Siuslaw News Tuesday, Nov 27th, 2007
By: Katy Fulton
The city’s Transit Advisory Committee wants to pursue funding for a pilot project.Instead of waiting for someone somewhere to come up with grant money to fund a public bus service between Eugene and Florence, the city Transit Advisory Committee is building
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Original airdate July 5, 2007. Video link courtesy
You could eventually be able to hop a bus to Florence for only a $1.25 one way. Lane Transit District is in the early stages of considering service from Eugene to the small coastal town.
Old Town, Florence was full of life
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The 2008 "State of the County Address" is now available for viewing ON DEMAND from your home computer by clicking simply clicking the "Links" button above (just below Bill's photo) and clicking "Board Meetings LIVE and ON DEMAND".
The broadcast is made available by Lane County and Metro TV
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January 11th, 2008
Mr. Ed Shepard,State Director
BLM, Oregon - Washington
P0 Box 2965,Portland, OR
RE: OPPOSITION TO WOPR — (Alternative 2)
Dear Mr. Shepard,
The purpose of this correspondence is to express my strong opposition to the BLM’s proposed WOPR (Alternative 2) due to the lack of compelling evidence
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The Siuslaw News - January 9, 2008
At a recent Florence City Club meeting, County Commissioner Bill Fleenor told members that he sees four diminishing possibilities that Lane County will continue to receive the $40 million in federal forest funds, on which the county in the past has based its
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By DENISE RUTTAN, Siuslaw News Jan 23, 2008
Reprinted with kind permission courtesy Siuslaw News (www.Siuslawnews.com)
Before he got into politics, Bill Fleenor was into alternative energy. In the 1990s, the West Lane County Commissioner started developing a self-sufficient system for his home just outside Mapleton. Today, much of the
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Published: February 6, 2008
By Matt Cooper The Register-Guard
The Lane County commissioners on Tuesday developed a worst-case budget scenario that could reduce crime and punishment services; eliminate popular health, animal and agricultural programs; and cut the equivalent of 230 county jobs by July 1.
The cuts would hinge on
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Local resident Bill Hansen has given us kind permission to reprint the following letter sent to Commissioner Fleenor.
Feb 6, 2008
Hi Bill,
First, I'd like to express how much I've enjoyed the give-and-take of our gatherings at "Joe's." I always come away from them having learned more on the
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By Matt Cooper The Register-Guard
Published: February 6, 2008
The Lane County commissioners on Tuesday developed a worst-case budget scenario that could reduce crime and punishment services; eliminate popular health, animal and agricultural programs; and cut the equivalent of 230 county jobs by July 1.
The cuts would hinge on
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The Register-Guard - Eugene, Oregon
Original Publication Date: January 17, 2008
By Matt Cooper
The Lane County commissioners could cut 100 jobs in the coming few years — or as quickly as July 1 — given the comments from federal lawmakers who said this week that they have given up
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