LET TERS
PRIZES FOR TRUMP
Why be a piker? Trump should be
awarded all the Nobel Prizes.
Peace for raising the status of a cheap-shit
dictator. Literature for his tweets. Science for
wetting his bed. Physics for taking up space
a better person could fill. And medicine
for making everybody in the world sick at
the same time.
Who else could do that?
June Smith
Oakridge
isn’t being more amenable when it comes to
what could be such a simple solution (not a
fix, but a solution) to our housing crisis.
I inherited a nice home with a huge
backyard in the Cal Young neighborhood.
I work my tail off to maintain the mortgage
and the yard. It would help me so much
to have an ADU [accessory dwelling unit]
and it would help someone to have an af-
fordable and safe place to live.
I want to understand why this is such a
terrible thing in your eyes.
Monika Kohl
Eugene
ROUND ’EM UP!
They’ve made us laugh: Jim Carrey, Mike
Meyers, Seth Rogan, John Candy, Dan Ayk-
royd, Catherine O’Hara, Tommy Chong, Sa-
mantha Bee, Leslie Neilsen and many more.
They’ve tickled our funnybones, but at
what price? Can’t people see that Canadi-
ans are stealing our laughs? When will it
end? Can our president save us from this
unfair trade imbalance?
They are stealing the jobs of good
American comics, subverting us with their
Canadian laughter. When will we stop this
flood of humor into our country? Can no
one save us from these funny foreigners?
Walker T. Ryan
Eugene
A MODEST PROPOSAL
I just read the update from WE CAN
[Walkable Eugene Citizens Advisory Net-
work] regarding Monday’s City Council
meeting, and I am so incredibly disappointed.
I just don’t understand why the City Council
DIVIDE AND CONQUER
My daughter and I went to eat at Ke-
sey Square around 11:45 am. Several kids
stretched out in front of the Ken Kesey me-
morial. Behind the memorial, City Manger
John Ruiz stood looking at the kids while
talking to a colleague.
My daughter and I sat down at the picnic
benches. Ruiz commented loudly that their
dog seemed not to have a registration tag. My
daughter read her book while Ruiz called se-
curity guards, yelling, “Get over here, now.”
One guard spoke with Ruiz when a cou-
ple approached, complaining about some-
one wavering around the block. The guards
passed. Still the shorter of the two guards
stopped for a moment and shouted at the
kids before moving on.
Ruiz leaned over his phone and texted.
In a minute an armed officer arrived.
She questioned the kids. A male officer ar-
rived. Ruiz looked on. Eventually a young
woman returned carrying sodas. Her friends
dispersed and she was issued tickets for the
dog. After, Ruiz spoke with the officers.
We’ve allowed Ruiz, the City Council,
police and security to target, harass and
punish those they deem “outside the
norm.” Targeting groups and creating
second-class citizenship is the time-tested
political strategy, divide et impera. Under
this strategy, we all suffer.
My complicity and lack of protest has
made this possible. I’m disgusted by our
City Manager’s actions, but I also feel
ashamed of myself.
Otis Haschemeyer
Eugene
EW reached out to the city, which responded: “The pur-
pose of the ordinance is to create a safer downtown for
everyone. It is only targeted at people who have a dog and
would like to bring it downtown. The intent was to provide
information to the owner about the updated rule that re-
quires them to hold a valid dog license certifying the dog
has been vaccinated for rabies.”
CARBON NATION
Another hot summer? Our CO2 levels
are increasing after hearing warnings of
climate change since the 1950s. Where are
our elected representatives?
Today I inquired when I could travel by
train to visit my daughters in California.
The answer was “no trains going south,
and no longer connecting buses for maybe
another five months.”
This means increased trucking and air-
planes for increased CO2. Maybe the new,
$88-million OSU ships could transport
people and merchandise to coastal ports?
Maybe instead of dollars for Beltline,
Franklin and new ships, we should have
spent money on improved trains?
Would this have happened in Europe,
Scandinavia or Asia?
Ruth Duemler
Eugene
BUT OF COURSE
Recently, in looking up how to spell
trumpeter, as in the swan, I discovered the
word trumpery: noun, meaning “attractive
articles of little or no value”; adjective, for
“showy, but worthless.”
Trumpery derives from the Middle
French tromper, meaning “to deceive.”
Don French
Eugene
DUPLICITY, GREED AND LOSS
A Poem:
(Fuck You, O)
The notices for tree removal
Were removed
Before the track and field
Events
You two-faced phonies
You bureaucratic snakes
That slither
Tongues licking the boots
Of your benefactor
Celebrate our history
On T.V.
The crowds leave
The chainsaws rumble
The wrecking balls loom
Spelling out clearly
Hayward’s doom
Aaron Kimball
Eugene
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