Election News
Homeless key issue in Ward 6
Opponents in the City
Council race disagree
about the effectiveness
of current city policies
By Michael Burnham
Community Editor
As the old adage states, you
should not judge a person until you
have walked a mile in their shoes.
But try walking around in a per
son’s shoes for four whole years.
In the political race for the City
Council Ward Six position, council
hopeful Pamela Driscoll wants to
run straight to city hall in incumbent
Pat Farr’s shoes—and keep them.
Driscoll said she is running for
the position because she has dif
ferent views on many city policy
initiatives than the current coun
cil — issues such as growth,
homelessness and development.
For example, Driscoll described
past City Council actions on
homeless teens and growth as
“just minor little Band-Aids over
something deep.”
Driscoll also said she believes
there are inequities in the Eugene
City Charter.
“[The City Charter] has become
pro-business, and businesses have
been paying less and less," she said.
She suggested that the city tax busi
nesses more and that it rethink com
mercial development initiatives such
as the Riverfront Research Park.
Driscoll said, if elected, she
would also push to get a branch li
brary and youth centers built in
her ward. The city currently has
only one main library facility.
Eugene City
Council wards
The location of Eugene
city wards and a list o#
their current
representatives:
» WARD 1: Tim Laue
■ WARD 2: Betty Taylor
■ WARD 3: Bobby lee
■ WARD 4: Laurie
Swanson Gribskov
• WARD 5: Ken Tollenaar
■WARD 6: Pat Farr
■ WARD 7: Scott Meisner
■ WARD 8:
Nancy Nathartson
EMERALD
But Pat Farr said he is happy
with the job he and the other coun
cil representatives have done.
Farr, who has represented Ward
Six since January, 1995, said the
council is making great strides for
ward and can continue to do the
work it has done on issues such as
affordable housing and homeless
youth.
He said some of his most reward
ing experiences with the council
have been working with the com
mittee on homeless and youth. Last
December that committee changed
Eugene’s long-standing ordinance
banning camping, thereby allow
ing the homeless to sleep in more
places. Farr cited the move as a pos
itive accomplishment.
“In the past, the city has just
turned its back on the issue,” he
said. “The rewarding work is that I
can make a difference to the people
who have the least power. I feel like
I’m kind of a champion of the issue,
but my work is not done. ”
In addition to his work on home
less issues, Farr said the Council
needs to provide youth with more
alternatives than “ just hanging out. ”
He said the Council will be dis
cussing a new initiative by Lane
County municipalities dubbed
“Summer Summit” that would in
corporate the Lane County Fair
grounds as a location for youth
programs. Summer Summit
would include drop-in day camps
and fully enrolled week camps for
local youths.
“It gives kids a chance to grab on
to something,” he said.
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