More Jails, Please
Eugene needs to build a municipal jail soon. Renting 20 beds from the sheriff and a few from Springfield is not working. Eugene’s Municipal Court judges often … Continue reading
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Eugene needs to build a municipal jail soon. Renting 20 beds from the sheriff and a few from Springfield is not working. Eugene’s Municipal Court judges often … Continue reading
While praising a local housing project designed to help, the Nov. 8 Register-Guard article “A Step in the Right Direction” cited a study giving Eugene … Continue reading
Strangely, I cannot thank you enough for the story you ran in last week’s Eugene Weekly about Doc crossing over (“Remembering Doc,” 11/21). I would not … Continue reading
Recent events have commemorated the 20th anniversary of the anti-WTO “Battle of Seattle,” including one in Eugene (“Seattle Takeover,” 11/27). The local one, part of … Continue reading
Thank you, John Tietjen, for highlighting the importance of original thought and meaningful discussion (Letters, 11/27). The context of my letter (11/7) is that I … Continue reading
Thanks for your recent story about the Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s exhibit, “Racing to Change: Oregon’s Civil Rights Years — The Eugene Story” (Eugene … Continue reading
On Nov. 7 you published a short letter of mine that merely pointed out that no individual has a right to be published by any … Continue reading
As a long time Peter DeFazio supporter, I’m upset by his failure to join Sen. Jeff Merkley in publicly opposing the disastrous Jordan Cove project … Continue reading
We need to end environmental heedlessness and xenophobic populism. How? Through a politics of empathy that can give hope to the least advantaged and that … Continue reading
In his letter to the editor published in the Halloween issue, Greg Williams (“It Has Happened Here,” 10/31) cites the 1919 Fascist Manifesto, which contains … Continue reading