letters
this option is being pushed through and
if it is the best choice for this park and
the community?
Nancy Almand
Eugene
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PAID FOR BY MARY VUKSICH-SHAFER, PO BOX 50034, EUGENE, OR 97405
Upcoming City of Eugene
Budget Committee Meetings
My partner and I frequently walk
through the Whiteaker neighborhood
to one of our favorite restaurants, New
Day Bakery. It’s appalling how much
trash and garbage we encounter along
the way. Some is from convenience
store purchases, some from those liv-
ing in tents along the street and railroad
tracks. As I look around, I realize there
are no bins or dumpsters to put the
trash in. I’m certain most people would
use them if they were available.
Another idea: Hire the resident un-
housed to patrol the neighborhood to
pick up trash, and deposit it in the new
trash cans or dumpsters.
Bill Klupenger
Eugene
YES, THIS IS CLASS WARFARE
Todd Reed (Letters 3/24) claims
Eugene’s proposals to open up single-
family home zoning, as required by HB
2001, will result in 42-foot apartment
buildings whose renters will park on the
street. Horrors! My heart just bleeds for
this privileged middle-class homeowner
who will be forced to live with renters in
his neighborhood.
Nowhere in his letter is the slight-
est awareness that Eugene is in a rental
housing crisis, resulting in a homeless-
ness crisis. All he wants to do is keep his
cozy neighborhood the same, by keep-
ing us out.
I actually hope all his catastrophic ex-
pectations come true, although I doubt
it. This is just class warfare. They’ve
had their day, and that day has passed.
NIMBYs need to shut up and get the hell
out of our way.
Lynn Porter
Eugene
HB 2001 HURTS
HOMEOWNERS
I’m worried about HB 2001, for my-
self and others living in R-1, suppos-
edly protected neighborhoods. It took
my wife and me 60 years to realize our
dream of owning our own home. We
worked hard for it.
The new zoning change, if imple-
mented, takes the carpet out from un-
der homeowners who carefully invested
in their homes.
We bought our home feeling our invest-
ment was safe and secure. We also invest-
ed money in new fl ooring, a new heating
system, new electrical wiring, improved
the bath and kitchen, painted inside and
out and added new double-pane windows
plus many more improvements. We un-
derstood that these improvements would
increase the value of our investment.
It was our intention to use any in-
crease in value for future medical and
nursing home costs. That appreciation,
the very reason we bought the home,
may not occur if there is a drastic dis-
ruption in zoning laws.
I do not want a duplex or a multiplex
next to my home. Many years ago I was a
residential appraiser. A multiplex next to
a single family home lowered its value. I’m
not saying that all renters are careless,
but they are not invested, so they have no
incentive to care for the property.
Now comes the HB 2001 law that
threatens my long term investment, and
my life long dream of owning a home in
a compatible neighborhood. Somehow
this is not right.
Joe R. Blakely
Eugene
AN OVERDOSE OF IRONY
Anybody else notice that censorship
has spread from the right wing (Alex
Jones, Donald Trump) to the left wing
(Glenn Greenwald, Chris Hedges)? Isn’t
it ironic that anti-war activists from the
’60’s-70’s have been turned into pro-war
advocates now? A little bit too ironic.
Stephen Thiel Cole
Eugene
All meengs are scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.
To watch the meengs, provide public comment, and obtain meeng materials
go to the City of Eugene website:
Native Plant
Nursery
www.eugene-or.gov/BudgetCommiee
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
City Manager’s presentaon
on the FY23 Proposed Budget
Budget Commiee deliberaon
and public comment on the
FY23 Proposed Budget
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Budget Commiee deliberaon
and public comment on the
FY23 Proposed Budget
Budget Commiee deliberaon,
public comment, and recommendaon
on the FY23 Proposed Budget
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