TWO-PARTY STRANGLEHOLD
beautiful national forests and parks.
What I don’t like is how much of our
tax dollars go to war and the support of
wars and the killing of civilians, including
innocent children. I don’t want my money
to support a system that increases the num-
ber of people across the world that hate
U.S. citizens.
Those of you who are working toward
peace and justice please consider resisting
part of your war taxes. More than 50 per-
cent of our taxes support war, the military-
industrial complex and the interest on our
debt from past wars.
If all of us working for peace and justice
resisted even a small amount of money, per-
haps $5, and gave it to a good cause that is
facing cuts, it would send a strong message
to Washington that we want our country’s
priorities to change. This would be a low
risk action. Lets make the USA kind.
To learn more about becoming a war-
tax resistor look at nwtrcc.org and come to
the Tax Justice rally and march at 1pm Sat-
urday, April 15, at Alton Baker Park.
Sue Barnhart
Eugene
SCHOOL BOARD NEEDS
ROSIEK
Jerry Rosiek’s leadership in the UOTe-
ach program at the University of Oregon
helped prepare me to advocate for the edu-
cational rights of my most vulnerable stu-
dents, those who are often marginalized by
a school’s culture and curricula. My high
school language arts students deserve an
education that affirms their diverse experi-
ences and perspectives.
As teachers face increasing pressure
from administrators to deliver results from
high-stakes testing, we need leaders who
advocate for the creation of social justice
curricula that is not usually reflected in
textbooks or standardized tests.
Jerry Rosiek is committed to improv-
ing our community through progressive
educational policies that create equity and
greater opportunity for our students. The
Eugene 4J School Board needs him
Jordan Jacobo
Albany
RUSSIAN DISTRACTION
Russia was notified before our own
Congress — Trump declares his own per-
sonal war on Syria.
This smells like another cheap distrac-
tion for Fox News simple minds … don’t
follow my money, Trump’s no Russian go-
pher, big tough guy makes America great
again!
One missile through Assad’s palace
window would have been a more effective
message than 57 sent to dustbowl nowhere.
We really showed ’em!
Glenn Jones
Eugene
SAVE THE ELEPHANT
We hope you will consider this petition
asking the Oregon Zoo to release Chen-
dra, the zoo’s only Borneo elephant, to an
accredited wildlife sanctuary. The petition
link is at thepetitionsite.com.
Chendra was taken from the wilds in
Borneo as a baby and shipped to the Or-
egon zoo. She is blind in one eye and has
been rejected by the zoo’s Asian elephant
herd. She spends most of her time isolated
and alone.
Elephants are highly intelligent, sen-
tient creatures that are not suitable for zoo
captivity. Please help us urge the Oregon
Zoo to consider letting Chendra live out
the rest of her life in a peaceful, natural
habitat in a climate that is conducive to her
good health.
As you will see, this petition has nearly
200,000 signatures; roughly 4,000 of those
are Oregonians. We need 10,000 Oregon
signatures.
We hope you will sign and share this
petition.
Jennifer Reed
Free the Oregon Zoo Elephants
Portland
I believe it was my letter that Joe Tyndall
referenced in his latest screed against So-
cial Justice Warriors (Letters, 3/23). How-
ever, I’m not interested in the debate Joe of-
fers. Debates are entertainment where two
polemics slug it out for the amusement of
their respective fans. I have never seen a
debate resolve an issue or solve a problem
— and that’s what I’m interested in.
Segments of both Trump and Bernie
supporters complain of economic inequal-
ity and dismal futures. Polling on spe-
cific issues, when devoid of partisanship,
shows surprisingly high agreement among
the general population. Why are we not
working on issues of agreement and hav-
ing resolution-oriented discussions on
points of disagreement?
The big issues must be addressed.
Shortsighted political arguments serve
the longevity of the two-party sys-
tem, but the resulting stagnation and
lack of leadership is killing us; multi-
party democracy with proportional
representation could redeem our politics.
Leadership must keep pace with chang-
es in society; automation will continue to
displace workers but a guaranteed-income
scheme would alleviate poverty, negate the
need for social services and allow people
to live on the part-time, low-paying jobs
that will dominate the future.
Earth’s resources are finite and its eco-
logical balance is delicate; society must
learn to restrain itself within Earth’s life
supporting limits.
These are issues I would like to hear
discussed by the solution-minded people
and leadership of this country.
James Stauffer
Eugene
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