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Viewpoint:
Toward a New City Hall
The significance of public buildings and open spaces
BY GARY MOYE

My wife once escorted a group of international visitors around Eugene, showing them the campus, Hendricks Park, the rose garden and the downtown. As they were preparing to depart, the guests conferred briefly then asked, "We have seen many beautiful things here today, but we wonder why you have not shown us your city center. Where is it?" [Read More]

 

Viewpoint:
Vital Tedium
Democracy buried in an avalanche of minutiae.
BY RON CHASE

"A" or "the." That is the question of the moment. The committee staff person outlines what she thinks it should be and why, the committee spends a few minutes discussing the difference, makes a decision, and moves on. [Read More]

 



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