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Advertise in the Emerald call 346-4343 or place your ad online at v - www.dailyemerald.com ! t » * 9 * 4 » i t ! j 4 i** 4 j l t 4 t j / r/ v m t t i * * i 4 it m lYo* #»##### Eugene mayor Kitty Piercy holds one-on-one talk At the meeting Tuesday afternoon, citizens discussed the city's smoking policy and 'no soliciting' statutes BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Eugene citizens got their first chance to talk one-on-one with May or Kitty Piercy on Tuesday afternoon, voicing concerns on everything from the city police department to the amount of noise generated by trains. The city holds one-on-one sessions every month where inter ested members of the public can sit down with the mayor and talk about community issues. Ten people spoke at Tuesday’s session in City Council Chambers, which is more than the number of people who usually show up, Piercy said. Eugene Police Depart ment’s Sgt. Kris Martes sat at the meeting table with Piercy and took notes. Eugene resident Steven Leppanen questioned Piercy about the recent uproar surrounding EPD’s use of self-painted “no soliciting” and “no trespassing” signs on curbs and sidewalks around Eugene. The signs made national headlines after city officials and community members said they might violate a 1996 court ruling that declared a state “no soliciting” statute unconstitutional. The City Council is going to ad dress this issue soon, and police have been told not to put out any signs un til further notice, Piercy said. Leppanen also said the proposed city smoking ordinance, which would change the ban on smoking within 10 feet of a building to 25 feet, needs to be examined for its impact on downtown restaurants and bars. “Not being able to smoke on pub lic sidewalks is just political correct ness run amok,” Leppanen said. Janet O’Bryant of Eugene asked Piercy to consider the growing prob lem of train noise, which she said is always increasing in decibels. “It’s a nationwide problem; it’s not just in Eugene,” O’Bryant said. Cal Young Neighborhood Associ ation Chairman Charles Biggs asked Piercy about changing the process for signing up to speak at City Council meetings so that citizens can sign up through the course of public testimony. A victim of former Eugene police officer Roger Magana gave a riveting and unexpected speech at Monday’s City Council meeting, Biggs said, and many attendees wanted to speak afterward but could not be cause the current process does not allow citizens to sign up after public testimony has started. Magana was sentenced in July to 94 years in prison after being found guilty of crimes including sexual as sault, rape and kidnapping. The vic tims were women involved in prosti tution and drugs. Piercy listened intently and said she wants to deliver a personal apolo gy to the women. “I want them to hear from their mayor an apology,” Piercy said. “We know that wrong was done.” Eugene resident Eric Gran dis cussed the ongoing prostitution and drug use problems occurring in Mon roe Park, located at West 10th Avenue and Monroe Street. “It’s just an all-out rave party in the park,” Gran said. “The pot smoke is so thick you can smell it in the hous es across the street. ” Gran said area residents have been trying to do something about the problem for quite some time but have been unsuccessful. Gran and Martes agreed that a location near the park offering free food to the needy may be a PIERCY, page 12 Education: ASUO president lists Student Senate priorities Continued from page 1 “Oregon’s population is going to grow,” he said. “Fewer and fewer of those (people) are going to be able to get into OUS schools. Therefore, fewer will ultimately get education to a bach elor’s degree and beyond, which is bad for the economy of the state. “States with lower levels of average education have weaker economies than states with higher levels of educa tion,” he added. “So if you shift the ed ucational level of the state downward, its economy is going to weaken.” Barnhart had similar sentiments. “The universities are training tomor row’s workforce,” Barnhart said. “(They’re) the economic generators of the future. Without (them), Oregon would be a lot poorer. ” The Oregon Student Association, a lobbyist organization consisting of the ASUO and student governments in other OUS universities, will be lobby ing on behalf of the students. “There’re a lot of folks asking for a lot of things in Salem, and (members of the state government) repeatedly, year after year, look over student is sues,” OSA Campus Organizer Court < » nev Wight-said/ “