Wayne Martin: Begging for money or food has been part of this national history since the mid-1600s. It has been a lawful action for those in need… Freedom of religion is the freedom to act in conscience by offering items of necessity and charity to those who rely on the goodness of their fellow human people.
Presenter While ICE, Flock cameras, and the Amazon megawarehouse drew most of the attention Jan. 26, public comments also touched on long-running local issues:
Noah Birnel I am Noah Birnel. We’ve heard lots of very importful stuff at public comment tonight. And I’m going to talk about something that people usually regard as less important, which is the violent deaths of about 50 of Eugene’s residents the years between 2022 and 2024. The numbers have not been totaled for 2025.
That’s traffic deaths. That’s how people are dying prematurely, violently in Eugene. Yesterday someone was killed on a bike. The crash report is not complete yet…