Author: Camilla Mortensen

Local Racist Jimmy Marr Arrested

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Eugene Weekly has gotten word that local racist Jimmy Marr has been arrested for disorderly conduct in Springfield. EW correspondent Jennefer Harper, a CodePink activist, took photos of the arrest and says police are now searching Marr's home. Harper says she was walking to the Community Alliance of Lane County, Standing Up for Racial Justice and NAACP Stop Hate! rally outside Willamalane Center when she encountered Marr's house where he was blasting offensive speech such as "hate is good" from a loudspeaker on his roof. Continue reading →

Activists and Youth Push for Springfield to Recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Across most of the country, Oct. 10 is Columbus Day — celebrating Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of America. But in Eugene and some other cities, including Seattle and Berkeley, we now celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  There is currently a push for Springfield to recognize the holiday, which turns what was a celebration of colonialism into a chance to celebrate indigenous resistance, to explore how indigenous peoples in the Americas have been oppressed and wiped out, and to organize against current injustices. Continue reading →

Urban Renewal and High-Speed Fiber

Downtown project may draw new businesses

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Long associated with attempts to alleviate urban blight, urban renewal in Eugene has turned its sights upon technology, and the city is implementing a high-speed fiber network downtown. Urban renewal has been seen as a tool for good and as a tool for destruction. Here in Eugene urban renewal money helped construct the Lane Community College (LCC) Downtown Campus that has been seen as a lynchpin in downtown revitalization. Continue reading →

Reporter fired after Register-Guard lawsuit

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Although a written decision in the civil suit filed by former Register-Guard entertainment writer and reporter Serena Markstrom Nugent has yet to be filed almost three weeks after the case was dismissed, issues from the case continue to arise.  In the wake of the trial, Markstrom Nugent’s fellow arts and features writer and the paper’s Eugene Newspaper Guild union co-president Randi Bjornstad has also been fired.  Continue reading →

Outdoor School Looks for Lottery Funds

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While Measure 97, the tax on big corporations to help bolster Oregon’s struggling schools, seniors and health care has gotten the most press, Paige Richardson of the Outdoor School for All campaign wants to draw people’s attention to another education bill on the November ballot: Measure 99, which would create a separate fund, financed through Oregon Lottery Economic Development Fund and administered by Oregon State University (OSU), to provide Outdoor School programs statewide.   Continue reading →

LCC employees ponder strike, stage rally Tuesday Sept. 20

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Lane Community College Employees Federation (LCCEF, the classified staff union) is having a rally 5:15 pm, Tuesday, Sept. 20 outside the second floor of of Building 3 on the LCC main campus.  The LCCEF represents essentially all non-managerial and non-faculty staff at the college: Custodians, administrative support staff, public safety officers, IT staff and more. According to the LCCEF, "The Board of Education will be inside Building 3, in Executive Session, preceding their September Board Meeting, which starts at 6:30." Continue reading →