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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.
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TAYLOR
TORREY
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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
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and have taxpayers pay for it time
after time,” EPD Sgt. Rick Gilliam,
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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.
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