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Black Mambazo
ther case, it would serve your readers well
to research the matter independently if they
care to learn the truth, they certainly don’t
get it by reading Mr. Ritter’s comments.
Doug Curry
Eugene
AUDIT THE AUDITOR
If Eugene voters are looking to elimi-
nate waste in city government, they should
start by slashing the bloated salary of the
proposed city auditor. According to the
ballot description, the “Auditor [would be]
paid at least 70 percent of averaged salaries
of Eugene and Salem City Managers and
EWEB General Manger (approximately
$153,000 in 2017), plus same benefit pack-
age as Eugene City Manager.”
He or she would be paid more the Lane
County sheriff ($135,860), more than the
mayor of Portland ($131,560) and defi-
nitely more than the governor of Oregon
($98,600). Most telling, the proposed Eu-
gene city auditor would be paid more than
Portland’s ($110,802), who manages a
staff of 50 and a budget of $10 million.
I believe the city auditor would be the
highest paid elected official in Oregon! I
support cutting waste in city government
and want to see more accountability and
transparency. That is why I will be voting
“no” on this half-baked proposal.
Ben Torres
Eugene
HELPING MOTHERS
AND CHILDREN
Love the idea of creating a more peace-
ful and just world by focusing on kindness
and love (“All Lives Matter, Etc.,” Letters,
12/14). I believe in this and the action the
Dalai Lama refers to: ”Compassion is not
enough, you must take action.”
Of course, opportunities abound for us
in our daily lives to act with kindness and
compassion. In addition, at this time in the
world, poverty and unnecessary deaths are
being cut down with the chance of being
ended. Bipartisan legislation called the
Reach Every Mother and Child Act has
been introduced to make our efforts in this
work more efficient and effective.
You can help this legislation pass by
thanking Sen. Ron Wyden for cosponsor-
ing Senate Bill 1730 and asking Sen. Jeff
Merkley to the same. On the House side,
thank Oregon Representatives Bonamici,
Blumenauer, DeFazio and Schrader for co-
sponsoring House Bill 4022, and ask Rep.
Greg Walden to join them.
This action will help save the lives of
millions of mothers and children who die
of preventable causes every year. What a
great way to honor this season of goodwill!
Willie Dickerson
Snohomish, Wash.
KIDS NEED DOCTORS
We need Measure 101 because it pro-
tects Medicaid, which provides healthcare
for Oregon’s most vulnerable and provides
funding to ensure every child in Oregon has
a doctor and receives the regular check-ups
they need to stay healthy.
Kimm Carter
Veneta
UNIVERSAL LOVE
Black lives matter spiritually. When
we love universally, we develop compas-
sion for all the individual parts. Loving
and healing all the part supports the whole.
Spirituality is both inclusive and specific.
Our responsibility is to remove the ob-
stacles that prevent love from being fully
present. Love is, but we must remove the
obstacles that prevent it from fully mani-
festing in our world. There are no obstacles
in the realm of pure love.
But in our world, we have constructed
obstacles. And where there is any suffer-
ing, we all suffer.
It would not be loving to attend a
cancer rally and insist that all diseases
matter. Black lives matter not to the ex-
clusion of all other lives, nor as more
important. Black lives need our specific,
loving attention because, tragically, we
have historically acted as if they don't
matter.
Love universally, act specifically.
Christopher and Deb Michaels
Eugene
Jan 25
David
Grisman
Quintet
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