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PARK, ',. 1 Acids about sex compete. Oregon can once again lead the is already evident in the.rarely used and way! costly railroad underpass at the east end of preciated Karen McCowan's Aug. 4 Vote for Measure 23, the Oregon Univer- the University of Oregon's Riverfront Re- on the need for parents to talk to sal Health Care Finance Act, in November. searcr & Electric Board,arch Park. Mixed ree ownership by yother dldren about sexuality. Not only did This measure will mean that all Oregon Water & El will complicatenUOea and Both r an get the facts straight, but she employers will finally be assured that their landholders will Nevertheless, the lop- ;blighted the common ground shared employees are fully covered at an afford- menand highestcompromises. use property between the If us who care about this issue,.left able and stable cost. With a progressive and tracks and the river, he ht. a desire to ensure that our chil- Payroll tax ranging from 3 percent to 11.5 eluding EWcks material ser, possibly b , is - cperience their sexuality as some- percent, based on the size of payroll, the as a public park. ;afe and positive, which can only annual nightmare of double-digit increasesAbove all,planners should keep in mind when they are ready (however in insurance costs and reduced coverage that rhd ss is defined). Even more important will be a thing of the past. Small employers that moste siting entrepreneurial developments hasan article's practical advice to parents will be able to afford the talent they need amenity ie options. The riverlivalue how to talk to their kids about and workers may choose a job based on its in nity impossible offices move, of marginal tymerits, not on the accompanying insurance value as a pleasant view from upscale liv- ' Lough certainly nota newcomer to coverage. ing facilities. The bottom line should be formation, I found myself talking Make'it happen!Vote yes on Measure 23. expressed in terms of amenities •important lore to my 5-year-old that very Sun- MARC SHAPIRO to the living quality of a more crowded ternoon about where babies come Lane county Chairman future rather than in the short-term value Nhich wouldn't have happened but Health Care For All Oregon abstraction that we call dollars. rowan's excellent work. Eugene RAY WOLFE i–/0 0 2 - NK C.GIBSON Eugene ensUse riverfront.as pack.• Bush just a mouthpiece • ;OIl can lead way The, Eugene City Council. is now study- ing how land east of Ferry Street on the I.don't know why people have to focus ociat.d Press reporter Curt Ander- south bank of the Willamette River will be on George Bush's vacations, verbal blun- , [Wyk, rticle speaks to the concern developed. The outcome of this planning ders, golf games, ad nauseam. Any fool lgr' hat the loss of a trade tax will influence irreversibly the character of with a high school education can readily rt. an illegal subsidy by the this important neighborhood far into the seee. atdadhe's a thing g but mouthpiecefor (like lbusiness Trade Organization,might make U.S. ncturers noncompetitive internation- Over time Eugene's population will dou- buddies and han is diverted dlers. he resultant "$5 billion tax increase. ble and quadruple, and the city's housing Onfrom the agreain, bad our attention corporations and Lorting companies" would, potential- density will unavoidably increase signifi- the military-proxy-terrorismeymachine that se a loss of 9,600 jobs at Boeing and cantly.More compact living will make open theoes xman and environmentally r 23,000 jobs at its suppliers. Senate park space more important than it is now, enforces theiry mandates for globalization.If we :e Committee Chairman Max Baucus and park facilities will become more heavi- don't pay attentiondt to who these people are • n.Number two,there is none."'Number one, we've got to a lleum reserves will make diminishing used. Also, rapidly arrwithin walk- and what they do, Bush's vacations will soon become a reminder of just how gull- ;re is a solution. One reason U.S. ing distance more desirable. sale we are. - acturers cannot compete is the high Organized political and economic pees We just think we're free. I' workers' medical insurance. A na- sures will tend to work against the occa- single-payer universal health care sionally under-represented long-term public MICHAEL ANDERSON i would help the United States interest and need. Entrepreneurial pressure Eugene N tl Wo' n public r to a one o • gistration of e11 erS sexua o through ;:�. kHE CHILDREN'S CASES are the Connecticut's law is typical. Persons panel of the 9th Circuit, speaking t g i j h •eakers. It is• impossible to convicted of sexual offenses, upon their re- Judge Stephen Reinhardt, found that the reNkr.aout the rape and murder of lease, musfingerprints,provide picture and a blood nitive." f the act The onerous registration require--oh gan, and 6-year-old Cassandra,. addresses, t _ in year-old andrevulsion.nthout a The lawnse of knows10 years Those. The e convicted ofmust be psexuallytfor ments vie- offenses.ere Thusttheylamounted time ex post anger lent offenses" are required to facto punishment,forbidden under Article I • o deal with their killers— : killers can be found and JAMES maintain their registration for of the Constitution. lit to trial. KILPATRICK life. The records are public These are tough calls. Judge Reinhardt is the non-fatal cases of records,available on an Internet is a notorious - weep-easy whose heart 1 abuse that are so very dieSYMIS,. Web site or by direct request. bleeds for the offenders. He pities poor