The 4J Board Should Deliberate In Public
Thank you to Taylor Perse and Eugene Weekly for the excellent investigative reporting on the 4J school board in the article “A Need for Transparency” … Continue reading
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Days are getting darker but mornings will be brighter when the time changes on Nov. 7. No sooner does Halloween wrap up than the holiday … Continue reading
The Real Challenge in 4J Schools
The expertise of teachers and parents needs to be central to our decision making – along with administrators
By Gordon Lafer In a recent Slant column, Eugene Weekly accused me and several other members of the Eugene District 4J Board of Directors of … Continue reading
EW Shouldn’t Attack The School Board
Wow. In Slant (10/14), you support 4J Interim Superintendent Cydney Vandercar in directing the staff to stay away from board meetings, making the charge that … Continue reading
A Wakeup Call On Methane
Dylan Plummer’s Viewpoint (“Eugene Can Lead the State on Climate Action,” 10/14) hit just the right note against the continued and expanding extraction and combustion … Continue reading
Remember Who Really Owned All That Real Estate
One hundred and seventy years after the forced removal of Kalapuya people from the Willamette Valley, Eugene City Council continues manufacturing lucrative land deals like … Continue reading
PeaceHealth Nurses Seek Community Support
We are the elected nurse leaders representing 1,400 nurses at PeaceHealth Riverbend and University District. We are all bedside nurses, not administrators. Collectively, our group … Continue reading
Eugene Needs More Middle Housing
I was glad to see the Weekly print Kelly Misset’s letter (“The Young Benefit From Increased Housing Density,” 10/7). As a younger renter in our … Continue reading
Bye-Bye County Fairgrounds?
To compare the use of what the fairgrounds have always offered with the needs of a baseball team, although I am a fan, and even … Continue reading
Middle Housing Has Developers And Investors Salivating
Colin Dean’s nostalgic take on “middle housing” and street-car neighborhoods (“Middle Housing is the Key,” Letters 10/21) is an appealing fantasy, but Dean’s descriptions have … Continue reading