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1 week ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” ― Edward Abbey• Disappeared in America Visual Action, June 26, place and time TBA. Showing up at courthouses and town squares across the country to say: in America, we don’t let the government disappear people. • Resist! Persist! Repeat! Weekly Protest, 10 am to 11 am, Mondays, corners of 29th and Willamette Street.
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1 week ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
Elisha Jo Young, 38, has been arrested for the second time on five felony charges of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from Eugene Weekly between 2021 to 2023. This time, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s office approved her extradition. This is the latest in a surprising series of twists and turns since the alleged embezzlement against EW came to light in late 2023.
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2 weeks ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
“TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little,Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever after- ward resumes its liberty.” — Walt Whitman• Veterans for Peace, noon to 3 pm, Friday, June 13, 7th and Pearl.
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2 weeks ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
Eugene and Springfield police intend to launch license plate readers that use AI to make digital fingerprints of vehicles. Activists and civil liberties advocates have expressed concerns about the use of the data and the lack of public input on the cameras. KLCC reports that the Flock camera system already has some of the solar powered cameras in place and that it could also make digital fingerprints of bikes.
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3 weeks ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.” — Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court justice • Veterans for Peace D-Day Rally, noon to 3 pm, Friday, June 6, 7th and Pearl. • Hands Off Our National Forests! Meet anytime between 10 am and 5 pm, Saturday, June 7, at Hardesty trailhead, milepost 21, Hwy 58.
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1 month ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
A newspaper not only provides information to its community, it also provides a forum for community members to weigh in on issues that matter to them, and engages in a dialogue. Eugene Weekly seeks to amplify voices and facilitate that dialogue, so in addition to running letters to the editor each week as well as periodic columns and guest viewpoints, we periodically run a Local and Vocal viewpoint issue. Read on for local voices on topics both local and international.
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1 month ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” — Desmond Tutu, the Book of Joy• Boycott Avelo Airlines nationwide protest, 11 am to 1 pm, Saturday, May 31, Federal Building at 211 East 7th Avenue. [email protected]. Protest Avelo’s using three planes for deportation flights as part of ICE Air. More at Mobilize.us. • Hands Off Our National Forests! Meet anytime between 10 am and 5 pm, Saturday, June 7, at Hardesty trailhead, milepost 21, Hwy 58.
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1 month ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has done an about-face, agreeing to support the extradition of a woman charged with embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from Eugene Weekly after her office twice rejected requests to bring the suspect back from Ohio to face five felony charges. Kotek reversed the decision — which her office had previously defended — after her staff did not explain to the Weekly or other news sources what criteria was used to deny the extradition request.
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1 month ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and ProtestsIndivisible Eugene Pop Up Protest, 3:30 pm, Friday, May 23, corner of Hwy 126 and Territorial Hwy, Veneta. • Rally against Avelo Air, 9 am to 11 am, Sunday, May 25, sidewalk on the southwest corner of Hwy 99 and Airport Road. Avelo, which flies out of Eugene Airport, has contracted with ICE to facilitate deportation flights out of other airports.
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1 month ago | 
eugeneweekly.com | Camilla Mortensen
Two weeks ago, on May 8, Eugene Weekly reported that the woman who stands accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from this newspaper sat in an Ohio jail cell, facing five felony charges for the theft. A Lane County grand jury indicted the former EW business manager, Elisha Young, 38, more than 16 months after the newspaper discovered the embezzlement that nearly closed it forever.
