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trendy or hip or popular. I think he needs to get over his beef with the trendy doughnut shops and start focusing on either quality of product or quality of business if he wants to be a food critic. If you really are just looking to buy your doughnut on taste alone and truly don’t care if it is made at a gas station or the hippest place in town, then I offer you a challenge, Ben Ricker: I’ll pay to do a blind taste test of all the doughnut shops in Eugene. Just name the time and place. Heather Jones Eugene that if they enter a community with no concern for that society’s well being, those lack of feelings will be returned tenfold. If you invade, trash and abuse, you will be resented and even denied normal respect and support. I believe that we should only embrace those who return our efforts in some fashion. If we keep extending the proverbial olive branch, with no appreciation or obligation to help out in return, the situation will only get worse. I am very willing to help those who try to help themselves and also, of course, those who for whatever reason are unable to help themselves. Robert England Eugene VOTING FOR HILLARY On Jan. 20, 2017, we will have a new president. After the dust settled on the two major national conventions a few weeks ago, it is clear to me that the president will either be narcissist billionaire Donald Trump or former United States Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. I am urging Lane County voters to join me in voting for Hillary Clinton. As a lawyer and longtime elected official in this community, there are many reasons to vote for Hillary Clinton, but one of the reasons to vote for her is that her opponent is Donald Trump. Mr. Trump is, by my experience over a 40-year career in public service at the federal, state and local levels, the worst and least competent nominee of a major political party in history. In my opinion, the worst thing he did in the campaign is to threaten a sitting federal judge. The threat against Judge Gonzalo Curiel showed a complete disregard for respect for the separation of powers concept that is essential for all elected officials to observe. Hillary Clinton has a strong progressive voting record as a United States senator and has the experience and temperament to be a great president. She is the best qualified candidate for president in U.S. history. In the primary, I supported Bernie Sanders, and I now ask you to please join me, President Obama and Senator Sanders in voting for Hillary Clinton for president. Pete Sorenson Lane County Commissioner Eugene EW BURN As I write this I stand over a pile of wadded up and crushed copies of Eugene Weekly, and in front of me is a pile of burning Eugene Weeklys. This wasn’t malicious, simply coincidental, but I realized that the Eugene Weekly does so much for so many people who never read the poorly written articles within your “paper.” I picked up several stacks of EW as packing material for moving. This protected my various glasses and china BERNIE’S MEASURE quite well, kudos. Once done moving into my new house, it was time to fire up the barbecue, and EW was again to the rescue as the cheap printing material is fantastically flammable. These events gave me an epiphany: If literally nobody reads EW anymore because of the corporate bias blatant in their poorly written articles, what are people using EW for? I listed the top five uses for EW: #1 Toilet paper for the homeless, #2 packing material, #3 BBQ starter, #4 floor covering to collect animal droppings, #5 paper crafts like origami/ paper maché. Please get better journalists, editors, and stop being an embarrassment to our city. Stefan Strek Eugene POISON EXPOSURE This week at the Lane County Board of Commissioners meeting, I advised them not to mess with the citizens initiative process, so that Lane County residents may vote to give ourselves relief from aerial herbicides. In responding, Commissioner Bozievich referred to “the Triangle Lake incident” as if it were a single unfortunate event. In truth, Oregonians living near industrial timberlands are at risk of poison exposure twice a year, year after year, the standard being spring and fall sprays to kill all vegetation in monocrop plantings. Lynn Bowers Forestland Dwellers Eugene RED BARN CHEMTRAIL CONSPIRACY Nicholas S. Anderson is unsure about the difference between chemtrails and contrails [Letters, 8/25]. There is a clear difference and, while I am no scientist or engineer, I believe I can provide a good layman’s explanation. Contrails are not “sprayed,” as Nicholas contends. They are created from airplane engine exhaust. Contrails are composed primarily of water vapor, which condenses and freezes at high altitudes ("con" equals condensation). Contrails are man-made, line-shaped clouds, but clouds nevertheless, and they act predictably like natural clouds. Temperature, humidity and wind conditions all affect the formation and dispersion of clouds. Just as natural clouds persist all day or fade or blow away, so too do contrails. Chemtrails have the same composition and attributes as contrails (see above). There is but one difference. Chemtrails are part of a conspiracy, slyly engineered by the evil shadow government to control our minds and distract us from reality. Is it working? Michael L. Yaeger Eugene TROUBLING BEHAVIOR As an old-timer in Eugene, I have to wonder why it hasn’t occurred to the rootless travelers and even the many downtrodden (for want of a better term) Bernie Sanders has just launched a new organization, “Our Revolution,” that will carry forward the work he started in the Democratic primary this spring. As he promised his supporters, the fight for social and economic justice will not end with the primary but will be carried on by millions of Americans in their cities and their states. Bernie campaigned on the idea that income inequality and corporate control of our political and economic systems are a threat to our democracy. He called on the large corporations and the top one percent to pay their fair share in taxes. He got millions of votes in the Democratic primary on this platform, and he beat Hillary Clinton here in Oregon. Now we have a chance to put his ideas into practice by passing Measure 97 in November. Oregonians can send the strong message to the rest of the country that we the people have the power to demand that the largest corporations doing business in Oregon pay their fair share in taxes. Right now our state has the lowest overall business tax in the nation. Bernie’s supporters will vote yes on this measure, and we know how the Republicans will vote. The question is whether Hillary’s supporters will step up and support Oregon schools, seniors and health care. Let’s begin Bernie’s “political revolution” here in Oregon and show what people's democracy looks like. Feel the Bern! Pete Mandrapa Eugene SCHOOL FOOD With the new school year starting, parents’ to-do lists are now filled with shopping for school clothes, school supplies and school food. That’s right — school food! 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