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TO THE EDITOR
YES ON SCHOOL TAX
Am I the only one astounded that the
spokeswoman of the campaign against
supplemental funding for Eugene’s public
schools sends her kids to private school?
Or that the “no” campaign is managed
by someone living in Yachats? Or that
large chunks of their campaign funding
come from local and out of state business
interests, not individual Eugene voters?
The anti-school-funding crowd appears
to care little about the quality of the public
education our children receive. Otherwise,
they wouldn’t push a “just say no” position
that would result in fewer school days,
larger class sizes, and the layoffs of 100 or
more of Eugene’s dedicated teachers.
Instead, the opposition to adequate
school funding seems to be waging a
campaign built around their anti-tax,
anti-public schools, anti-public employee
ideology. To them, this isn’t about our
children, it’s about the Tea Party’s
extremist ideological agenda to remake
America in its imagined self-image. But
the reality of that image is a lot closer to a
feudal aristocracy than it is to a democracy
envisioned by our Founders in 1776.
The foundation of our democracy is a
strong public education system that produces
informed, critically thinking citizens.
Because I care about our democracy, because
I care about public education, because I care
about Eugene, and most of all because I care
about our children, I will proudly vote “yes”
on Measure 20-182.
Pete Mandrapa
Eugene
WE CAN DO BOTH
Apparently, YMCA members have been
busy. When informed at a recent School
Board meeting that the Y serves 7,000
members, Superintendent George Russell
joked “and we’ve heard from every one of
them.” Yes, the Y does need a new home
and, yes, the Civic Stadium site would be
a great place for it, but the Y’s proposed
partnership with a developer would require
demolishing the historic stadium and paving
the fi eld for apartment parking.
Do we really need to choose between
a new Y and preservation of the stadium?
Absolutely not! We can (and should) have
both. The Save Civic plan will rehabilitate
the fundamentally sound grandstand to
host professional soccer and community
events. The stadium itself occupies only
the portion of the site that, in the Y’s plan,
would contain the apartment buildings.
There’s plenty of room for a new Y and
Civic Stadium, too — a great combination!
While so often it seems we need to
choose between the lesser of two evils, in
this case we have two great options and,
even better, we have a chance to get both
of them. A city of Eugene partnership
with Save Civic Stadium would make that
possible. If the School Board chooses the
Y proposal we would get a new Y and
an apartment complex. But the choice of
Save Civic Stadium’s plan could give us a
beautiful (and historic) sports complex as
well as a new Y.
Trey Imfeld
Eugene
FREDDY: TAXES & JOBS
As a senior citizen in the Crest Drive
neighborhood, I was excited to hear of
the possibility of a Fred Meyer occupying
the old Civic Stadium site. Many of the
senior citizens who live in the south hills
area and prefer the Fred Meyer shopping
experience are now commuting to its West
11th store. We could save money on fuel
costs, drive less on city roads, and create
a smaller carbon footprint (my average is
two trips per week).
One of the Civic Stadium proposals
would create a soccer and entertainment
venue. We have a new entertainment
venue at the Matthew Knight Arena —
how many more do we need? And if the
city wants to spend taxpayer money on
a new soccer venue, it would be far less
expensive to upgrade the existing soccer
fi eld at South Eugene High School (it’s
currently an artifi cial turf fi eld, well
illuminated, and parking is available —
how about constructing new covered
grandstands and restroom facilities).
Also, both the City Council and the
school district need to be mindful and
realize the benefi t in perpetuity of the tax
revenue created by a “for-profi t” entity
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