Letters to the Editor: 8-20-2015
MORE REST STOPS Regarding EW’s Aug. 6 Slant item on homeless camps and the river: “The city spends about $250,000 a year cleaning up homeless camps … John Brown has some ideas. Anybody else?” Continue reading
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Letters to the Editor: 8-13-2015
A DOUBLE LOSS On June 29, Eugene lost its Civic Stadium due to a thoughtless act. A terrible loss. On June 29, Eugene’s downtown core lost 10 beautiful trees due to a thoughtful act. A terrible loss. The plan for the new Hilton residential hotel at 11th and Olive was approved without concern for those beautiful bits of nature — mature, full-grown trees and homes for birds. Downtown has no green space, only concrete-covered “parks.” Please give that some thought. Jane Smith, Eugene Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 8-6-2015
THE NEW REALITY The West Coast is experiencing extreme drought and heat this year. The question too few are asking: “Is this the new normal?” Politicians and planning bureaucrats in the service of construction companies and developers keep bleating the “growth is good” mantra with little thought of future generations and the planet. The destruction of the old City Hall and trees cut down for the new Hilton are but a few examples. Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 7-30-2015
OUR SWEET OLD WORLD Thanks for the information-rich cover story “Extinction Sucks” July 16 issue. As our planet continues to move inexorably toward its sixth mass extinction, we Homo sapiens who acknowledge our collective responsibility for the unfolding tragedy look for ways to express our great guilt and boundless sorrow. Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 7-23-2015
THE BIGGEST MYSTERY Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 7-16-2015
MUPTE IS MISDIRECTED I appreciate George Brown’s call [Viewpoint, July 7] for modification of MUPTE to include a meaningful and significant workforce housing component. But I would prefer that we end MUPTE all together. In my view, MUPTE is as unnecessary as it is misdirected. Typical of these programs, it lacks robust compliance oversight. It robs our community of needed tax revenues for the benefit of well-heeled developers. The evidence of an out-of-control program is all around us (see the Capstone site, if you can stand the sight). Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 7-9-2015
The Pitcher’s Mound Celebrating the life of a Civic Stadium In the city of Eugene, in the valley of the Willamette River, on a warm summer’s eve, a ball cracks on a bat. Tension builds in the shifting legs of the catcher and in the strengthened stance of the outfielder. But nothing explodes the valley into joy as does the swelling sound of the crowds cheering, sound moving through the air, undulating like the swarm of honeybees into a new morning. Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 7-2-2015
CIVIC WILL RISE AGAIN This is hard. We know all things must pass — but the way they pass matters. My young children ran the bases at Civic Stadium on Sunday nights. We watched fireworks on the lawn over many a Fourth of July. My son took the field as a Kidsports player and then played four years at Civic at his high school's home field. I coached a game once on that field. My heart beats stronger recalling those hallowed grounds. Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 6-25-2015
FRIENDLY SOCCER Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 6-18-2015
A RIVERFRONT VISION Following the UO Foundation’s disappointing renege on its winning bid to be the project manager for the Willamette riverfront EWEB development, I am encouraged by new voices promoting again the notion of a last chance for the city of Eugene to “take control of a project that will affect us forever” and buy that property from EWEB. Continue reading