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Should businesses and homeowners be fined for not clearing sidewalks?
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553 Votes

Should businesses and homeowners be fined for not clearing sidewalks?

Yes

7

No

8

Yes

7 Comments
Joe Q
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Joe Q

Yes, especially businesses. Pathetic to see all the parking lots plowed and spotless while pedestrians have to walk right in the street on 27th. (But not surprised to see all the "No" votes from the worthless local homeowners.)

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Joe Q
Joe Q

If you can afford to own a home in Bend, you can afford to have someone clear your sidewalk a couple of times a year! Or else shut up and pay the fine.

No

8 Comments
Louis Vaday
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Louis Vaday

That sounds par for the course. The city doesn't have to plow the roads as needed, but people have to shovel sidewalks that don't belong to them!

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k san
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k san

Absolutely NOT!! It may be risky for ppl to shovel their residential sidewalks. Businesses, yes, but not for residential sidewalks.

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Jeff Sanders
Jeff Sanders

Risky to shovel? What about the risk to pedestrians?

k san
k san

Not concerned about pedestrians as much as I am about my back and my safety trying to clear it. If people choose to get out and walk in that much snow, the onus is on them to be careful where they walk.

Jim Hipp
1
Jim Hipp

Really, people have to work for a living!!!!!!

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Joe Q
Joe Q

Then pay a kid to do it if you're old or just lazy. It's the law. It's not optional!!!

Latterdaysaint
0
Latterdaysaint

Another way to get more money

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Rick Allen
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Rick Allen

Businesses yes, they need the business and they have the resources, of course they should do snow removal! Home owners absolutely not, you dont know their physical health or available resources, that is government over reach, typical of the controlling left!

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Joe Q
Joe Q

It has nothing to do with right or left. It's common human decency so pedestrians can move around safely -- children going to school, the elderly or disabled who depend on public transit. It's not about your worthless, lazy, ignorant Fox-watching a$$ as usual.

Jeff Sanders
Jeff Sanders

Right or Left? Nonsense. Being able to safely walk to the mailbox is something that all should be entitled to.

sandra zollman
sandra zollman

Expecting people to shovel 50 feet or more of snow from a sidewalk in addition to their own driveway is to much. Health and finance doesn't allow for it.

Do you think higher  SDC fees will lead to fewer new homes in Bend?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
117 Votes

Do you think higher SDC fees will lead to fewer new homes in Bend?

Yes

1

No

0

Yes

1 Comment
Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

People are already dealing with bidenomics, vote this woke city council out

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No

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Do you agree with piping of canals in Central Oregon?
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312 Votes

Do you agree with piping of canals in Central Oregon?

Yes

4

No

3

Yes

4 Comments
Michael Thille
1
Michael Thille

Piping the canals to conserve water is the logical next step. Where does Commissioner Adair think the wildlife got a drink before the canals were made over 100 years ago? I will admit reducing Junipers and reinvigorating our wild grasslands makes sense.

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Delaney Gates
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Delaney Gates

The canals were not put in as "water features" for people's backyards. Build your own water feature and pay for the water. This water is meant for agriculture.

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SunnySunshinestein
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SunnySunshinestein

Get it done, it's way past time.

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happy jean
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happy jean

Commission Adair, where do you think wildlife get water when irrigation water is off Oct-March? Please share your plan and funding strategy for removing 5 million juniper trees. What will happen to the wildlife that live in those trees. Your argument is weak.

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No

3 Comments
snowzone
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snowzone

Why do Bend residence have to accommodate Jefferson county. I'm sure someone up there can figure a way go pump the water they need out of Lake Billy Chinook

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Alma and Bruce Miller
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Alma and Bruce Miller

I agree with commissioner Patti Adair - there are other alternatives.

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Robert 'Lew' Lewandowski
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Robert 'Lew' Lewandowski

Wildlife has relied on these open canals for decades. There is no other option for critter water.

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