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City council continued from page 1 slide 70 percent of the vote. During her campaign, Bettman pledged to fight for local environ mental issues, and revitalize the downtown area by increasing the pedestrian traffic and reducing auto traffic. When contacted, Bettman said she needed a break from interviews after the election and refused to comment on the is sue raised by Torrey. Now that the election dust has settled, Torrey is resigned to the fact he’ll have to work with a council he still believes will “lean somewhat more progressive,” but said he is committed to dealing with issues that face the city. Torrey said he knows the coun cil will not agree on every issue, but he hopes that members will not refuse to work with each other. “Are we going to have disagree ments?” Torrey said, “Absolutely, but we need to disagree without being disagreeable.” Torrey said he would not have to veto anything if each council member is willing to listen to dif ferent opinions. Torrey pointed to Taylor as one council member who “comes to positions quickly and won’t listen to opposing points of view.” Taylor, however, said she looked forward to serving on next year’s council because she be lieved “more points of view will be discussed,” and did not feel that there will be any exces sive arguing on the coun cil. Even though Taylor said she would like to see more opinions dis cussed on the council, she also said she would like to see the council head in a particular direc tion. “I hope it will be more progres sive,” she said. Pat Farr who represents Ward 6, said he has often been pegged “one of the less than liberal” coun cil members, but added that no member of council is “fully liberal or conservative.” Farr said the issues that the council will disagree on the most next year will be the ongoing ones of growth management. The key to working effectively on these is sues is to strike the right balance between economic diversity and environmental issues, Farr said. “That’s how the council will be tested.” While Farr said environmental issues should always be the coun cil’s first priority, he also said the economic viability of the city must not be ignored. To accomplish this, Farr said the council must not view itself in terms of conservative or liberal, but instead focus only on the best interests of Eugene. “We have to look way beyond those labels,” __ he said. Council member for Ward 1 Gary Ravor, who has served for three years on the coun cil, said he agreed with Taylor “on some funda mental is sues,” but does not want to see the city make development too difficult. Rayor described himself as a “centrist” without a purely con servative or liberal ideology. He said he would like to see business es “pay their way,” but felt that the more liberal members of the coun cil tended to be more regulatory than he is. Despite his differences with the rest of council, Rayor said he ex pected “things to go fine,” and did not share Torrey’s concerns about the new council. He said he be lieved that the differences be tween the councilors had actually been a little exaggerated, and there was no real partisan atmosphere in the council chambers. BETTMAN TAYLOR TORREY Reveler fines continued from page 1 lice response within 90 days to an address, where at least 10 people are gathered and at least two cita tions are issued, residents would receive a bill between less than $100 to several thousand dollars. Originally, the ordinance would have held landlords jointly re sponsible with tenants. After City Council suggested the EPD gather more public input, however, the proposal was amended to hold only live-in landlords and tenants responsible. Police say the ordinance would effectively deter disorderly par ties, where previous efforts have failed, and remove the burden of shutting down parties from the wallets of taxpayers. “I don’t think it’s fair for police to go to these locations, be assault ed, have their vehicles damaged and have taxpayers pay for it time after time,” EPD Sgt. Rick Gilliam, who co-authored the proposal, said. “We’re trying to say with this ordinance that out-of-control gath erings are not acceptable.” Opponents of the ordinance, however, say it unjustly targets students and that relationships be tween the EPD and students could suffer if it is enforced. “We don’t want police and stu dents pitted against each other,” ASUO community outreach direc tor Christa Shively said, adding that the ordinance would cause re sentment among students. On a technical level, opponents say the 90-day window is too long and that a gathering of 10 people doesn’t constitute a disorderly party. Police say 90 days is a fair com promise after the EPD considered a time window ranging from 48 hours to a year. Defending the 10 person minimum, police say at least two officers must respond when 10 or more people are pres ent as a matter of policy. The commission will discuss the proposed ordinance and listen to public testimony June 1 at 5:30 p.m. in the McNut Room of City Hall. Japanese Student Organization Graduation Gbhen: May 27, Saturday (inhere: Sakura (Japanese Re Time\ 8 p.m. Ticket $6.50 80 tickets are available at the Ticket Office Wednesday 24th - Friday 261 20 tickets are available at Sal' Saturday 27th at 7:30 p.m. "You do not have to be a Japanese or a Graduate* Questions’. 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