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The Bulletin’s endorsements
May 21, 2013 4:00 am
The deadline is 8 p. m. tonight to have your vote count on money measures and candidates for local boards. It’s too late to mail your ballot, but drop sites are listed on the websites of your county clerk and the Oregon secretary of state.....MORE
The Bulletin’s endorsements
May 19, 2013 4:00 am
Ballots must reach county election offices by 8 p. m. Tuesday. Drop box locations are available on the county elections and Oregon secretary of state’s websites. Be sure to sign your ballot. Below are The Bulletin’s recommendations. Our....MORE
Money measures and candidates await your vote
May 16, 2013 4:00 am
It’s time to cast your ballot. Voters in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties will decide numerous money measures and scores of board seats in Tuesday’s election. To be sure your vote counts:• Look at both sides of your ballot.....MORE
Bulletin endorsements
May 12, 2013 4:00 am
Editor’s Note: Please send election-related letters and guest columns no later than Wednesday. We will give priority to election submissions, publishing as many as possible before election day, May 21. Below are The Bulletin’s....MORE
Approve Madras pool levy
May 2, 2013 4:00 am
Last time voters in the Madras Aquatic Center Recreation District were asked to tax themselves to help keep the district operating, the Jefferson County Sheriff opposed the idea. The levy, he said, could cost him badly needed funds to keep his own....MORE
Vote Pennington for Crook County park board
May 1, 2013 4:00 am
The Crook County Parks & Recreation District has battled the budget blues ever since the recession that began in 2008 and brought with it a decline in revenue from infrastructure systems development charges. That it has survived as well as it....MORE
Pick Norris, Stuart for Crook County school board
May 1, 2013 4:00 am
Only two races for the Crook County School Board are contested on the May ballot. In Zone 3, we urge voters to choose incumbent Patti Norris, 51, who is being challenged by Ray Graves, 56. Norris teaches business classes for Central Oregon Community ....MORE
Petke, Lundgren and Wilt for Black Butte school board
April 30, 2013 4:00 am
Tensions are running high in the Black Butte School District, where candidates disagree about the best way to preserve the tiny district, whose two-room schoolhouse has 24 students, only seven of them in-district. Three school board candidates, all....MORE
Support bond for Bend schools
April 28, 2013 4:00 am
Does the Bend-La Pine school district really need two new schools? Here’s one way to look at it: The district has been growing at a rate of about 250-300 students per year for decades. Much of that growth is at the elementary level. Most of....MORE
Elect Hedrick, Durham, Jones for Sisters schools
April 27, 2013 4:00 am
Four of the five seats on the Sisters School Board are up for election in May, and we urge voters to choose Don Hedrick, Justin Durham and Edie Jones in the contested races. Kay Grady is running unopposed for her Position 5 seat, and Andrew....MORE
Fishkin, Asla, Chenoweth best for Bend park board
April 26, 2013 4:00 am
Voters in the Bend Park & Recreation District will elect directors to fill four of the five seats on the district’s board of directors. One candidate, Ted Schoenborn, an incumbent, is running unopposed. Vying for the Position 1 seat are....MORE
Choose Courtney Snead for Jefferson school board
April 25, 2013 4:00 am
Jefferson County School District voters have a choice in May between a committed, effective incumbent and a newcomer who has skills and knowledge uniquely suited to one of the district’s critical challenges. We urge them to choose a new....MORE
La Pine fire levies are a good bargain
April 24, 2013 4:00 am
Personal safety aside, there is a good, solid reason for voters in La Pine’s rural fire protection district to support the district’s requests for a pair of local option levies. Doing so is likely to save them money. The district is....MORE
Say yes to Crook County school bond measure
April 23, 2013 4:00 am
When the cost to repair an aging school is nearly as much as to replace it, good sense suggests it’s time for a new building. That’s the situation in Crook County, where the school district is asking voters to approve funds to replace two ....MORE
Re-elect Ford for another term on COCC board
April 21, 2013 4:00 am
Only one seat on the Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors is contested in the May election, with Adele McAfee challenging incumbent David Ford. We urge voters to return Ford for another term. Ford, 61, joined the COCC board in 2009,....MORE
Deschutes 911 levy needs help
April 21, 2013 4:00 am
This time, Deschutes County 911 needs your help. Please vote to support the 911 levy on the May ballot. It’s hard to find a more important singular issue for Deschutes County voters than the 911 levy. And the good news is that the levy is not....MORE
Support bond to fix Culver’s aging schools
April 20, 2013 4:00 am
If for no other reason than student well-being, Culver School District residents should support the bond measure on the May ballot. A major chunk of the $9.75 million measure will be spent on demolishing and replacing two aging wings of the....MORE
Vote for Munkres, Reck on Redmond school board
April 19, 2013 4:00 am
With a new high school up and running and a new superintendent on board, the Redmond School District seems poised for the future. It will go into that future with several new or nearly new members of its board of directors. A. J. Lasoya, who holds the ....MORE
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