Eugene Weekly

I guess big contributions from developers don’t buy proof readers. Then again, given the recent sex scandals, maybe we do need to “improve the moral[s] of our police force.” Continue reading →

Kitty Piercy, Jim Torrey, Jim Ray and Nick Urhausen faced off in a taped mayor’s debate hosted by Fox TV on May 14. Questions came from the candidates and a media panel from Eugene Weekly, The Register Guard, KLCC and FOX TV. Fox plans to broadcast the one-hour debate on Saturday, May 17 from 6-7 pm. KEVU-TV will also air the debate on Saturday from 7-8 pm. To listen to the debate audio, check our podcast. Continue reading →

Apart from one misguided font selection (dude, is that Papyrus?), the trailer for Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse looks downright stunning. Can’t wait. Can’t wait. Trying not to get hopes up. But they didn’t cancel The Sarah Connor Chronicles! So sometimes they can get things right! Right? Can’t wait. Continue reading →

For those of you who missed the City Club mayor’s debate, the audio can be found at the KLCC website . Mayor Kitty Piercy had to read her opening and closing statements fast, but she emailed out the words, if you didn’t catch them: Piercy’s Opening Two-Minute Statement I love Eugene and enjoy being your Mayor, moving our community forward with optimism and determination. Continue reading →

Barack Obama spoke to a cheering crowd of roughly 5,000 at the UO on Friday night. Here’s a link to audio of his speech with video clips of the rally. Continue reading →

Eugene is Obama country, judging by federal campaign contribution data. Barack Obama has raised about four times more money here from about four times more contributions. Through the end of March, Obama reported raising $114,622 from 955 donations from Eugene. Hillary Clinton raised $29,111 in donations from 224 contributions from Eugene. Obama’s contributions averaged $120. Clinton’s averaged $224. Continue reading →

With Jim Torrey running for mayor again, local videographer Tim Lewis has posted a reminder on YouTube of what it was like under Torrey. The video features dramatic footage of the June 1st incident in 1997 in which Eugene police emptied every can of pepper spray they had on non-violent tree sitters standing in the way of the Broadway Place project downtown. Continue reading →

TV news watchers may soon see less car wrecks, fires, cop chases and other “if it bleeds it leads” coverage on local broadcasts. The Eugene police department sent out a memo May 5 to local media on the upcoming switch of police radio to digital. That means the old analog scanners that TV reporters use won’t work. Even with digital scanners, EPD Capt. Chuck Tilby writes that “some frequencies will be encrypted in compliance with the new Oregon Consumer Theft Protection Act passed by the legislature in 2007. Eventually all channels may be encrypted.” Continue reading →

This week’s EW has a story about the mayor’s race that includes information about a recent political attack ad by Jim Torrey. Here’s the ad with fact checking by EW: Continue reading →

UO President Dave Frohnmayer has announced that he will resign by the summer of 2009. Here’s an email he sent out to UO faculty and staff this morning: Dear Colleagues: Continue reading →