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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
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Eugene
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