TO THE EDITOR
A VOICE FOR CHANGE
LOUIS GOMEZ
- FOR LANE COUNTY SHERIFF -
AS ONE WE CAN SUCCEED . The revolving door at the jail needs to stop now! Reactive policing is
not effective and we must become proactive problem solvers and develop partnerships with the communities of
Lane County. I will look at all positions within the Sheriff's Office and restructure the department to fill the void
in the jail and criminal patrol. I will also be fiscally responsible and reevaluate the purpose of the traffic teams.
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among the legislators, no wonder we are in a
budget crisis. Getting Mitzi a seat at the table
for state rep will get crisis problems ad-
dressed.
Charlene Fairleigh
Eugene
KUCINICH VOTES COUNT
Well, I can’t vote for Dean in the May pri-
mary. He won’t even be on the ballot. And if I
vote for Kerry, what does that say to him?
Nothing much. I suppose I could write him a
letter, but I doubt if he would have time to
read it. I’d really like to tell him that I would
like to see a universal, single payer, health
care system for the country.
The solution? I’ll vote for Kucinich in
May. In fact, if everyone who voted for meas-
ure 23, Health Care For All, now voted for
Kucinich, it would not change the fact that
Kerry will be the Democratic candidate in
November, but it will send Kerry a message
that health care is really a big issue for us.
Now that Kerry has the nomination locked
up, it gives us the opportunity to tell him how
we feel without hurting his chance for being
elected president.
Bob Cassidy
Eugene
STRATEGIC VOTING
I have changed my party registration to
Democrat in order to vote for Dennis
Kucinich for president in the Oregon May
primary election. Although John Kerry will
be the Party’s ultimate nominee, I believe my
vote for Congressman Kucinich is still im-
portant.
Oregon narrowly selected Al Gore in elec-
tion 2000, and is considered a swing state in
this election cycle. Therefore, our primary
votes will be carefully counted and consid-
ered. My intent is to send a message to Kerry
and the Democratic Party: I and hopefully
many other Oregonians will vote for Senator
Kerry in November if he offers real change
from the policies of the current administra-
tion and if the party adopts a more progres-
sive platform.
I will vote in May for Congressman
Kucinich because he offers a choice: democ-
racy vs. plutocracy, international peace vs.
RE-ELECT
unilateral war, hope and repeal of the USA
PATRIOT Act vs. fear and loss of our civil
rights, jobs and withdrawal from NAFTA and
the WTO vs. free trade and outsourcing, envi-
ronmental renewal and clean energy v. envi-
ronmental degradation and back room deals
with industry, and universal health care v. a
failed system evidenced by 43 million unin-
sured Americans. These are some of the pol-
icy differences and platform changes that I
seek to influence with my strategic vote.
If you are not already a registered
Democrat, you have until April 27 to change
that. Please join me in voting for Dennis
Kucinich in the Oregon May primary elec-
tion.
Benton Elliott
Eugene
WILDLANDS & ECONOMY
Greg Vranizan questions Oregon Natural
Resources Council’s commitment to promot-
ing wilderness protection and lack of com-
mitment to communities (3/25). We don’t
feel there is any disconnect between our work
to save wildlands and a healthy economy.
ONRC remains diligent in our work to see
more wild forests protected for future genera-
tions because previous generations of deci-
sion-makers failed to do so. Senators
Packwood and Hatfield had a stranglehold on
land protection in Oregon for decades, and
the clearcuts that riddle our public forestlands
are a testament to their lack of initiative. We
owe a debt of thanks to people like Rep. Jim
Weaver for the places that are saved, but even
with their tireless work, less than 4 percent of
Oregon is protected as Wilderness, compared
to 10 percent of Washington and 13 percent
of California.
Thoreau said, “In wildness is the preser-
vation of the world.” Wilderness areas can
also be the preservation of our economy.
Logged wildlands lose their value for recre-
ation and produce few, short-term jobs. Look
at the proposed Biscuit Fire “Recovery” log-
ging — the timber industry predicts that the
largest, most aggressive timber sale in mod-
ern history will have little effect on employ-
ment. Conversely, look at the vibrancy of
communities like Sandy and Sisters, which
are the gateway communities to wildland
Bonny
Bettman
EUGENE CITY
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ELECTED OFFICIALS
State Senator Floyd Prozanski
Anne Montgomery
State Representative Phil Barnhart
Connie Morehouse
Adam Novick
State Representative Paul Holvey
Bob O’Brien
Lane Cty. Commissioner Bill Dwyer
Dr. Mary O’Brien
Lane Cty. Commissioner Peter Sorenson
Carolyn Partridge
Eugene City Councilor David Kelly
Charles Phillips
Former U.S. Congressman Jim Weaver
Elaine Phillips
Helmut Plant
Former Lane Cty. Commissioner Tom Lininger
Thomas Pringle
ORGANIZATIONS
John Proctor
Fire Fighters Local 851
John Saemann
Chris Schoap
Oregon Bus Project - Lane
Judith Schoap
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
Sally Sheklow
Oregon Natural Resources Council
Mary Elizabeth Silver
Sierra Club
Mike Sobol
Margie Sobol
LOCAL BUSINESSES
Hanna K. Still
Dana & Colleen Bauman, Dana’s Cheesecake
Deborah Telew
Jim & Janet Dotson, Dot Dotson’s
Dr. Nicholas Telew
Jan Temple
John Ebeling, Sandpiper Automotive
Cary Thompson
Jeff Gaughan, Appliance & TV Center
Judith Volem
Scott Landfield & David Rhodes, Tsunami Books
Tim Volem
Gavin McComas, Sundance Natural Foods
Joe Wattles
Paul Nicholson, Paul’s Bicycle Way of Life
Alan Wilm
Peter Ogura, Black Sun Books
Jan Wostmann
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