letters
TO THE EDITOR
money on political bribes than on donating
to homelessness prevention are simply
selfi sh rich assholes without a clue to what
decency really means. There are plenty of
unoccupied homes. Occupy them.
Bob Saxton
Eugene
MAJOR THREAT
The Keystone XL pipeline threatens our
entire planet.
To harvest tar sands oil in Northern
Alberta, oil companies clear-cut entire
forests. Then, to process the oil, they
suck up an astounding 600 billion liters of
water each year, all of which is left behind
as poison. Dumped into holding tanks so
hazardous, birds that land on them die
instantly. What does not go into the tanks
is dumped into toxic lakes that can be seen
from space. Since 2005, the tar sands’
carbon emissions have increased by 62
megatonnes — warming our planet and
damaging our atmosphere.
Downstream, local communities are fi nd-
ing cancer clusters in 4-year-olds. Alberta’s
government claims it is all a coincidence and
refuses to shut down the operation.
And while things look grim in Canada,
we in the U.S. are faced with an oppor-
tunity to help change course. The Obama
administration is currently evaluating the
construction of the Keystone XL pipeline,
which will carry tar sands oil from Canada
to Texas. Rejection of this pipeline will se-
verely cripple tar sands expansion and lay
the groundwork for a clean-energy econ-
omy. The decision to deny this pipeline is
that of Obama alone without any interfer-
ence from Congress.
For this reason, it is essential that
Obama withhold approval for this pipeline,
and follow through on his promise that his
election “was the moment when the rise of
the oceans began to slow and our planet
began to heal.”
Manny Garcia
Eugene
WHY OUTSOURCE DESIGN?
Your profi le of the UO’s next edifi ce
complex (“New Plans for Old Dealership,”
7/14) did not mention that the Lorig
company (which will design it) is the
genius behind Broadway Pepper Spray
Place, a development that has never had
full commercial occupancy. Has EW lost
its institutional memory?
Why is You Owe ignoring talent they
allegedly have in the School of Architec-
ture? Is it a message that aspiring archi-
tects should move to Seattle to work for a
Big Shot fi rm there if they want to design
condos in Eugene?
It is inappropriate for You Owe to
outsource architecture work when the
taxpayers of Oregon funded an institution
there to teach architecture.
Lane County didn’t shift to the right,
the true state of affairs is merely clear
now. Disillusionment means removal of
illusions, which is a good thing.
Did anything shift when the liberals al-
legedly controlled the County Commission
majority? Ideology is not the same as cour-
age to look at structure.
Entrenched bureaucracies run city, coun-
ty, state and federal governments. No one
should be disappointed with Biden and that
other guy. As CIA director Allen Dulles said,
“that Kennedy, he thinks he’s president!”
I’m glad it’s Mayor Piercy praising
the police auditor for sabotaging outside
investigations of police abuses. Perhaps
Eugene liberals would be more upset if it
was a Republican giving this guy a hundred
thousand public dollars a year to thwart
accountability. Thank you sir, may I have
another. Good cop, bad cop. Lucy’s football.
Mark Robinowitz
Eugene
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
10 AM - 4 PM
RIVER HAZARDS
Learn About:
With the welcome progress on the I-5
Wilamut Crossing bridge I would hope that
some thought might be considered toward
improving water safety as within the scope
of the project. For many years the manmade
low head dam and riprap just upstream
from the I-5 bridge have posed a signifi cant
public safety hazard for both experienced
and recreational boaters fl oating down the
river. It seems this major bridge project
with its environmental sensitivities might
also devote a small fraction of effort
to mitigate some minor but signifi cant
improvement around and through these
hazardous barriers on the river. It would
seem to be a shame to make such noble
improvements for public transportation,
bike paths and the environment and yet
neglect a clear opportunity to reduce the
nearby river hazard as well.
Mark Murphy
Creswell
Third Annual
BEYOND AESTHETICS
I am a student at the UO studying
interior architecture and urban planning. I
have dedicated six years of my life to the
study of design and the implications it has
on our society and world as a whole. This
WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
$FWLYHDQGSDVVLYHVRODU
*UHHQEXLOGLQJ
(QHUJ\HIILFLHQF\
&UHDWLYHUHXVH
8UEDQGHQVLW\
%X\WLFNHWVDW
BRING City of Eugene, Atrium Building
Capella Market Down to Earth
Gray’s Gardens in Eugene Lane Forest Products
online at www.bringrecycling.org
)DEXORXVGRRUSUL]HVIURP%XUOH\'RZQWR(DUWKDQGPRUH
:RUNVKRSVGXFWOHVVKHDWSXPSVVRODUKRWZDWHUSKRWRYROWDLFV
8VH\RXUWLFNHWWRULGHWKHEXVIRUIUHHRQWRXUGD\
4 4 46 F rank l i n B o u l e v a r d | E u g e n e , O r e g o n | 5 4 1 - 7 4 6 - 3 0 2 3
GOT GAME?
Four years ago, we moved here for a job
in the game industry, choosing Eugene as
the place to put down roots for our family.
We were drawn by its independent spirit,
natural beauty and warm faces. This is a
town full of people doing what they love,
making their own way. That encouraged
us to follow a dream of living sustainably
by doing what we’re passionate about:
making video games! Now we’re on our
own, and we’d love to get your help in
keeping it that way.
The project is a game called Ninja
Baseball. It’s fun and quirky, taking its
artistic cues from cartoons, neon ‘80s
colors and rubber ninjas. We aren’t
going to investors to get it funded, but
to our community, both here and across
the internet. Using a “crowdfunding”
campaign on a website called Kickstarter,
we have 30 days to reach our funding
goal. If we fail, folks who contributed get
their money back, and we’ll have to brush
ourselves off and try again.
Please take some time to check out the
site. If you think it sounds awesome, you
can back the project, but if you are just as
broke as we are, just sharing it with your
friends is a huge boost to us. We’d rather
feed our chickens than eat them!
Ted & Heathir Brown
Eugene
%DFN\DUG)DUPV
Get outstanding low prices
on quality products.
SAVE 17%
SAVE 33%
5 99
9
3/ 99
reg. 7.29
1½" x 60-Yd. Painter’s Tape
Removes cleanly up to 14 days. Ideal
for multiple surfaces. P 865 345 B24
Your choice
reg. 4.99
Dust Reduction Air Filters
While supplies last.
Lasts up to 3 months. Attracts
and captures large airborne
allergens like pollen, household
dust and lint. Ideal for high
velocity heating/cooling systems.
F 126 594, 595, 596, 597 F6
While supplies last.
SEPTEMBER
SAVE 44%
4 99
Your choice
reg. 8.99
8' x 10' Multi-Purpose Tarp
Tear-proof, waterproof and UV-resistant.
Rolled grommets every 3'. Rope hem for
strength. P 797 884, 896 14
While supplies last.
Eugene True Value Hardware
2825
Willamette
Store address
information
here
Eugene, OR
(541) 342-5191
www.truevalue.com/Eugene
store url goes here
Sale
ends
SALE
ENDS XX/XX/11
9/30/11
©2011 by True Value ® Company. All rights reserved.
Find the right products for your project and expert advice at True Value.
EUGENE WEEKLY SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
5