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4A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 The First Amendment O PINION Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg- ing the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition their Government for a redress of greivences. Letters to the Editor Policy Th e Sentinel welcomes letters to the editor as part of a community discussion of issues on the local, state and national level. Emailed letters are preferred. Handwritten or typed letters must be signed. All letters need to include full name, address and phone number; only name and city will be printed. Letters should be limited to about 300 words. Letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and clarity. Publication of any letter is not guaranteed and depends on space available and the volume of letters received. 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As with all letters and advertising content, the newspaper, at the sole discretion of the publisher, general manager and editor, reserves the right to reject any letter that doesn’t follow the above criteria. Send letters to: nhickson@cgsentinel.com or cmay@cgsentinel.com HOW TO CONTACT YOUR REPS Oregon state representatives Oregon federal representatives • Sen. Floyd Prozanski District 4 State Senator PO Box 11511 Eugene, Ore. 97440 Phone: 541-342-2447 Email : sen.fl oydprozanski@ state.or.us LETTER ACLU vs The City of Cottage Grove? Bring it on A few years back, the City of Cottage Grove approved a new “No Panhandling” ordinance within the city limits. I applauded that decision. Unfortunately, accord- ing to Th e Sentinel’s report (“ACLU Prompts Repeal of C. Grove Ordinance,” Sept. 12), the ACLU is now threat- ening the City to “back off , or else.” I say, bring it on. City Manager Richard Meyers seems to have caved in to the ACLU‘s shameless shakedown without a fi ght. In my view, as well as the view of many others I know, the ACLU is well-known as an extreme left -wing, radi- cal organization. I suggest that the City Manager should direct our city attorney to stand up to them and not go quietly without a fi ght. Our community deserves better than that and should not be bullied; it is time to challenge the the ACLU and its tactics, and any good city attorney should give it a try. Th anks to President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. economy is humming on all cylinders, unemployment is the lowest it has been in the past 50 years, more jobs are available — and yet these panhandlers can't fi nd a job to be productive members of our society?' It’s hard to believe. What’s worse, some of them are bugging our com- munity members, day in and day out. For example, in the Aug. 28 police log entry: “Tran- sient aggressively panhan- dling on Gateway Blvd.” Any able-bodied adult these days can fi nd a job, no excuses. Problem is, some of these folks don't want to. Enough is enough. — George Zajic Cottage Grove • Rep. Cedric Hayden Republican District 7 State Representative 900 Court St. NE Salem, Ore. 97301 Phone: 503-986-1407 Website: www.leg.state.or. us/hayden Email: rep.cedrichayden@ state.or.us • Rep. Peter DeFazio (House of Representatives) 405 East 8th Ave. #2030 Eugene, Ore. 97401 Email: defazio.house.gov/ contact/email-peter Phone: 541-465-6732 • Sen. Ron Wyden 405 East 8th Ave., Suite 2020 Eugene, Ore. 97401 Email: wyden.senate.gov Phone: (541) 431-0229 • Sen. Jeff Merkley Email: merkley.senate.gov Phone: 541-465-6750 C ottage G rove S entinel (541) 942-3325 Administration Jenna Bartlett, Group Publisher Gary Manly, General Manager ..................................................... Ext. 1207 gmanly@cgsentinel.com Allison Miller, Multimedia Marketing Specialist ....................... 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