Month: August 2004

The local Deschutes County Republican Party is holding a big ol’ event at the Les Schwab amphitheater that is apparently going to be broadcast on CSPAN (does anybody actually watch that channel?). The Republican National Convention will be broadcast on a big screen, and a concert will follow.

Anybody know how to kill the power to that area of Bend quickly and easily? Just curious.

Update on 8/17: Kasey sent me a link to a story that says that, more than likely, if you’re going to attend this rally, or any other Republican National Committee-sponsored rally, you’ll have to sign a form pledging your allegiance to Bush. Sick and wrong.

The San Diego Union-Tribune has a report on how the influx of Californians, Retirees, and twenty-somethings is changing the politics of Bend.

The influx of new residents is changing just about everything in this central Oregon city, including its politics. And nowhere is that more evident than in the recent heated debate over gay rights.

An ordinance, unanimously approved in May by the City Council, prohibits discrimination in housing, employment or public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation or transgenderism. The proposal gained steam after an attack last August on a gay man in a downtown dance club.

Heck, I know I’m a moderate. A flaming moderate, I don’t know, but I do tend to leave my mind open on things a bit more than folks on one side or another.

Link via Rob.