If Ms Wolling had her eyes open while she rode around these past eight years, she would have noticed that those of us walking, riding the bus and cycling are getting kind of sparse in Eugene. I believe it is not a coincidence that since the passage of the first road bond we have seen a decrease in cycling of 43% and similarly large decreases in walking (down 30% from peak) and bus riding (down 51% from peak).

Eugene has an official policy of encouraging active transportation and discouraging driving, and most of the citizens support this policy because fewer cars makes for a more pleasant city to live in. Looking at what our city staff has managed with our road bond funds, it appears that the best way to achieve our policy goals would be to vote no on this road bond. Otherwise, we're like the businessman who loses money on each sale but hopes to make it up in volume.

I don't normally support starving the beast, but in this case we need to lose some staff and restart fresh.