Never should have been allowed in the first place! Bend needs to develop a site with bathrooms, showers and rules,like NO drugs and NO trash. At least Redmond is trying to help these people. Take a. Lesson from them. Get off the dime and solve the problem
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They have had excessive amount of time to move off land they are not even allowed to live on!
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They have had ample time to move. Vegetation reduction helps slow and or stop wildfires that will eventually hit that area and destroy millions of dollars worth of homes and people's lives.
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I say move the campers off forest land and onto main street if you want public funding for homelessness in Bend to become an immediate priority!!!
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Living in SE Bend I really enjoyed going to China Hat with my Jeep to off road and walk with my dogs. The thought of being shot has kept me from doing that for a while now. Good riddance to the homeless and make it where they can't come back.
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it is public land, NOT someones home! The public cannot use it without fear of saftey. We DONT need another human caused fire that happens EVERY year out there, we have enough to worry about with mother nature fires. Time to move on!
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Being homeless is usually the result of bad choices. My taxes help pay for government land. Living there rent free and creating tons of garbage, being a true threat to causing wildfires, behaving in a lawless manner angers too many of us who manage to pay for real housing. Move them out now.
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We all have problems in life why do they think it is ok to do what they are doing, when the rest of us pay our taxes, go to work, get counseling if we have problems. The amount they spend on drugs, they could pay rent. It’s a choice and their choice is to do drugs and not work. DEATH and TAXES!!!
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This homeless problem is a choice. These people are drug addicts that need to get clean and go back to work. They should be put into rehab while being counseled for their personal problems. Once clean they should be put to work doing tasks that prisoners do. If they refuse, then jail them.
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The Homeless Campers are the wrong people on the wrong landscape due to their lack of cognitive awareness of fire. I and many others are willing to share grace for their position in life when they are willing to improve their situation through counseling, accepting shelter to transition life.
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They are humans and have no other options.We try not to let that happen to unwanted pets, yet have no problem in letting it happen to, what many consider, unwanted people!
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Gulf War One Veteran, son of a Vietnam Veteran.
Reply2 Grandfathers, Dad and two brothers.
ReplyI am a US NAVY SeaBee VET!!!
ReplyI am honored to tell you about the Veteran in my immediate family. His name is Terrance William Frank - "Terry" - I call him Dad. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War as a Radioman.
ReplyMe, Navy Vietnam USS Truxtun
ReplyNavy Corpsman during the Vietnam War. But will not be going to parade because of Roaring Thunder being there. Bunch of inconsiderate jerks on there loud Harleys .
ReplyMy dad was a WWII Army Air corp vet.
ReplyMy brother in law was the first soldier killed from Bend in The Viet Nam war on Oct 22 1966. His name was Don Darnall . My sister Phyllis Darnall has been a Widow for 53 years. She never remarried..
ReplyA husband and a son.
ReplyMy father Charles Alfred Zehner ...Navy USS Breton....dob 1 8 1921, died 1 28 1996. My brother..Charles Alferd Zehner Jr..... USCGC Morgenthau WHEC 722.... dob 8 23 1952, died 9 13 2006. I miss them😥
ReplyMy dad served in the Coast Guard during WWII. He worked in the engine room, walked shore patrol and towed targets for the Navy ships practicing shooting.
ReplyMy Dad , my Husband, my Uncle, my Brother in Law.
ReplyMy Dad was in the Air Force for 26 years
ReplyMy Dad, Uncle, Nephews, my Grandfathers, plus friends, all served.
ReplyMy husband was in the Navy, then Marine Corpsman in the Korean War. He recently passed in May.
ReplyGranda came from Ireland . As soon as he got citizenship he joined the Army, then my father joined, then me, followed by my son. Granda said if we're going to live here, we have to do our part.
ReplyThank you to all veterans!!!
ReplyFather, 2 stepfathers, uncles.
ReplyMy self
ReplyMyself, my son, both my brothers and 4 brother-in-laws.
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