Making A Difference
Love the idea in bright orange letters: “No Election Too Small” (EW 5/2). Local elections make a major difference in our lives and keep the … Continue reading
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Asylum Seekers
Community to commemorate 3rd annual World Refugee Day with a focus on asylum seekers
In my travels to Tijuana, Mexico, three times in the last four months, I met many asylum seekers. Each morning I arrived at El Chaparral, … Continue reading
No Veterans Day
I am saddened to hear that there has been a multitude of veterans who were disappointed that there were no veterans in a Veteran’s Day … Continue reading
An Education Tax
Bob Warren highlighted in his editorial (EW, 5/30) some of the concerns about the value of the MUPTE tax exemption in developing our community. He … Continue reading
NIMBY Corp
Evergreen Housing Development is a Seattle-based company that plans to develop future market-rate apartments here in the Eugene area, including in the Willamette Greenway. I … Continue reading
Slant
• Reading this Slant column and hungry for more opinions about what’s going on in Lane County and Oregon? This week you can find our … Continue reading
An Urgent Plea
As a student at the University of Oregon who came from China and spent four years in Eugene, I am delighted to acknowledge that we … Continue reading
Oregon’s Land Use Program on a Slippery Slope
Bills would promote special interests
More than 50 years ago it was evident to those concerned about the loss of Oregon’s farm and forestland, natural areas and open space that … Continue reading
PeaceHealth Shouldn’t Own Birth
Don’t close the Birth Center
PeaceHealth dislikes solving Nurse Midwifery Birth Center problems. Unless this changes, the birth center will close. It almost closed in 2007 when PeaceHealth forgot to … Continue reading
Shitty Energy
Mailers were sent recently to users of NW Natural Gas encouraging enrollment in Smart Energy (the capture of methane from cow manure). I advise customers … Continue reading