The Shedd Institute
David Brower, one of the greatest
environmentalists of the 20th century, said
that Clinton and Gore did more damage to
environmentalism than Reagan and Bush,
because environmentalists let Democrats
wreck regulations instead of taking a
nonpartisan approach to public health.
Regarding the Ward 1 race, the
establishment is promoting Josh Skov
for his alleged environmental credentials.
Skov was with the consulting firm “Good
Company,” which was hired by EWEB to
claim that the Seneca Sawmill incinerator
is clean and green. Good Company’s
website states they’ve helped other timber
companies, ODOT’s highway expansion
program and other polluters supposedly
go “green” through rhetoric, baby steps
and carbon credits. My favorite analysis of
“carbon credits” is at cheatneutral.com.
Skov would be a great fit for the city of
Eugene’s strategy to go “carbon neutral” by
buying carbon credits to supposedly offset
the planned widening of Beltline highways
and the overdevelopment boondoggles
the planning department is pushing on
reluctant neighborhoods.
Admitting that climate change is real
while promoting pollution is sustain-a-
bullshit.
Sincere environmental efforts would
recognize we have passed the limits to
growth on a round, finite planet.
Mark Robinowitz
Eugene
DISCOVER SKOV
Ward 1 residents have the opportunity
to elect one of the most competent,
community-minded
and
progressive
people in town to Eugene City Council:
Joshua Skov.
Like many of his neighbors in Ward
1, Josh raises chickens, has rooftop solar
panels and bikes his two daughters to
school. But Josh also knows that individual
commitments to sustainability have to be
matched by community-wide efforts. He
co-founded a company that helps
businesses and public agencies meet their
sustainability goals, and he was a founding
member of Eugene’s Sustainability
Commission. He works to make Eugene
better for people, the economy and the
planet.
Josh has a special interest in
transportation and land use. He knows that
when people live close to where they shop,
work or play, and when they can walk,
bike or take the bus to get around, it saves
them money and improves their health
while also reducing traffic congestion
and carbon emissions. Josh has spent
countless hours working on Envision
Eugene, Better Eugene-Springfield Transit
and LTD’s EmX Steering Committee to
improve housing and transportation
options for Eugene residents.
Josh recognizes that these issues can be
controversial. While his own viewpoint is
always insightful and sometimes brilliant,
he strives to hear opposing views. Josh’s
quick wit and friendly manner help him
talk amiably with people he disagrees
with. He knows that the best policies
are those that acknowledge and respect
different perspectives.
Discover Skov at joshuaskov.com —
and then elect him to City Council!
Sue Wolling
Eugene
www.theshedd.org - 541.434.7000
PUBLIC AUCTION
Roosevelt Middle School is being
demolished by 4J after school is out in
June to start on the new Roosevelt parking
lot construction.
4J should have a public auction to
sell and recycle usable materials from
Roosevelt instead of turning it into
wasteful garbage. Think of the huge
maple gym floor, rollout wood bleachers,
metal lockers, doors, desks, chairs,
cafeteria tables, kitchen supplies, etc.
School funds are needed to enrich our
educational system.
4J, please support a public auction
for BRING Recycling and Habitat for
Humanity, which will help relieve our
landfill.
Having a piece of the old Roosevelt
Middle School would be a great way
for students, parents, faculty and the
community to say goodbye.
Janet Bevirt
Eugene
WIG FIGHTS FOR ALL
I’m voting Chris Wig for City Council,
Ward 1.
Wig fights for everyone, from small
business owners to Eugene’s homeless.
He’s built a local Democratic party that
listens and acts boldly to help people.
Because of his focus on collaboration and
youth empowerment, our young people
are engaging with local issues vital to the
future of our city, state and planet.
Politics for Wig is not “out there.” It’s
here. It lives and breathes through us.
Wig isn’t just committed to curbing
homelessness, he lives it. He hardly knew
me when I’d hit hard times, but he opened
his home to me, saying, “We’re nothing
if we don’t take care of each other.”
Housing equity is huge for me. I
like Wig’s plan to muzzle MUPTE, so
we don’t see any more Capstones, with
“clawbacks” to ensure any company
caught lying will lose its tax break. Let’s
take back this exemption so it does what
it should: provides benefits in-line with
our values, to include green requirements
that combat climate change, encourage
cooperatives and micro-housing models
that house the homeless and grow density
in ways that actually fit the form and scale
of Eugene’s beautiful neighborhoods.
Communication is key. Wig listens
to the people impacted by any decision
before making his own. Wig knows that
talking and working together is the only
way to grow a city that works for all of us.
Steve Coatsworth
Eugene
WHO TO BLAME
Big banks are the super-predators.
Chris Pender
Eugene
Johnny
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w/ Jesse Clegg
Thu, April 28
Trio Brasileiro
Anat Cohen
Tuesday, May 3
Chico Schwall’s
American Roots
Karen Warren
concert sponsor
Wed, May 4
Hillbilly Blues
& The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Con & Mary Sheffer
concert sponsors
Dick Hyman
Evan Christopher
Thursday, May 5
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