With resulting traffic, this windy, partly
mountainous road could become known as
“Death Alley.” Siuslaw High School is in the
Sky-Em Athletic League. Athletic teams,
along with their families and fans, have to
travel Highway 126. Their safety will be
jeopardized by the huge increase of traffic
caused by casino travelers.
Jack and Jan Woodford
Florence
PLAYER TRADE
Tom Lininger (“Out of Commission,”
6/5) criticizes legislative proposals to bring
Major League Baseball to Portland on the
basis that the state shouldn’t fund private
ventures. Well, he’s wrong on that point as
the team will be financed by a tax on player’s
salaries, though there is a possibility that tax-
payers may incur liability if revenue is insuf-
ficient.
Lininger qualifies for the state’s biggest
hypocrite award. He is or will be a professor
at the UO Law School. This is one of the most
worthless uses of public funds in the state. He
has his snout in the public trough up to his
ass. Say hypocrite. If he is opposed to public
funding, why is he in favor of a public law
school? The answer is simple: He wants
to line his own pockets. Why do we
need a law school? Aren’t there enough
lawyers?
We should trade Lininger and a player to
be named later to Montreal for their ball club.
We should throw in the Law School as an
added inducement. At least then I can enjoy
watching a few baseball games. What enjoy-
ment does Lininger provide other than some
stale, old jokes?
Tony Gregory
Eugene
HIPPIE VIXENS
The ads for the skanky chicks in the back
pages don’t really do much for me — but the
hot hippie vixens in the Sweet Potato Pie ads
(Get Yo-Self a Piece) are another matter. The
patchouli fumes just waft through the
newsprint, and the gals look like they might
be vegans, which is a mega turn-on. The cold
showers don’t bother me in this weather, but I
may have to drop the Weekly come winter.
Tom Tracy
Eugene
IT’S UP TO YOU
A strong America is a working America.
A strong America is a safe America. And
what does it take to keep America strong? It
takes Americans working together, it takes an
infrastructure that helps Americans work to-
gether, and it takes a government of the peo-
ple, by the people, and for the people.
Many of us seem to forget that it is gov-
ernment by the people that makes this coun-
try great, and in order to have a good govern-
ment, the people must participate as well as
pay taxes. The more of us who don’t partici-
pate and don’t vote the easier it is for special
interests to fill the void and “game” the sys-
tem so that they can reap huge profits.
So if you want a strong America, it is up to
you to really look at what is happening at City
Hall, Salem and Washington, D.C. Write or
call your representatives and tell them what
you want and ask them what they are doing to
make that happen.
It is very important to take a little time to
learn what is really going on. This may re-
quire reading some of the articles in the back
pages of your newspaper or thinking about
what is really behind the sound bites that are
basically propaganda with little informative
content. And if you can’t find the solid facts
in your newspaper, demand that as well. But
always remember to vote.
Frank and Mary Lou Vignola
Eugene
buy sell trade
TO THE EDITOR
fashion that pays
to be me.
THEY’RE IN COURT
Pete Mandrapa (6/9) wants to know,
“Where are our unions?” when it comes to
the recent atrocities committed on PERS by
our “friends” — the governor and Sen. Tony
Corcoran.
They’re in court, that’s where, actively
challenging unconstitutional contract-break-
ing legislation, and most definitely not “qui-
etly acquiescing,” or passively “hoping for
some judge to overturn this mess,” as he
states.
As for a strike — well, something like 90
percent of state, county and municipal con-
tracts are being negotiated right now. If some
sort of satisfactory resolution on this and
other issues cannot be reached, I for one will
be on the picket lines this summer, along with
thousands of my brothers and sisters.
By the way, since the Ted and Tony Show
has given us further evidence that there is re-
ally only one national party with two scarcely
divergent factions, neither of which is on the
side of the common folk, in the future Mr.
Mandrapa might consider voting Green —
and convincing his friends to do likewise. I
certainly am.
Bill Smee
Eugene
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BRING ON THE TRUTH
On a recent trip to BRING Recycling, I
noticed the current addition to the front entry
way. There is a very colorful sign board ap-
plauding the great acts of this recycling ware-
house. What is most noticeable about this list,
however, is what’s missing: the constant in-
surance cuts thrown at yard workers; the con-
tinuing efforts to force the most critical em-
ployees from their jobs; management’s ever
increasing demands to raise the cost of do-
nated items and present a more suburban, less
scary image to attract consumers with more
disposable income, preferring those to
BRING’s most loyal and longtime cus-
tomers.
BRING Recycling has taken great advan-
tage of their status as a community educator
and nonprofit organization. They treat their
workers like garbage and hide behind com-
munity involvement to cover the stench. Is
this what BRING’s founders really had in
mind when they started such a great recycling
center in 1971?
Please think twice before taking your us-
able building materials to their site. Perhaps
someone in your neighborhood has a use for
those old windows; maybe the local high
school shop department could use that lum-
ber.
Your trash may be valuable to someone
else, but the real treasure is BRING
Recycling’s handful of ignored yard workers,
past and present.
Anna Hayes
Eugene
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