City Council Position 1: Justin Livingston Justin Livingston and Ron Boozell make for an interesting contrast for voters. One is a soft-spoken conservative with a limited political background. The other is a forceful libertarian activist whose passion can barely be controlled when extrapolating on policy discussions. Livingston is running on a fiscally conservative platform that […]
Sally Russell
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Sally Russell: Re-election Bid to Bend City Council
As expected, Bend City Council member Sally Russell has announced her re-election bid. She says she wants to protect the city’s “soul” while leading the way for rational decisions about future growth. She also says she would like to be elected mayor by her peers. City Council members choose a mayor from their ranks. Her […]
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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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The 2016 Women’s Issue
Women in their own words
This year, the Source staff submitted nominations for the publication's Woman of the Year, searching for role models in the Central Oregon community who are exceptional in professional, civic and personal endeavors. What we found, is that there are many women in our community who fit this description today going beyond it with visionary ideas […]
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City Council Swears in New Members, Elects Jim Clinton and Sally Russell as Mayor and Pro Tem
In a quick and largely ceremonial meeting, Bend City Council swore in its three newest members. After Casey Roats, Barb Campbell and Nathan Boddie took their seats, they joined council in voting unanimously to re-elect Jim Clinton as mayor and to elect Sally Russell as mayor pro tem. “As many people may not know, it […]
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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 […]