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LIT% 4ezh'< 1 ` 1� 1 I, <br /> LETTERS <br /> DEAL WITH PROBLEMS <br /> It seems a few people in Whiteaker want <br /> to close Scobert Park. They find the public <br /> troublesome and imagine that by closing pub- <br /> lic space they will rid themselves of their trou- <br /> ble. But repression and scapegoating don't <br /> work. If there is poverty and drug use let's <br /> deal with it, let's make some options. There <br /> has been a Community Center planned but <br /> money goes to the police and quick fix ideas. <br /> The few rich are getting richer and the many <br /> poor — poorer. It's foolish to blame the most <br /> poor —the homeless —for the friction that <br /> comes from being on the bottom of the heap. <br /> I'd like to see more money and support for <br /> White Bird, Icky's, Rape Crisis, Sexual <br /> Assault Survivors and Chrysalis [Substance <br /> Abuse Treatment Program]. I'd also like to <br /> see rent control and the minimum wage raised <br /> to $8/hour. <br /> KariJohnson <br /> Eugene <br />