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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/ “<We want to make sure •
that this year they stop doing that. ”
OSA representatives believe that
having hundreds of students in the
capital for events will call attention to
student issues in the legislature, Hight
said.
The student association has four
major priorities this year, ASUO Presi
dent Adam Petkun said: the Oregon
Opportunity Grant, student child-care
program, tuition and state funding and
fee remissions.
The governor’s budget proposal
doubles the money in the opportunity
grant — a grant that goes to students
with the lowest incomes — to $91.6
million. OSA hopes to freeze tuition for
two years, remove the cap on fee re
missions, which are discounts on tu
ition, and extend the student child-care
program.
Moseley said he hopes that more
students will get involved in the leg
islative process.
“The quality of your education and
your access to education is an impor
tant factor in determining what you’re
able to do in the future for the rest of
your life,” Moseley said.
* . adamcharKy@dailyemarald.com ,