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e Alice Lunsford, 1505 River Road, said she had known the applicant for two and one-half years and that he had been working very hard to rehabilitate himself and going to school. She noted he was a personal friend of hers and that vocational rehabilitation would go for naught if he was not given the opportunity to rehabilitate himself. Diane DePaolis, 1309 Willamette Street, spoke as an attorney from the Lane County Legal Aid Service in regard to the concept of rehabili- tation. She said if it were to mean anything, then people should be given the second chance to prove their rehabilitation to society. She said Mr. Stompro was not denying his past record and that his life since his last arrest had been an entirely different one. She noted he was 28 years old now, and had been much younger when he had gotten into trouble. She asked whether he would be able to continue the pattern of changing, working, and trying to succeed to become a productive citizen of society. She felt he had grown a great deal and should be given a second chance. She hoped that the City Council would give thought to the fact that he had been convicted and had served his time, he had rehabilitated himself, and what society was all about is giving a person a second chance. Sergeant Mel Olson, Eugene Police Department, said that the applicant had filed his application March 9, 1977, and that upon review of the application, he had contacted Mr. Stompro for further explanation of the work he intended to do. He noted the business would be a door-to-door business of entering homes and soliciting for sales of fire extinguishers. The applicant had listed three arrests, but a background check had listed other information: that he had been arrested nine times for 15 charges. He said Mr. Stompro had come in, discussed the matter concerning the 15 charges, and completed the endorsement of them. At that time, he was asked if there were any additional arrests, to which Mr. Stompro had replied no. Mr. Olson said he had advised Mr. Stompro he could see no problem with the license application on March 14, but on March 15 additional infor- mation had been received from California of a record of nine addi- tional arrests. He said Mr. Stompro had failed to supply the addi- tional information and had made no attempt to disclose the information. Under City Code, failure to disclose information was grounds for denial of a license. He felt that the proposed activity of door-to- door soliciting would be somewhat incompatible with the applicant's background and would not be in the best interests of the community's citizens. e Wilbur Thorp, 275 North Polk, noted that he had known Mr. Stompro for three years, Mr. Stompro had proved himself as a good friend and neighbor. and did not feel that his past should be held against him. Mr. James M. Dufour, 1139 Summit Drive, Mt. Hood, Oregon, said he had worked with Mr. Stompro and found him to be a very reliable worker and a good person, and should not be denied the license. . 4/11/77--11 ~~a