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MEASURE NO. 20-88 MEASURE NO. 20-88 ARGUMENT IN OPPOSITION TO ARGUMENT IN OPPOSITION TO BALLOT MEASURE 20-88 BALLOT MEASURE 20-88 VOTE NO ON BALLOT MEASURE 20-88 PUT EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD ON A PATH OF THE MILL STREET BRIDGE COMMITTEE HAS A BATTLE PLAN BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL URBAN AREAS Anyone w~th any expenence w~th the pohtics behind guiding development Whether it is lost opportunities hke the new fire station recently s~ted on in Eugene knows what a cesspool of corruption and manipulation it is. Yet Willamette Street, or urban design catastrophes hke the new public library, few know what to do to change the situation, the proposed federal bu~ld~ng and the Qty's current effort to make a cross- axis through the Park Blocks by building a police station, we've become Most people have come to accept, as part of the American Way, the need accustomed to the endless barrage of ill-conceived development projects to spend fortunes on attorneys whenever the planning establishment comes that degrade our city. Yet w~th every campaign season for the past 40 years, to their neighborhood with unjustifiable development agendas. The Mill we've heard the same old cry: wi will rewtalize the downtown!" By now, after Street Bridge Committee hopes to change this situation by launching nearly a half century of revitalization efforts and countless millions of tax Project Truth, Freedom, and Beauty. This project will ~nstitutethe practicedollars, downtown Eugene should be one of the most magnificent of urban design, which wtll lighten the burden on c~tizens who're forced todowntowns in the world, instead, it is a trash heap. try to defend themselves from the unjustified development agendas of the planning establishment. The on-going woes of downtown Eugene are caused by ignorance of urban design This ignorance ~sn't limited to the downtown area. In fact, all of ADVANCE FREEDOM Eugene and Springfield is subjected to the same kind of ignorance as Eugene's beleaguered downtown, producing the unrelenting blandness of If civihzat~on is to survive, freedom must grow. But freedom is not about urban sprawl at the periphery of our metropolitan area and a dump at the doing anything you want. Freedom ~s about limits. By building a clearly center of Eugene, the latter funded by tax ~ncrement dollars defined fence around the government, an atmosphere of trust can be engendered and freedom advanced. Good fences make good neighbors. This ~gnorance ~s not mere empty-headedness. Rather,~t is fueled by the ideology of matenalism, sc~ent~sm and anti-contextuahsm that forms the The practice of urban design is about building a good fence around basis of the planning paradigm of the 20th century An urban design public government. Th~s fence is what defines the public realm. Public and privateprocess would suppress the influence of th~s ~deology in much the same alike can understand and accept this fence, which also identifies hmlts forway that current planning processes suppress the values of civihzat~on private citizens, because it provides order, harmony and meaning to the physical organization of the city. SUPPORT PROJECT TRUTH, FREEDOM AND BEAUTY MAKE THEM HONEST Honesty can be brought to our planning processes, freedom can be advanced, and Eugene and Spnngfleld can be put on a path of becoming Project Truth, Freedom, and Beauty will turn back the d~shonesty, beautiful. But we need your help. manipulation and intellectual decay that characterizes current planning practices. This project will lead tothe establishment of urban design public The Mill Street Bridge Committee ~s starting a fund-raising campaign to processes ~n Eugene and Spnngfleld, which will flush out the opportunists make this happen. Those interested in contributing to and/or being part of and snake-oil salesmen who currently dominate the decision-making this project are encouraged to submit a participation request in which we processes for guiding development. Urban design processes will shine a ask people to demonstrate their interest in this cause and indicate what spotlight on their covert agendas, development ws~ons, phony justifications, they can bring to the effort. Please send requests to. The Mill Street Bndge and suppress the influence of the ideology of materialism, sc~ent~sm and Committee, P.O. Box 71812, Eugene, 97401-0216. anticontextualism that they subscribe to, the ~deology being taught today in our professional schools of planning and design. VOTE NO ON 20-88 VOTE NO ON 20-88 Paid For By: DEFEAT THE CIVIC CENTER BOND The Mill Street Bridge Committee Thomas Lester, Treasurer Paid For By: The Mill Street Bridge Committee Thomas Lester, Treasurer (This Informat~on furnished by Rose Douglas, The Mill Street Bndge Committee) (This Information furnished by Thomas Lester, The Mill Street Bndge Committee) (Th~s space purchased for $300 ~n accordance with EC 2 996(2) ) (This space pumhased for $300 in accordance with EC 2 996(2) ) The pnnbng of this argument does not constitute an endorsement by the The printing of th~s argument does not constitute an endorsement by the City of Eugene, nor does the City of Eugene warrant the accuracy or truth of C~ty of Eugene, nor does the C~ty of Eugene warrant the accuracy or truth of any statements made any statements made 15