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VIEWPOINTS EDITORIALS. OPINIONS LETTERS TO THE EOITOR Anti aren’t *nm sentiments un,lne to Euge ne ■ OUR OPINION: Co!' • KJt . attempt to push back immigrants won't work Welcome i<i beautiful Boulder. Colo. Don’t slav Citizens in Boulder and five other Colorado titles are sick of big city folk mov ing in and destroying their bucolic wav of life Voters went to the polls in tie* Ktx kv Mountain slate Toes day to decide whether they should limit the number of commercial building per mits available to would be builders. In Aspen, slow growth activists are trying to pro vent the airport from expanding its runway to web ome more out-of stale skiers. Does any of this sound familiar? Eugene is not alone in its desire to keep the city small. As urban states su< h as Cali fornia have become over populated and overpriced, manv people are (loc king to scenic, remote and inexpen sive slates for some perma nent K and K So far, Eugene has elected to not widen the Ferry St root Bridge and seems dead-set on keeping Hyundai out of our wet lands. It's not clear, however, if any of that will prevent the rising title of interstate immigrants t rushing into our borders. Boulder put rt cap on resi dential housing back in 1976 that is still in offer t What d has done, however, is increase the number of people living outside the city and c ommuting to work in the booming telecommu nications industry So while the Eugene-si.ro citv may not be overcrowded, 40.000 cars are snarling to get into its serene c onfines every day. Proof lhat even if you don't build it. they will still come. l.ike u or not. the scenic West's se« ret is out. and it's impossible ter put the genie hat k in thi> bottle What we have to decide, and soon, is how we are going to deal with new arrivals instead of spending so mm li energy and ire on preventing them from coming li Eugeneans don't wait! increased traffic and pollu tion, not expanding the bridge won't lessen the numlier of cars Rather, the city should take a closer look at what it c an do to encourage people to use oth er modes of transportation More hike paths are a good idea, hut it rains so often here that the idea of pedaling to work in a down pour is enough to push most environmentalists bac k into their Volvos Rather, it’s time to take « serious (and tax-funded) look at improv ing Inis service. 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AUMoikH I Al WAV'S thought it shoud '(UAU6WG VYX* MWfl ' 4 7WAT WOutO fit OK W»m ?W{M r»o Potpourri: Politicians, pundits and polls As (»political writer. 1 irv to keep my eyes on current events ns mui h as pos sible I form bits an<f pieces of works in tny head, ami when one fleshes out in a somewhat decent fashion, voile! 1 have a column The last fmv weeks have been somewhat problematic, however. because of a flurry of information that 1 feel must somehow reach the page So this week, for vour reading pleasure, 1 give you mv random musings on Washington /<<>/> Dole As the Republican front-runner continues to si ion* up his right flank, he looks mure and more like Pete "Flip" Wilson, the t-aliforma governor who recently dropped from the GOP presidential race. Dole has now changed his position on the issues of gay rights, affirmative action, gun control. Medicare the list continues Mm ill It is obvious to the rank-and-file of the Repub lican Party that Dole's newfound conservatism is simply a defensive tactic against a Colin Pow ell presidential bid Not a single poll shows Dole beating Powell in a head-to-head competition, and the Senate Majority Leader hopes that the far-right of the party can help him squeak out a victory. Let's hope that he doesn’t count on it Pat Buchanan This gentleman is the main reason that Dole cannot count on the foot sol diers of the Christian Right in the upcoming presidential rat e Ralph Reed's and Pat Robert son's dirty little secret is now slowly luting let out of the hag. Most Christian conservatives are pro-life, anti gay. working-class people — voters who would let Democrats if it were not for social issues Buchanan gives these people the generosity of New Deal isolationism and the austerity of aid school Christianity all in one package. Buchanan figured out the secret of the Christ ian far right long ago; while Dole and the "revo lutionaries" of the House have attempted to bai ant e the budget and reform Medicare, Buchanan has understood that this faction's agenda has nothing to do with finances.« onomics or even politics. Its principles are based solely upon pushing its version of morality on the general public. Dole has just started campaigning toward them retently, hut Buchanan has been there from the beginning Although Dole thinks differ ently, the Christian right will not be fooled They know that Dole's swerve to the right is simple political opportunism Ban Wvden: In a tot al Senate campaign. « Ron Wydrn is running a fine Republican campaign, it's just too bad he is a Democrat. -„ VVyciHii has siaUnJ iji umj vt lus cure i unrein Is that some of the main points of his philosophy aru sending power from Washington bock to Oregon and being tough on crime, lie’s running a fine Republican campaign; it's just too bad he is a Democrat Newt Gingrich It is ironic that Gingrich is the absolute prouf of bis main philosophical theo rem. This theorem, as most of us know, is that there is too much power based in Washington and not enough based locally. Ret ent polls have shown that Newt's approval ratings are far below that of Clinton or Dole, and that ii ho ran for president, as he is thinking of doing, he wouldn’t have a prayer against Dole, Clinton, or General Powell How is it that someone who is popular only in a small, wealthy suburb of Georgia and among a few key House members has so much influence nationally ? Simple Too much power is concen trated in Washington Gingrich is proof that the Washington machine serves not the American people, hut the machine itself. Alexander, Doman, Forbes, Gramm. Keyes, l.ugar and Spector. Do any of these names look familiar? 1 didn’t think so. Guess what? All of them would like to lie your nest president Yitzhak Rabin, To the most serious matter of the last few weeks. 1 would like to pay my respects to Rabin, who 1 hope will be treated more kindly by history than he was by the many detractors in the political field and the media. We should remember that like all loaders, and all people for that matter, the Israeli Prime Min ister was not perfect Hut as far as statesmen go, he was one of the finest that we have seen in our lifetime Rahul was a key player in a fragile peace that was politically risky and not altogether popular. As we watch Gephardt, Clinton, Dole and Gingrich bend statistics and follow every whim of their pollsters to buttress their popularity, we should remember that leadership is not about votes It is about an eye to the future. This is what Rabin brought to his people, and those of the world, through his central involve ment in the Middle hast peat « prrx ess He will lie missed dearly. Primo A / Fontana, a senior majoring in eco noma s, is a columnist for the Emerald
