Your work is better and your integrity is intact. ❤️

It worked too well!

Mayor to Mayor diplomacy :)

I need someone to introduce me to her!

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Process from here: Committee sends recommendation to Commissioners, they decide what to put on the ballot to ask voters to approve. We have been told our fast timeline on this is so that they can put this on the May 2026 ballot. The maps will not take effect until 2028 County Commissioner elections.

Bit more information here if you're interested.

www.reddit.com/r/Bend/comme...

The Committee website is here but does not have much information beyond meeting pdfs.

www.deschutes.org/bcc/page/dis...

It is a handicap in politics to be the party that genuinely believes in governance and is broadly opposed to continued suffering of constituents, and yet there is no future for anything but degradation and misery if the Republican Party under Trump cannot be made to suffer consequences for its acts.

Agree, that's why we passed this ordinance setting councilor pay at $30k and Mayor pay at $50k, with access to health benefits. www.bendoregon.gov/home/showpub...