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NOTICE OF BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
A public meeting of the Budget
Committee of the City of Sisters
and the Sisters Urban Renewal
Agency, Deschutes County, State
of Oregon, to discuss the budget
for fiscal year July 1, 2020 to
June 30, 2021, will be held at
City Council Chambers, City
Hall, 520 E. Cascade Avenue,
Sisters, OR 97759.
The first meeting will take
place on Monday June 1, 2020
at 3:30 p.m. The purpose of the
meeting is to receive the budget
message and to receive public
comment on the budget. This is a
public meeting where
deliberation of the Budget
Committee will take place. Any
person may appear at the meeting
and discuss the proposed
programs with the Budget
Committee. A copy of the
document may be inspected or
obtained on or after May 27,
2020 at City Hall, 520 E.
Cascade Ave., Sisters, between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Listed below are times of
scheduled Budget Committee
Meetings.
DATES AND TIMES:
Mon., June 1, 2020 3:30 p.m.
Tues., June 2, 2020 3:30 p.m.
Wed., June 3, 2020 3:30 p.m.
A copy of this notice is available
on the City of Sisters website,
www.ci.sisters.or.us. For
additional information, please
contact: Joseph O9Neill,
541- 323-5222.
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LETTERS
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and all that goes with it. I do not want to
be restricted. I want my children to be
able to find jobs. I hate the fear and the
drumbeat of not-so-distant deaths and
the specter of mass economic collapse.
Yes, the local community is where
we can best help, and putting aside our
political partisanship to care for our-
selves and one another is essential. But
does that mean we should zip it when it
comes to what in God9s name is going
on in DC? We have an election coming
up in six months.
If now is not the time to make the
case for leadership that is even margin-
ally competent and truthful, when is?
Dealing with concurrent economic and
health crises is not easy. It requires lead-
ership, transparency, and a level of sacri-
fice from all of us, rather than following
the siren song of simplistic solutions. I
agree we should not politicize every
facemask or lack of one, but that doesn9t
mean we should opt out of politics com-
pletely and leave the swamp a-festering.
Beware of false dichotomies. To see
danger and say nothing risks compla-
cency and lemmings-over-the-cliff blind-
ness. We cannot be so afraid of political
discourse, differences, and riling one
another not to speak out with civility and
clarity. A little riling gets people moving
and voting 4 also known as democracy.
Let9s be involved citizens of the whole
country as well as of Sisters country.
We are all in this leaky canoe
together; it9s a mistake to think that what
happens in DC doesn9t affect us here.
Linda West
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To The Editor:
Responding to Richard Esterman,
May 20 Letters to the Editor, and his
frivolous push to bill Gov. Brown for
lost income, I remind him that the con-
stitution states our right to <life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness,= with no
mention of business profitability.
I am grateful to the Governor for her
mandates that have kept our Oregon
numbers much lower than many other
states, precisely because she has focused
on keeping as many as possible alive,
as the first named <right= of every-
one. Surely, as a city council member,
Esterman could think of something
positive and helpful to our citizens, and
remember that in his zeal to blame the
Governor, he seems to have forgotten
the high percentage of our population
who fit the <most vulnerable= category,
and who are grateful to her for care and
protection!
Similarly, in his April 22 editorial,
Jim Cornelius chose rather callous lan-
guage in his vehement demand to reopen
the economy, describing victims who
have died as having <shredded= lungs,
a terrible image for those who grieve
nearly 100,000 losses! He claimed that
the economic fallout will claim as many
lives as the COVID virus, which seems
gravely overstated. Undoubtedly many
already do and will continue to suffer
tragic deprivation, hunger, depression
and extreme financial loss and hardship,
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but that does not equate to death.
Then when he said opening up would
<entail risk and sacrifice,= I guess he
meant me, my neighbors, and friends
throughout Sisters, as we most often die.
It is possible to address harsh reali-
ties with compassionate language and
action for all concerned. Because we
have thus far been spared any signifi-
cant presence of the virus in Sisters
Country, it is tempting to think we have
escaped. However, the experts remind
us that it will continue to move among
us for months or years, that reopening is
treacherous still and that continued pre-
cautions like masks and social distancing
are vital.
How about you two prominent gen-
tlemen taking a true leadership stance
in wearing a mask anywhere in public,
as a demonstration of caring about oth-
ers, not just when asked! Think of the
shopkeepers who are trapped with what-
ever folks bring in; wear one for them.
Think about what you might be carry-
ing, asymptomatically, to spread; wear a
mask. Just think of being caring of oth-
ers, rather than being forced into some
burdensome costume. It is such a small
concession, friends! Forget the Western
<rugged individualism= stance and think
about how to slow this scourge, and
maybe save some lives.
Kudos to the shopkeepers who
ask for and wear masks, disinfect and
request distancing! You are our lifeline
to a thriving community and we need to
care for you and each other!
Wendie Vermillion
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