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Mark Robinowitz, 28549 Southerlin Lane, raised concern over a bicycle group that he opined had <br />received unfair treatment from the police. He noted that several people had been ticketed without <br />cause during a "Bikes not Bombs" ride while six officers watched an unaffiliated cyclist illegally <br />going against traffic and did nothing. He said the real issue was how a community and a <br />government interacted with each other. He called for a "real" police review board that would <br />investigate petty harassment of citizens. <br /> <br />Carol Jacobs, 3751 Dove Lane, urged the council to reconcile people and have peace and caring <br />between races in the city. <br /> <br />Jane Cramer, 3769 Wilshire Lane, said she had moved to Eugene for quality of life and raised <br />concern that Eugene was a racist town. She urged the council to promote a diverse and open <br />community. She urged the council to do the right thing. <br /> <br />Wil Doolittle, 2327 Jefferson Street, reiterated concern that Eugene was a racist city. He said <br />racism in the city was institutionalized and raised barriers to the smooth completion of its <br />processes. <br /> <br />Margaret Buis, 259 East 5th Avenue, urged the council to forget about process and "just do it." <br /> <br />Edwin Coleman II, 1895 Fillmore Street, questioned the meaning of process. He raised concern <br />that everything the City handled was overprocessed until it lost its effectiveness. He said he had <br />a dream that Dr. Martin Luther King spoke to him and told him to ask about process. He urged <br />the council to do the right thing. <br /> <br />Elliot Cook, 751 East 16th Avenue, said there were two ways to do things in the City: the white <br />way and the right way. He said the process was taking too long and was an example of how <br />prevalent racism was in the community. <br /> <br />Hope Marsten, 3110 University Avenue, raised concern over racism in Eugene. She urged the <br />council to do the right thing. She stressed that the council process had already been followed. <br /> <br />Betty Snowden, no address given, said the Lord had told her to pray for members of the council. <br />She stressed that the process had been followed and the process had wounded her. She said <br />there had been enough words spoken on the subject and raised concern that the council would <br />not open its mind regardless of the desires of the people. <br /> <br />John Cougill, 183 Carthage Avenue, commented that there was hatred and fear between Anglo <br />and Black Americans. He commented that blacks were an oppressed ethnic group and urged the <br />council to help to something about it. <br /> <br />Adam Wendt, 110 Briarcliff Lane, raised concern over racism in Eugene and also that the council <br />would embarrass the city by continuing its racist thinking. <br /> <br />Pira Kelly, 725 East 14th Avenue, urged the council not to abuse its power and privilege by not <br />doing the right thing. <br /> <br />Peter Chabarek, 1188 Beebe Lane, said he had experienced racism in the community because of <br />his Arab ethnicity. He urged the council to listen to its citizens. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 9, 2003 Page 3 <br /> Regular Session <br /> <br /> <br />