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<br /> II THE WHOLE IDEA Of A SIX-LANE SPEEDWAY RUNNING SMACK UP TO THE fRONT DOORS
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<br /> !I Of THE SOUTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN VEERING WILDLY TO EAST AND TO WEST,
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<br /> BISECTING THE AMAZON PARK, AND PROBABLY BISECTING THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS ON \
<br /> i THE WEST IS TERRifYING. PICTURE THE THOUSANDS Of EUGENE CHILDREN TRYING TO
<br /> Ii USE THE PARK, SCATTERING LIKE COUNTRY CHICKENS BEfORE A MODEL T IN THE GOOD Ii
<br /> OLD DAYS.
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<br /> .1 THE WHOLE PROBLEM SHOULD BE RESTUDIED. WHY NQTLCAULFfN ROa HELP A fARMER,
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<br /> ~ ;, A CARPENTER, AN AUTO MECHANIC, A BUSINESS MAN, A HOUSEWifE, OR ANY ONE WHO BE- II
<br /> U 'i LIEVES THAT ~HORSE SENSE" WAS GIVEN TO MAN TO BE USED. f
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<br /> ro ! ~ PRESIDENT SHEARER'S HUMOROUS OBSERVATION THAT If YOU TOOK AWAY THE IVY
<br /> " THE CITY HALL WOULD fALL WASN'T REALLY fUNNYK AND IT WASN'T REALLY TRUE,
<br /> I AL THOUGH IT SEaMS TO BE WIDELY USED BY SPENDERS DETERMINED TO HAND THE TAX- il
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<br /> , PAYERS A BILL fOR A NEW ONE. IT ISN'T ABOUT TO fALL DOWN. Of COURSE IT II
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<br /> " ISN'T NEW AND IT ISN'T UP-TO-DATE. IT WASN'T BUILT TO fiT THE NEEDS Of A ,I
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<br /> :! CITY HALL. BUT IT IS SPACIOUS. FEW CITIES, EVEN THOSE WALLO~ING IN A 1
<br /> :1 HUGE DEBT fOR A NEW CITY HALL, CAN BOAST Of HAVING ALL Of THE SPACE NEEDED.
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<br /> :i EUGENE CAN. IT IS USABLE. IT IS PAID fOR. BUILDING A NEW CITY HALL WITH I
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<br /> ,i EQUALLY AMPLE SPACE, NOW, WHEN THE TAXPAYERS fACE SO MANY PRESSING NEEDS
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<br /> 'I WHICH THEY CANNOT DEfER NOR IGNORE, WOULD MAKE PRESENT NEAR-CONfiSCATORY TAXES I
<br /> UNBEARABLE.
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<br /> " THE WRITER KNOWS AS WELL AS ANY ONE IN EUGENE THAT THE CITY IS NOT RE-
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<br /> 'I SPONSIBLE fOR THE HIGH LEVEL Of TAXES PAID BY EUGENE PROPERTY OWNERS. THE II
<br /> ~ I CITY HAS HELD BACK ON ITS PROGRAMS fOR MANY YEARS, WHILE OTHER TAXING AGEN-
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<br /> I CIES, SHOWING UTTER DISREGARD, EVEN CONTEMPT, fOR THE LOWLY TAXPAYER; PILED I
<br /> :\ NOW\!IS CERTAINLY NOT THE TIME fOR EUGENE TO EMBARK ON A PRO- I
<br /> ON THE TAXES. i
<br /> GRAM WHICH SHOWS SIMILAR CONTEMPT. Now IS THE TIME TO PUT THROUGH ONLY PRO- I
<br /> JECTS WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL, AND ONLY THE MOST PRESSING Of THOSE. il
<br /> SEWER CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION, SEWAGE DISPOSAL, AND A LIMITED NUMBER
<br /> Of OTHER PROPOSALS COME UNDER THIS HEAD. PERHAPS ACQUIRING A SITE fOR A II
<br /> ii fUTURE CITY HALL DOES. BUT A NEW CITY HALL AND A SIXLANE SPEEDWAY THROUGH II
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<br /> THE HEART Of THE CITY SURELY DO NOT. II
<br /> PRESIDENT SHEARER'S CLOSING REMARKS, AS QUOTED IN THE PRESS, SEEMED TO "
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<br /> POSE AN OMINOUS THREAT TO THE GOOD REPUBLICAN LADIES: "If YOU fEEL BADLY, 11
<br /> YOU SHOULD TALK TO PEOPLE fROM COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING DOWN HILL AND !I
<br /> DEPOPULATING." WERE THE LADIES TO INfER THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE WOULD CAUSE
<br /> ,I THIS DEPLORABLE CONDITION BY fAILURE TO BUILD A NEW CITY HALL, OR BY REfUSAL II
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<br /> } TO SADDLE THE GENERALTAXPAVER WITH THE BURDEN OF ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING IN THE !
<br /> DOWNTOWN AREA fOR THE BENEfiT Of PROPERTY OWNERS, OR BY OBDURATE RESISTANCE II
<br /> TO ANY AND ALL Of THE MANY TAX-EATING PROPOSALS NOW fLOATING AROUND, WHETHER
<br /> ADVANCED BY PRESSURE GROUPS, OR PLANNERS, OR DO-GOODERS, OR JUST PUAIN SPENDERS.
<br /> GHOST CITIES 'I
<br /> IN THE MINING, LUMBERING, AND OIL DRILLING AREAS SHOW WHAT I,
<br /> HAPPENS WHEN ECONOMIC RESOURCES ARE EXHAUSTED. THEY GO DOWN HILL WITH A Ii
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<br /> VENGEANCE AND ARE DEPOPULATED. THERE IS NO RECORD Of A SINGLE CITY WHICH BE-
<br /> CAME A GHOST CITY BECAUSE IT REfUSED TO ALLOW UNNECESSARY, UNWISE, OR I
<br /> "( AVOIDABLE TAXATION AT CONfiSCATORY LEVELS TO DRAIN AWAY fUNDS NEEDED fOR THE i
<br /> " DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION Of THE CITY'S BUSINESS AND PAYROLLS. II
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<br /> " . PRESIDENT SHEARER WAS NOT SPOOfiNG THE REPUBLICAN WOMEN Of LANE COUNTY,
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<br /> EVEN If HE DID HAND THEM A NON SEQUITUR. If THE TAX BURDEN IS PUSHED BEYOND I'
<br /> e THE LIMIT Of ENDURANCE , REPUBLICAN WOMEN, AND ALL OTHER WOMEN Of EUGENE WILL I
<br /> BE LIVING IN A CITY WHICH IS GOING DOWN HILL AND DEPOPULATING. THRIftLESS I
<br /> EXPENDITURES Of TAX MONEY WILL NOT KEEP A CITY fROM GOING 'DOWN HILL -- THEY I
<br /> WILL MAKE IT GO DOWN HILL. IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO DRIVE fUTURE GROWTH, I
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<br /> fUTURE PROSPERITY, AND EVEN PART Of THE PRESENT POPULATION, AWAY fROM EUGENE I'
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<br /> BY CARELESS ABUSE Of THE CITY'S CREDIT AND TAXING POWER. Now IS THE TIME II
<br /> fOR GREATEST CAUTION. THE CITY IS PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE."
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED
<br /> ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED. !I
<br /> COMMUNICATION DATED NOVEMBER 30, 1959 CONCERNING CROSSING AT 30TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY AND I'
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<br /> HARRIS STREETS fROM EUGENE COUNCIL Of PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS (MARGARKT DOWLING) WAS SUBMITTED
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<br /> "WE THE MEMBERS Of THE EUGENE PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD DO, AS INDIVIDUALS AND il
<br /> I AS A BOARD, RECOMMEND THAT PROVISIONS BE MADE NOW fOR THE SAfE CROSSING Of
<br /> CHILDREN AT 30TH AND UNIVERSITY STREETS AND AT 30TH AND HARRIS STREETS. 'I
<br /> THIS CROSSING SHOULD BE II
<br /> IN THE fORM Of AN UNDER-PASS OR AN OVER-PASS TO II
<br /> COPE WITH THE PROBLEMS WHICH WILL ARISE WHEN 30TH STREET BECOMES AN ACTIVE II
<br /> BY-PASS ROUTE. \\
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<br /> ,II WE fURTHER RECOMMEND THAT SAfETY PROVISIONS fOR CHILDREN BE INCORPORATED 11
<br /> ~d IN THE PLANNING fOR ROUTES Of THIS TYPE WHENEVER THEY DIVIDE AN ELEMENTARY 11
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