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slant • Strong turnout for the rally downtown Monday calling for justice in the Trayvon Martin shooting case in Florida. The message was clear that racial profiling persists in our culture, and even wearing a hooded sweatshirt can make you a target. Local activists used the rally and march to point out that Eugene’s black population was segregated, not so long ago, in a ghetto along the river. On a side note, we’ve heard complaints about an EPD crime prevention public service ad on local TV recently that had an actor in a hoodie portraying a criminal. Ouch! The PSA had been produced long before the Florida case put hoodies in the national limelight. We heard from EPD spokesperson Melinda McLaughlin that although hoodies are a “common and popular item of clothing, due to the circumstances, we immediately asked all the stations to not use it and pulled it from any places we had them posted.” Community presentations and discussions about the proposed Urban Growth Boundary and strategies to help Eugene grow smarter over the next 20 years. • The deadline for comments on the Waldo Lake gas motor ban is coming up April 10, the day the Oregon State Marine Board meets in Springfield to hear testimony. It is quite possible the ban will be overturned on technical and legal grounds, but the power of public opinion cannot be dismissed. See Activist Alert this week on the meeting details and how to submit testimony to both the OSMB and the Aviation Board. So what are some good talking points for testimony? Passionate, heart-felt comments about the wilderness experience at Waldo are great, and it’s also good to mention specifics. Oil and gas sheens are common around motorboat docks and boat launches and degrade the wilderness experience. Waldo is so pure and unique that we should not take risks with gas motors even if that risk is small. Newer four-cycle motors are not the answer since they are noisy and can also leak oil and gas. Clean, quiet electric motors are allowed and can be quite powerful. Overturning the ban will encourage access to all the dispersed sites around the lake and in the past these sites have been trashed. Float planes are very noisy and their landing and taking off will diminish the quiet wilderness setting at Waldo. There are many other lakes, including several nearby, where gas motors and float planes are allowed and even encouraged. Check our cover story last week for more talking points. Pick a date & place that works for you: From 6:00 to 8:00 pm: — The Studio at the Hult Center A pril 5 A pril 10 — Sheldon Community Center April 12 — South Eugene High School A pril 17 — North Eugene High School www.EnvisionEugene.org • We might have been premature in our announcement in Slant March 22 that Eugene police officers are now handing out flyers showing defendants how to request information, aka discovery, regarding pending cases against them. Information about discovery is available at City Prosecutor Dan Barkovic’s office, according to a city official. However, the flyer is no longer at Municipal Court, as it has been in the past. Where did it go? Local activist Carol Berg-Caldwell is working on making discovery information more readily available to those who are charged with minor offenses in Eugene, a project of her Independent Court Observers Network. 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Call Today - 1-888-920-6076 Our knowledgable staff will successfully guide you through the OMMP process of aquiring your Oregon Medical Marijuana Card. • We hear that KRVM disk jockey Rome Hamel, host of the “Rock N Rome” show Sunday nights from 5 to 8 pm for more than 20 years, suffered a heart attack March 4, followed by weeks of complications and being in a coma on life support. “Thankfully for all of us who know and love Rome, he came through, woke up, and wants nothing more than to be home, in the studio, and in support of the Eugene music community,” says his friend Kristina “Katananda” Hall, who can be reached at ospreydance@q.com for updates. Cards and letters can be sent to Hamel at KRVM Radio, 1574 Coburg Road #237 , Eugene 97401. locally owned & operated (XJHQH6SULQJÀHOG m om co e .co e ne e.c u ge en ug eu n se h ns hn joh pa ajo p ap w pa w w. ww w SLANT includes short opinion pieces, observations and rumor-chasing notes compiled by the EW staff. 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