, city councilmember Mark Capell did the equivalent of pulling the pin from a grenade and handing to his fellow councilmember. That uncouth “gesture” is part of the brush fire unfolding over Oregon State University’s Cascade campus—in particular, the decision to site the campus in southwest Bend. Over the […]