Eugene Weekly

Which of these is “Meth Mouth” and which is “Mountain Dew Mouth?” A. B. A is Dew, B is Meth. So is Mountain Dew the new Meth? ABC news reports : Continue reading →

The Eugene Fire Department deployed 23 people for five hours to respond to a “small leak” of hydrochloric acid gas from a railroad tank car last night. The city responded in moon suits and evacuated Union Pacific employees from the rail yard off the Northwest Expressway. But the city didn’t evacuate the neighborhood next to the accident. To get money for new offices, the city is now trumpeting the chance of a few police cars getting trapped under City Hall in an earthquake. But a far more dangerous and likely hazard may be a toxic train derailment. Continue reading →

Facing huge cuts in city services due to the recession, the Eugene City Council voted unanimously today to blow at least $17 million in city reserves on a new police station that voters opposed three times. Continue reading →

Going to church on Sunday? Most people in Eugene won’t. The Eugene/Springfield metro area ranked as one of the very least religious places in the nation in a 2000 national study by the Glenmary missionary group. Only one in four people in Eugene go to church, half the national average, according to the study. Out of 276 metro areas, Eugene ranked 273 for the lowest percentage of adherents. Continue reading →

For police officers and judges, dishonesty is a firing offense. Without integrity, none would trust them. So why are these law enforcement officials lying to hype crime? Eugene’s acting Police Chief Pete Kerns and a gaggle of local judges have declared that the area suffers from a crime wave of apocalyptic proportions. The local mainstream media has repeated their crime claims without question, causing much confusion. Continue reading →

The UO is looking for an architect for a new 400-500 room dorm, apparently somewhere behind the Natural History Museum. The UO has been sharply criticized for building lavish athletic facilities instead of relieving dorm overcrowding. Continue reading →

Republicans are pushing to add more tax breaks for the rich into the Obama stimulus. An idea to use taxpayer money to subsidize lower mortgages is gaining traction. The Register-Guard endorsed it today. But most of the tax break would go to the rich, who are unlikely to spend it to stimulate the economy. Continue reading →

If you missed the Eugene State of the City event last week, here’s the condensed video highlights: Continue reading →

The Oregonian has picked up on the story that EW first ran Thursday about Oregon National Guard soldiers’ exposure to a highly toxic chemical in Iraq. Continue reading →

In her fifth state of the city speech tonight, Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy called for tapping into the Obama federal stimulus package, an Economic Summit, discussion of an in-house city attorney, locating a solar panel factory at the abandoned Hynix plant and hinted at possible tax measures for more jail beds, crime prevention and affordable housing. Continue reading →