[WEC] Consensus Check: Letter from WEC to Eugene City Council - 20101130-01 Draft

[Kitty Piercy]

I would support that change.

Kitty Piercy
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On Dec 5, 2010, at 12:49 AM, Alan <alan at churchillareaneighbors.org>  
wrote:

> On 11/30/2010 02:58 PM, Kevin Matthews wrote:
>> Dear WEC Members,
>>
>> I'm feeling a sense of the group that the draft letter to the  
>> Eugene City Council is ready for a consensus check as it now  
>> stands, without further elaboration.  We could certainly say more,  
>> or continue to fine-tune, but perhaps what we've got in hand is the  
>> right thing to produce, in a timely way, now.
>>
>> Of course if someone feels a real need for further changes, please  
>> speak up, and we'll work to accommodate those ideas.
>>
>
> Perhaps a minor quibble but "maintaining West 11th as an increasingly
> congested strip mall", while it may be accurate, is somewhat loaded
> language.
>
> If the intent is to gain broad support, then disparaging the existing
> businesses along the route is not what we want to do.
>
> "An increasingly congested single-use commercial corridor"?
> "An ever more congested retail avenue"?
>
> Surely someone can come up with something better than those two.
>
> -ajb
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