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Leslie Brunk, (Letter brought to workshop, 8/12) <br />My name is Leslie Brunk. I am a 68 year old man that has had 20 operations since 1980. <br />Sixteen of them were for cancer, four of them were for my left leg and ankle, at the <br />present time ! am seeing two different doctors for my legs. ! cannot walk from Third St <br />to 6th Street without getting a swelling in my leg, ankle and foot, this includes pain, my <br />leg bellow my knee has only one bone left and the other bone due to gangrene. ! live on <br />social security and the amount of that money is below minimum wage and that is just <br />above $800 / month. In other words ! am poor. Well folks ! need a 3 or 4 wheel scooter <br />to get around but ! cannot afford $4,000 to $6,000. For a scooter that a 'cripple' would <br />use if they had it. <br /> <br />As it is in order for me to get around town without having to wait for a lousy bus, that <br />would take me two hours to get from point a to point and back again in the rain and cold, <br />! use my little electric scooter. My electric scooter only cost $170 and it gets me to the <br />doctor's office, the drug store, the grocery store and to church. <br /> <br />! do not ask for much, but ! do ask to be allowed to continue to use my scooter as a <br />responsible person would. ! say this to you ladies and gentlemen, there are only a few <br />people out there that abuse the right of using a scooter. ! say this: punish them, but do <br />not hold the 'cripples' and responsible people responsible for what few 'ignorant' people <br />do Thank you. <br /> <br />! oppose the use of gas powered scooters on the wonderful Eugene bike paths. Speed <br />limits will not help...they are often ignored <br />and the offenders are moving too fast to catch. <br /> <br />Thank you, <br /> <br />Tim Blood <br />2420 E.43rd Ave. <br />Eugene, Or. <br />Tim Blood (e43tim) [e43tim~yahoo.com] <br /> <br />Aug. 9th letter mailed to City because he couldn't attend the meeting: <br /> <br />City Council or ? <br />You know no other vehicle which makes the nose those do on Hawthorne St. through <br />Sorgenfri would be allowed. And the speed is wide open. They should not be on any <br />trail used by bikes and peds. Sixty-five years ago ! used to get notice from the cops <br />because my model 'T" was a bit noisy. <br /> <br />Mr. Ernest Kersgaard <br />3335 Hawthorne Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97402 <br /> <br /> <br />