never were given a chance to vote on it, de-
spite clear opposition to turning the major
artery of Willamette Street into a two-lane
road already burdened with many turn offs.
Capstone, the greatest blunder in Eu-
gene planning since Ya-Po-Ah, will be a
blight for decades; the lack of setbacks and
landscaping is horrific.
But there is even more: A last-minute
intervention kept Ruiz from ramming
through the immensely unfair and unpopu-
lar South Willamette redevelopment plan.
And, during all of this, Ruiz has walked
daily through our downtown, seemingly
unaware of or unable to address the most
serious need of all: citizen safety.
It took a study to convince Ruiz what
had been apparent to Eugeneans for years:
Downtown “travelers” had taken over, in-
timidating us from enjoying our own town.
For years, citizens were embarrassed of
City Hall because Ruiz had ceased main-
taining it. Worse, we have paid $5 million
for a pile of rubble (an independent audit
of this is long past due).
And worst of all, Ruiz has just been
stopped from raiding half of the Comcast
$419 million windfall to expand this fias-
co’s budget by 46 percent.
It is time to thank Mr. Ruiz for his “ser-
vice,” and summarily show him the door.
Jayme Vasconcellos
Eugene
EUGENE’S LIMOUSINE
LIBERALS
Limousine Liberal Bourgeois continue
to rot their brains smoking tie-dye then
passing toxic and narcissistic legislation.
Their latest proposal is to demonize the
homeless further by criminalizing dogs
downtown and expanding our city’s no-
smoking ordinances — another deplorable
assault on Traditional American Values by
the Left.
There are many reasons to allow both
dogs and smoking downtown or across the
city in general: “Let the dogs roam free!”
We have no reason to make criminals of
otherwise law-abiding people and dogs.
Our City Council, mayor and city man-
ager have repeatedly shown both incompe-
tence and heartlessness. The city’s public
funds are completely wasted.
Eugene has real problems with drug
abuse, domestic violence, poverty and
hunger. How is our city supposed to solve
these problems when our officials cannot
get City Hall built within budget? Our city
already wasted $4 million dollars on con-
cept design and advising, paying it to out-
of-town corporations for City Hall.
In conclusion, dogs and smoking are
cool. The city needs to prioritize women’s
safety over the welfare of criminal junkies.
The People’s Rights to Puppies or Ciga-
rettes Shall Not Be Infringed, and deliver-
ing tampons for women should be a City
Budget priority.
Stefan Strek
Eugene
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