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Nel points out something that is true in Oregon as well, blue counties subsidize red counties. And yet we in the blue are willing to pay these costs because we are in this together as Oregonians. And if states were connected as Americans, rather than competing, this might be true as well. All those red states should ...
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Actually nationally charters are largely a disaster...poor performance, selective successes and they suck resources from otherwise good schools. While a few bring bring in examples, few are maintained for long. Oregon's seem is this way to in fact be a bit better...there are good successes in communities such as Silet...
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Think of this situation: who bears responsibility for Lavoy Finecum being shot? I am saying both the officers who shot him and LaVoy. The officers for deciding to shoot and LaVoy for reaching for his pocket. Here is another situation, you go to a biker bar and insult the meanest biker in the joint, do you bear res...
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Great idea! But they'll probably have to expand beyond the Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Boise and Vancouver markets.
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I'm curious as to why nobody is banging any drums to get the last of Neil's records released from archives. They've been under review for years. Nigel? Hello?
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The Trump haters are not following his statements. The famous rapist statement was about illegal immigrants, not about Mexicans and other Latinos. He puts women in charge of his companies. He also made comments about reducing trade deficits.
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Just so long as they tip towards the promotion of life, I will be happy.
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I wouldn't care if it went to a dollar a gallon, the fiscal irresponsibility of the city is why there will be a no vote.
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I would, even more so, put Bill Clinton in the category of embarrassing our country and emboldening our enemies.
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Here's a newsflash for everyone: you will get old and want to retire. When you retire you will need money. Social Security will NOT offer enough income. Unless you are tier one PERS, you must, I repeat MUST put some of your hard earned pay into a retirement account. You can let the mighty state of Oregon handle it for ...
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Face it, LTD has a history of self-interest and lying. It is LTD who has created their reputation, no one else.
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onion headline: College Freshman becomes Sex Worker in Portland!
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to answer your question; no, you are not the only one who thinks that. However, you are the only one who is not wasted on crack to believe this.
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My point is that it can be made to work if there is a will to enlarge the pool of qualified candidates for the job. There IS a lot of overlap in the knowledge necessary to do all those jobs that could be exploited. The limitations imposed by the current system could be lessened by changing the system. If typing speed ...
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Raoul Castro slammed American society today and Obama agreed with him. We have an America hater in the WH.
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Bunk. Counties, schmounties. We all know that the GOP is the party of the rich, and the top 10% (aka "the rich") pays nearly 70% of the taxes. Low income Democrats get all the tax breaks..... they pay zero.
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I know of a particular blue state that has been destroyed as well, even with Democratic governors in charge for the last 30 years, including two who are disgraced.
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Just proves that being smart enough to get into Reed does not equate to being intelligent. One supposes she is smart enough to understand the statistics regarding the risks to her life and health from being a 'sex worker', sooooo....
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OT - so we pay $8/mo. to read the RG online and they gyp us out of Sat and Sun mailbag letters. They also arbitrarily scrub letters that oppose their world view too much.
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"Hmm: Actually, in my experience, a lot of folks often only get actively involved in civic matters when their own little slice of paradise is threatened." Or could it be we get involved when our civic leaders seem uninterested in protecting the human rights of residents of modest means and seem instead doggedly determ...
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Okay, you don't like Trump. Your right. But the comparisons to Hilter are just BS.
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My guess is that this trip will increase the suffering.
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Good point, Kevin. Some woman commented once that a bunch of Neil's documents were stashed at the Oregon Historical Society somewhere and that she dug them up and was documenting things. Oh, the irony that Neil's portrait ended up there too! Really a rift in government when common, everyday folks have to pool their s...
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Not to be a grammar jerk, but it seems like something is missing in between the first and second paragraphs (not counting the asterisk). There is no mention of who "she" is before referring to her as she. I think you need to note who you are talking about before noting that she is not a racist! Did something get dro...
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I don't see how using the word "Colonial" is such disrespect. Colonial is commonly used to describe many things, for example a popular style of home. I live in a "Spanish Colonial" home and I am Mexican. I am not offended by the name referring to the beautiful architecture during that time period. I do not think ba...
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Did they have government e-mail back then Kevin? If so, did Neil use private e-mail like Kulongowski, Kitz, and Hilliary to conduct public business?
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You're totally right. I moved two paragraphs around and failed to change the name thing. It's fixed now but it might take a few minutes to update. Thank you!
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Everybody wants immediate gratification for everything and it's a political impossibility in the world we live in. Our relationship with Cuba was in a 50 year deep freeze. If you think it will fully thaw in a few months, you're dreaming. There's no nuclear program in Cuba as there is in N. Korea so we can afford the ti...
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You make many angry assumptions, on little evidence, when you're contradicted. If I'm "wasting your time" you don't need to respond, and if you just can't help yourself I may, or may not, respond.
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Here's what the experts say: http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-25159-our-hoboken.html
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Great performance last night, Mr. Birran! I followed along and you barely skipped a word! Impressive. I appreciated your choice and use of emotion, throughout. Brought the text alive, and brought it home. I wondered, indeed, if you were gonna lose it when the people of earth, despite God's judgments, refused to repent....
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I've been in a position to watch this development for years, as both an entrepreneur and business owner, on the one hand; and teaching entrepreneurship (one class per year) at U of O, on the other (although not since '09). The trend is real, the value is real, and students are increasingly aware of it. RAIN is a valuab...
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Cheap Chuckles will, at the very least, be my clown name when I quit the writing game and get seriously into clowning.
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There is an argument that can be made that the Democrats protesting Trump rallies are acting the same as the Nazi Brownshirts who disrupted political meetings and rioted when they disagreed with a political view. So Freedom of Speech and Right to Assembly is only a Constitutional right when done by Liberals? How's that...
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That's clearer, thanks; I was confused by your first comment, where you took the trouble to mention the rising cost of gas in the same breath as affirming your no vote. I assume you have a list of things in mind the city should either not fund, or spend more efficiently on, to earn your vote for roads.
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It's all in the context. This restaurant clearly states that they serve food from the colonies of the British Empire, including India. Unlike Mexico or the USA, this colonialism was very recent, with many recent atrocities - including a man-made famine caused by Churchill in Bengal, killing 3 million people in 1943. Th...
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Wait a minute here. Natural Gas has a very high percentage of methane, the heart of energy requirements. A fact is that we have become totally dependent on electricity. this is true of Americans, Mexicans, Chinese, Brazilians, Indians and the list goes on. The poorer countries (anyone other than the USA) relies on ...
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That seems reasonable to me. Here are the videos: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/mar/10/donald-trump-rally-black-man-sucker-punch-north-carolina-video You can see they hauled the protester out. The person who threw the punch was charged the next day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGyLTeDqBMU You ...
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At least one person knew this before the 2012 election and made a movie about it.
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But that is basketball played between two well matched teams
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I felt reassured for a minute and then I wondered.....Does that mean "only be spent used on roads" AS PROMISED, or used to, I don't know, build new sidewalks, add more bike lanes, beautify medians, buy new snow plows, purchase more parking meters, install reserved parking stalls for city workers, etc.? Those public de...
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It seems as though every year a team that goes all the way gets by with winning a game where they stunk it up, and if Oregon didn't stink it up on Sunday they came darn close. Those shooting percentages were so bad it really is a testament to defense strategy and effort that Ducks came out on top...just don't shoot li...
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Kind of a home game for the Ducks compared to the other 3 teams coming to Anaheim. Hopefully the crowd will help the Ducks pull through both games!
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Risa, hon, wishful thinking. Have you checked the website? absolutely no reference to architecture, sorry. Here's a quote: "through England’s colonization of many different countries, they brought their cuisine and techniques with them.” Continue perusing the site and you will see that what this cafe is atte...
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Anyone see if Fred and Carrie were in attendance?
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None of your far flung examples has an arrogant fascist barking insults, lies, hate, and stimulating violence like trump. The American political arena was once a safe place to support or object to candidates. Now you're saying, if you plan to protest or object to DT, you put yourself in danger. The people who attend t...
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And the State makes dollars on tax! Oregon is still working on getting conventions.
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The Wanty piece was filled with misstatements and illogical conclusions. Thank you, Mr. Mueller, for educating the community in a helpful way. I found your piece clear and persuasive.
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This comment is ridiculous. The SW-SAZ zones many parcels for condos or apartments, many 5-7 stories. There are people of every economic class that would love to live in a "mid-rise" condo. I have friends, with young families, and retired friends, with grown children, around the country, all living iin their "mid" a...
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Having some denser 20-minute neighborhoods interspersed throughout the city is hardly turning Eugene into New York City.
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I appreciate this work. I live near umpqua national forest and have white pine, sugar cone pine and Douglas fir mix forest. The drought has been difficult this past year. We are always looking out for disease, yet during drought it seems more likely because we can see the trees are under stress. This work is so im...
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What about this statement leads you to believe he wasn't talking about Mexicans? Quote from Trump on June 16, 2015: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems wit...
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Cizmar, I can only hope that one day Chris Christie plants a big kiss on you.
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Glorious.
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I see. I'd like hear from you how trump is not like Hitler.
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Oof. I hate to engage in anything resembling an ad hominem, but calling yourself "20-minute neighborhood proponent" is positively Orwellian! The 20-minute neighborhood is what's there NOW, with no assistance from urban planning; the apartment/condo urban renewal thing Envision Eugene wants is not a neighborhood.
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white protesters, living in recently gentrified neighborhood, protesting local business citing distasteful global white colonization....man it doesn't get more portlandy then that. maybe they could have dropped the colonial part of the name and called it "old world" or "saffron crown". or something more disarming....
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Sorry, a twenty-minute neighborhood is not there for enough people, either there or in other areas of the city. Also, aren't you provincial to say that apartments/condos can't be part of a neighborhood.
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Really. Anyone who makes over minimum wage should never sing about the trials and tribulations of working people. That way we never have to hear about them. When you have a million-selling song in America that means that 319 million didn't buy it. Everyone's entitled to his or her taste. I'm sure that Springsteen doe...
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That's the problem when smarminess is confused by the smarmer as humor.
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You have been ignoring parts of my comments. If you can truthfully tell me that I have condoned the sucker punch, then I will admit I have. I believe that I have said several times that I do not condone it. I do say that the protester knew what he was getting into and therefore bears partial responsibility for what ...
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Ok, I don't really want to get in a back and forth with you. I don't know you (or your name), and I don't mean any disrespect. But, just to clarify, I didn't say "apartments/condos can't be part of a neighborhood". In fact, there are lots of apartments in the neighborhood in question already, and I still call it a neig...
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Preparing for the big bash in 2021? We can all become familiar with Travel Oregon and become appreciative of the fine work they do. No one would visit Crater Lake if we didn't have a tax-funded agency to promote it.
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I thought they meant Portland, Maine and Vancouver, BC.......
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Maybe the RG will do some investigative reporting work and find out what the story is.
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As far as the American political arena being a safe place, it is only so in your fantasies. Black Lives Matter protestors are known to riot if things do not go their way. There was the 1968 Democrat Convention. Back in the 1700's and 1800's, there were duels. I can find other examples where our political system w...
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And since Tier One PERS hasn't existed for new hires since 1996, and Tier Two PERS for new hires died in 2003, only those who hired on before those dates get that kind of retirement. You are either 20 years late or 13 years too late for those programs. Only those who worked up to those dates will get those kind of be...
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There are too many variables to try to predict an outcome on the basis of anything so simple as "up or out." In fact, designers and planners have made horrific choices for cities because they believe that they can predict a historical outcome on the basis of the few variables that seem, at the moment, the most importan...
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And what's worse, all those Red States keep electing Republican Members of Congress! And Republican Governors! And last election they elected enough Republican Senators to result in a majority there! It's just un-Democratic!
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And this country will not become a communist country either. Enjoy winning these low delegate states Sanders. It will be back to Hillary country very soon with New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland and then on to California.
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And if you are counting on living on Social Security from your spouse as well as your own, don't forget, when one of you dies, you are cut back to only one Social Security check, whichever is the larger.
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Yes Sanders is still the socialist he was 31 years ago when he praised Fidel Castro and ran the Socialist Worker's Party. Sanders still isn't a Democrat either and does not deserve their nomination. Only health problems, death or indictment can stop Hillary now. Seeing as Hillary is five years younger than Sanders and ...
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It was safe until trump started inciting violence. Not taking any defense for the puncher either. Geez, must you make up lies to justify your comment? Didn't watch the videos did you? Pants on fire...
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Well, in this column I try things out and talk about my experience. That's sort of the gist of the whole column. I speak only for me in Lady Things.
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Fat Chance on the Gas Tax They can find $200M+ for a wasteful rebuild of the Portland Building...for City Workers, but can't find an equal amount to maintain streets...of all Portlanders?? Gas Tax = Fat Chance
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The point is, though, that we have given them significant immediate gratification, and they have offered absolutely nothing in return. The lifting of the travel ban is a huge boon to their tourism economy. People said that same sort of things you are saying now, back when President Clinton normalized relations with...
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Nice come-back to quite a stupid comment.
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Wow, you must drive an expensive car that gets terrible mileage, and breaks down all the time. Don't you like the fact that the city makes 5 cents on every gallon of gas sold in Eugene?
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Some, inter-office memo stuff, but 99% was hard copy notes, etc. which were all archived.
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"While molasses cookies and sausage rolls may come to mind for you when you think of British colonialism, many of us associate it with forced religious conversion/cultural erasure, famine." Cultural erasure, huh? Ironic.
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The question is not whether 20 minute neighborhoods should exist here; they already do. And you are quite correct that additional such neighborhoods won't equal NYC density. The question here is why force such a program on those who don't want it? The magic word is "Force", and force a change by unelected bureaucr...
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Just another example of people desperately in need of being offended by something. The business owner made it clear she wasn't intending any offense. Don't like it? Here's a crazy idea, don't eat there. Get on with your life and find something productive to do.
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Byard where is the 'data' of which you have now spoken about twice?
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That reminds me of the 1920's in Oregon when the Legislature, at the behest of the KKK, prohibited non-public schools to close the Catholic Parochial schools. If that is your plan, you need to read some history. "In 1922, the Masonic Grand Lodge of Oregon sponsored a bill to require all school-age children to attend ...
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The court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed appellees against the [ deprivation of their property without due process of law consequent upon the unlawful interference by appellants with the free choice of patrons, present and prospective. It declared the right to conduct schools was property and that paren...
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Good letter. Gains us nothing and loses us much.
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good points brad. thanks.
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Obama is a Harvard Law graduate, been president for 7 years, has the nuclear codes that protect our country and yet, you're still conjuring up regurgitated conspiracy stories over a bubbling cauldron of blatant racism.
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"White protesters"? I guess you weren't there. It was about half people of color, impacted by colonialism on probably 5 continents. Even if it were all white people, so what? We can't stand up against the oppression and suffering of others? That would be a sad world.
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I like the protester who's eating a package of Oreos. That guy knows what's what when it comes to the morality of food choices.
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Ha, ha. Instead of offering another bumper-sticker snippet, how about explaining what you think SW-SAZ would produce. -- Paul
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Intent vs. impact. I don't like it, and I think it's offensive enough that I don't want it in my community. If it doesn't cross that line for you, you don't need to come to the protest. Making people aware of racism and oppression is a very productive thing to do if you would like to see a more equitable world.
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As I said elsewhere, we need the existing 20-minute neighborhoods to accommodate more people AND we need more 20-minute neighborhoods. I disagree that individuals shouldn't be "forced" to do something with which they disagree. We live in a democracy. The government is there to make decisions for the good of the c...
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Might not be the most nutritious, nor small business, but Oreos are vegan.
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Jeez you are tiresome Lynn. Why not contribute some suggestions for mutually positive outcomes, which are indeed very possible in Eugene. This is not about home owners versus apartment renters. It's about respect for folks of all means who work hard, play by the rules and want to get ahead. -- Paul
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Old Soul: You are in fantasy land. Are you ignoring assassinations, physical battles with unions, the 1968 democrat convention, black lives matter, the WTO battle in Seattle? To say that our political system was without violence before Trump is to be so far out there that your head should be examined. It also sou...
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Anyhow, I see how this works. Strike a stance of manufactured offence, write your clickbait-y article, watch other media outlets cover your coverage, and then write an article covering their coverage. Tada! It's a media circus! Meanwhile, there are still exactly zero people who care about Vitaly Paley's Imperial, or t...
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Eliza Kashinsky, you are a sorry, sorry case. Are you so unsure of your dogma that you have to hide your identity? I have no financial interests in Eugene real estate other than the single-family home I bought when you were just a pain in some parents' eyes. Yet, in contrast to your ignorance about Eugene developme...
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Anyhow, I see how this works. Strike a stance of manufactured offence, write your clickbait-y article, watch other media outlets cover your coverage, and then write an article covering their coverage. Tada! It's a media circus! Meanwhile, there are still exactly zero people who care about Vitaly Paley's Imperial, or t...
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Mr. Conte: I can assure you I am not the person who you seem intent on trashing. It seems as if you should get your facts right before you open up your mouth, on this and other matters. Not only are you wrong on my identity, but you seem to have an abnormal obsession with the person you are trashing. It reminds me...
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