SPRINGFIELD
EUGENE
Supporting a Unifi ed Community
• There are not a lot of people in life who always greet you with a smile and exude
goodwill and bonhomie no matter how stressful the day. Richard Hunt, EW’s circulation
manager, was one of those people. He died suddenly over Thanksgiving weekend and
we are bereft. Please read his remembrance in this issue and hold your loved ones
tight.
• Our congressman, Peter DeFazio, has alerted us to one of the traps of the
Republicans’ terrible tax bill if it passes into law. If the national debt goes too high
under this break for the rich, DeFazio is concerned that the R’s will go after Medicare,
Medicaid, Social Security and other pieces of this country’s safety net. Right now the
bill is such a mess that responsible R’s are not supporting it. More responsible R’s,
please.
• We don’t read much about this in the mainstream media, but some of the most
important decisions Donald Trump’s administration will make are the judicial
appointments. A battle is under way between the Trumpians and Oregon Democratic
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden over who will fill the Oregon vacancy on the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals and the vacancy for the U.S. District Court for Oregon. So far, our
senators have blocked one candidate and caused the application deadline to extend
through Dec. 1 because the “judicial selection committee found that the applicant pool
was not as geographically diverse as they had hoped.” Watch for the next round.
Equality & Dignity for All People
Oregon Ballot Measure 101:
Join us with a YES vote for Healthcare for All Children
The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic
equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. In Lane
County, primary activities include implementation of education programs and events
for public awareness and community building. The Eugene Springfi eld NAACP also
coordinates institutional collaborations to increase cultural inclusion.
Visit our offi ce at the Historical Mims House
330 High Street, Eugene • 10am to 1pm • Monday - Friday
Contact us to get involved with youth programs:
BTS Tutoring Program: education@naacplanecounty.org
Act/So: actso@naacplanecounty.org
Youth Council: youthcouncil@naacplanecounty.org
Join Us For
Love You Madly: Dinner, Art & Converstaion
At the Historic Mims House every Wednesday in December
7pm to 10pm • FREE TO ATTEND
Register at naacplanecounty.org • (541) 632-4270
32nd Annual MLK March
Monday, January 15, 2018 • 9am - 12pm
Freedom Fund Dinner
Friday, February 16, 2018 • 6pm to 9pm, Valley River Inn
Register now at naacpfreedom2018.eventbrite.com
naacplanecounty.org
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• We’re gratified to hear that former Register-Guard arts reporter Randi Bjornstad
has won her arbitration against the newspaper, which fired her in September 2016 for
alleged dishonesty and destruction of company property. At the time of her firing,
Bjornstad, then co-president of the local chapter of Communication Workers of
America/The Newspaper Guild, had been working in support of another fired reporter,
entertainment writer Serena Markstrom Nugent. Bjornstad, who has been writing an
arts blog, theeugenereview.com, now gets reinstated, with back pay.
“Thanks to all of you who knew me better than to believe I would act ‘dishonestly’
or in any way ‘destroy company property,’ as alleged,” she posted on Facebook. “And
on this Thanksgiving Day, please be thankful for and support — now more than ever
— the important role of unions in protecting the rights and welfare of workers in this
country.”
• Net neutrality is such a basic part of our modern lives in the U.S. you might not
have thought much about it until now. It is the basic principle that keeps your internet
service provider — like AT&T, Comcast, Verizon etc. — from slowing down, blocking or
even speeding up the content, applications or websites you use. The Federal
Communication Commission votes on net neutrality Dec. 14. An open internet in this
day and age is a huge part of free speech. But Trump FCC chairman Ajit Pai wants to get
rid of net neutrality and this would allow companies to determine the content you
access. Go to gofccyourself.com and you should see: 17-108 and the misleading
name, “Restoring Internet Freedom.” Click “express” and tell the FCC why the free
internet should remain free.
• While we hate to lose his fact-checking skills and excellent environmental
coverage in Eugene Weekly, we are delighted to announce EW intern turned freelance
writer Carl Segerstrom has been selected for a competitive High Country News paid
internship. There he will join former EW intern Anna V. Smith who is now HCN’s assistant
editor. As fans of nonprofit HCN’s environmental coverage, we are delighted to send
good writers their way!
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