NEWS BRIEFS
you are going to enforce and not enforce. You don’t get to
choose. It’s your job to enforce the law.”
Rosenblum says, “I’m not trying to undo the OMMA,
I’m trying to make it work so that people have access to
the medicine which they consider necessary and which
doctors have approved for them. I think that Dwight and I
have a difference in approach. He thinks the law is a train
wreck, I think the law is a bumpy ride and it’s something
we need to work with.”
“I will be enforcing the law, which includes the
OMMA,” she says, “but at the same time I will be cracking
down on drug rings, on heroin, which is a big thing right
now, and it ties in with prescription drug abuse. If people
can’t get prescription drugs, they turn to cheaper heroin,
and they are dying,”
As for prosecuting possession of small amounts of
marijuana, Holton says few in law enforcement see it as a
high priority, but “It’s a slippery slope to backdoor
legalization. It’s something the voters have spoken on,
they rejected it, and we’ll see if they do it again in the fall.”
Meanwhile, Wolfe of the Petition 24 campaign was
fined $65,000 this week for repeated violations of the ban
on paying signature gathers per signature. Oregon law
requires initiative signature gatherers be either volunteers
or paid by the hour.
— Ted Taylor
FREE CLINIC
FOR UNINSURED
The all-volunteer Cascade Medical Team, a veteran of
11 years of operating primary care clinics in Guatemala,
will again be providing a similar mission in Lane County.
This weekend, six doctors from the CMT and the
community will provide free medical services to people
without insurance or access to affordable health care.
Individuals and families are welcome and no proof of
residency or other documentation will be required.
The clinics will be from 8 am to 5 pm Saturday and
from 8 am to noon Sunday, April 28-29, at the McKenzie
Medical Building, Heart Associates of Oregon, 960 N.
16th St. in Springfield.
CMP estimates that more than 60,000 Lane County
residents are uninsured and not eligible for the Oregon
Health Plan or Medicare. To volunteer, visit www.
unitedwaylane.org
PENNY POLL RESULTS
Activists gathered at the Eugene downtown post office
on Tax Day, April 17, “to challenge militarism and
corporate greed and to call for the re-ordering of federal
spending and tax priorities from supporting war and Wall
St. to meeting human and environmental needs,” according
to Michael Carrigan of CALC.
Taxpayers were provided the opportunity to voice how
they would spend their tax dollars when they took part in
the “penny poll.” Participants were handed 10 pennies,
which they deposited in jars representing a six-category
breakdown of the federal budget. The categories and how
people voted are as follows:
Afghanistan and Iraq wars got .2 percent of the pennies
(one penny), general military 2.1 percent, general
government 13.3 percent, physical resources 25.3 percent
and human resources 59.1 percent.
“If Eugene residents ran the federal government things
would be significantly different,” says Carrigan. “Their tax
dollars would be funding social and environmental
programs and not endless war.”
War tax resisters, who object to more than half of their
federal taxes going to the military, redirected their “war
taxes” to numerous local organizations, several of whom
were on hand to receive their donations.
biz beat
Remember Mom’s Pies, the venerable old
roadside diner up the McKenzie River in
Vida for decades? For a while the original
recipe hand-made pies were available in the
Food Court at Valley River Center, but now
we hear the business has moved to 1133
Willamette, another sign of a revitalized
downtown. No website yet but find it on
Facebook. Phone is 484-6667 or email
owner Lou Sangermano at lou@
holidaymistletoe.com
Coburg Pizza Company is planning a
grand opening May 11 at 1710 Centennial
Blvd., in Springfield. The original location at
90999 S. Willamette in Coburg has been
remodeled and will also be celebrating May
11. See coburgpizza.com or call Terry Dawson
at 484-6600.
Transformation Arts expanded to
Eugene this week with a location at The
Reach Center, 25th and Harris. The business
offers Tai Chi and Yijinjing Qigong classes
and more. Call 708-1163.
Colored Light Therapy is a unique local
enterprise specializing in color therapy
information and products for clinics and
home practitioners worldwide. Owner Rose
Peterson, 741-4988, says her business is
“constantly expanding” through the internet
and referrals. Visit coloredlighttherapy.com
to see her products and art glass.
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