text: Mueller,
  
  I recall some discussion in our neighborhood years ago re jitneys, please cite what I "proposed" and feel free to ridicule. I'll be happy to respond if you can provide some documentation.
  
  _"a considerable faction of the progressives in Eugene is you-all (there goes the ‘folksy’ thang) walk far more in lock-step than the Wehrmacht"_ -- Well, that reference to Nazis isn't folksy, it's one of those inept and inapt analogies you seem to rely upon.
  
  But, in fact, the so-called "progressives" who are _supporting_ SW-SAZ (Piercy, Zelenka, sustainability commission members, 1K of Oregon, etc.) are the ones who seem to have drunk the Kool-Aid and repeat nothing but the "up-not-out", "density or sprawl" kind of slogans you presented in your piece.
  
  Now let's get another fact straight: “the greater good involves keeping our wonderful city _within its current boundaries_ …” -- Mueller. "Exactly why are the _current boundaries_ optimal?" -- Conte
  
  " 'Nuff said, hombre." ;-)