Thanks Kitty for the money spent buying land for a hiking trail as our streets get worse and the EPD is short of officers. I will remember you in November

Former Mayor Torrey and four of the city councilors tried to get the city to allow the citizens of Eugene to vote on whether the city should buy the land. Kitty and the other councilors voted to buy it anyway -- at more than twice the appraised value!

I'm just wondering, will that trail lead to the downtown area where many shop owners will now be displaced because of a misguided, poorly communicated, vote has been made to attempt to locate McKenzie Willamette Hospital there.  Just thinking that the shop owners could use the trail to walk off their frustration, or walk to view real estate they will need to buy when the city uses eminent domain to force them from their long term locations.  I thought this was the anti-growth, anti-corporate administration.  How wrong could I be?  Clearly I was, it's actually the anti-small business, anti-communication,  anti-American  city!  No wonder the police are so happy to work for them.    If you want to move to a  viable  democratic land  where leaders communicate with citizens, there's always  Springfield...or Venezuela.  Keep up the good work Mayor and Council.