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Page 4A OPINION (ast 2reJonian :eGnesGay 2Ftober Founded October 16, 1875 KATHRYN B. BROWN Publisher JENNINE PERKINSON Advertising Director DANIEL WATTENBURGER Managing Editor TIM TRAINOR Opinion Page Editor OUR VIEW TiJht housinJ market has FonseTuenFes for younJ SeoSle $ laFN oI housinJ in some Fities suSerintenGent saiG the GistriFt in (astern 2reJon has FontributeG to attemSts to Getermine housinJ an inFrease in stuGent homelessness status by FontaFtinJ Iamilies oI 'urinJ the sFhool stuGents Zho have suGGen irreJular year GistriFts stateZiGe serveG attenGanFe behavioral issues or more than . stuGents FhanJes in aGGress that e[SerienFeG homelessness ³,GentiIyinJ homeless stuGents is some time GurinJ the sFhool year larJely a ZorG oI mouth Jame´ she aFForGinJ to the 2reJon 'eSartment saiG ³, susSeFt there are stuGents in oI (GuFation That maNes Ior a our Fommunity that Zere misseG in SerFent inFrease over the sFhool year our Fount´ Srior 0ost oI the inFrease Zas Ior $FForGinJ to a reFently releaseG stuGents iGenti¿eG as ³unsheltereG´ reSort Irom 2reJon +ousinJ anG meaninJ they live in vehiFles tents &ommunity 6erviFes SerFent oI anG other Iorms oI substanGarG homeless 2reJonians ² more than housinJ SeoSle ² are unGer the aJe There Fan be oI no Goubt that too +omeless The number many 2reJon liaisons in eaFh FhilGren IaFe sFhool GistriFt are of homeless GaytoGay Zorries an eIIeFtive Zay students anG struJJles about to FonneFt Iamilies Zhere they live Zith serviFes ,n increased by This Goesn’t mean aGGition all our 9 percent from Fommunities bene¿t they are livinJ unGer briGJes or on FonFerneG the year prior. Irom siGeZalNs 6ome Fiti]ens FhurFhes anG Fharities that are in motels others make valiant efforts in vehiFles some to alleviate family Frises that may SreFariously SasseG arounG on the result in tenuous housinJ for loFal FouFhes oI IrienGs ,n any event kiGs it is horribly FhallenJinJ to NeeS ,t almost Joes Zithout sayinJ uS Zith homeZorN SartiFiSate in that some FonsiGerable SerFentaJe e[traFurriFular aFtivities or live of stuGents’ homelessness ZoulG be uS to Seer e[SeFtations Zithout solveG by better Mob oSSortunities for a Fonsistent anG saIe housinJ the aGults in their lives +oZever situation even harGZorkinJ FouSles ¿nG 'ata shoZs 3enGleton 6Fhool it inFreasinJly Gif¿Fult to afforG 'istriFt haG the hiJhest number oI homeless stuGents in housinJ in our JroZinJ state ² a number that has been GroSSinJ esSeFially in Fities like 3enGleton sinFe )rom it Zas GoZn that laFk a variety of afforGable to stuGents or about SerFent rental oStions oI the stuGent boGy +oZever :e all aJree that younJ staII FhanJes at the GistriFt mean SeoSle shoulG not JroZ uS in an the neZest numbers may not be as environment of homelessness nor aFFurate as Srior years the threat of it $nG Ze all aJree ,n Jeneral JettinJ an aFFurate that anythinJ Ze Fan Go to Jet our Fount oI homeless stuGents is very younJ SeoSle to sFhool keeS them GiI¿Fult in sFhool anG helS them e[Fel at %ryn %roZninJ +ermiston sFhool Zill make their future ² anG 6Fhool 'istriFt assistant our future ² better Unsigned editorials are the opinion of the East Oregonian editorial board of Publisher Kathryn Brown, Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, and Opinion Page Editor Tim Trainor. Other columns, letters and cartoons on this page express the opinions of the authors and not necessarily that of the East Oregonian. OTHER VIEWS 3enGleton Fourts inGustry builGs infrastruFture E fforts have been unGerZay askeG 3aFi¿F 3oZer to Serform a to make the airSort stuGy to iGentify SoZer FaSaFity inGustrial FomSle[ anG Getermine Fosts to e[SanG FomSetitive Zith other Fities the eleFtriFal FaSaFity of the anG , Zant to take the time to inGustrial Sark make sure Fiti]ens have more 2ver a year aJo Zhile Ze information about the SroFess Zere ZorkinJ on these Slans $s you knoZ the Fommunity Ze Zere aSSroaFheG by &y'at Robb voteG to builG a roaG to suSSort ,nGustries //& ²a subsiGiary Corbett of 0akaG &orSoration ² hoSinJ inGustrial GeveloSment in Comment anG that Zas the ¿rst steS to to lease lanG $s is Fustomary attraFtinJ businesses anG FreatinJ Ze have FreateG a list of aGGitional Mobs :hile Fity inFentives for them to of¿Fials involveG in the FomSlete a SroMeFt here SroMeFt laiG out the neeG for ZhiFh inFluGes free rent e[tenGinJ infrastruFture over tZo years that Zill there Zas never muFh likely inFluGe the Fourse of of a GialoJue Zith the their FonstruFtion Shase $s Fommunity about hoZ Ze , saiG this is vaFant lanG so Zere JoinJ to Jet it Gone the rentfree inFentive is not The EO summeG it uS niFely in a takinJ aZay from our buGJet -uly eGitorial titleG ³%arnhart ,f the SroMeFt is FomSleteG the annual 3ark neeGs Fity aFtion to be marketable´ ta[ revenue is estimateG to be nearly They Zrote ³The faFt remains the This helSs a number of ta[inJ site is barely an inGustrial Sark riJht GistriFts inFluGinJ 8matilla &ounty noZ Sotential inGustrial or business $GGitionally the SroMeFt ZoulG Jenerate GeveloSers ZoulG be takinJ the leaS on over Ser year to the airSort anG the basis of Fity Sromises to TuiFkly siJni¿Fant revenue from franFhise fees e[tenG Zater anG Jas lines the Fity +oZever , Zant to be Flear that FounFil anG manaJer shoulG Fontinue the inFentives Zill not take aZay from to Sursue SurFhasinJ lanG Then the our e[istinJ oSeratinJ buGJet anG the Fity shoulG run utilities inFluGinJ seZer risk to the Fity if they Gon’t FomSlete to the lanG so 3enGleton Goes have an the SroMeFt is iGle utility lines to our inGustrial site of a larJe si]e reaGy to inGustrial lanGs <es they Zill bene¿t Jo´ from the e[tension of utilities but that 6inFe that time Ze have FontinueG is Zhat Ze neeG to Go to attraFt any to Fourt inGustrial businesses anG Ze inGustrial business have been maSSinJ out a Slan to Go The Fommunity Zants to see e[aFtly Zhat the EO suJJesteG ² Jet businesses take root in this area :e the infrastruFture in SlaFe :e knoZ that are GoinJ everythinJ Ze Fan to lay the there are shovel reaGy inGustrial sites JrounGZork to make it haSSen available in the entire state )or us to This Fity ZelFomes &y'at anG FomSete Zith these sites Ze neeG utility hoSe their investment in 3enGleton serviFes is suFFessful as it ZoulG be so very ,n the last tZo years Ze have bene¿Fial to us all buGJeteG funGs for infrastruFture to Ŷ this area ,nfrastruFture GesiJns Zere Robb Corbett is the Pendleton city initiateG earlier this year anG the Fity manager. This city welcomes CyDat. OTHER VIEWS The 5eSubliFan inFomSetenFe FauFus T 3olitiFal iGentity beFame a sort of he +ouse 5eSubliFan FauFus is Flose to unJovernable these ethniF iGentity anG any FomSromise Gays +oZ GiG this situation Zas reJarGeG as a blooG betrayal Fome about" $ ZeirG FontraGiFtory mentality This Zas not Must the Zork of the reSlaFeG traGitional Fonservatism )reeGom &auFus or TeG &ru] or one 5eSubliFan raGiFals have FontemSt month’s aFtivity The 5eSubliFan for SolitiFs but they still believe that 3arty’s FaSaFity for effeFtive self transformational SolitiFal FhanJe JovernanFe GeJraGeG sloZly over the Fan resFue the nation 5eSubliFans David Fourse of a lonJ Fhain of rhetoriFal Brooks GeveloSeG a FontemSt for :ashinJton e[Fesses mental ForruStions anG anG Jovernment but they eleFteG Comment ShilosoShiFal betrayals %asiFally leaGers Zho maGe the most lavish the Sarty abanGoneG traGitional Sromises imaJinable *overnment Fonservatism for riJhtZinJ raGiFalism ZoulG be reGuFeG by a Tuarter 6hutGoZns 5eSubliFans Fame to see themselves as ZoulG haSSen The nation ZoulG be saveG insurJents anG revolutionaries anG every by transformational FhanJe $s 6teven revolution tenGs toZarG anarFhy anG enGs uS %ilakoviFs Zrites in his book ³'emoFraFy GevourinJ its oZn :ithout 3olitiFs´ ³even as Ze e[SeFt ever less of GemoFraFy Ze aSSarently e[SeFt ever %y traGitional Ge¿nitions Fonservatism more from GemoFraFy´ stanGs for intelleFtual humility a belief in steaGy inFremental FhanJe a SreferenFe for This antiSolitiFal SolitiFal ethos SroGuFeG reform rather than revolution a resSeFt for eleFteG leaGers of MaZGroSSinJ inFomSetenFe hierarFhy SreFeGenFe balanFe anG orGer anG 5unninJ a Jovernment is a Fraft like a tone of voiFe that is SruGent measureG anG FarSentry %ut the neZ 5eSubliFan of¿Fials resSonsible &onservatives of this GisSosition GiG not believe in Jovernment anG so GiG Fan be Gull but they knoZ hoZ to nurture not resSeFt its traGitions its GisFiSlines anG anG run institutions They also see the nation its FraftsmanshiS They Go not aFFeSt the as one orJaniF Zhole &iti]ens may fall into hierarFhiFal struFtures of authority inherent in Gifferent Flasses anG SolitiFal faFtions but SolitiFal aFtivity they are still MoineG by Fhains of affeFtion that ,n his masterZork ³3olitiFs as a 9oFation´ FommanG ultimate loyalty anG love 0a[ :eber arJues that the Sreeminent $ll of this has been overturneG in Tualities for a SolitiFian are Sassion a feelinJ GanJerous Sarts of the 5eSubliFan 3arty of resSonsibility anG a sense of SroSortion 2ver the Sast years or at least sinFe $ SolitiFian neeGs Zarm Sassion to imSel 5ush /imbauJh Fame on the sFene the aFtion but a Fool sense of resSonsibility anG 5eSubliFan rhetoriFal tone has JroZn ever SroSortion to make Fareful GeFisions in a more bombastiF hySerboliF anG imbalanFeG FomSle[ lanGsFaSe 3ubliF ¿Jures are Srisoners of their oZn Srose ,f a SolitiFian laFks the Tuality of styles anG 5eSubliFans from NeZt *inJriFh GetaFhment ² the ability to let the Gif¿Fult throuJh %en &arson have beFome aGGiFteG to faFts of reality Zork their Zay into the minG a Frisis mentality &ivili]ation Zas alZays on ² then :eber arJues the SolitiFian enGs uS the brink of FollaSse (very setbaFk like the strivinJ for the ³boastful but entirely emSty SassaJe of 2bamaFare beFame the ruination Jesture´ +is Zork ³leaGs noZhere anG is of the reSubliF &omSarisons to Na]i *ermany senseless´ beFame a staSle :elFome to TeG &ru] 'onalG TrumS anG This SroGuFeG a raGiFal minGset the )reeGom &auFus &onservatives starteG talkinJ about the 5eaJan 5eally have Ze ever seen bumblinJ on this ³revolution´ the *inJriFh ³revolution´ sFale SeoSle at onFe so FyniFal anG so naive $monJ SeoSle too ill eGuFateG to unGerstanG so Zillfully iJnorant in usinJ levers of SoZer the Gifferent sSheres SolitiFal SraFtitioners to SroGuFe some tanJible if inFremental JooG" aGoSteG the mental habits of the entreSreneur These insurJents Fan’t even aFknoZleGJe (verythinJ haG to be transformational anG GemoFraFy’s leJitimaFy ² if you Fan’t GisruStive +ierarFhy anG authority Zere SersuaGe a maMority of your FolleaJues maybe eTuateG Zith inMustiFe 6elfe[Sression you shoulG aFFeSt their Sosition <ou miJht be beFame more valueG than selfrestraint anG ZronJ Foalition builGinJ $ FontemSt for SolitiFs 3eoSle Zho Gon’t aFFeSt GemoFraFy infesteG the 5eSubliFan minG Zill be baG at Fonversation They Zon’t 3olitiFs is the SroFess of makinJ resSeFt traGition institutions or SreFeGent GeFisions amiG Giverse oSinions ,t involves These ¿Jures are masters at GestruFtion but Fonversation Falm Geliberation self inFomSetent at FonstruFtion GisFiSline the FaSaFity to listen to other Soints These insurJents are inFomSetent at of vieZ anG balanFe valiG but FomSetinJ iGeas JoverninJ anG unZillinJ to be JoverneG %ut anG interests they are not a sSontaneous JroZth ,t took a %ut this neZ 5eSubliFan faFtion reJarGs thousanG small betrayals of Fonservatism to the messy business of SolitiFs as soileG Jet to the GysfunFtion Ze see all arounG anG imSure &omSromise is ForruStion Ŷ ,nFonvenient faFts are iJnoreG &ountrymen David Brooks became a New York Times Zith Gifferent vieZs are reJarGeG as aliens Op-Ed columnist in September 2003. YOUR VIEWS Vote for gas tax if you want Pendleton streets to improve The only issue on November’s ballot is to ¿[ 3enGleton’s streets or to let them Fontinue to Geteriorate The IaFt is that IunGinJ to maintain 3enGleton streets Fomes entirely Irom state anG IeGeral Iuel ta[ anG that revenue is not enouJh to Go the Mob 8nIortunately Ze’ve iJnoreG the Sroblem Ior years +ere’s our FhoiFe 'o nothinJ anG Fontinue to FomSlain or vote yes on a Fent Jas ta[ anG Jet about the business oI Sreservation restoration anG reFonstruFtion oI e[istinJ SaveG streets :e Fan Soint ¿nJers all Ze Zant anG the Sotholes Zill only Jet GeeSer 9ote yes on ballot measure Karen L. Hill Pendleton True blue Oregon Duck fans still support football team 'aviG %urns oI 3enGleton Zas FomSlaininJ (EO 2Ft about this year’s 8niversity oI 2reJon Iootball team ,t’s a lonJ letter so you’re JoinJ to have to reaG it yourselI to maNe sense oI Zhat , say ,t Zas also Zritten beIore the Gouble overtime loss to :ashinJton 6tate later that 6aturGay 0r %urns JraGuatinJ Irom the 8 oI 2 in the µs Goes not maNe you ³a real µ'uFN’´ , Fan tell by your letter you are not a ³real 'uFN´ , JraGuateG in but , have been a ³real 'uFN´ sinFe $Iter the loss to 8tah rather than hiGe my alleJianFe , Zent out my Zay to shoZ the men Irom (uJene that , Zas still behinG them as any ³real 'uFN´ ZoulG Go $s times Jet Zorse on the ¿elG it’s even more imSortant Ior the ³real 'uFNs´ to stanG uS rather than FomSlain aIter ¿ve James liNe 0r %urns (you neeG to sSenG more time ZorryinJ about Zhat +omer 6imSson is uS to at your nuFlear SoZer Slant <ou beJin the seFonG SaraJraSh by reFitinJ a litany oI our reFent suFFess ,I ,’m not mistaNen that suFFess Zas Gue in larJe Sart to a younJ man Zho is noZ SlayinJ TuarterbaFN Ior the Tennessee Titans 0arFus 0ariota is not ZalNinJ throuJh the Goor aJain 8nless ,’m ZronJ he also never ZalNeG throuJh the Goor beIore in all the years the 8 oI 2 has been SlayinJ Iootball sinFe :e haG liJhtinJ in a bottle GurinJ the time that younJ man Zas on FamSus <ou shoulG revel in the Moy that Jave you , am JlaG to NnoZ you are suFh a Iair Zeather Ian anG have Jiven uS on the team , Zill alZays love ,t ZoulG be horriIyinJ to thinN some 6aturGay that ,’m rootinJ Ior the same team as you LETTERS POLICY Patrick J. Delaney Hermiston The East Oregonian welcomes original letters of 400 words or less on public issues and public policies for publication in the newspaper and on our website. The newspaper reserves the right to withhold letters that address concerns about individual services and products or letters that infringe on the rights of private citizens. Submitted letters must be signed by the author and include the city of residence and a phone number. Send let- ters to 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com.
