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letters TO THE EDITOR still a indoor track proposal that the UO Foundation would like to fi nd a site for. The City Council and mayor need to get feedback from the community opposing this street sale and closure/ privatization proposal as soon as possible. The last day to get input considered before they vote on approving this sale is Dec. 3. Call the local TV newsrooms and ask them why they have refused to cover this UO land banking news story (and the recent city of Eugene deliberations surrounding it). Zachary Vishanoff Eugene FOLK OVER RACISM I prefer punk rock myself, but I would rather listen to New Age folksingers than the racist caricature of African musicians that Matt Watkins shared with us in his letter (11/17) about KLCC. Far from clever, his words revealed either ignorance or prejudice, and there is no excuse for the fi rst or the second. Ryan Foote Eugene IN PRAISE OF MUSIC Being a long time listener and supporter of public radio in Eugene (KLCC/ KRVM) I have read with interest and concern the past month’s letters regarding recent changes in KLCC’s lineup. Like Elizabeth Figueroa (11/10) I do not necessarily like every program that KLCC airs, but I respect their attempt to please their diverse listeners and contributors. KLCC serves as my primary news source (NPR) but, unlike her and Matt Watkins (11/17), music is the strongest draw that keeps bringing me back to the station. I do not believe that I am in the minority. KLCC is the only public radio station that offers such a diverse music agenda including informing their audience of who they just heard. While an iPod may permit folks to listen to tunes they are familiar with, KLCC continues to surprise me with new musicians and songs that serves to broaden my musical interests. There is no other station like it! The majority of public radio stations have gone the way of talk radio. I mourn their loss. I hope KLCC does not follow their footsteps. If it does our community will have lost a valuable asset, and I will have lost a radio station and friend. Dennis Griffi n Corvallis NEUTER NUTRIA We are told that nutrias, brought here years back for their fur, as a non-native species, are causing damage. They breed rapidly. They must be killed. Around our “compassionate” city of Eugene, the nutrias are trapped in live traps. The traps are then immersed underwater, so eventually, these water creatures unable to come up for air, drown. What a horrible, unforgiveable way to kill. And why kill? Why not take these trapped creatures to the shelter, as is done with feral cats, neuter and release? Why not prove, through such simple humanity, that ours is a compassionate city, respecting the living creatures around us in all their forms? Joan Dobbie Eugene DEFAZIO’S ‘TRUST’ Ever since government came to its senses and realized we can’t go on extracting resources from our public lands forever and without limit, wealthy timber companies and their rich owners have been looking for a way to sidestep existing regulations and nullify the barely adequate environmental safeguards we have in place, so they can go on exploiting public forests and make more millions just like they did in the ‘60s, ‘70, and ‘80s. Currently, Congressman DeFazio is considering the idea of allocating one half of Oregon’s BLM lands to a “trust” dedicated for commercial harvest. This is just another attempt by timber barons to coerce government into opening up public lands in the Coast Range to more logging because they have already depleted their own holdings to the point where they aren’t profi table enough to satisfy their greed. Reed Wilson Corvallis WIRELESS MESH Oh, EWEB how far you have come — maybe not. 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