Bend, Not Ready for Prime Time Coming to your neighborhood soon: higher density, Bend style Have you heard? Bend will continue to expand at its current, incredible pace, growing another 40 percent within a decade. While I’m sure that developers, realtors, and those who actually benefit from more people and tourism are jumping for joy, the other […]
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Letters 6/22-6/29
Who is Telling Us That Hillary Clinton is Unlikable and Untrustworthy? Bernie Sanders began his campaign as a person whose genuineness, candor, likeability and issues appealed to many of us. However, eventually the smell of power took over and, as it did, Bernie resorted to the very tactics that most of us do not respect, […]
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Letters 6/15-6/22
In response to “Somebody has to Pay,” (6/9) IP 28 money is intended only to assure that the unreasonable wage increases the governor negotiated with public employee unions and the overspending that has occurred during the last two legislative sessions controlled by a Democratic senate, house and governor have been approved absent any money to […]
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Letters 6/8-6/15
In Response to, “Dear Dog Walkers,” (6/2): Denise, have you gone back and looked later? Are the bags still there? Think about this typical scenario: A person goes with their dog to the trailhead. They begin their walk. At some point in the first couple hundred yards or so nature calls and the dog poops. […]
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Letters 6/1-6/8
Troy Field should be protected and preserved as a Historic Community Open Space Over the past year, Troy Field, the little playing field next to McMenamins, has been the talk of the town. Some people think of it as their green space that has always been there, some remember their earlier years playing sports or […]
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Letters 5/25-6/1
Help Hillary Trounce Trump When Tom Freedman (May 5) and Don Schuman (May 12) are done celebrating Bernie Sanders’ Oregon primary victory, they and the rest of Bernie’s movement must quit demonizing Hillary Clinton and elect her to the Presidency. Tom condemns Hillary as a stealth Republican. This is Naderite false equivalency. No Republican has such […]
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Letters 5/18-5/25
Single Track Trail Riding Etiquette It seems to me that trail riding etiquette needs to be emphasized, now that single track bikers are out in number. This issue becomes all the more important as the lower trails become seasonally crowded, but the same issues apply to the upper trails. I ride at an intermediate plus […]
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Rethinking City Council
Though City Council duties, meetings, committees, and hearings require 45 to 55 hours per week to fulfill, Bend City Councilors are considered volunteers, have no administrative support staff and receive no benefits. The archaic notion of an unpaid mayor and city council is not in step with the times within the paradigm of the exponential […]
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Letters 5/11-5/18
In response to: “Democratic Primary Endorsement: Clinton” (4/29) I am shocked that the Source would recommend Clinton in the primary—in an article containing specious arguments and half truths. "However nice, smart guys don't always make the best presidents." You mean like FDR or Lincoln? Or are you just thinking of Obama while you aim at […]
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Teens Need Our Help to Stay Healthy
They don’t always ask, but teens need our help with so many things: homework, learning to drive, dating—and, yes, avoiding unintended pregnancy. While the teen pregnancy rate has declined significantly over the past two decades, it’s still a serious issue in Central Oregon. May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, and it’s a good reminder […]