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Have you had trouble parking in Downtown Bend this summer?
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1,236 Votes

Have you had trouble parking in Downtown Bend this summer?

Yes, I can never find a spot!

11

No, I always find parking.

5

Yes, I can never find a spot!

This summer parking in Downtown Bend has been very difficult. I can never find a parking spot.
This summer parking in Downtown Bend has been very difficult. I can never find a parking spot. Show Less
9 Comments
Sandra Kennel
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Sandra Kennel

I no longer go downtown to shop because parking has been too difficult for me to find without walking several blocks to the store I want to go to.

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Brad Livsey
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Brad Livsey

Never any parking.........ever! I don't spend my money there anymore and neither do a vast number of my friends and acquaintances. Shopping needs to be enjoyable.......not there for quite sometime.

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Marily Sylva Badger
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Marily Sylva Badger

I try to avoid downtown Bend like the plague. Parking is a joke!

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Roger Engstrom
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Roger Engstrom

Parking app is impossible to use, never again !

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Steve Martin
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Steve Martin

I have lived in Bend for over 50 years and until this summer have totally supported the down town business. Now I go to the shopping centers and also use Amazon. I don't like this but have no choice until downtown business forces the city to find an answer to this. Maybe downtown should be for the

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Gabe West
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Gabe West

They need another parking garage

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Roger Engstrom
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Roger Engstrom

Parking app SUCKS! TOTAL BS, WE REFUSE TO EAT, SHOP, OR ATTEND EVENTS DOWNTOWN TILL THIS EITHER GOES AWAY OR IS CAPABLE OF USING !!! IMPOSSIBLE TO USE UNLESS TECH SAVY !!!

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Johnny Mooney
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Johnny Mooney

I'm disabled, so parking in the public garage is too far for me to walk sometimes with my heart condition. More disabled parking would be nice downtown by the store fronts.

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Roger Engstrom
Roger Engstrom

Also agreed !

No, I always find parking.

I haven't had any difficulties finding parking.
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5 Comments
Stefan Kwiatkowski
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Stefan Kwiatkowski

Seriously, this shouldn't even be an concern in the 4th largest city in the state. We have bicycles and transit for a reason. Parking is irrelevant for those of us who ride buses or bikes. If you want lots of free parking and car dependency, please move to Burns or to John Day. It's 2021, not 1961.

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Stephanie McMillan
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Stephanie McMillan

I didn’t go downtown. It’s too full of tourists!

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Tarasem
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Tarasem

I avoid going to Bend as much as possible. I don't like anything about being in any big city. As for parking there, I only go to medical facilities and sometimes the Northside malls, so parking is generally not an issue. Driving in Bend is much worse than finding parking in Bend.

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Sussie Due
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Sussie Due

The only time I have trouble finding a parking spot is when someone without disabled plates or a hanger decides to park in a disabled zone.

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Kenneth Emmrich
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Kenneth Emmrich

No, I never have trouble finding parking in downtown Bend because I never go to downtown Bend.

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Should the U.S. open the strategic oil reserves to lower gas prices?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
293 Votes

Should the U.S. open the strategic oil reserves to lower gas prices?

Yes!

9

No!

7

Yes!

We need lower gas prices!
We need lower gas prices! Show Less
5 Comments
Gabe West
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Gabe West

Biden needs to open the keystone pipeline and resume oil exploration

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Paul Owen
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Paul Owen

The strategic oil reserves are for times like this. We should also keep an eye on the oil companies and make sure they are not making extreme profits off the backs of the American citizens. After all that petroleum is being pumped from American taxpayers land that has been leased to these oil co.

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Gabe West
Gabe West

Biden needs to resume oil exploration and open the keystone pipeline

Greg Moore
Greg Moore

No, the reserve is not for time like this, it is for times when we don't have oil available. We do have oil available now, and a LOT of oil available. It is just that Biden (and pseudo-environmentalists) don't want us to use it.

Nik Myles
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Nik Myles

The US shouldn't be relying on foreign sources of energy when we have more than enough to be energy independent again. We were energy independent just over one year ago. But that ended on day one of this administration.

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Steven Huillet
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Steven Huillet

Absolutely! Prices are way too high! Just another attempt of oil companies taking advantage of a big situation like in the 1970's.

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Gabe West
Gabe West

Bide the keystone pipeline and resume oil exploration

Greg Moore
Greg Moore

Explain why oil companies would not provide as much oil as possible at a time when prices are sky high. No, the prices are high due to speculation of shortage, given Biden's refusal to open up the spigot (the oil leases he claimed unused are not proven, exploration still necessary. ANWAR is KNOWN

Loretta Jones
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Loretta Jones

Price is getting ridiculous. Average working person can't afford commuting to and from work.

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Gabe West
Gabe West

Biden needs to resume oil exploration and the keystone pipeline

No!

It's only used for an emergency.
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Matt Cyrus
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Matt Cyrus

We may need our reserves for war before this is over. Increase supply and lower costs by reversing Biden's orders and policies. https://americansforprosperity.org/biden-policies-raising-gas-prices/?fbclid=IwAR3jOvKpxrWnyT1iz2JrBflODu-aV7aHZdj_B4JgTndUI-8XFvAwXp3M1Jw

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David Tucker
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David Tucker

Absolutely not. Oil prices (and therefore gas prices) would drop dramatically if Congress would just reverse the disastrous executive orders Biden has put into effect restricting U.S. oil production.

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Greg Moore
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Greg Moore

Why tap into a reserve that is meant for when Oil is unavailable? We have plenty of oil available, it is just that irrational environmentalists don't want us to use it: https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2022/03/07/greenpeace_environmentalism_allowed_putin_to_invade_ukraine_820399.html

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Ben Hargis
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Ben Hargis

Don't waste the reserves......open the keyst one pipeline, increase production and exploration in the West

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John Philo
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John Philo

OPEN THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE!

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Do you think home buyers should be able to send letters to sellers?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
378 Votes

Do you think home buyers should be able to send letters to sellers?

Yes, they should be able to!

7

No, I don't think it's fair!

0

Yes, they should be able to!

It's a good way to explain why someone is the best candidate.
It's a good way to explain why someone is the best candidate. Show Less
7 Comments
Amanda Wallace
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Amanda Wallace

These letters allow people who can't financially compete with investors the opportunity to stand out.

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Rob Mozz
2
Rob Mozz

It's your property, you should be able to use whatever information you want to decide the sale. Say I'd rather sell my property to a local family instead of a corporate developer that should be my choice.

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Sussie Due
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Sussie Due

Yes they should. That is how I sold a piece of real estate I had. Happened four years ago. Was given a higher offer from a developer but I went with the people that sent me the letter. I was able to pick who was going to live next door to me. Have never regreted it. They are the best neighbors!

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Ben Hargis
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Ben Hargis

Who cares? How is it not fair? Anyone can write a letter. Just another issue liberal politicians waste time and money on.

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Robert Northrup
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Robert Northrup

We have a Democrat controlled legislature that thinks it should have total control over our lives even to the extent of taking away our freedom of speech.

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No, I don't think it's fair!

These letters can discriminate against potential buyers.
These letters can discriminate against potential buyers. Show Less
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