Year: 2009
Internet Miscellany: This is Not An April Fool’s Post
Apparently, the easiest way to guarantee you can’t think of a damn thing to blog about is to tell yourself you’re going to participate in Blog Every Day April, which is exactly what it sounds like. It’s Wednesday, see, which means this week’s paper is done, which means my brain is fried. So it must be time for that old favorite, Internet Miscellany! Get your clickin’ fingers ready! Continue reading
New Richard Swift Record on MySpace
Goodbye, Indigo; Hello, District!
The Indigo District is (almost) dead; long live the District! After one last dance party on April 11 (10:30 pm; black clothing preferred), the Indigo as we know it will close its doors for good — for a few weeks. On April 24, the remodeled District will arrive, in all its daytime-coffeeshop-having, weekend-dance-club-retaining glory. As the press release explains, Continue reading
Going Downtown: Bar 201
Update, August 2009: Sadly, Bar 201 is now for sale. Continue reading
Who’s Your Daddy?
Genetics, storytelling and love
Who’s Your Daddy? Genetics, storytelling and love by Sally Sheklow Continue reading
This is Not How to Promote Your Band (Plus, a reminder about deadlines!)
Let’s take a look at the image above, shall we? What you see there is one burned CD, a single word written on it in fine-point Sharpie. This is what came in a plain brown envelope earlier this week. Just this. No bio. No track list. Not even a flimsy little slip of a cover for the poor naked CD. Continue reading
City Manager Creates In-House Office of City Attorney
After decades of complaints about spiraling legal costs and potential conflicts of interest, Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz has decided to hire an in-house attorney rather than having all the city’s legal work done by a private law firm. Ruiz announced in a press release today that Eugene will have at least one in house lawyer starting July 1 and could expand to three attorneys working as city employees. City managers have given the private law firm of Harrang Long Gary Rudnick, P.C. exclusive contracts for almost all the city’s legal work for the past three decades. Continue reading
Attorney for Police Auditor Says Allegations Unfounded, Motivated by Opposition to Transparent, Independent Oversight
Interim Police Auditor Dawn Reynolds’ attorney issued a statement denying an allegation that Reynolds improperly disclosed confidential information. Reynolds’ attorney Margaret Wilson said the interim auditor’s “conduct was professional and entirely consistent with her public duties.†Continue reading
Beamud Slams ‘Twisted Scrutiny’ of Police Auditor
The allegations that resulted in the Eugene City Council putting interim Police Auditor Dawn Reynolds on leave are “disturbing and disruptive†and lack merit, Eugene’s previous auditor Cris Beamud said in a written statement. “I have had an opportunity to speak with Dawn Reynolds, and I do not believe that the allegations against her are meritorious,†wrote Beamud, who left Eugene last summer to head the police oversight system in Atlanta. Continue reading