text: While it has been neither cheap nor quick, this well-conceived study offers an intelligent antidote to half-baked, knee jerk, seat-of-the-pants policy making that has characterized so many  of Eugene's critical  land use decisions over the years.  Think of how much angst and expense our community could be spared if only City fathers (and mothers) would apply lessons to be learned from this positive, attitude changing experiment.  Such a shift might even convince some persistent nay sayers on legitimate revenue raising votes to re-think their stance.