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NATHANSON continued from page 1 "What we have in the Riverfront District is a neighborhood in decline and an old, abandoned industrial fa cility," she said. "There's no better place to look to revitalize ... for civic pride." She said businesses in the renewal districts will continue to pay baseline taxes, and only tax revenue generated by increases in property value will be used, which will help the city. Nathanson said another of her goals is building citizens' trust and confidence with their elected officials. "We have to find a way to improve the way people feel about the civic in stitution, " she said. Nathanson said she will address this issue as a consensus builder and problem-solver. "By listening to all sides, it is possi ble maybe not to reach consensus, but to reach a solution that the vast ma jority can feel good about," Nathanson said. Although Nathanson said Torrey has been "terrific in bringing atten tion to schools," she said advocating for education is not the mayor's main job. "Education is vitally important, but I'll have my hands full dealing with the administration of the city," she said. "My first focus will be on two key things that the mayor needs to do right now: Economic health and safe ty" Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken said he supports Nathanson for mayor be cause the pair have had a positive working relationship together in the past. He said mayors of both cities of ten work together on issues. "I think her greatest strength is her knowledge and experience in local government," Leiken said. "From the standpoint and position of mayor, it makes more sense to have someone from local (government)." Friends of the Eugene Public Li brary Board Member Pat McDaniels, who lives in Nathanson's ward, also supports the councilor for mayor. Mc Daniels said Nathanson has been a strong proponent of the library. "She's always supported us and en courages us," she said. Lane County Board of Commis sioners Chairman Bobby Green said he served with Nathanson as a city councilor. "What I remember most about Nancy... is that she knew more about local government than most people learn over the course of 10 years," Green said. 1 le said Nathanson has a way of keeping dialogue moving in a positive direction. "She had a way of crystallizing an issue so that it made sense from a process standpoint," he said. Former Eugene planner Jim Croteau said he believes Nathanson would be a good mayor because she has a "full mastery" of land-use areas, which are "very complex." Croteau commended Nathanson's work for parks and open spaces as well. "From being on the inside, I've seen her work to keep Eugene a beautiful place," Croteau said. Nathanson, who juggles her duties as a city councilor with a career as sys tems manager for the Orbis Cascade Al liance, said she regrets not having more time to work for community issues. "Being a city councilor while hold ing down a full-time job is quite a dif ficult job," she said. "Mostly what I re gret is that there wasn't 26 hours in a day." Nathanson said she was optimistic about the city. "I'm just ready to take my dedica tion to Eugene ... to the next level." Contact the city/state politics reporter at parkerhowell@dailyemerald.com. NEWS BRIEFS Students, faculty elected to UO Bookstore Board Voters sent six University Bookstore Board of Directors candidates into winners' seats, while two candidates tied for a two-year graduate student po sition. J.L Stiggias and Daniel Mackay have tied for the position with 42 votes each, and the current board will deter mine the winner. Nicole Wickswat and Kelly O'Brien have each earned sophomore seats with 59 and 48 votes, respectively. Tyler Lewis was elected to a student at-large position with 62 votes. ASUO Ac counting Coordinator Jennifer Creighton-Neiwert, Greek Life Coordi nator Shelley Sutherland and graduate student Jessica Beaudoin, who all ran unopposed, took the officer of admin istration position, faculty-at-large posi tion and a one-year graduate student position, respectively. A total of 193 ballots were cast in the two-day election. —Jared Paben Emerald names summer editor in chief The Oregon Daily Emerald Board of Directors appointed Jared Paben as the paper's summer editor in chief. Paben, currently a senior news reporter, will fill the editor in chief role from June 8— the end of cur rent Editor Brad Schmidt's term — until the fall, when Editor-elect Jen nifer Sudick will return for the year ly duties. Three candidates sought the sum mer editor in chief position, and Board Chairman Chris Frisella said Paben's news values and management philosophy made him the strongest candidate. Paben, a junior pre-journalism ma jor, has previous journalistic experi ence with community newspapers and he recently received first-place recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Ore gon Newspaper Publishers Associa tion for his reporting. "I was impressed by the breadth of experience he will bring to the job and the ideas he has for maintaining the high quality of the paper over the summer, * Frisella said. Paben said he is ready to embrace the responsibility. "I'm both a bridge from this year's administration to next year's adminis tration, but at the same time I'd like to bring my own flavor to the paper," he said. Paben first began working for the Emerald as a freelancer last summer. He joined the staff in the fall as a news reporter, and by winter term he was promoted to senior news reporter. "I'm looking forward to giving stu dents on campus insightful news this summer," he said. "Something to pick up and read." 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