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LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.

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Byline: The Register-Guard

Jim Torrey's time is past

I've been watching the pages of this paper heat up with canned criticism of our Eugene mayor, Kitty Piercy. So, it came as no surprise when the heat went to a boil and the profit-at-any-cost development interests of this town - just before deadline - rolled out Jim Torrey to run again.

According to Torrey, there needs to be a conservative in the race. There's a ring of desperation to the whole thing, it seems. Why?

Mayor Piercy has stood tall for maintaining our region's clean, natural beauty while building an economy based on sustainable practices and resources. She came right out with a pretty smart economic plan. Her Sustainable Business Initiative was innovative and invited a whole new group of people to the table.

At last, a broad spectrum of community members were making decisions about how they want Eugene to be.

And it was clear - they don't want unmitigated sprawl and unregulated growth. I've found it refreshing that we can look at growing an economy without damaging what it is that makes this area so special.

Piercy is the mayor for this time in this town. Torrey's time is past.

Tris O'Shaughnessy

Eugene

Design workshop was flawed

Congratulations to the University of Oregon students who conducted the Downtown Parks Design Workshop on March 15 (Register-Guard, March 16).

I attended the event and found that it was well-run and had a positive dialogue about downtown Eugene. However, the event was deeply flawed and led to preordained conclusions that were repeated in the article.

The workshop's design process looked at...