letters
TO THE EDITOR
still be the Harvard valedicts. And the ax
murderers will still be the ax murders.
2) Yes, school mergers are an incon-
venience, but fi scal realities means painful
cuts. I feel for laid off teachers and staff.
3) Essentially nothing in Eugene is
farther than 3 to 5 miles, so bus service
could be cut (except for special needs
students). I feel for the laid-off bus drivers.
See the BIG picture.
Also, having children is a choice.
Income taxes should tax income, not
family status.
Jose Thometz
Eugene
WHERE’S THE PROBE?
I don’t get it. Usually EW, and Alan
Pittman in particular, does an excellent job
calling the city bureaucracy, developers
and their ilk, on running scams on the
people of Eugene. The out-of-control
police department, Phil Knight — you
guys do a great job on all of this. So why,
oh why, has the Weekly decided to take up
the cudgels for the West Eugene EmX?
Buses are good, yes. Mass transit is
good, yes. But a very expensive bus to ...
Walmart? Target? When LTD fi rst started
shutting down bus lines in order to fund
the fi rst EmXs, the Weekly was right on
it. Now that some bus lines have been
discontinued on West 11th, EmX is being
praised to the skies, because it is soooo
super-zoomy. Where will future operating
money for it come from? Who exactly is
it going to serve out in west Eugene (new
development?)? In the wetlands? We are
not getting a balanced discussion about
what’s good, not quite so good, what we
will gain, what we will lose. Instead we
get really nasty and silly attacks on those
who oppose the EmX extension.
I went to a demonstration, on a work
day, of nearly 100 people and the ratio
of cars honking and waving approval
versus those expressing disapproval was
at least 10-1. The Far West Neighborhood
Association is not made up of car-oriented
businesses, but we went on record
opposing the extension, both when it was
slated to go down the bike path in our
neighborhood, and also down West 11th.
Some real reactionaries are opposing
this project, but there are also some real
supporters of public transit (mass transit,
not rapid transit), and some veteran
progressives who think this is just a bad
idea. Please, stop repeating what LTD
management tells you. Do some reporting;
it’s what you are good at, right?
Jack Radey
Eugene
CELEBRATING FAGGOTRY
I felt compelled to write regarding
Jessica Zuckerman’s letter in the Feb.
3 issue, in which she called out Sally
Sheklow for using the word “faggoty” in
her piece on seeing Joan Rivers. I can’t
personally speak for Sheklow. I also
can’t speak for the LGBT community,
which is incredibly diverse and not in the
habit of making unilaterally agreed upon
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