PILOT BUTTE STATE PARK AND BIKES Pilot Butte State Park is one of Bend’s jewels. It is up to us to protect it from misuse, so that generations to come can enjoy this beauty. However, it is with great dismay that I write this letter. Recently, bicycles have begun to use the base nature trail […]
OSU Cascades
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Top 5 City Council Decisions
1. Establishing a Vacation Home Rental Task Force Certainly one of the most contentious issues of the year, vacation rentals occupied a significant portion of City Council’s time in the latter half of 2014. Council took a step in the right direction when it voted to create a 23-member Vacation Home Rental Task Force, including […]
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Letters 10/2-10/9
IN REPLY TO “MOVIN’ ON UP” (10/1) “Millenials don’t tend to drive single occupancy vehicles,” OSU attorney Janik argued. “They tend to use other modes.” I wonder if Mr Janik has ever stood at the roundabout at College Way and Newport Avenue when classes get out to see how many cars have more than one […]
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Asked and Answered
“Asked and answered” is a simple, but effective and necessary tenet of the legal system that allows a conversation to move forward, even if both sides don’t fully agree. It is an objection. One attorney may object that the opposing attorney continues to ask the same question, even though an answer has been given. And, […]
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Movin’ on Up
City Council approves OSU site, Truth in Site plans to appeal
OSU-Cascades inched one step closer to actualizing its planned expansion into a 10-acre site in southwest Bend on Monday, when City Council moved to affirm the two previous approvals of the school’s site plan during an appeal hearing brought by the Truth in Site opposition group. The decision, which Council is expected to formally vote […]
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Town v. Gown, Round II
City Council opts to hear OSU appeal
The City Council voted unanimously and without discussion at last week’s meeting to hear an appeal filed by the Truth in Site Coalition opposing the OSU-Cascades site plan application approved by a hearings officer in early September. While city staff typically discourage council from hearing land use appeals—preferring to send them on to the Land […]
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Truth In Site Coalition to Appeal OSU-Cascades Site Plan Approval
Just three days after Deschutes County Hearings Officer Ken Helm ruled in favor of the site plan for the proposed Oregon State University-Cascades expansion in southwest Bend, the opposing Truth In Site Coalition has announced it will appeal the decision. According to a message posted to the coalition’s website, the group “understands the very narrow […]
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Letters 7/23-7/29
IN REPLY TO “TROUBLE ON THE REZ” (7/9) The reservation has overcome many obstacles and sincerely tries to provide for its members, but their image to the public and to themselves could be improved a degree. The buildings seen from the highway are not attractive to the traveling public nor to the tribal members. Either improve […]
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Letters 7/17-7/23
A REVIEW OF “THE DUMB WAITER” AT VOLCANIC THEATRE PUB This play hurt my mind. They should have paid me to populate the seats. It seems the entire framework of the play is designed to scare you and place you in a state of fear and negative anticipation. The acting was phenomenal and world class—unfortunately […]
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Letters 7/2-7/9
TURD TROUBLES Please pick up your dog’s “mojones” [Spanish for crap]. —Wes Oeste IN REPLY TO THE OSU-CASCADES DEBATE I’ve seen this debate rage on for the past several months and the negativity gets old. For very good reasons the college is something Bend definitely needs. First and foremost is economic growth that extends well […]