We've got issues.
Sadly Bill Nye the Science Guy did NOT say and I quote the fake news story from The Daily Current "Look, these people they're f*cking retarded. Rape can't cause pregnancy? Breastmilk cures homosexuality? I caused a hurricane by challenging creationism? Who can possibly take these people seriously anymore?" Continue reading
Joanne Gross is a stay-at-home mom with two sons. She and her husband, Scott, bought a house in west Eugene where Scott can bike to work, and she can grow food in her garden. Standing in front of her house on a hot summer evening, while her sons, Ian and Connor, play with their friends on the quiet street, Joanne points to the food she grows in her front yard. What look like decorative shrubs are sweet potatoes, artichokes and herbs. Hops wend their way up the chimney — Scott is a home brewer — and kiwis, figs and grapes adorn the yard. Continue reading
Tonight at 5 pm, ODOT is holding a Oregon Passenger Rail project open house at the Atrium Building, 99 W 10th Ave, to talk about the possibility of high-speed rail between Portland and Eugene. For more information, check out www.oregonpassengerrail.org Continue reading
The bus driver is cool. It has big windwows. It is big and long. It has it's own lane. Sound familiar? It's the bus. LTD needs to add a little Danish sensibility to its ads. If Our Money Our Transit can put anti-EmX ads on the back of LTD buses, then LTD should think about hitting back with hot, sexy bus ads. Continue reading
EDITOR'S NOTE: Looks like there have been some delays. He is expected to hold a press conference at 9 am Wednesday at the Lane County Elections Office, 275 W. 10th Ave. in Eugene. Not sure about his Corvallis plans at this point. Call (916) 320-6430 for updates. Seth Woolley of Portland is in Newport today and will be making a Corvallis stop in his statewide campaign bike tour at about noon Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the Pacific Green Party’s campaign office at SE 3rd St. and Bridgeway Avenue. The public is invited to attend. Continue reading
(This information provided by Chris Crabb, crabbsoup@comcast.net) Obo Addy — master drummer, award-winning composer, brilliant musician, and skilled teacher — passed away peacefully at 4 pm Sept. 13 surrounded by family and friends. He had been battling liver cancer since 2007. Addy was 76 years old. Continue reading
City Council will certainly get an earful Monday night. The 7:30 pm public hearing schedule at the downtown library Bascom-Tyson room includes these three topics: Ordinance on bikes on sidewalks in the downtown core Ordinance on the Downtown Public Safety Zone Ordinance on a plastic bag ban This oughtta be good! Continue reading
The Triangle Lake/Hwy 36 pesticide sprays were featured on PBS's NewsHour this week. The people around Triangle Lake have been fighting the timber industry over toxic sprays for years. Companies such as Roseburg, Weyerhaeuser and Seneca Jones say they have the right to spray on their private lands, and that the sprays are necessary to regrow the clearcut forests for future wood products. Continue reading
In an age when money is speech and corporations are people, following the money doesn’t always produce a clear, well-documented trail of dollars. The opposition to Eugene’s planned West 11th EmX extension is no exception. Now the issue is heating up in anticipation of a Sept. 26 City Council work session. Continue reading