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The Shedd Institute www.theshedd.org - 541.434.7000 The MTTA Revue - Summer 2018 Broadway in the Sixties Sun July 8 - Half past 4, Half past 7 Tonight! Shedd Theatricals 2018 Let's use it to take control away from drug cartels by ejecting the poisoned fruit from the drug trade: its illegality. People will never be talked out of their love af- fair with drugs. If leaders are there to fulfill the wishes of their constituents, then they should direct our strength to destroy the monopoly cartels have, which has been one reason driving immigrants into the U.S. If people don’t want this compromise, then they shouldn’t complain about “the illegals” or of our government’s treatment of them. David Ivan Piccioni Eugene was President Trump’s travel ban being upheld, followed by the court dealing a blow to public sector unions, a key branch of the Democratic Party. And now, President Trump gets to nom- inate another Supreme Court Justice. As we watch uber-liberals such as Rep. Maxine Waters and the crew at the Clin- ton News Network go into meltdown, I ex- pect that any day now the fringe left South- ern Poverty Law Center will flag SCOTUS as a “hate group.” Jerry Ritter Springfield NATIONAL SHAME GROW WISELY Housing is in short supply in Eugene, and it looks like many have blinders to car license plates from California, Nevada and numerous states across our country. They also don’t recognize unbearable weather patterns of heat, flooding and decreasing water supplies in many parts of our coun- try. Where do they think this huge increase in population coming to Oregon will live? We don’t want sprawling cities. We don’t want increased traffic. We don’t want Los Angeles smog. We want land saved for food grown nearby. Is all this possible? I feel so fortunate to live in Oregon, where legislators and land-use planners gave us such thoughtful plans for urban growth boundaries and increased density. I do hope we continue to plan growth wisely. Ruth Duemler Eugene STUPID LIBERALS First it was the Supreme Court’s deci- sion in the Colorado baker's case. Then it With limited resources, President Obama used his prosecutorial discretion to concentrate immigration forces on crimi- nals. Although he made a decision not to tear apart families and to give the dream- ers a break, 90 percent of the prosecutions were undocumented criminals and he was criticized as the “deporter-in-chief.” President Trump, doing the opposite, made a decision in February of 2017 to use terrorism as a tactic to scare off those hop- ing for asylum from countries where they and their children were in mortal danger. Trump used his prosecutorial discretion to criminalize asylum seekers (not against the law) and to prosecute undocumented families (a misdemeanor). He decided to tear little children from the arms of their mothers and scatter them all over the coun- try. Courts were overwhelmed, with 30-40 tried at a time. The agents became kidnap- pers and babysitters while the real crimi- nals are ignored. I care and am ashamed. Aren’t you? Jerry Brule Eugene July 20-29 The Shedd Oregon Festival of American Music 2018 August 1-11 IN THE HANDS OF THE MUSES Tributes to Songbook masters & mentors The Shedd eugeneweekly.com • July 5, 2018 5
