Eugene Weekly

Local social service providers have banded together again this year for a Project Homeless Connect event Thursday, February 7 at the county fairgrounds. Last year the event provided services ranging from medical exams to haircuts to 1,007 homeless or near homeless people. This year 600 professional and volunteer staff will hold the event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Lane Events Center at the Fairgrounds, according to a press release. Continue reading →

Ruiz A sharply divided Eugene City Council voted 5-3 Saturday night to select Jon Ruiz as the powerful city manager of Eugene. The vote marks the first time in Eugene history where the city’s top official was chosen on such a divided vote. Continue reading →

After Republicans blocked money for food stamps and unemployment benefits, it’s worthwhile to think of the billions of dollars that they have spent, and continue to spend on the Iraq War. Here’s a video illustrating what all the hemorrhaging war money instead could buy: Continue reading →

What’s the actual policy differences between John Kroger and Greg Macpherson, the two Democrats running for Oregon Attorney General? Continue reading →

Will the deepening nationwide credit crisis torpedo the UO basketball arena? The UO has proposed borrowing $200 million for the new arena through the bond market. But the New York Times reported today that the weakened condition of two large bond insurers has become a “potential time bomb” for such borrowing. Continue reading →

Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy delivered her 2008 State of the City address in the Hult Center lobby on Monday night, January 7 to a large crowd. Here’s the last part of Mayor Piercy’s speech summarizing her goals for the year as a slide show with audio: Continue reading →

The mainstream media is jumping up and down with headlines about the kicker Christmas present from the state. But Oregonians might be kicking themselves rather than kicking their heels in joy if they knew the true cost of the checks. A recent report from the Oregon Center for Public Policy found: Continue reading →

Eugene’s new taser policy allows police to shock pregnant women if officers decide to. Here’s video of police shocking a pregnant woman in Ohio: Continue reading →

Now that the big development scheme for downtown Eugene has failed, park advocates are talking options. New parks in Chico, California and Vancouver, Washington have reinvigorated those cities’ downtowns. Both large parks cost less than a third of the price of just one new downtown parking garage in Eugene. Here’s Chico: Here’s Vancouver, Washington: Continue reading →

If you don’t like the neighborhood speed humps in Eugene, maybe this would be better. Effective, but I’m not sure how it translates. Continue reading →