Three years ago, in mid-September, dozens of protestors, upset about economic inequalities, stalked out a park near Wall Street in Manhattan. Over the next three weeks, similar “occupy” protests sprung up from coast to coast, entrenching the concept of “the 1%” in the mentality of Americans—or, less colloquially, that a minute portion of Americans holds […]
The Boot
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Hot Hot Hot
This week, the Source office is split over whether to Boot or Slipper fireworks. Most of the office is against fireworks and, yes, I hear and understand and know their arguments that fireworks can be dangerous, especially in a tinderbox dry environment where even the tiniest spark can jumpstart a massive and quick fire. And, […]
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Letters 6/19-6/24
IN REPLY TO “PREGAMING FOR THE TOWN-GOWN SHOWDOWN” (6/19) Many people in this TOWN are for GOWN (new Westside OSU campus) so it’s not really a Town VS Gown situation like your headline says. It’s a NIMBY [Not In My Back Yard] vs. Higher Ed Supporters/Normal People/OSU showdown. This makes it sound like the entire […]
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Stop It!
Three days after a school shooting in Newton, Conn., a grim-faced President Obama presented a national address, during which his mood wavered between sad and angry. Twenty children and six adults had been shot dead by a deranged man. And that shooting came at the end of a year when there already had been seven […]
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The State Legislature: Our Absentee Parent
For decades, Oregon resisted hosting an annual legislative session. It was one of the final states to finally concede that leadership requires at least a meeting of its lawmakers every year, and in 2012, installed an annual session. But even now, its new concession barely seems to qualify as an annual legislature; during even-numbered years, […]
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Giving Away Jobs
With little fanfare, on May 7, Bend’s City Council unanimously approved a $1.1 million contract with Angelo Planning Group. That contact is Phase I of a three phase review of the Urban Growth Boundary review. It is encouraging that City Council is taking seriously the challenges and questions relating to the city’s UGB. We agree […]
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Gee GMOs, Leave Us Alone!
What better timing than our annual Restaurant Guide to check in on the battle over so-called Genetically Modified Organisms. Currently, there is a heated battle in Southern Oregon about banning GMOs—a fight that will affect Central Oregon farmers and foodies, and that may determine whether the entire state will ban GMOs. The concerns over GMOs […]
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Don’t Make A Pile of Poop
Although best known as the first openly gay man elected to a significant office in America, San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk also staked his political career on cleaning up dog poop. A month after winning his landmark election in 1977, Milk went about establishing his first city ordinance, a law requiring dog owners to pick […]
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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 […]
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Let the Smoke Clear
Without advocating for or against pot, our message to the city and county lawmakers in the state is: You-all need to chill the flip out! (This is best said in the voice of Samuel L. Jackson.) Seriously. Watching the state legislature thinking about and trying to manage marijuana has been a lot like watching a […]