Letters to the editor
speak their minds and express
their commitments to different
causes, but projects like GAP si
lence and scare students in an un
necessary way. When I looked at
the pictures this fall, I did not con
nect them to abortion or to justice
(as the groups name would have
me believe is important). My only
thought was that there was a sick
person behind that poster, and
they were trying to force their be
liefs upon me into thinking as they
think. If Justice for All feels the
need to make the anti-abortion
stance on campus, there are gen
tler and calmer ways of creating a
discussion.
For a group that says it respects
and affirms everyone’s lives from
birth to death, they show a re
markable disrespect for the ideas
and positions of others.
Beth Rogers
Students for Choice member
Bettman, not bureaucrats
The state of Oregon and in par
ticular the city of Eugene have a
proud tradition of setting a pro
gressive agenda in terms of land
use, public health, the environ
ment and other important issues.
In order for this tradition to con
tinue and expand where it has
lagged, we need people with a
strong commitment to the issues
important to our lives. Even be
yond commitment, we need peo
ple who can show results, work
with others and most importantly
not comprise the public good for
moneyed special interests.
Please join us and many others
in the campus community by sup
porting Bonny Bettman for City
Council Ward 3. Bettman has been
working on crucial local issues
with a number of citizen organiza
tions. Friends of Eugene recently
awarded her “activist of the year”
because of her track record on sus
tainable laird use issues, education
and the environment. We need ac
tivists such as Bettman, not the
same old bureaucrats who bow
down to special interests. She has
been endorsed by the Oregon
League of Conservation Voters,
Oregon Natural Resources Defense
Council, Sierra Club and the Uni
versity Campus Green Party.
Please check out
www.ehr.org/~bonny for more in
formation and ways we can all use
local politics to make an impact.
Jereme Grzybowski
Campus Green Party
Active Olsen is a leader
I have lived in the Eugene area
for nearly 30 years. In that time, I
have had the good fortune of meet
ing and knowing Tracy Olsen.
Olsen is a person who gets in
volved. He is an active member of
20/30, a volunteer organization for
helping kids in our area. He has
involved himself with the issue to
find funding for the LTD police
sub-station. Olsen has volunteered
at and given innumerable hours of
support to many community serv
ice and children’s events, such as
the Special Olympics and the
Asian Celebration.
Olsen is always positive. Olsen
is a person whom people seek out
for advice. Olsen has boundless
energy that is exciting to be
around, and he never shies away
from responsibility. For people
who know Olsen, he is the obvi
ous choice for Ward 3 because
everyone who knows him respects
him.
In a nutshell, Olsen is a leader.
He has been all his life, and he
would be an excellent addition to
the City Council.
Dan O’Brien
Eugene resident
Olsen treats all issues fairly
A livable city. A strong business
climate. A healthy environment.
Great programs for kids. Fiscal re
sponsibility. If these are things you
want, then vote for Tracy Olsen for
City Council. Olsen is my candi
date for City Council Ward 3. He's
not a staunch business candidate,
and he’s not an activist who
protests everything in sight. Olsen
is a Eugene native who is excited
to work hard for his hometown.
As a business owner himself and a
community volunteer who has
worked on projects for many chil
dren’s charities, Olsen can best be
defined as a moderate who has the
vision, patience and common
sense approach to handle opin
ions and agendas from all sides.
The Register-Guard has endorsed
Olsen, as have many citizens who
are interested in bringing a fresh
approach to the City Council.
Olsen has the personality and pro
fessionalism to treat all people
fairly — not just cave into special
interest groups. A vote for Olsen is
a vote for sensible government. He
is ready and willing to do things
the right way for Eugene! Our city
has some tough decisions to make
in the future, and I urge voters to
put Olsen in a position to lead us
down the best path. He’s the best
choice!
Robb P. Passon
e-commerce and Internet specialist
Get your ballots in today
I am writing to remind all Tracy
Olsen supporters to make sure
they return their ballots on time!
Voters in Ward 3 have a great
opportunity to elect a solid indi
vidual in Olsen to the Eugene City
Council. We need his experience,
his vision, and his common sense
approach to lead our city.
But we will not get Olsen elect
ed if we do not send in the ballots!
If you have not already voted, take
a minute and mail in your ballot
before it’s too late.
Vote for Olsen for City Council.
And please vote today!
Shana B. Speer
American Express Financial Advisors
Bettman, Taylor protect land
There are only two pro-environ
ment candidates for City Council
in Wards 2 and 3 with solid
records to back up their campaign
statements — Bonny Bettman and
Betty Taylor. Both have been en
dorsed by the Sierra Club, Oregon
League of Conservation Voters and
Oregon Natural Resources Coun
cil.
And both have been endorsed
by progressive, pro-environment
elected officials in our communi
ty, including David Kelly, Gary
Ravor, Pete Sorenson and Floyd
Prozanski.
Bonny and Betty also support
labor rights. They are the only can
didates in their races vvho’ve been
endorsed by local unions. They
support living wage campaigns
and know that a healthy local
economy is one where workers
earn enough to afford health insur
ance and a decent standard of liv
ing.
Bettman and Taylor’s major op
ponents are backed bv the Lane
County Home Builders Associa
tion (HBA), the big developer’s
lobby. What’s their angle?
They have worked locally and
statewide to expand our Urban
Growth Boundaries, opening up
farm and forest lands to urban
sprawl. And the HBA supports so
called “private property rights”
legislation, which is a favorite tac
tic used by anti-environment
forces to try and undermine the
U.S. Endangered Species Act.
The choices in this election are
clear. Be sure to mail in your bal
lot!
Greg McLauchlan
associate professor
Kenunai to wkl rebuttal
In her letter to the editor (ODE,
May 2) Human Rights Alliance
member Agatha Schmeadick
claimed I had made two factual er
rors in an earlier letter I had writ
ten. In the first claim she stated
thatJCOVERCO and other monitor
ing bodies do not monitor for the
Worker Rights Consortium. On the
contrary, the following is a quote
from the WRC’s Web page
(www.workersrights.org): “WRC
Verification Agency — The organi
zations who will be reporting
worker complaints, conducting
worker interviews and performing
investigations for the WRC are hu
man rights and religious organiza
tions based in apparel-producing
regions. These non-governmental
organizations will be central to the
development of WRC’s procedures
for reporting violations and per
forming spot investigations. One
such NGO is COVERCO ...”
The second claim made by
Schmeadick was that the cost to
the University was not $50,000 as
I stated. On this I concede that I
was incorrect. Joining the WRC
has cost the university more than
$30 million.
Dustin Preuitt
graduate student, CIS
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