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She loved scarves and high-heeled boots, and “path” along the banks of the Willamette The means commensurate to culturally loved going to the river and bathing. She shoes, and sandals, and cloth ankle bracelets. east of Dorris Ranch. evolve into the republic for which the U.S. liked going to the parks and going on long She loved to follow me wherever we Yes, humans need public spaces, but flag stands is a constitutional renaissance. walks. She liked to play with leaves, gravel would go. ever-diminishing and threatened wildlife In spite of more than two centuries of and soil with her hands. She seemed to want to be a free spirit must take precedence. The 2016 World thought to the contrary, the original Con- She liked old and used jewelry and cloth- and not to be troubled by how her house Wildlife Fund “Living Planet Report” re- stitution remains common ground. It’s ing. She liked loose-fitting dresses and skirts looked or people’s judgments about her; vealed wild animal populations have plum- flawed, but context provides insight into with no undergarments. she wanted to be free from worries. She meted 58 percent since 1970. its people-based polity, the first principle She liked things that were simple, said that she really loved me, and she This oppression and abuse of wildlife of which is the consent of the governed. things with no monetary value. loved a feeling of being free and not too on public lands and rivers by city, coun- Jon Meadow She liked collecting stone pebbles and tied down to worries. ty, Oregon and federal agencies needs to Reedsport walking sticks; she liked earth-friendly We went to the fairgrounds to have din- stop. Our parks and riverbanks should not things. She liked places of peace, quiet and ner and went to First Christian Church; she be used as a commodity to assure logging RESTORATIVE JUSTICE solitude, and not being around big crowds. said she loved the pleasant music. She told industry profits and paving as well as a To help solve the issue of guns and vio- She liked to carry old used blankets and me she wanted to know of good angels. few bureaucrat’s salaries at the expense of lence we need to begin with how we edu- loved to only walk. She loved the necklaces, rings and brace- threatened and disappearing wildlife. cate our children. Let us think about the She loved brushing her hair and me lets I got her. Shannon Wilson value of empowerment and how we can scratching her back and feet. Joe Schmisek Eugene better listen to each other. Empowerment She loved to go for walks downtown and Eugene equals connection — connection to com- loved going to the Catholic church and First Editor’s note: Schmisek’s girlfriend, Janet “Luna” Car- FIRST PRINCIPLES munity, feeling valued by community and Christian for breakfast. She loved me tak- leen Resneck, was hit and killed by a train Tuesday, May Does WAR (Wacky Arrogant Reli- feeling indispensable to community. ing her to St. Vincent de Paul’s to shop for 15. The couple had stayed at the Community Alliance of gious) define “US” as a people, wallowing As educators, we offer the suggestion Lane County. clothes and to Sweet Life to get her cake. around in a quagmire of fear, greed and of implementing educational (not judicial) She loved going to White Bird, and she hate? Where is the consensus in agreement restorative justice in our schools. Edutopia, liked calling Cahoots for rides. PARKS ARE NOT with the republican form of government the George Lucas Educational Foundation, She had an understanding for other peo- COMMODITIES constitutionally guaranteed? says that “Restorative justice empowers ple who were poor, in poverty and home- Lane County Park’s latest plan for the Instead of regulating commerce, com- students to resolve conflicts on their own less. She gave me gifts of no monetary val- 2,200-acre Mount Pisgah Park is to com- merce regulates congressional represen- and in small groups, and it’s a growing ue, from her heart. We would sleep behind mercially log more than 1,000 acres in the tatives in agreement with dollar-driven practice at schools around the country. Vanilla Jill’s and under a maple tree behind name of “restoration.” In 2013 Willama- megalomania. Those who know don’t Essentially, the idea is to bring students Tiny’s Tavern where I met her, and other big lane Parks, with $6 million in taxpayer dol- tell, and those who don’t know wave the together in peer-mediated small groups BY TONY CORCORAN HOT AIR SOCIETY Progressives and Primaries NOVEMBER IS NEXT! rimary elections suck for a variety of reasons, especially if you’re a rookie five progressives against one conservative in the east Lane race. Heather not only beat politician. the other four progressives handily, she got more votes than the conservative Gary My first primary as a candidate was May 17, 1994. I had no name famil- Williams. iarity; I was talking to lobbyists and other moneyed interests I’d never met Heather Buch 31.3 percent before who couldn’t give a flyin’ f*** in a doughnut hole about my race, Gary Williams 30.7 percent Pand I was (still am) short, fat and ugly. A “radio face” as my friends politely describe it. Kevin Matthews 19.6 percent The 1994 primary was memorable because (a) It was held on my 45th birthday, (b) Tim Laue 9.5 percent I got a speeding ticket on election day going 58 mph on Highway 58 on my way to James Barber 7.1 percent Oakridge and (c) It took state elections officials three days to determine I had actually Frank King 1.4 percent won, thus ruining a family vacation! Politics is brutal.