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TO THE EDITOR
involving the Auburn quarterback and
Heisman Trophy winner. When he asked
NCAA reps if that investigation was over,
it was reported the Auburn coach was told:
“No, and you’ll fi nd out when it is over.”
Sounds ominous for Auburn, but good for
Oregon. If Auburn is found guilty and has to
give up the BCS title, Oregon should inherit
it! Then again, the NCAA is grilling Oregon
about recruiting illegalities. If the Ducks
are guilty, I wonder how they determine
who gets the title as third place team. If the
Auburn quarterback is found to have become
ineligible because of charges involving illegal
money for his father, maybe his Heisman
would revert to the second place player, who
happens to be from Oregon. Then again, he’s
the focus of the recruiting investigation. But
that’s another story.
George Beres
Eugene
ASKING RIGHT QUESTIONS?
EPUD today doesn’t read like the
EPUD I used to know! I served on the
Metro Waste Water Commission with
Katherine Schacht and we worked
together to serve the ratepayers with the
best service possible. Katherine devoted
many extra hours to make sure the public
was well taken care of and with low
rates, and she never missed the necessary
details. When I read the R-G article it was
hard to believe it was about the Katherine
I knew and I had to wonder if maybe she
was asking too many of the right questions
to the wrong people. Any whistleblowers
stepping forward?
Ruth Duemler
Eugene
THANK YOU, FOX NEWS
The entire fl ap over reciting the Pledge
of Allegiance including Fox’s professional
handling of it and the number of responses
they received from outraged conservatives
nationwide has been wonderful source of
entertainment for me.
I think every liberal in Eugene owes
Fox News a sincere, heartfelt thank you
a pint
is just right!
for deterring legions of right-wingers from
ever stepping foot in our fair city.
Even if the city were swimming nude
in a sea of cash we could never afford to
buy that amount of positive publicity.
Now there are millions of quiet, out-
of-town liberals who are thinking “Golly
gee, if Fox News hates Eugene so much
and all council members ride their bikes
naked, we might fi t right in. Let’s move to
Eugene today!”
Tim Neun
Eugene
ISSUE OF FREEDOM
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry
at Stephanie Golubski-Stark’s comments
(letters, 7/21) about George Brown not
reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Given
that most conservatives/Tea Partiers and
Libertarians are so anti-federal government
I would have thought they would see
George’s refusal as supporting freedom
for each state. In reality, all Oregon elected
offi cials should uphold what is engraved on
the Capitol building in Salem:
“A free State is formed and is
maintained by the voluntary union of the
whole people joined together under the
same body of laws for the common welfare
and sharing of benefi ts justly apportioned.”
That’s what our elected offi cials should
be pledging to uphold.
Dr. Virginia Lubell
aka Wintergreen
Eugene
YUCKY BREWSKY
Since I don’t drink beer because it
tastes yucky to me, I was happy to see on
the cover of EW’s “State of Suds” July 14
that beer is 50 percent bullshit.
Bob Saxton
Eugene
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