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LET TERS
HAIL QUEEN HILLARY
I enjoyed Rick Levin’s perceptive ar-
ticle about Ashland’s culture [“Taming of
the Shrewd,” June 29], except for his line
comparing Hillary Clinton to Lady Mac-
beth. Clinton is not a murderer, nor a wom-
an who can only go mad when defeated. I
would compare Hillary Clinton to Queen
Catherine, first wife of Henry VIII.
In Henry Vlll, Catherine faces a rigged
trial. Shakespeare used some of her actual
speeches directed to the King, from Holin-
shed’s Chronicles. She speaks with dignity
and fierce anger to a court that is complete-
ly biased against her (Benghazi).
When Henry fought French wars, he
had left Catherine in charge of govern-
ing England, knowing that she had been a
wise counselor to him (Senator, Secretary
of State). During their marriage, he was
flagrantly unfaithful to her, which she en-
dured (Bill Clinton).
Until 2016, Hillary Clinton had the
respect of many people in our country,
as shown by her victory in the popular
vote. By this year, people were disrespect-
ing her in terms such as Levin used, adding
to the general air of our country as a nasty,
bitter, dirty-mouthed reality show.
Hillary Clinton will have another act
in her life, when she has healed from the
wounds of the last election.
Dina Wills
Eugene
from Amazon. But what will it mean for
the environment if we start getting the bulk
of even our organic food from the other
side of the planet?
Amazon’s prices for imported foods
would not reflect the actual cost of their
business practices. Our children will pay
the full price through climate change. I
don’t begrudge anyone their Costa Rican
banana, but your kale shouldn’t come from
Kazakhstan. We can grow it at a reason-
able price here without damaging the en-
vironment.
Marty Wilde
Eugene
AUDIT PLAUDIT
BEWARE THE FOOD
MONOPOLIES
I grew up on an organic farm west of
Eugene. My dad cofounded Organically
Grown, bringing healthy, local food to the
people of the Willamette Valley from lo-
cal farmers. He also sold his produce at
the Farmer’s Market and to local restau-
rants. People liked eating garlic, rhubarb
R ESEARCH O PPORTUNITY
The Continuum of Autism Spectrum Traits survey study
W HO CAN PARTICIPATE ?
We welcome parents of children and adolescents ages 6 — 18 years old
1. Children who have not been diagnosed with a disability
2. Children identifi ed as being on the Autism Spectrum through school,
doctor, or the CDRC at OHSU or UO
3. Children identifi ed as having a severe emotional or behavioral disorder
through school, doctor, or the CDRC at OHSU or UO
W HAT IS INVOLVED ?
You will be mailed a COAST survey tool and two other survey tools
related to child behavior to complete at home, which will take less than
two hours. You will return the survey tools to us in the pre-paid, self-
addressed envelope.
C OMPENSATION
This is an un-funded preliminary study. We cannot provide
compensation, but we will mail a thank you and a $2 bill to
volunteers, and a copy of research results and any published fi ndings to
participants when the study is complete.
Interested?
Please contact
Kate Panaccione
at (503) 494-2669
coast@ohsu.edu
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and horseradish that hadn’t come to the
U.S. in a container ship.
Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods
concerns me. Amazon’s purchase undoubt-
edly will further Walmartize a supply chain
that already transports food great distances
at a high carbon cost.
Sure, like most people, I’m happy to or-
der small electronics and other little items
Kudos to Mayor Lucy Vinis for propos-
ing a rational, fact-based approach to im-
proving city transparency by creating an
independent performance auditor [View-
point, June 22]. As she points out, other
communities have performance auditors
in place — I wonder how much they cost
and what are the best ways for Eugene to
implement an auditor’s office.
The extreme polarization of Eugene’s
political discussions is silly. Community
wide, political activists aside, I believe
the vast majority of community members
agrees more than we disagree. An indepen-
dent performance auditor would be very
helpful in improving the quality and cost-
effectiveness of city services and the tenor
of our community discussions.
Vinis’ example of combining auditing