TO THE EDITOR
have an emergency room in Bethel five min-
utes away?
And as for dying, I read an article which
said many people are choosing to die at home
— surrounded by things they know and love
instead of in a sterile hospital surrounded by
strangers or being ignored.
Maybe hospitals are soooo 20th century.
Maybe the age of the mega-hospital is over.
Chris Pender
Eugene
FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
In last week’s (6/21) EW, a volunteer
wrote regarding a dog named Paws. I found
that this dog was killed on May 19, nearly a
full week prior to being featured as “Pet of
the Week” in the May 24 issue of EW.
How can something like this happen?
There seems to be a a serious lack of commu-
nication between Greenhill’s marketing de-
partment and what actually goes on at the
shelter on a daily basis. I agree with the vol-
unteer; it is past time for the community to
evaluate Greenhill.
Tamara Barnes
Eugene
EDITOR’S NOTE: Greenhill tells us Paws was a “sad
case” and all efforts to find him a home were fruitless as
his mental health declined and he became depressed and
unresponsive. The staff was unaware he had been
submitted as Pet of the Week.
SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE
Kip Kinkle is seeking a retrial. After the
recent Virginia Tech murders by Seung-Hui
Cho, I wonder if his lawyer and people in
general are paying enough attention to the an-
tidepressant defense. Michael Moore, who
did the Bowling for Columbine documentary
which asked why the school shootings were
happening, found no adequate explanation.
Moore has since found out about the suppres-
sion of information by the drug companies
and FDA about these drugs inducing suici-
dality and homicidality. At the Drug
Awareness site online, it opens with a video
on this, where Michael asks why the drug
marketers aren’t in jail yet.
Kinkle’s lawyer should speak to neurosur-
geon Russell Blaylock about the florinated
SSRIs. We should multiply our anger at the
murderers by a million and apply it to the
pharmaceutical/medical profiteers who sup-
pressed the evidence from the beginning and
continue to do so now.
Daniel Burdick
Eugene
OVER THE HILL
Perhaps I’m one of few who have a differ-
ent opinion concerning the development of
the Beverly and Green properties in south
Eugene. Not unlike the housing presently
surrounding these properties, this proposed
development is within the urban growth
boundary and is zoned for residential build-
ing. Fifty years ago, many of the existing
homes were not there. What contribution are
these homes making to the current alleged
degradation?
These special interest groups who oppose
development also cite urban sprawl as a rea-
son not to build here. Preventing building in
south Eugene forces the increasing popula-
tion to seek affordable housing outside of the
UGB. This is witnessed by developments in
surrounding communities. Because it’s hap-
pening “over the hill,” its impact is less sig-
nificant?
And as long as I am on the track of think-
ing globally, do you believe the citizens liv-
ing in these outlying areas are not employed
in Eugene? This not only creates increased
fossil fuel consumption and congested high-
ways but also a working class that is utilizing
the resources of Eugene and not contributing
to its tax base.
With increasing population, growth is in-
evitable. Why is there never a mention of
compromise? If you don’t approve of the pro-
posed development, what is needed to meet
your approval? As citizens living in a capital-
ist society you, too, are dependent upon
growth.
With no hard and fast regulations for fu-
ture development, Eugene’s City Council is
allowed to continue to vacillate, exercise em-
inent domain and be persuaded by special in-
terest groups. Does the acronym NIMBY
have a familiar ring?
Daniel Henderson
Cottage Grove
KICK ASS AT HOME
HAVE WE
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I am opposed the the national I.D. (news
story, 6/28). Driver’s licenses are enough to
prove who you say you are. I find it ridicu-
lous that Andrea Meyer of the ACLU doesn’t
seem to realize that, for as long as I can re-
member, you needed a driver’s license to do
just that, which included cashing a payroll
check, buying liquor and the list goes on. The
only reason she “happens” to omit this fact is
to show her support for illegal aliens; yes, “il-
legal” means just that, not the politically cor-
rect and absurd term “undocumented “ immi-
grants. I suppose you can call an illegal drug
dealer an “unlicensed” pharmacist!
As a child of legal immigrants, and having
an elder sister who’s also a legal immigrant, I
feel insulted at the persistence of those who
chose to abandon their country when they are
really needed there to strive for change, for a
stronger and healthier economy. They need to
stay and fight for positive change.
There is a well known saying: You can’t
fix your problems by running away from
them! That said, this situation is the result of
the actions from two groups: the rich elite of
the U.S. and the rich elite of the countries the
illegals come from. I’ll also include the failed
foreign policy of the U.S. regarding Latin
America going back to James Monroe and his
Monroe Doctrine.
Don’t you think it’s time for those desper-
ate people who hop the border fence to stay
home and kick some ass? Long live the
Mexican people in southern Mexico, in
Chiapas and Oaxaca, who are staging a revolt
against corruption and foreign corporate in-
terests. Hey, how about the rest of you
pussies do the same?
Chis Williamson
Springfield
THE NEW NO-KILL
I would like to answer Curtis Taylor’s (and
PETA’s) response to my letter in the June 28
EW. Curtis and PETA completely miss the
point about the kind of no-kill community we
are trying to build here in Lane County, and
for some reason known only to them, find it
necessary to muck up the issue and stand in
the way of saving adoptable animals’ lives.
I can’t say it any better than Kylie
Belachaikovsky’s letter May 31, where she
said, “Fortunately for Mr. Taylor, animal wel-
fare advocates in Lane County are not calling
for the construction of an isolated, under-
funded, overburdened no-kill shelter. They
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