SPRINGFIELD HAS ENOUGH
I don’t think Mayor Kitty Piercy has
thought her exclusion plan through. I
know there is a problem with drugs in our
community, but is kicking citizens out of a
public space the real solution? We here in
Springfi eld like being your neighbor, so
please don’t send your issues and problems
to us. We have enough of our own.
Tina Towne
Springfi eld
STINKY SKUNKS
I was intrigued by Paul Prensky’s
“Martial Law” letter (8/7), which posits
the possibility for Cheney/Bush to declare
martial law powers. Actually this would be
a good move for us the people, for it would
force the Congress to do what they should
have done long ago: impeach Cheney/Bush.
It would be literally suicidal for them to
declare martial law when a large majority
of U.S. citizens think they are stinky
skunks, and it would validate the whole
impeachment process. Go ahead, Bushies,
declare a second Civil War. But I don’t think
that even the Bushies are that crazy.
Bob Saxton
Eugene
GLIMPSE OF LIFE
Driving down 6th Avenue — which,
by the way, is a one way street — it was
impossible not to notice a young couple
heading down this beat.
She was stepping lively, walking briskly;
she moved with confi dence and verve, while
the boychild at her side tried to match her
stride and maintain this vision beside him that
was causing vehicles to swerve.
Passing cars were slowing down to check
out the scene coming round, and traffi c was
beginning to pile up.
My friend and I got a good look at why
everyone wanted to see … for the young lady
in question was, well, completely shirt free,
and the vision of her lovelies was about to
cause a wreck ... for any man driving by had
to crane his neck for a glimpse of life seen
only in Eugene, where the law says it’s fi ne
for bare breasts to be seen.
Debra Y. Mathis
Eugene
ANIMAL ATTACK
Recently, I was walking in my
neighborhood in the River Road area when
I was attacked and bitten by a German
shepherd. I’ve walked that street hundreds
of times, never having an incident. The
owner came out, and when I informed him
that I had been bitten, he denied his dog’s
wrongdoing twice until I dropped my pants
and showed him the bite. His remark was,
“At least the skin isn’t broken!”
I told him I didn’t care if the skin was
broken; his dog had bitten me. He got in my
face, so I went home and called the police.
They were unable to help. I was told to call
animal control, which I did, and was told
that since the skin wasn’t broken, they could
do nothing. I then asked if I could at least
fi le a report with them and was told they
have no forms to record this matter.
So, I decided I need to see my doctor
to be sure all is well. Told him my plight,
and he said he would dictate all this into my
medical record, in case I needed something
documented.
Now here I am, bitten by a dog, bruised
and sore, owner in my face, no help from
government agencies and having to see my
doctor, and more than likely, paying my
own medical bill.
Where’s the justice?
G.F. Ziegler
Eugene
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RULES FOR BIKES
Leah Kleinberger’s ignorance of bicycle
laws is pretty silly (letters, 8/7). There are
state laws for bicycles, just as there are for
motor vehicles. The Oregon Department of
Transportation has a manual available online
at oregon.gov/ODOT. It lists such common
sense rules as: Bicycles have to come to a
full stop at a stop sign and a red light. You
wouldn’t know it by watching many Eugene
cyclists, but bikes have to follow almost all
the rules that apply to motor vehicles, and
the bike manual tells bikers that they should
read and follow the rules in the Motor
Vehicle Rules of the Road book.
Chuck Kleinhans
Eugene
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than welcome downtown, regardless of age,
manner of dress or number of piercings.
The exclusion ordinance is only an
attempt to enforce some basic respect and
decency in an area where it has been sorely
lacking for too long. People who live, work
and own businesses downtown are fed
up with the all too prevalent attitude that
downtown Eugene is the designated go-
ape-shit zone for the rest of the region.
Downtown is the heart of Eugene, but it
is also our neighborhood, and we intend to
protect it. If the exclusion ordinance does
not succeed in putting the kibosh on people
coming downtown specifi cally to engage
in obnoxious, destructive or unlawful
behavior, then we will fi nd something that
does.
Elizabeth Henning
Eugene
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RECIPE BOOK?
I love your Chow! insert (7/31). I
especially enjoy the recipes featured from
the wonderful chefs that inhabit Eugene. I
wish you would collect all the recipes into
a cookbook and sell it at local bookstores. I
know I would buy one! Thanks for all your
hard work and great reporting.
Jesse Mull
Eugene
Wednesday
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HYDROGEN’S LIMITS
Fred Marsico (letters, 8/14) can’t
understand why an OSU professor isn’t on
the hydrogen bandwagon. It’s because the
professor understands fundamental physics
and chemistry.
Marsico, Bobby Kennedy Jr. and others
who apparently think that hydrogen is a
viable answer to our energy woes “because
it’s made from water” clearly don’t
understand these basics.
Separating hydrogen from the water
molecule takes energy. Some of that energy
is recovered when the hydrogen is burned
and reforms water. But not all of it. No energy
conversion process is 100 percent effi cient.
Hydrogen from water is therefore a losing
proposition from an energy standpoint
unless a way to fuse it into helium without
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