Comments on: The Kids Aren’t Alright http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:13:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Oregon Commentator » Blog Archive » Downtown, No Finer Place For Sure http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101209 Oregon Commentator » Blog Archive » Downtown, No Finer Place For Sure Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:08:18 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101209 [...] a 5-3 vote, the Eugene City Council passed the contentious exclusion ordinance that I wrote about last week. A judge can now ban individuals from the downtown area for 90 days without trial or [...] […] a 5-3 vote, the Eugene City Council passed the contentious exclusion ordinance that I wrote about last week. A judge can now ban individuals from the downtown area for 90 days without trial or […]

]]> By: Cheerio http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101054 Cheerio Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:30:49 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101054 Get Kitty Piercy and her failed policies OUT of Eugene. Her socialist ideas are similar to that of the ASUO: tax and spend on worthless garbage. Get Kitty Piercy and her failed policies OUT of Eugene. Her socialist ideas are similar to that of the ASUO: tax and spend on worthless garbage.

]]> By: protagony - aka gary, now megaman http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101053 protagony - aka gary, now megaman Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101053 shit that should say gary, I need a cool internet name. <b>Let it be known across the land that henceforth, you shall be known as "Puddles the Cat". -The Management</b> shit that should say gary, I need a cool internet name.

Let it be known across the land that henceforth, you shall be known as “Puddles the Cat”.

-The Management

]]> By: protagony http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101052 protagony Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:59:06 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101052 Also, Hynnix and Weyerhauser have absolutely nothing to do with the mayor. If you would've read the provided article, more jobs have been created under Mayor Kitty Piercy than under Jim's two terms as mayor previously. Also, Hynnix and Weyerhauser have absolutely nothing to do with the mayor. If you would’ve read the provided article, more jobs have been created under Mayor Kitty Piercy than under Jim’s two terms as mayor previously.

]]> By: protagony http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101051 protagony Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:57:19 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101051 sakaki - "Sprawl? If sprawl is the worst thing you can bring up, gary, then someone really needs to beat your brains in." Really?!? thats your argument back. How about you point to his prior record as Mayor and discuss something you like as opposed to being intellectually lazy. sakaki -
“Sprawl? If sprawl is the worst thing you can bring up, gary, then someone really needs to beat your brains in.”

Really?!? thats your argument back. How about you point to his prior record as Mayor and discuss something you like as opposed to being intellectually lazy.

]]> By: Vincent http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101047 Vincent Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:26:38 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101047 Grudge match? Grudge match?

]]> By: Ossie http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101046 Ossie Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:10:52 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101046 Someone should ask Johnny who won the last two matches, one of which was on his home course. Someone should ask Johnny who won the last two matches, one of which was on his home course.

]]> By: Chris Holman http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101045 Chris Holman Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:15:17 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101045 Wait...I seem to remember Florida passing a law several years ago that allowed gun-toting citizens to fire if they 'felt' threatened. Perhaps have someone willing to feel threatened hang out in front of Betty's store and when the street kids start yelling obscenities and threatening her life... Well, that's too extreme perhaps, but you get the idea. A gun-toting Betty would definitely keep me from threatening her life if I was a street kid. Wait…I seem to remember Florida passing a law several years ago that allowed gun-toting citizens to fire if they ‘felt’ threatened. Perhaps have someone willing to feel threatened hang out in front of Betty’s store and when the street kids start yelling obscenities and threatening her life…

Well, that’s too extreme perhaps, but you get the idea. A gun-toting Betty would definitely keep me from threatening her life if I was a street kid.

]]> By: Chris Holman http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101044 Chris Holman Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:12:16 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101044 Wow, I mean, if you don't like Piercy that is one thing...but chalking up the economic downturn in the US to her is pretty...off-base. For those of you who weren't around when Torrey was mayor...there were plenty of street people in downtown under his watch too. Of course, I know you realize this Sakaki...hehe. Anyway, maybe Eugene should sell its entire downtown to a private developer that can then hire Blackwater or some other security force to ensure more safety. You know, like a mall...which makes me remember when they used to call that stretch of downtown the "downtown mall". Or, maybe instead of building something in the pit where the Sears used to be, we can make a sort of gladiator pit there with the street kids fighting one another for our entertainment? I know I've seen a few brawls west of Jameson's, so the angst is already there...it just needs to be focused. Street Kid MMA! Wow, I mean, if you don’t like Piercy that is one thing…but chalking up the economic downturn in the US to her is pretty…off-base.

For those of you who weren’t around when Torrey was mayor…there were plenty of street people in downtown under his watch too. Of course, I know you realize this Sakaki…hehe.

Anyway, maybe Eugene should sell its entire downtown to a private developer that can then hire Blackwater or some other security force to ensure more safety. You know, like a mall…which makes me remember when they used to call that stretch of downtown the “downtown mall”.

Or, maybe instead of building something in the pit where the Sears used to be, we can make a sort of gladiator pit there with the street kids fighting one another for our entertainment? I know I’ve seen a few brawls west of Jameson’s, so the angst is already there…it just needs to be focused. Street Kid MMA!

]]> By: Vincent http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101043 Vincent Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:12:10 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101043 Game. Set. Match. Game. Set. Match.

]]> By: Johnny http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101042 Johnny Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:30:30 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101042 Ossie, camon ... that idea is as weak as your golf game Ossie, camon … that idea is as weak as your golf game

]]> By: Ossie http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101041 Ossie Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:23:39 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101041 The way to get rid of street punks is to set up speakers around the downtown area and play classical music 24/7. Seriously, it worked in McMinnville. Though I like the pressure washer idea best, not only would it get rid of them, but they'd be clean too. The way to get rid of street punks is to set up speakers around the downtown area and play classical music 24/7. Seriously, it worked in McMinnville. Though I like the pressure washer idea best, not only would it get rid of them, but they’d be clean too.

]]> By: Sean http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101038 Sean Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:21:08 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101038 After Gully sucks will come orwelduk, telling us about how Phil Knight had a hand in letting the kids run rampant on the street. After Gully sucks will come orwelduk, telling us about how Phil Knight had a hand in letting the kids run rampant on the street.

]]> By: Gully sucks http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101037 Gully sucks Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:37:23 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101037 Nate Gulley got his start being marganilized as a skinny little street rat downtown street kid, and now he is still a little rat Nate Gulley got his start being marganilized as a skinny little street rat downtown street kid, and now he is still a little rat

]]> By: Sakaki http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101036 Sakaki Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:22:43 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101036 Less jobs? Not like we got any jobs now. Hynix closing up shop under Kitty's watch; Weyerhauser dropping 1500 jobs next year. Worse Economy, thanks to Kitty Piercy and her continued disallowing of a continuing highway to connect 126 with the rest of 105. More pollution? Eugene isn't in a place that the indians called "The Valley of Death" for nothing. Sprawl? If sprawl is the worst thing you can bring up, gary, then someone really needs to beat your brains in. Kitty Piercy has done NOTHING to alleviate any of the concerns, and the only person who can get things done (and who will help Mrs. Snowdon with her issues) is Jim Torrey. Less jobs? Not like we got any jobs now. Hynix closing up shop under Kitty’s watch; Weyerhauser dropping 1500 jobs next year.

Worse Economy, thanks to Kitty Piercy and her continued disallowing of a continuing highway to connect 126 with the rest of 105.

More pollution? Eugene isn’t in a place that the indians called “The Valley of Death” for nothing.

Sprawl? If sprawl is the worst thing you can bring up, gary, then someone really needs to beat your brains in.

Kitty Piercy has done NOTHING to alleviate any of the concerns, and the only person who can get things done (and who will help Mrs. Snowdon with her issues) is Jim Torrey.

]]> By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101035 Timothy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:58:12 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101035 Because the bustling, dead town of Eugene certainly has a problem with sprawl! Careful now, or in 15 years Coburg might almost be A PLACE! EPD just needs to redirect some resources from Party Patrol to the Wantonly Nightsticking Street Kid Brigade.* *ATTN Humor Impaired: The mere existence of this sentence should tell you what you need to know. Because the bustling, dead town of Eugene certainly has a problem with sprawl! Careful now, or in 15 years Coburg might almost be A PLACE!

EPD just needs to redirect some resources from Party Patrol to the Wantonly Nightsticking Street Kid Brigade.*

*ATTN Humor Impaired: The mere existence of this sentence should tell you what you need to know.

]]> By: gary http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101034 gary Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:47:42 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101034 if get things done = less jobs, worse economy, more pollution, and sprawl. if get things done = less jobs, worse economy, more pollution, and sprawl.

]]> By: Sakaki http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101033 Sakaki Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:44:24 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101033 There's a simple way to get things done. Vote for Jim Torrey. There’s a simple way to get things done.

Vote for Jim Torrey.

]]> By: Vincent http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101031 Vincent Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:32:06 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101031 I believe part of it is that there's some kind of juvenile delinquent school nearby, isn't there? I also reckon that proximity to the bus station has something to do with it, as well, since many of the kids seem disappear around 11:30pm or so... whenever the last bus leaves for the night. I believe part of it is that there’s some kind of juvenile delinquent school nearby, isn’t there?

I also reckon that proximity to the bus station has something to do with it, as well, since many of the kids seem disappear around 11:30pm or so… whenever the last bus leaves for the night.

]]> By: gary http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101030 gary Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:47:34 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/08/05/the-kids-arent-alright/#comment-101030 I never understood why there are so many kids around all the time. in my hometown it was just weekend nights that the future criminals of the world congregated but here its 24/7. Also, I'd rather have a mayor whose reluctant on some issues than a mayor willing to go the wrong direction entirely. <a href="http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2008/05/01/coverstory.html" rel="nofollow"> older eugene weekly article </a> I never understood why there are so many kids around all the time. in my hometown it was just weekend nights that the future criminals of the world congregated but here its 24/7.

Also, I’d rather have a mayor whose reluctant on some issues than a mayor willing to go the wrong direction entirely.

older eugene weekly article

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