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sleepers, boozers, druggies, panhandlers,
buskers and the like is not a protected right.
The fact that businesses have to resort to
a form of subterfuge illustrates the problem,
which is that the rights of vagrants have, in
the minds of some, superseded the rights of
business establishments to conduct business.
If I owned a downtown business I would
consider getting an “outdoor café” permit as
essential as having lights and plumbing, even
if I didn’t set up so much as a chair on the
sidewalk.
Karl Stout
Eugene
Many of us have been told that we use
something every day because it is safer,
faster and more convenient. There is a cost
to this luxury of modern technology that
needs to be realized. As a manager of a
small business here in town I can tell you
that at the end of the year 2013, our profits
were cut down by the usual suspects —
wages, energy expenses and maintenance
— but what surprised me most was the
charges incurred by customers using their
debit/credit cards. In fact, we were charged
nearly $24,000 last year.
These cards are easy to hold and use
but the benefits virtually end there. With
technology advancing at a breakneck pace
these cards make us more susceptible to
identity theft and hackers. Also, I challenge
you to have a faster transaction anywhere
when using your card as opposed to
paying in cash. Cash will win every time.
Furthermore, all the lovely local businesses
in town have to pay a hefty price for this
so-called convenience. If you really want
to support local and small businesses in the
future, use cash only.
Why allow the banks to run off with
even more of our money while doing a
jumping heel-click of happiness while
the ever-reliable greenback sits in our
pockets? Cash is fast, cash is safe and cash
saves businesses money.
I use my cards when I pay bills, get
gas at Chevron or for the inevitable trip to
Target to get cheap bedding. Otherwise, at
my favorite local shops, I will always use
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money, real money. This way as I shop
local, I’m not lining the pockets of those
who take so much already and would
prefer a society where nothing “one of a
kind” exists, nothing homegrown can be
profitable and monopoly is the only game
on the shelf.
Chad Hodgert
Eugene
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Regarding Alley Valkyrie’s Oct. 23
Viewpoint where she complains that
merchants are misusing the cities “outdoor
café” permit program, is she perhaps aware
that the main purpose of sidewalks (note the
sub word “walk”) is to allow pedestrians
to move from place to place on them? The
misuse of them by vagrants, including
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I’ve noticed a trend in recent articles
or the lack thereof in The Register-Guard
that seems to support the timber industry.
The one that is particularly interesting was
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herbicide atrazine, developed by Syngenta
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Near the end of the article it states:
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