News, analysis, and just for fun
I more often write for social media (brief, ephemeral) or else provide background briefings and data analysis for others (not public). These are a few articles just for fun, published here to take the conversation beyond Facebook.

Talking Civics with the Source Weekly
I joined The Source Weekly to talk about civics in Bend.

Quoted in: How to find fundraising and spending in Oregon politics
Voters can use ORESTAR to recognize similar patterns in local races in their own communities, Lint said.

A map of tax lots in Bend where the owner’s mailing address is not Oregon
Anyone want to guess which states the colors are?

Redistricting 2021: An overview for Central Oregon
These maps go into effect for the May 2022 Primaries and November 2022 General Election.


Bend is growing. It always has been.
Half of all homes now in Bend were built in the past 20 years. The other half were built over the entire preceding century.

Election Night 2012
This story was written on a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch and submitted from the Red Lion parking lot in Olympia, WA.