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acts. She asserted that the perpetrators “got away” with their crimes because the local administration was “not bothered by it.” She declared that when the police were “allowed to bully” any member of the community the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan were betrayed, because every soldier had a mother and “some of those mothers were liberals.” She felt that by “bullying” the police union was “making a mockery of the sacrifice” the soldiers were making and “eroding national security by making it unsafe for the women.” She likened this atmosphere to the one that fostered toleration of concentration camps. She said the police were being paid to protect every member of the community and not just the conservatives. She averred that without equal protection “Al Quaeda will win” and if the liberals had been given a voice in China the schools that had fallen during the earthquake would have been built to code. She averred that if the liberal voice in Eugene continued to be “eroded” then the City would have the same issues going on. She asserted that the City was building a concentration camp without walls for many members of the society by not paying for human services and public safety. th Deb Frisch , 3003 West 11 Avenue, thanked the pesticide educator-activists from the University of Oregon for taking time out from their studies to educate the local people about the dangers of pesticides. She noted that she had read Silent Spring, she understood the dangers of Agent Orange, and she had seen Rachel’s Daughters – a documentary about environmental causes of cancer. She said until she saw a protestor dressed up as a “can of Roundup” at Ken Kesey Free Speech Plaza she “did not really get it.” Ms. Frisch discussed her antipathy toward athletics, including the Olympic Trials, and reiterated her contempt for local government and the budget process. She also expressed concerns that the Arena project planning was ill-conceived. th Brian Michaels , 259 East 5 Avenue, said he was an attorney in Eugene. He had studied the Taser issue that had occurred at the recent protest. He noted that he had a pretty good idea of the implications of tasering both on a national and international level. He related that Amnesty International had written several articles about Taser use and has pursued it as a civil rights issue. He stated that Tasers were considered a less-than-lethal or non-lethal device and were purported to be a safer more humane way of handling an incident than deploying a gun. He alleged that the Forest Service was using the Taser as an electronic control device and this was how the Taser was being deployed more in the public arena. He believed that in the protest incident everyone knew that the person who had been tasered would not have been shot with a bullet. He averred that being tasered was a torturous experience. He said there was a way for the council to determine how to use the Taser so that it was a less-than-lethal device and not an electronic control device. He wanted the use of a Taser to be limited to being used in lieu of shooting a suspect. th Rene Kane , 254 West 14 Avenue, chair of the Jefferson/Westside Neighbors (JWN), stated that there continued to be an active community discussion on infill standards. She averred that at the center of the discussion was the shared desire for a city that was livable, diverse, and where people of varying incomes could live in safe and welcoming neighborhoods that would thrive for generations. She applauded the residents who were working on this. She related that the conversation was not without conflict. She felt that if parties that had the best interests of the city at heart could work together, there would be a way to accommodate growth without sacrificing healthy and affordable neighborhoods. She suggested identifying specific locations where development of various types could and should occur. She noted that the JWN had volunteered to help the Opportunity Siting and Infill Compatibility Standards Task teams. She thanked the task teams for all of their hard work. Additionally, she thanked the council for including bicycle patrols for their neighborhood parks in the budget proposal. MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 9, 2008 Page 2 Regular Meeting