Should the top of Pilot Butte only be open to walkers, hikers, and bikers?

Asked by KTVZ

459 Votes

Should the top of Pilot Butte only be open to walkers, hikers, and bikers?

30%

Yes Yes

70%

No No

30%

Yes

3 Comments

Jane CommunityMember

In order for it to be accessible, only vehicles with disabled stickers should be allowed up. Make all the spots up top disabled-only. Everyone else can walk or ride up. It would be much safer without vehicles speeding up and down.

sandra zollman

It would be much safer without walkers for drivers.

sandra zollman

It isn't a matter of being handicapped. All people have the right to go up the butte. Taxpayers already had to pay for a trail for walkers and that still isn't enough for you. Get used to not getting your way in everything.

Most seniors don't have a handicap placard. Sorry, but the elderly deserve to enjoy Pilot Butte, too.

Maggie Olson

Alot of people besides the handicapped are unable to walk up to the top. People with asthma and other medical conditions don't always qualify for a handicap sticker. This comment is really exclusive to one category of people, leaving out senior citizens and many others.

Jane CommunityMember

Anyone that can't walk 200 feet or who has limited mobility is eligible for a handicapped sticker under Oregon law, so they can just get one. I'm a senior citizen and walk up, as do many others.

Dianne Price

Less impact on the area.

70%

No

13 Comments

Monica Mack

That would prevent many mobility challenged people from enjoying the beauty of Pilot Butte

jerry

So, the Butte should be open to able-bodied people only? Remember, you may not always be able-bodied. Just a thought.

daniel tovar

does everything have to change in town to meet the few

sandra zollman

Wondering why walkers are consistently trying to keep drivers out of public areas. If you feel the butte is to dangerous to share with cars then go walk somewhere else. Walkers aren't special people with special rights. You already destroyed all people's from using Shevlin Park to enjoy.

John J Gonzales

No, this is a state park that should be accessible to everyone to be able to enjoy this Bend jewel.

Dave Tucker

This would discriminate against a large number of people who are not able to make such a difficult hike.

jerry

So, the Butte should be open to able-bodied people only? Remember, you may not always be able-bodied. Just a thought.

Deb Kizer Dyck

Well, while I'm not incapable of walking or hiking, I certainly know people who cannot make such a strenuous trek, and it would be wrong not to allow everyone to enjoy that view!

Deb Kizer Dyck

Well, while I'm not incapable of walking or hiking, I certainly know people who cannot make such a strenuous trek, and it would be wrong not to allow everyone to enjoy that view!

Angela MacManiman Porterfield

That restricts the butte for able bodies only. We like to take our 90 year old mom up there occasionally.

Georgia Springer

I HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES AND CANNOT WALK FAR. i ENJOY THE VIEW FROM THE TOP OF PILOT BUTTE BUT HAVE TO DRIVE TO GET THERE. THERE ARE CITIZENS (WHO PAY TAXES) HERE BESIDES WALKERS AND BIKERS TOO, YOU KNOW.

Jane CommunityMember

Why are you shouting?

Bob Johnson

What about the handy capped It's always been open to motor vehicles .that would be like asking hikers and bikers to stop using. Why should it close just because it has gotten more popular maybe they should hike or bike where vehicles don't travel

It will never happen. It's an accessibility issue. State Government will never close it to vehicles.

Maggie Olson

Jane CommunityMember

They already do for several months.

Do you support a record $1.5 trillion budget for the military?

Asked by KTVZ

62 Votes

Do you support a record $1.5 trillion budget for the military?

61%

Yes Yes

39%

No No

61%

Yes

1 Comments

Dave

Looks like the ayes have it.

39%

No

2 Comments

Oakley Taylor

We need that money in our own country to help our schools, Medicare and education. Don’t you care about our neighbors and communities?

Dave

That money won't help our neighbors and schools when Iranian nukes start hitting our allies and eventually us! That is their goal as they have stated for years!!

Ka San

If it even needs saying, the Military Industrial Complex is the MOST bloated budget of the entire federal budget. If our current "completely-in-over-his-head" Def Sec + idiot prez hadn't started a completely unnecessary war, we would not have depleted stores of weapons and this be on nobody's radar!

Dave

Ka San, You sound like a radical liberal. Guess you'd rather have nukes start flying around in the middle east and then closer to home in a couple years.

Do you think sweeps and hostile architecture are effective ways to remove camps?

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60 Votes

Do you think sweeps and hostile architecture are effective ways to remove camps?

97%

Yes Yes

3%

No No

97%

Yes

1 Comment

Kate Coffey

As a tax payer and resident of Deschutes County I am tired of my tax dollars being used to clean up the filth the homeless people leave behind. If this is a deterrent for them living there then we won’t have to clean it up again. Thus saving tax payer dollars and the rocks are a better look.

3%

No

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KTVZ

Should the top of Pilot Butte only be open to walkers, hikers, and bikers?

30% Yes Yes

70% No No

30% Yes

70% No

Do you support a record $1.5 trillion budget for the military?

61% Yes Yes

39% No No

61% Yes

39% No

Do you think sweeps and hostile architecture are effective ways to remove camps?

97% Yes Yes

3% No No

97% Yes

3% No

30%

Yes Yes

70%

No No

30%

Yes

70%

No

61%

Yes Yes

39%

No No

61%

Yes

39%

No

97%

Yes Yes

3%

No No

97%

Yes

3%

No