Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 2000)
Environment concern shared in mayor race ■Two candidates are UO students, including Nolan Brewer, who disputed with police during WRC protests By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald Six candidates have registered in the race for Eugene mayor, with another candidate running a grassroots write-in campaign. Alexa Doty, an independent video cable-access producer, said she decided to run for mayor be cause of the “opportunity to speak to people about what I feel are important issues.” One of the most pressing is sues for Doty, 36, is what she calls the public ignorance of a current “social crisis” gripping Eugene and the rest of the nation. Doty pointed to school shootings and “toddlers being drugged with Ritalin” as examples of this crisis. “People need to find ways to re move themselves from economic survival and live sustainably,” she said. Doty does not have any formal government experience but said she had worked on various state ballot measures that included marijuana legalization and sus I Hill 11 Ml lilll III.. tainable forestry. Michael Glownia, 32, said he was inspired to run when he moved to Eugene from Michigan at the height of the controversy regarding tax subsidies for the Hyundai Corporation. “In the summer, I took my son to Amazon Park, and it was closed because there wasn’t enough money, and I thought if there’s enough money for a big corporation, there must be enough money for local kids,” he said. Like the other candidates for mayor, Glownia is a steadfast supporter of open land preserva tion and is opposed to sprawl. If elected, Glownia said he would erase the threat of urban sprawl and work to add alterna tive methods of transportation such as a light-rail train system. Lazar Makyadath, 55, who owns three stores including Lazar’s Bazar, envisions a much more festive Eugene if he is elect ed mayor. “I want to become mayor for the city so that the city will come together in a New Orleans, Mardis Gras kind of way,” he said. One way to achieve this festiv ity, Makyadath said, would be to DOTY ■ m utsssa^. GLOWNIA MAKYADATH TORREY WHETSTINE hold downtown block parties every weekend throughout the year. These parties, he said, would bring the city together and make it a tourist destination. In addition to partying, Makya dath said he is “100 percent be hind supporting local business” and against large companies who want to move into the city. Micah Rueber, 27, a University student majoring in economics who also repairs musical instru ments, said his decision to run for mayor arose as a joke but was drawn into the race and now has a real message for the city. “I believe that city government has no place in society except for roads, road maintenance, police, fire and emergency services,” he said. Rueber said he would veto any ordinance passed by the city council and take a critical look at any city program or agency that came before the council to have their funding approved. “I don’t think the city should do much at all,” he said. “If we did that, we could lower taxes and let people spend their mon ey the way they wanted to.” Mayor Jim Torrey beat out eight other candidates in the last mayoral election, which was four years ago and said he hopes to re peat that success in this year’s race, pointing out that he is faced by competition with little gov ernment experience. “If you don’t have a basic un derstanding of what impacts growth, you want change things,” he said. Often portrayed as a supporter of the status quo and friend of big business, Torrey fiercely defend ed his work to protect the envi ronment and said he has done extensive work to limit any growth of the area within the ur ban growth boundary. If elected to a second term, Torrey said he would work to en sure that the city has a safe downtown area, safe places for young people to go after school and that the fire and police de partments would have new downtown stations. James “Izzy” Whetstine, 61, hopes his third time running for mayor will be successful and an opportunity for him to take on urban growth and pollution. “I think that anyone trashing the environment needs a good Turn to Election, page 5A ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ P.O.Box 3159. Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Mon day through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald PublishingCo. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald operates inde pendently of the University with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is private property. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law. NEWSROOM — (541H46-5511 Editor in chief: Laura Cadiz Managing Editor: Jack Clifford Community: Darren Freeman, editor. Andrew Adams, Josh Ryneal, reporters. Freelance: Eric F^eiffer, editor. Higher Education: Ben Romano, editor. Adam Jude, Serena Mark strom, reporters. Perspectives: Bret Jacobson, Laura Lucas, editors. Jonathan Gruber, Beata Mostafavi, Whit Sheppard, Mason West, columnists. Pulse: Jessica Blanchard, editor. Rory Carroll, Joe Walsh, reporters. Student Activities: Jeremy Lang, editor. Emily Gust, Simone Ripke, Lisa Toth, reporters. Sports: Mirjam Swanson, editor Matt O’Neill, Scott Pesznecker, Jeff Smith, reporters. News Aide: Lorraine-Michelle Faust. Copy: Monica Hande, Molly Egan .copy chiefs. Jonathan Allen, Michael Kleckner, Tom Patterson, EricQualheim, Heather Rayhorn, Jamie Thomas, copy editors. Photo:Catharine Kendall,editor. Kevin Calame, Azle Malinao-AI varez, Ryan Starkweather, photographers. Hiroshi Nakamura, Katie Nesse, Tom Patterson, Lindsey Walker, photo technicians. Design: Katie Nesse, editor. Katie Miller, Melissa O’Connell, Russ Weller, designers. Bryan Dixon, Giovanni Salimena, illustrators. On-line: Jake Ortman, editor. Timur Insepov, webmaster. ADVERTISING — (541) 346-3712 Becky Merchant, director. Melissa O’Connell, Van Nguyen, advertis ing assistants. Rachelle Bowden, DougHentges, Nicole Hubbard, Jesse Long, Adam Rice, Amy Ruppert, Hillary Shultz, Chad Verly, Emily Wallace, Lisa Wood, advertising sales representatives. CLASSIFIEDS — (541) 346-4343 Trina Shanaman, manager. Erin Gauthier, Lauren Howry, Tara Rothermel, staff. BUSINESS — (541) 546-5512 Judy RiedI, general manager. Kathy Carbone, business supervisor. Sarah Goracke, receptionist. Il-ju Chang, John Long, Sue Ryan, Gretchen Simmons, distribution. PRODUCTION — (541) 546-4581 Michele Ross, manager. Tara S\oan,coordinator. Laura Lucas, Katie Nesse, Melissa O’Connell, Laura Paz, Ross Ward, ad designers.
