text: Please check your facts and history a little better. Ward 1 has the City's _only_ special area zones that provide solid standards for infill compatibility, while allow increased density, including a sensible standard for alley-access-only lots.
   
  We have a relatively safe and pleasant Monroe Park, thanks to hard work by the residents and heavy-lifting by Bonny Bettman.
  
  We saved the Kaufman House, and it now has a thriving OSU Extension Program operating out of it.
  
  With George Brown's help, we stopped EmX from ruining the livability on W. 11th & 13th Aves.
  
  With Bonny's help we blocked expansion of MUPTE west from the city center into the historic residential area. Note that this was pushed by Richie Weinman, now one of Lucy Vinis's advisers.
  
  We have been blessed with strong, sensible councilors; and Emily Semple would be a worthy successor. She's strongly endorsed by both Bonny and George.
   
  You may have lives in Eugene for awhile, but you haven't got a clue about the JWN.
  
  -- Paul