Wyatt removes Travis, cites ‘impasse’
ASUO President Bill Wyatt
removed ASUO Chief Ad
ministrative Officer Tim Travis
from his position last Friday
because of what he termed “an
By TORRIE McALLISTER
Of the Emerald
irreconcilable impasse that
developed between Travis and
ASUO Vice President Fred
Loveys.”
Travis, one of three ad
ministrative officers appointed
by the executive, administered
the ASUO programs and acted as
the executive’s liaison with the
senate.
“Loveys and Travis are two
completely different people.
There will never be a time or
place where they’ll be able to
work together. For this reason I
don’t think you can pin my
decision to let Travis go on any
one individual,’’ Wyatt said
Monday.
“I couldn’t spend all my time
reconciling their differences. I
know I’ve been criticized a lot for
the amount of time I spend at the
legislature, and I probably will be
criticized more in the future.
“But, as far as I’m concerned,
the issues that directly effect
students, like getting property
tax relief for renters, a student
voice on the State Board of
Higher Education and an in
creased budget for the library,
are in Salem ... I couldn’t spend
all my time on campus keeping
Fred and Tim from each other’s
throats,” Wyatt said.
Of the two, Travis just hap
pened to be in the appointed
position where the President has
authority over hiring and firing,
Wyatt said. Loveys, on the other
hand, is an official elected by the
students.
He added that this did not
necessarily mean that he would
Washington-Jefferson St. Bridge
Community group opposes
First Avenue ramp closure
Photo by Steve Twedt
The Jefferson St. off-ramp is clogged with heavy traffic exiting onto
First Avenue during the afternoon rush-hour. Present plans call for
the city to close this temporary ramp but a Eugene Neighborhood
group is attempting to keep it open. •
The Whiteaker Community
Action group wants the tem
porary ramps at First Avenue
onto the Washington-Jefferson
Street Bridge to become per
manent ramps.
The ramps are slated to be
closed in three months when the
bridge extension to Sixth and
Seventh Avenue is due to be
completed.
Traffic congestion was the
reason given by the neighborhood
group for its opposition to the
closing of the ramps that are
presently in use. The Whiteaker
Community Action group has
collected more than 3500
signatures on a petition and has
been granted a hearing before the
city council in the near future.
However, the main target of
the neighborhood group is the
State Highway Division. The
state office will make the final
decision in the matter.
The highway division has
appeared before the community
group and argued that it is
necessary to close the ramps for
safety reasons. According to the
highway division, in order to
make the First Avenue ramps
safe, it would be necessary to
close the Sixth and Seventh
Avenue ramps, presently under
construction, and redesign the
bridge.
The Whiteaker Community
Action group acknowledges that
the state has a valid argument
concerning safety factors. What
they would like to see is the First
Avenue ramps being redesigned
to make them safer.
The city has signed a contract
with the state for the construction
of the Washington-Jefferson
bridge according to the present
plans. These plans called for the
First Avenue ramps to be used
temporarily between first and
second stages of construction.
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have let Loveys go if it had been
an option.
Travis commented Monday on
his dismissal:
“I want to emphasize that I was
fired and didn’t resign,” he said.
“We disagreed cm a lot of things
all year . . . mostly policy mat
ters, and it was impossible for
dissent to exist any longer in the
executive.”
Travis, an announced can
didate for ASUO President next
year, declined to go into detail,
but said he would have
statements to make later this
school year.
“You realize I must protect
myself as a political com
modity,” he said.
Wyatt said he was not yet sure
how he would go about filling the
vacancy left by Travis. Because
of time limitations, he said he
might not advertise for the
position.
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