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• <br /> 1 <br /> • <br /> • <br /> July 27, 1999 • , <br /> To Mayer Jiff Torrey <br /> and Members of the Eugene City Council <br /> Eugene City Hall <br /> 777 Nail Street <br /> Eugene OR 97401 <br /> I am spending my free time this summer working hard in my garage wood shop, building 14 cabinets for <br /> Me music classroom al Meadowlerk -Buena Vista Elementary School, They didn't have the funds to by <br /> the cabinets, so t reSponded to their plea for donated labor and expertise. <br /> As I work, I look out the door at Sheldon Field, the site of one of four new stadiums proposed to be built, <br /> at tremendous cost, A music teacher has to plead for help to get a capital improvement in her classroom, <br /> white millions are spent on athletics. 1 think that it is dearly wrong that the School board has become <br /> enchanted with the idea of four Stadiums, and I can't help but feel Somewhat like a clwnip, more of en <br /> 'enabler than a helpful parent. Using precious funds to build four stadiums when one did —and <br /> would —s triioe is, 1 believe, much Ilke a person with limited funds buying an expensive SUV when <br /> perhaps a Subaru might be less fun, but more sensible. <br /> I urge the City Council to reject this wanton expenditure of funds, and to avoid the disencha1troent of <br /> those citizens who want to support all educational facilities in the schools —not just athletics. <br /> RsSpectfully, <br /> Tom Bodbtfand <br /> 2198 Sally Way <br /> Eugene OR 9740 <br /> CC: J;diter, The Register Guard 1 ,20 DONE <br /> Superintendent and School Board, 4J Schools <br /> DISTRIBUTED T0: <br /> MAYOR,,,. <br /> MICC <br /> MGR— <br /> t.r <br /> ASST MGR `r <br />