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particularly vulnerable situations from
predatory behaviors by unscrupulous
“professionals.” To be fair, critics of
licensure often argue such rules serve to
protect incumbents and are inconsistent
— Oregon requires new cosmetologists
to have 2,300 hours of training whereas
Washington requires only 1,600 — but
“less competition” does not mean “no
competition at all.”
True statutory monopolies are rare,
but can be found in the phone book under
“professional football” (the NFL) or “cable
franchise” (Comcast).
Keaton Miller, Ph.D.
UO assistant professor of economics
Eugene
of all community members should be
assisting the homeless to do what they are
unable to do for themselves. But that is not
what is happening.
Because the homeless are not welcome
to camp here at all, and anything like public
toilets, or garbage service that would
further invite, or enable them to do so, is
to be avoided, instead. These homeless are
merely a nuisance to be abated.
To add insult to injury, their abandoned
garbage is being used against them, as part
of a strategy to discredit and scapegoat,
effectively using them and their waste as
a renewable resource for public discontent.
Danielle R. Smith
Springfield
ABOUT KESEY SQUARE
QUIT THE GAME
I have worked downtown for more than
20 years. The above is not an inviting place
to visit.
George Carlson
Eugene
It is time for other football players at
the UO to follow the admirable example
of teammate Tom Tyner. He quit after
the game resulted in injuries to both
shoulders. Others should not wait for
injuries to alert them to the violence of
football. They should get out before such
injuries cause them to suffer increasing
pains in their later years.
George Beres
Eugene
GARBAGE HEROES
To all of the men and women whose daily
job it is to pick up our garbage and haul it
away to the landfill: You are also our heroes
— no less than firemen, EMTs or police.
All of you drivers look great and we thank
you for helping us keep our neighborhoods
looking great, too! But is it fair to expect
homeless individuals to be their own garbage
collector, hauling and removal service?
Privatizing the service of garbage disposal
for companies to handle is fine, because
we all live in such a wasteful, throw-away
society, so it is very convenient, efficient, it
creates jobs, and without these companies,
we would all be living in junkyards, having
neighborhood garbage wars with each other.
But the convenience of that service
is only available to those who live in an
apartment, or a home with an address, and
can afford to pay for it, or at least has it
included in their rent.
This is where government’s compelling
interest in the sanitation, health and safety
David Fri Mar 4
Lindley
Free Jazz Tickets for
Students program
Tierney Sutton Sat, Mar 5
Karen Warren
concert sponsor
AFFORDABLE WAGES
A panel addressing the controversy of
minimum wage was held at the UO Feb. 24
by the Student Labor Action Project. The
question was whether small businesses can
afford to pay wages such as $15 an hour.
The Department of Labor a few weeks
ago stated that 50 percent of businesses
don’t last more than four years as is.
Also, the expenditures a small venture
devotes to paying workers is relatively
small compared with other expenses.
This supports the idea that minimum
wages don’t majorly influence businesses’
survival and can rise.
But should they? A country that
considers itself “the greatest in history”
and cannot supply its workforce with the
Chico Schwall’s
American Roots
Wed March 9
The Harry Smith Anthology
String Band Classics from the Golden Age
Other shows coming up at The Shedd…
3.12 Mariachi Sol de Mexico
3.13 MTTA: Hammerstein!
3.15 Keb’ Mo’
3.20 Peter Frampton Raw
3.23 Lyle Lovett & Robert E. Keen
3.31 Loudon Wainwright III
4.1 Karla Bonoff
4.2 Moombah! Don’t Worry…
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