Slant
Renter evictions and EW wins awards
• How many renters get evicted in Lane County each year? The numbers are not easy to come by, but local demographics mapper Joe Kosewic has … Continue reading
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Truth Comes Out
It's Road kill in the legislature
How tense is it in Salem right now? The governor just hired a crack team of medical specialists called cranio-proctologists to investigate the alleged legislative … Continue reading
Doing More
How a performance auditor can build community trust
Accountability and transparency are essential to democracy. As Eugene’s mayor, I invite you to explore with me the potential benefits of a performance auditor to … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-06-22
MEATY COMMENTARY It is clear that EW enjoys trolling “sensitive types” — it gets people talking about the newspaper. But I thought opening your article about a … Continue reading
Malheur Redux?
It’s beginning to look a lot like Texas
I visited the state Capitol last week to see the zombies in action. The hallways were empty, even the lobbyists weren’t around. So I did the practical … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-06-15
NO HUNGRY KIDS What does it mean when 53 percent of children and youth in Lane County are eligible for free lunch programs (“Summer Safety Net,” … Continue reading
Slant
Missing middle housing, sanctuary laws, Trump and more!
• What is “missing middle housing”? Is it missing in Eugene? And since it is, how do we remedy that? Those are the questions, and answers, Josh Skov and Kaarin Knudson laid out to the City Club of Eugene on June 9. The “missing middle” is the duplex, triplex, fourplex, courtyard apartment, bungalow, townhouse, multiplex and live-work arrangement. It is missing increasingly in Eugene, in part causing a crisis in affordability. The city can step up with code and zoning changes, plus incentivizing and showing examples. Councilors Alan Zelenka and Betty Taylor as well as Mayor Lucy Vinis all attended the meeting, which left us at that bottom line: How to make it profitable to build “missing middle” housing and how to raise incomes so our working people can afford it? Continue reading
Letters to the Editor 2017-06-08
BEATING WALDEN Because of the “genetic Republicans who could not conceive of not voting for a Republican” in Greg Walden’s congressional district (“The Far Side,” … Continue reading
No Special Session!
Republicans are obsessed with the governor’s race
Who could have imagined that when Barnum and Bailey closed their tents for good last month in New York that they would ship their leftover … Continue reading
Bottom Feeders
Two kinds of business development
Here’s the deal: If you care about your community, you cannot afford to ignore economic development. Economic development is not a benign program implemented by … Continue reading