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BY CENTRAL OREGON DAILY NEWS SOURCES
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Thursday, January 4th 2024
Bend’s proposed transportation fee could start being tacked onto utility bills by July, according to the latest proposal presented at Wednesday’s city council meeting. The fee, which may be phased-in over three years, could eventually cost Bend single-family households $16 per month. The City says the fee would cover things like more plowing during the winter, street sweeping, pothole fixes and improved safety and connectivity for arterials and collectors. It would not be for road construction or general repair or replacement of sidewalks. Wednesday night’s update calls for the council to hold listening sessions in February. A first reading on the bill could come on March 20 with a second reading,…
Bend City Council Approves Bend City Police's Red Light Cameras.
ATE raises a significant Constitutional concern in that photo enforcement undermines the Fifth Amendment’s presumption of innocence by impermissibly shifting the burden of proof from the state to the ticketed car owner. Once a driver is recorded speeding by automated speed cameras, the speeding ticket is sent to the registered owner of the car, who may not have been driving the car at that time. At this point, the burden falls on the driver to prove that they were not driving the car at the time of the violation, which can be incredibly difficult to show. Traffic cameras are generally aimed at the rear of the car to cap…