Appreciates Pete
Being represented by Peter DeFazio is one of the many reasons I love living in the 4th Congressional District. DeFazio is smart, honest and hardworking. … Continue reading
Letters Archive
OK, Bloomberg
In the mid-morning hours of February 11, a homeless woman gave birth on a sidewalk in downtown Salem. In August 2019, in the early … Continue reading
Spend What You Can
My wife and I were going out for dinner last night, but changed our minds due to concerns about exposing ourselves to COVID-19. So we … Continue reading
Where We’re At Now
About 11:30 am on a sunny March 3 in downtown Eugene, I saw a man urinating in broad daylight on the street corner of 10th … Continue reading
Electrictrify LTD
This year we started reusing shopping bags, and we’re seeing more electric cars — both environmentally friendly moves. Fossil fuel emissions have for a long … Continue reading
Pump The Brakes
Hillary Tully (Letters, 3/5) argues that claims about overuse of natural areas (such as Bob Keefer’s 2/27 article “The End of the Tour”) often belie classist, racist … Continue reading
Vote ‘Yes’ On LCC Bond
In these days of increased need for qualified health care professionals, we need to make sure we have affordable training programs for people in our … Continue reading
Vote For Difference?
How tragic! How can our community have a homeless birth on the sidewalk? No one stopped to help? Baby taken from mother. Then I attended a … Continue reading
Where’s The Data?
Timber Unity (TU) and their Republican pals in the Oregon Legislature deserve some credit for again bringing government to a standstill because of cap and … Continue reading
Quorum Shmorum
Abolish the “quorum.” If they show up, fine, they can vote. If not, fine. The idea of a quorum was a great idea. Game theoretic … Continue reading