Wednesday, May 27, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon CLASSIFIEDS AQUA CLEAR SPA SERVICE Hot tub cleaning technician needed. Training provided with opportunity for advancement. Competitive pay. Clean driving record required. Serious applicants only. Call or email for interview: 541-410-1023; aquaclearoregon@gmail.com HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED! Looking for an energetic, independent and experienced housekeeper for vacation homes in and around Sisters. Good pay for good work. Part/full time, seasonal. Call Darcey @ Sisters Vacation Rentals, 541-420-5296. 999 Public Notice Have you received someone else's mail in your PO Box or street address? Our letter carriers do their best, but sometimes mistakes are made. Our office represents some Sisters-area individuals who have lost important PERS benefits because notices from PERS never reached them. If you have received misdirected mail, please contact our office at kim@wiserlaw.com or 503-620-5577. Thank you. 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. Construction Contractors' LICENSING 3 Information for the Public 3 Oregon law requires those who work for compensation (except bona fide employees) in any construction activity involving improvements to real property to be licensed with Oregon CCB. (There are several exemptions.) An active license means the contractor is bonded and insured. Visit www.oregon.gov/CCB LETTERS Continued from page 8 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 s s s 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