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Besides a porch light, do you have any other lights on outside your home?
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826 Votes

Besides a porch light, do you have any other lights on outside your home?

Yes, I do!

6

No, I don't!

8

Yes, I do!

4 Comments
kayte eck
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kayte eck

Just motion sensors in our long driveway and on two sheds. On, then off when they aren't used.

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Teresa Marie Hernandez
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Teresa Marie Hernandez

Motion detector on our truck and in our back yard. Too much theft going on in the neighborhood.

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Cindy Lou Smith
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Cindy Lou Smith

Porch light is a motion sensor. Little solar lights on my back patio. I love to see the stars and it's getting harder with more people here. I agree with reducing light pollution.

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Rick Allen
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Rick Allen

We live out in the country, Coyotes, bobcats even cougars, of course I have big lights and I feel it is outrageous that anyone could regulate outside lighting! We are letting dangerous repeat offenders out on low to no bail to kill innocent people and we concerned about house lights? Thats insane!

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No, I don't!

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J
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J

No OS Lights on at my place unless I need them. Few neibors with "security" lights. Worst offender is Sisters School District. Parking and grounds lights on all night long every night. Forget star gazing here.

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Tim Collins
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Tim Collins

No I don't...GEEEEZE MORE RULES again!!! Pass a law to balance our BUDGET!!!! This petty crap do gooders!

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Rick Allen
Rick Allen

Well said!

CB
CB

Your comment is confusing. You say you don't have more lights on outside, the news article is stating the county wants exactly what you're doing, and you're upset?

Kim Staack Read
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Kim Staack Read

Ours are motion sensored lights. Four...one at the step for our porch, 2nd at door. The other two are seldom on, Back yard.

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Dianne Price
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Dianne Price

But we have some motion sensor ones.

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Gabe West
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Gabe West

Motion censor in my yard

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Lisa York
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Lisa York

...but my neighbors do...they leave them on 24/7/365...tried to drop hints but hasn't changed... annoying

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Sarah Achterman Mattox
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Sarah Achterman Mattox

I have one porch light that is turned on once it’s dark and turned off once I go to bed. It’s only on for a few hours. Light pollution has direct and negative effects on energy consumption, human health, disruption to the ecosystem and wildlife, and even crime and safety.

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Sarah Achterman Mattox
Sarah Achterman Mattox

There is no clear evidence that increased outdoor lighting deters crimes. It may make us feel safer, but has not been shown to make us safer. Most property crime occurs in the light of the day. Some crimes like vandalism and graffiti actually thrive on night lighting. https://www.darksky.org/

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?
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251 Votes

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

YES

0

NO

2

YES

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NO

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Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

Of course not, trump will make America great again!

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Jeff Sanders
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Jeff Sanders

I am glad that we were Blue over all on the West coast. Those flyover states have too much say.

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Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?
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535 Votes

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

YES

4

NO

9

YES

2 Comments
Kit Cohan
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Kit Cohan

I prefer metering to increasing the number of lanes. More than one lane makes roundabouts much more dangerous to navigate, especially with drivers who are not locals and do not understand how roundabouts work. 2 lanes = many more accidents plus 2 lanes need to be a much larger diameter for safety.

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Jeff Sanders
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Jeff Sanders

You're literally bumper to bumper from the Bill Healy bridge. The people from the Old Mill Never Cease coming.

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NO

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Dennis Douglas
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Dennis Douglas

If it weren’t so maddening, our City counselors would make for a cast in a Monty Python show. They befuddle themselves with ludicrous ideas and foist them onto the taxpayers. Bend is becoming a laughing stock to outsiders and a source of continual angst for the residents.

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SUE ABERNATHY
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SUE ABERNATHY

Isn't that why they put the round about in because stop lights were going to cost to much????? Just saying.

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sara kreps
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sara kreps

doesn't this defeat the purpose of a roundabout? might as well make it a regular intersection with lights.

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Dave Krajczynski
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Dave Krajczynski

If people used the roundabout correctly and actually filled in the gaps and went when there was an opening it would flow just fine. People wait for a bus sized gap before they go.

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Jeff Sanders
Jeff Sanders

The people coming from the Old Mill Never Cease coming. Traffic is backed up to Bill Healy bridge everyday. At least in the winter.

Kathy Brown
0
Kathy Brown

Make a LARGER round-about!! A stop light will only make it worse!!

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Chris Gonzales
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Chris Gonzales

A roundabout's primary purpose in traffic management is to improve safety and traffic flow, resulting in less congestion and fewer accidents compared to traditional stoplight intersections. Key words: Flow, less congestion and Stoplights. Now they want to add Stoplights!!! City waste at its Best!

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Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

The point of the roundabouts was to get rid of lights

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Fletcher Jackson
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Fletcher Jackson

What's the point of having a light at a roundabout? The point of a roundabout is to get rid of the lights. Widen it and start growing for the people coming here. The way bend builds, everything is obsolete by the time it's done.

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Tim Walker
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Tim Walker

I drive through this around about several times everyday and it is never an issue very rarely. Is it an issue? The reason they put roundabouts in for the first place was to get rid of stop lights and stop signs

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Jeff Sanders
Jeff Sanders

It's bumper to bumper from the Bill Healy bridge.

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