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Pam & David
Davini
Honey Whiskey Trio
Saturday, Feb 20
Honey Whiskey Trio Clinic Sat Feb 20, 1:30-3 pm
Free Jazz Tickets for
Students program
tape, get back!” I told her there wasn’t
any police tape, when another male cop
looking like a pit bull started yelling at me
from half a block away. He was extremely
rude and loved this opportunity to bark
orders in my face and act like a dumb ass.
Several other people who witnessed
how I was treated commented about how
rude the cops were and what dip-shits
they were. One woman shared her own
complaint about past experience with
Eugene’s cops.
If there is no police tape barrier defining
a crime scene, it is my opinion that citizens
can be as close to the scene as we choose.
If cops don’t want you there, they can
request politely that you move back.
Insulting people who pay their wages is
not necessary. There was no need to get
crazy with me.
Wayne Pierce
Eugene
GOP BACKS WORKERS
Minimum wage is zero if you can’t
find a job. Minimum wage doesn’t mean
maximum hours. Democrats in Salem are
halfway to their goal of taking away local
control and setting artificial rates. SB
1532A has passed the Senate and is now
being voted on in the House. It appears
they don’t care if you lose paid hours, lose
your job or lose control of your future. You
lose.
Let’s get some new ideas to start
helping working families to win right now:
Poverty is caused by 30-hour
workweeks. Full-time workers could earn
$4,700 extra per year at minimum wage.
Temporary part-time work schedules are
the real culprit to financial insecurity. Get
an immediate 25 percent raise going from
30 to 40 hours. Government regulations
are strangling your local employers. Help
them employ you full-time.
Empower minimum or low hourly
workers by supplementing their paycheck
with a percentage of the payroll tax, going
to workers instead of Salem. Net neutral
for the employer, but the worker gets
more. Legislators should contribute a fair
share from government budgets to prevent
unemployment.
Republicans want all Oregonians to
prosper. Republicans are the minority in
legislature; if you want out of poverty
and want a job, you need to get to work
on the Democrat representatives in Salem.
Republicans are already on your side.
Cindy Land
Lane County Republican Party
Chairperson
Brian Blade Fellowship
Wednesday, Feb 24
WORDS TO LIVE BY
Happy New Year! Good time to hit
reset, start over. Let’s start with a new
motto for our fair city. The “World’s
Greatest City…” thing was not going
to last, and it didn’t. So what are we left
with? “A Kinda Sorta Great City for the
Arts. And the Outdoors.” The latter is not
standing up to scrutiny in a town where
we cut down everything with bark. (And
what’s left we hide behind big cheesy
buildings.) And as for the arts, I don’t see
that much.
Yes, we have great live theater, a
vibrant music scene, several professional
orchestras, galleries that hang in there.
But beyond the generous philanthropy
that keeps the Symphony, The Shedd,
etc. invested, most of what happens in
the arts is done by the artists themselves.
No recognition, few opportunities for
development. No, that doesn’t work either.
So I suggest a motto that’s really about
us, that conveys what our community says
to newcomers and old-timers alike. Here
it is: “Eugene, Oregon: We Drive Like
Idiots.” We run red lights, tailgate, roll
through stop signs and drive all over the
bike lanes. Solid white lines, stop lines at
intersections — they mean nothing to us.
I tried to see how far I could drive from
home without someone doing something
rude, reckless or illegal and I couldn’t get
half a mile. It’s weird to live in a town
where everyone can use a smart phone, but
A Fiddlers’ Feast
Thu, Feb 25
Pam & David
Davini
My Stupid Heart Tour
Shawn Mullins Sat, Feb 27
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