John Heylin

@bendyimby.bsky.social

It's time to remember the people we've seen forced out of their homes because of the high cost of living here.

This Monday, the 6th, at 6pm, at Bevel Brewing. Let's pour one out for those who have been forced to move away.

#yimby #bendoregon

Local media needs your help! The staff at The Bulletin are in contract negotiations with the out of state owners who are trying to make them sign on to worse working conditions. Flight!

Tough medicine to kick off the housing conference.

"We are marching toward an uninsurable future." -Dave Jones

"There will be huge areas of the US where you will be unable to get a mortgage due to lack of insurance." -Heather Clark

#yimby #deschutescounty #yimbytown2025

Woot! #yimbytown2025

$$$$$$ 😭

Yup, already chatting.

Yep! There's an app for the convention and I've already reached out to a few folks from Oregon.

‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’

$30,000 a summer for a death sentence at age 25 and crippling medical debt for the family. This is unsustainable. We must ask ourselves, are we willing to sentence our children to this? #wildlandfirefighter #deschutescounty

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

Rep.Cliff Bentz explains why he's not holding in-person town halls BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz says his in-person town halls have increasingly been disrupted by organized opposition groups, leading him to shift toward telephone town halls — a move he s...

Service industry workers are paid minimum wage plus tips and deal with angry and irrational people daily. Cliff Bentz is paid $174k a year and can't be bothered.

When was our last town hall with members of the Deschutes County Commission?

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#townhall #deschutescounty

Literally the easiest thing to get active locally as a registered #Democrat in Deschutes County is to sign up as a PCP. One hour of work a year and you can choose who gets the party endorsement. #deschutescounty

deschutesdemocrats.org/pcp/

Who knew ocean spiders could be so delicious? #juneau #kingcrab

Proud to announce the future launch of the Central Oregon Tool Library! We found a home at the Bend-Redmond Habitat ReStore and are opening for business September 5th. Check out www.cotool.org to sign up for updates, find out more, or support this awesome project. #centraloregon #bend #toollibrary

I would love to see a copy of this business's agreement with the City of Bend. Specifically, I want to see what sort of language around the ADA exists. I am seeing these in sidewalks and curb cuts all over town. #ada #bendoregon

Why do you think Forrest went for a multiple cross country run :)

The whole thing is libertarian tech bros trying to kill regulations, the very things that protect us from the 1%, and install themselves as the new royalty.

Legalization cannot come soon enough.

My name is John Heylin, and I’m running for Deschutes County Commission, Position #1.

It is time to have leadership that listens to all of Deschutes County and actively addresses the problems we face. We need a Commission that leads with action, not excuses.

www.voteheylin.com

Central Oregon deserves better transit than what current CET leadership is providing. When will the COIC Board take action to fix this mess?

What do you do when you have a cheap worker shortage? Arrest the poor, throw them in private prisons, and let the companies that run them farm them out for $$$.

Big news coming August 4th. I can't wait to share what me and a BUNCH of others having been working on in our spare time. Central Oregon is about to get an upgrade 😁

#local #centraloregon

I could imagine someone in a lifted 350 just blowing through these in Central Oregon :/

I'm always conflicted liking a depressing post.

Getting petition signatures in downtown Bend Oregon.

Don't take democracy for granted. It requires constant work, constant refinement, and vigilance. Even taking just 5 minutes to write a letter to the editor is civic action. When the default action for many is to do nothing, any action becomes meaningful.

Was just at one today! Only person giving comment. We need people ACTIVE.

YouTube video by Evident Media Masked, Armed, Forceful: Finding Patterns in California Immigration Raids

This is not the future I want for my kids. This is not the future I want for anyone's kids. This is not an America I can accept.

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Emergency session please.

Going to have to go back to horses and ice boxes in a few years at this rate.

Yes!