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

[Mary O'Brien]

Seems like "An ever more congested retail avenue" is good.

M

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Kitty Piercy <cemayor at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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Mary O'Brien
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