TO THE EDITOR
LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S
problem that makes the blood of anyone who
is committed to alternative transportation ab-
solutely boil with rage and frustration.
Bike thieves deserve serious punishment
and any business activity that intentionally
or inadvertently supports the bicycle cycle
of the theft and resale should not be
supported.
Dylan Bennett
Eugene
EDITOR’S NOTE: The owners of the shop say they
go to great lengths to assure they are not dealing with
stolen bikes, including waiting periods before paying
for used bikes, and pawn broker paperwork with
seller ID and bike descriptions sent to local police.
GRATEFUL? NO WAY
I believe Marc Moscato (curator of My
House) was way too polite in his response to
what you consider promoting the local arts.
You got the day wrong! I think aside from
the title of the event (which was also listed in-
correctly as “War on Boredom”) the most im-
portant part of this article was the day of the
event.
You’d think, after we had sent you a press
release with the date, plain as day (right at the
top), that you might at least get that correct.
Personally, I think your article did more
damage than good! I feel that there were a
large number of people looking forward to
our event and were misled by your article! I
feel that people were greatly disappointed
Sunday afternoon (July 27), to see an empty
park!
Not only does this make us look bad,
which will make it harder for people to come
to future DIY events outside of MY HOUSE,
but it also makes your paper look bad!
I think if your ego is too big to send an
apology out to Marc, that you should (at the
very least) send out an apology to your read-
ers. For those people in our community who
actually trusted and relied upon your psuedo-
article!
This was a good thing for our community.
We’ve worked hard to create an environment
for independent performers, musicians, zine
writers and filmmakers from all over the
Northwest. In hopes to expose our commu-
nity to the inspiring and beautiful world of
DIY (Do It Yourself) entertainment! This
event was free for everyone. Food Not
Bombs even provided free food!
We have worked hard to make something
happen in Eugene, to showcase artists and
performers who have been ignored in this
town. And for the benefit of others, we have
given up all our time in efforts to make
Eugene a better place. We are not doing this
to make money. We’re doing this to build a
community!
To suggest that we should be grateful be-
cause you gave us a small line in your “com-
munity” paper, at no cost to us, could only
come from a weak-minded soul. I use your
paper for my birds’ poop tray, and nothing
more.
Inga Markstrom
Eugene
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