EW Should Step Into The Breach
Although I understand Eugene Weekly’s desire to support good local news coverage (Slant, 9/9), the truth is we no longer have a good local newspaper … Continue reading
Letters Archive
The Problem Is EWEB’s Lack Of Transparency
Reader Don French didn’t get much right in his Sept. 9 letter. (“Clean Water or Two Acres of Trees?”) The choice that EWEB had at … Continue reading
Tell Sen. Ron Wyden: We Need A Carbon Tax, Now
A price on carbon is among the most straightforward, effective, unambiguous measures the federal government can take in response to climate change. We must reduce … Continue reading
Perhaps It Could Be A Park
Kim Toner’s piece “Development at Any Cost?” (Viewpoint, 9/2) makes many acute points about how the Capital Hill project of Tom and Cynthia Dreyer is … Continue reading
Cai Emmons Reminds Us To Take Action
Thanks so much for the inspirational story of Cai Emmons (“A Final Chapter” by Ella Hutcherson, EW 9/2). So exciting to read how she and … Continue reading
Online Extra Letters!
Housing, homelessness, Vietnam and more in this week's online letters
Our letters section wasn’t big enough this week to fit in all the letters that are fit to print, so please check out these online … Continue reading
What If This Were World War II?
To vaxx or not to vaxx? There is no question. My grandmother used to share stories of blackout drills in the 1940s. Households up and … Continue reading
It’s Time To Limit Growth
The Oregon Legislature voted to be the first to end R1, single-family zoning. What does this mean to homeowners who bought homes in R1 neighborhoods? … Continue reading
Upzoning Is Hypocrisy
Thanks to Paul Conte for calling attention to the destruction of local zoning — dictated by the state legislature and facilitated by the city staff. … Continue reading
Clean Water or Two Acres Of Trees?
The census report says Eugene added 20,000 folks in the last 10 years. Our southeast Eugene (where I’ve lived for over 30 years) NIMBYs would … Continue reading