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Have you had any trouble using the bottle drop?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
987 Votes

Have you had any trouble using the bottle drop?

Yes, It's been troublesome!

11

No, I haven't had problems.

1

Yes, It's been troublesome!

11 Comments
John Philo
2
John Philo

Bend has grown and just needs another location. Not too hard to figure out.

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Fred Barber Sr
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Fred Barber Sr

You can only turn in 5 green bag per quarter, that means you can only have about 500 can every three months and a family have a lot more than 500 can or bottles in three months it not right that you can’t turn you and in whenever you get the bags full and if you do more than 5 your money locked up

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Randy Gillespie
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Randy Gillespie

Every time I go there I have to wait in line to do just a few small bags when everybody else has large bags and spends the whole day there either stop that build a new bottle stop for other people that don't spend the whole day there this town is growing too fast for that little spot

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Stefan Kwiatkowski
0
Stefan Kwiatkowski

I have enough space 2 store about $2.00 worth of containers @ home. There needs 2 be an Express machine only 4 people with <$7.50 worth in a day. Spending 2.5 or 3 hours of my time (including transportation) to claim $2 is like sweatshop wages. There4, I have stopped redeeming containers entirely.

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Teresa Rodriguez
0
Teresa Rodriguez

Need to put one in Prineville and Madras, Redmond is too over run!!!

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Jacob Wilton
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Jacob Wilton

I return bags for my business and even in my well marked work rig the crackheads still beg for cans from me. Unreal.

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Jeannie H.
0
Jeannie H.

All the street people begging for recyclables. Crazy and dangerous along 2nd St.

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Alanya
0
Alanya

Doing the green bag off I a huge pain, most the time it's over flowing so you can't put your bags in.

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Tarasem
0
Tarasem

Way more hassle than it is worth.

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Patty Meagher
0
Patty Meagher

Redmond site is often too full to accept any more green bags

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Deb Vanderhoef
0
Deb Vanderhoef

I tried to drop at the Redmond site. The drop opening was filled. I tried to take my green bags inside. She said no. I requested she unplug the jam in the drop off. She declined to do that also. I went back outside and 3 of us worked on clearing the jam by pushing them thru and then we dropped our b

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No, I haven't had problems.

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John Krakow
0
John Krakow

I have never used it. The few bottles do I have I donate to Brightside Animal Shelter or the Redmond Senior Center.

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Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

YES

0

NO

1

YES

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No one has commented yet

NO

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Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

Of course not, trump will make America great again!

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Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?
KTVZ Asked by KTVZ
485 Votes

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

YES

4

NO

7

YES

2 Comments
Kit Cohan
0
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
0
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

7 Comments
Dennis Douglas
1
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
1
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
1
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.

Latterdaysaint
0
Latterdaysaint

The point of the roundabouts was to get rid of lights

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Fletcher Jackson
0
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
0
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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