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Archive Home > 2003 > September > 28 > Priced out: Bend middle class dwindles

Priced out: Bend middle class dwindles

By Kristy Hessman / The Bulletin
September 28, 2003

When Robert Mathias, Bend's building division manager, talks with applicants for the city's vacant planning inspector position, he hears a common reason people don't accept the job.

The salary.

While the inspector position's pay is comparable to other areas of the state, and considered in the....

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