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DON’T COUNT ME
IN WITH CONTE
Just as candidates reject endorse-
ments from sleazy politicians like Don-
ald Trump, I reject the cynical compli-
ment from Paul Conte (Letters, 8/25)
for my Eugene Weekly Viewpoint, “The
Town Square Sting” (8/18).
None of the issues he piles on have
anything whatsoever to do with what
I was writing about. And I am not in
agreement with him on any of them.
There was no “bait and switch” involved
in any of them. There was no “sting” in-
volved. Just a washroom list of things
that Conte does not like. The last thing
that I want is for my name to be associ-
ated in any way with anything that Con-
te advocates for, or against.
Bob Warren
Eugene
THANKS FOR THE OBITUARY
Thank you for the caring words about
Sam Brown (“Sam Brown: 1958-2022,”
EW 8/25) and sharing the circumstanc-
es around his passing.
I had numerous good chats with
Sam outside the post offi ce. He would
play. I would listen. Just a gentle music-
loving soul. I didn't know that he was
unhoused. But I support buskers, and
told him so, and I always made sure I had
some cash in my pocket on my runs to
the post offi ce in case he might be there.
May he rest gently in the sturdy arms
of Love.
Mary Sharon Moore
Springfi eld
YES, WE NEED
BETTER EMERGENCY
VETERINARY CARE
Thanks for highlighting the diffi -
culty of getting urgent vet care and the
need for the emergency vet hospital
in Springfi eld (“Doggone Vet Access,”
EW 8/25). Our vet refused to see our
dog Blaise because what we described
over the phone was disregarded as not
urgent by our vet at a west Eugene ani-
mal hospital. Fortunately, doctor “B”
at VCA Westmoreland Animal Hospi-
tal squeezed him in and then promptly
sent us to the emergency vet hospital
in Springfi eld. They quickly diagnosed
that he was in an Addisonian crisis
and saved our dog from certain death.
Thanks again for your story.
Frank, Judy & Blaise Webster
Eugene
BETSY JOHNSON SHOULD
SUPPORT OREGON VOTERS
I was considering supporting Betsy
Johnson for governor. I couldn’t sup-
port far left Tina Kotek and am not en-
amored with RINO Christine Drazan.
But then Johnson announced that she
would repeal Measure 110.
Measure 110, which decriminalized
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possession of certain hard drugs, was
a really bad idea that has caused much
harm in our state. Sold to voters as an
anti-racist measure (apparently making
hard drugs illegal is racist), it has never
accomplished its promised benefi t.
Quite the opposite: It paved the way
for increased drug traffi cking and exac-
erbated homelessness and crime. Ask
any district attorney.
Oregon’s overdose deaths rose by 40
percent last year compared to 16 per-
cent nationwide. Fewer than 1 percent of
Measure 110 interactions have resulted
in the apprehended person exploring
recovery options, which was the prime
directive of the measure. By any analy-
sis, Measure 110 has been a costly abject
failure and has left personal tragedy in
its wake.
But Measure 110 was a voter man-
date. To me, the most egregious sin an
elected offi cial can commit is support-
ing the repeal of a voter mandate. That’s
what Johnson says she’ll do. It’s what
Kotek and every Lane County Democrat
in the Legislature have done repeat-
edly. That’s just another example of how
they consistently demonstrate what the
Bend Bulletin called “protracted con-
tempt for the voters.”
The only legitimate way to overturn
a voter mandate is to put it back before
the voters. Knowing what we now know,
Measure 110 would be an excellent can-
didate.
Jerry Ritter
Springfi eld
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S P E C I A LT Y G R O C E R Y
‘THEY SIMPLY DON’T
LIKE SYRETT’
The Claire Syrett recall campaign is
laced with hypocrisy and contradiction;
it supposedly revolves around a planned
bus lane along part of River Road. Those
involved in the recall campaign have
their own private transportation. At
hand public transportation is frowned
upon; it infringes upon their elitist fan-
tasies. Carbon emissions might be of
concern to others, but not to them.
The recall literature purports con-
cern about homelessness and crime.
Homelessness cannot be solved locally,
or even regionally; it's a national issue.
To expect any solution to homelessness,
locally, is naive and not well researched.
The recall campaign suggests hiring
more cops as a way to stop crime. This
is also naive and not well thought-out.
Crime exists for many reasons; primarily,
it exists because of the contradictions
between the Haves and the Have-nots.
This is also a national issue and cannot
be solved locally. To even mention these
issues in their recall literature indicates
the hypocrisy of those involved in the re-
call campaign. “Hey! Claire! C'mon! Stop
crime and solve the homelessness issue!”
There's no magic wand for these issues;
to lay them at Syrett's feet is absurd.
People such as those involved in the
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