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9/21/2023 11:48:41 PM

Poor Duck sportsmanship, bad recall ads and more in online letters to the editor

( LACK OF) FACT IN RECALL ADVERTISING As Senate Workforce Committee chairs we have been the Senate equivalents to Rep. Paul Holvey's House Business and Labor committee and have actually worked ...

9/14/2023 8:36:22 PM

Online Letters to the Editor Sept. 14

OLDER HOMES LACK VENTING FOR GAS STOVES While looking at homes to purchase in Eugene just recently, I observed that the majority of the older homes we looked at that had gas cook stoves, a dozen ...

9/7/2023 7:00:22 AM

Embarassment On The Recall

It's regrettable that there will be a recall vote in early October, and we hope that advocates of state Rep. Paul Holvey will come out to support him by voting down this unimportant and disruptive e...

9/7/2023 7:00:45 AM

The Return Of Trump Poetry

" The election was rigged, I've not done anything wrong," He bellows 'til orange in the face. Everybody's lying, except Mr. Plump, Who tells us it's all a disgrace. Spud Smith Florence

9/7/2023 7:00:02 AM

Put A Bike Lane On Oak Street

To one side is Pearl, a one-way street running the opposite direction, and the other side is Willamette, a bus route with no room for bike lanes downtown. Let's put a bike lane on Oak Street! Hop...

9/7/2023 7:00:20 AM

Frittering Away

Our greatest priority right now is identifying sites that will serve to triage thousands of wounded when the Cascadia quake slips. They will need to be airlifted to Washington, California and Nevada...

8/31/2023 7:00:14 AM

Pay For A New Arena? Or Shelter The Homeless?

$ 100 million would pay for a great deal of tent websites for the homeless to put their tents and have access to the basics: water, toilet, garbage bin. Or should we use that cash for an arena? Our ...

8/24/2023 10:58:23 PM

Nukes, Religion and Politicians

GOVERNMENT-ORDERED RELIGION What limitations do the "not religious however spiritual" individuals have? They think the 12-step technique of dependency healing as in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Na...

9/21/2023 7:00:00 AM

Letters to the Editor Sept. 21

EPPS WRITES NOVELS, TOO I was pleased to check out Garrett Epps's commentary (" Insurrection Election") in the Sept. 14 Eugene Weekly, and hope that there is more to come. But I question how many...

9/8/2023 4:25:32 PM

Climate Change and Health Care

RALLY AROUND MERKLEY As a retired Oregon teacher with 7 grandchildren, I am very concerned about what reliable actions our chosen leaders are requiring to react to the international climate crisis ...

9/7/2023 7:00:39 AM

What Makes Eugene, Eugene

In 2015, Eugene was ranked as one of America's "Top 5 College Towns." While much of the country understands our city as the house of the University of Oregon, the truth is-- and has always been-- th...

9/7/2023 7:00:58 AM

Poetry Not Football

Put a full-page image of a regional poet on your cover! Football season starts. Poetry stays forever !! Bravo! Tom Derungs Eugene

9/7/2023 7:00:11 AM

Close The Campgrounds

It seems like forever that wildfires have actually ravaged Oregon in the mid to late summer season. Days of smoke, ash and toxic air are the new Oregon summer season. Our state has responded by stre...

8/31/2023 7:00:02 AM

Vote 'No' On Regional 555'S Temper tantrum

The recall effort versus state Rep. Paul Holvey is political stupidity on steroids. I urge the citizens of his district to vote "no" and to firmly decline this attempt to insist that governing by te...

8/31/2023 7:00:22 AM

Possibly The UO Might Step Up

A couple of years back PeaceWallet spoke about building more at the university area. If our medical facility were not controlled by conservative (backward) religious autocrats, we would be much bett...

8/24/2023 7:00:06 AM

Holvey Remember An Abuse Of The System

I've had the opportunity to work alongside Paul Holvey in the Oregon House for the last 6 and a half years, including as a member of the Business and Labor Committee that he chairs. Paul is a truthf...

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