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• We were impressed by the turnout for the March for Our Lives — estimates of 5,000 people in Eugene alone. Last year we saw … Continue reading
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WILDE AT HEART
Democratic state representative candidate Marty Wilde secured the primary endorsement of the Oregon League of Conservation Voters for his environmental integrity. I know it’s not an … Continue reading
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
The letter from Jonathan Guske (3/15) was a nice bit of retroactive justification. “Safe injection sites” for drug users already exist. They are the homes, … Continue reading
HELPING FERALS
Feral cats are not wildlife. They are the offspring of abandoned pets left to fend for themselves. In the last 20 years, this community has … Continue reading
TIME OUT OF JOINT
Ava DuVernay, the talented director of the just released movie version of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time (see EW review 3/15), described the experience of … Continue reading
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
I must say I was quite dismayed with Barbara Mossberg’s visions of waterfront development along the Willamette River (“Designing a Waterfront Town,” 3/8). She describes … Continue reading
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New police chief, March Madness and the city auditor race
• Eugene has chosen a new police chief. Chris Skinner, currently chief in Richland, Wash., will take over Eugene Police Department on April 30, replacing … Continue reading
STUDENT WALKOUT
This morning, at the same time students all over our community were demonstrating symbolic collective common sense by walking out of school for 17 minutes, … Continue reading
RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY
EW appropriately celebrated the Wayne Lyman Morse federal courthouse in EW’s Design Issue (3/8). Troubling to me was Bob Keefer’s stating that District Judge Michael … Continue reading
BEE DANCING
On Saturday evening, March 10, I had the pleasure of attending Flex Studio’s “Flex-tan-i-cal” dance concert with my 5-year-old son. The proceeds from the performance … Continue reading