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lane when an automobile driver began
honking at us and shouting; he accelerated
and shot by within inches of our left shoul-
ders. A pity the police did not witness it,
but they cannot be everywhere. I remain
thankful for what appeared to be a normal
police patrol presence at the time of
Critical Mass.
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I am a big fan of Stephen Colbert,
who coined the term “truthiness.”
Wikipedia defines truthiness as “the quali-
ty by which a person claims to know
something from the gut without regard to
evidence, intellectual examination, or
actual facts” Colbert comically exhorts,
“Don’t think about it. Just feel the truth!” I
did laugh when I read the truthy article
about Eugene’s City Hall, “Doomed to
Demo.” But the following week when
working with the media to advertise an
upcoming community forum, a few
reporters used the many inaccuracies
found in that article in their interview
questions, and it no longer seemed funny.
Cobert’s point is that “truthiness” is
destructive in political dialogue.
“Factualness” would be much more bene-
ficial to the community.
For example, the article inaccurately
claimed a $200 million cost for the project.
The project cost models ranged from $109
million to $135 million for various options
to fully consolidate City Hall and accom-
modate growth to at least the year 2030.
The article said the design team recom-
mended almost quadrupling the size of the
current building. The difference between the
amount of space currently occupied by city
offices throughout the downtown and the
amount recommended for a new building is
22 percent, an increase to address a lack of
meeting space. The article tapped the anti-
worker vein with false claims of plans for
larger offices when many staff, perhaps
most, would receive smaller but more open
and efficient workspaces.
Please go to www.eugenecityhall.com
to read the architectural studies and reports
on citizen input on master planning issues.
Ellen Teninty
City Hall Master Planning Design Team
EDITOR’S NOTE: Looks like we added up the cost
numbers wrong (see correction in news briefs) but we
won’t be surprised if the final cost years from now does-
n’t hit $200 million.
WALKER ON EDUCATION
Oregonians can depend on Democrat
Vicki Walker's experience and commitment
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