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TO THE EDITOR
“talk” — a group of more than 50 houses
sending signals to the node house, which
downloads to EWEB. Googlemap your
neighborhood, to the resolution of 50 or
more homes. Imagine a line going from
each home to one selected one. Notice
the intersections and heavy coverage.
That is RF microwave smog, going
constantly about 6 feet off the ground.
These meters will give you that unknown
exposure, and in return you get TOD —
time of day pricing. That means use the
most electricity at night or you get a much
bigger bill. We should expect more from
“our” public utility than a $33 million
cost, unknown increases in RF microwave
radiation and a bigger bill. Call EWEB for
your commissioners’ name and number.
Michael Lee
Eugene
TO THE RESCUE
I wanted to compliment the excellent
response time and conduct of two offi cers
from EPD and the Cahoots crew who
responded to my 911 call on behalf of
a woman and her friend near the UO
campus last week. I was fl agged down
as I was driving near the Bijou by a
screaming woman standing over a second
fallen woman who was apparently having
a medical crisis on the front lawn of the
Bijou.
My call to 911 lasted approximately
three minutes, at which point EPD
offi cers Stewart and Dewitt arrived, at
around the same time a Cahoots response
team got there. The 911 operator was
also very helpful initially in conveying
instructions to me on how to make certain
the unconscious woman was breathing
and in a safe body position while awaiting
the emergency personnel, but the offi cers
got the situation under immediate control
upon their arrival, dismissing myself and
the growing throng of onlookers, and took
to providing care for the young woman
and calming her friend in advance of the
ambulance.
I’m a frequent critic of EPD (at least
in my social circles), so I feel obliged to
recognize good work from two offi cers
and Cahoots as fi rst responders.
Connor Salisbury
Eugene
GIVE BEES A CHANCE
Justin Montoya, MD
1410 Oak St, Ste 102 in the Keiper Spine building
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STUDENT DISCONNECT
This is a call for reform of the Eugene
city government, specifi cally of the
City Council and mayoral positions. We
currently have eight council members
(twice that of Portland), yet as a student
of the UO, I feel deeply disconnected
from the city government and that we
the students are under represented and
undervalued by the city.
The police force rarely solves a
robbery; it patrols the streets looking
to give parking violations and citations
to underage drinkers and looking to
outside investment to revitalize the city’s
downtown. The lack of good police work
has created a dependency of the city on
the funds received from the continued
issuing of petty crime citations, while also
infl ating the police’s crime stats.
In addition, the parking meters near
campus make a fortune, but don’t make
sense when discussing social equity, as I
see no parking meters in the residential
areas of south Eugene. The tension
between students and police, combined
with little incentive for students to stay in
Eugene past graduation, goes against the
social equity and sustainable economic
development that all the City Council
members and mayor have listed under
their “special interests and concerns” on
the city website.
I challenge the city to prove me wrong.
Mayor Kitty Piercy, show me otherwise,
because until then we will continue to be
misrepresented in government, with no
real long-term investments in the city and
the college students will continue to pay
the price for the city.
Aidan R. Smith
Eugene
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I am a beekeeper and I live in the River
Road area. My bees fl y up to fi ve miles in
search of pollen and nectar and that pretty
much covers all of Eugene.
With all the new information coming
out how harmful pesticides are my
greatest fear is my bees will travel to one
of my neighbor’s yards that are using these
chemicals and poison my bees.
They have proven Roundup is not inert.
It and other harmful pesticides are being
found in our water, food and the air we
breathe. These pesticides are wreaking
havoc on our environment and poisoning
our country.
As a beekeeper I offer my services
freely but it comes at a huge cost to my
bees. If the pesticides don’t kill them
immediately then the bees bring the poison
home and poison their family slowly.
My bees are in your yard working hard
to pollinate your plants, veggies and fruit
trees. I hope you all respect that fact and
treat them kindly. Remember, we all eat
the honey and it is amazing.
We are all stewards of the land and it
is so important we protect the ones we
love. The next time you see a bumblebee,
honeybee or any other fl ying insect
remember without their pollination
services we would all perish.
For the sake of all future generations I
am asking my neighbors to all take a stand
and stop the sale and use of pesticides.
Give bees a chance.
Doug Hornaday
Eugene
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EUGENE WEEKLY MAY 31, 2012
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