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■ Mayoral candidate Michael Glownia emphasizes
education, the environment and small businesses
By Brian Goodell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Michael Glownia is a poet, a
father and a business man. He is
also running for Mayor of Eu
gene, and he wants his fellow cit
izens to share in a new kind of
local government.
Glownia announced Friday
morning at City Hall his inten
tion to challenge Mayor Jim Tor
rey and a host of other candi
dates in the upcoming mayoral
election.
“I want to do something that’s
never been done before,” Glown
ia said. “I want to spearhead an
effort to let people know there is
a different way.”
Much of his new approach to
local government involves reor
ganizing the priorities of the city.
Glownia said he is concerned
that Eugene is accommodating
large corporations with tax
breaks while turning its back on
small businesses.
“I question whether a corpora
tion like Hyundai should come
into Eugene,” Glownia said. “I
understand we need jobs, but to
sacrifice the environment for a
large corporation is not prudent
at this juncture. It makes me
wonder who exactly is running
the city.”
Glownia said he is committed
to issues like education, the envi
ronment and small businesses
because of his concerned about
his children’s future.
“I’m doing this for my chil
dren,” Glownia said. “Children
today are saying they don’t know
about their future, that it looks
kind of grim. People are not hap
py, and they need a vision.”
As the new mayor, Glownia
said he
would act as
the voice of
the people.
He said he
wants to
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open the
flow for peo
ple to share
their visions
by encourag
ing commu
_ nity involve
ment. Glownia used a poetry
example to illustrate this con
cept.
At one of his poetry readings
he asked the audience to respond
to a theme. The theme was
“turkey.” When Glownia would
say the word “turkey,” he would
ask the audience to respond with
whatever ideas popped into their
heads. With this, Glownia got a
collage of ideas and presented
them as a poem.
“That’s what I think I can do as
mayor,” Glownia said. “There are
people in this city who have
beautiful visions. When we work
together, we are strong.”
Glownia’s friend and cam
paign manager, Kyle
Schweighauser, said he loves the
idea of a community platform
and said he thinks Glownia is the
man who can do it.
“Michael has shown great in
tegrity, passion and a strong in
terest in getting people together,”
Schweighauser said. “We need
an interactive, responsive gov
ernment. With Michael, we all
have a chance and a voice
whether you’re a student or a
senior citizen.”
Mayoral candidate Uriah Mur
ray, a 21-year-old student at the
Cascade Institute of Massage
Therapy, said he likes a lot of
what Glownia has to bring to the
race.
“We’re on the same page as far
as environmental issues are con
cerned,” Murray said. “The envi
ronment is the most important is
sue. Without Mother Earth, we
have nothing.”
Sherri Thieben, a friend and a
Saturday Market food vendor,
said she likes Glownia for his
ability to communicate.
“He has good speaking skills,
and he’s great at listening to what
other people have to say,”
Thieben said. “I like the idea of
using a community forum to find
the most important issues.”
Glownia said he plans to meet
with University students to in
volve them in the greater Eugene
community and to bring their is
sues to the table.
“I want University students to
be a part of the story,” Glownia
said. “I see myself bridging the
gap between the University and
the city. I want to get students to
think about the issues and be
more responsive. This is their
home too.”
ASUO elections update
“All these people are idiots”
drops out of race
ASUO Presidential Candidate Ed Madrid dropped out of
the race Friday after the ASUO Elections Board decided he
could not run under a different name.
The senior English major and former editor of the Oregon
Commentator is in the process of having his name legally
changed to “All these people are idiots,” which would have
put his name at the top of the ballot. Although his legal
name is still Ed Madrid, hesaid the name change would be
official by the time he entered office and he should be al
lowed to run with the new name.
“The majority of the students on this campus would say
that all these people are idiots... And then if students go
out and [vote] like they should, I would win. That’s kind of
what gave me confidence through this whole thing, ”
Madrid said.
But the ASUO Elections Board decided Madrid’s current le
gal name would have to appear on the ballot
“Ed Madrid was the name he used when he filed [for candi
dacy] and that’s the name that should be on the ballot,”
elections board member Charlotte Nisser said.
But Madrid said his decision is more than just a joke.
“I’m really trying to make this not sound like a joke and
I’m pretty serious. I guess just ideologically I’m able to take
a step back and comment on all these other candidates
with just my name. Where they’re just, you know, they’re
idiots,” he said.
Candidates for Student Senate positions
The following people are mnning for positions on next
year’s ASUO Student Senate. The primary elections are on
Wednesday and Thursday, and voting will be done entirely
through Duck Web.
Programs Finance Committee Seat #1
Daniel Hutzenbiler
Jackie Ray
Programs Finance Committee Seat #2
Lindsey McLean
Mary Elizabeth Madden
Emily Sedgwick
Programs Finance Committee Seat #3
Marie Brink
Jennifer Lotz
Aaron Week
EMU Board Finance Committee Seat #4
Elizabeth Butler
Ian dayman
Erin Foote Pursell
A.J. Swoboda
SkyeTenney
EMU Board Finance Committee Seat #5
Kristin Dean
Theodore Ehlert
Randy Newman
Athletic Department Finance Committee Seat #7
jessica Helbert
Kathryn Kranzush
Jeff Oliver
Athletic Department Finance Committee Seat #8
Jennifer Greenough
Athletic Department Finance Committee Seat #9
GregZimel
William Beutler
Academic (undeclared) Seat #10
Jessica Burmaster
Academic (undeclared) Seat #11
Eric Bailey
Ray Suit
Architecture/Interdisciplinary Seat #12
Open
Arts and Letters/Journalism Seat #13
Serene Khader
Social Science Seat #14
Jesse Harding
Katie Howard
Michael Sills
Social Science Seat #15
Rebecca Cambreieng
Jeffrey Reed
Sean VanGordon
Science Seat #16
Jeremy Arnold
Etopi Fanta
Graduate/Law School Seat #18
Peter Watts
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