The Battle for the ASUO

Reality Check has an epic day fighting with medieval combat society, UO's Tir Na nOg! Log on to http://duckweb.uoregon.edu student menu to vote for Reality Check!

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[Djronan1]

No matter how hard you try and paint me as irrational, your "reality check" campaign slogan is nothing more than short-sighted policy. And when the parking lot fills? Do you want to open up 13th Avenue again. There are a reasons people come to Eugene, and San José style development and the habits they entail is not one of them.

[VoteRealityCheck]

@Djronan1 Daniel, you're arguing with straw man tactics right now. I can make the same argument about God or science or any politics. "Yes, you fixed this, but then there's THIS problem."

I'd rather fix something well, and then fix something else when it approaches, rather than avoid change entirely because of potential risks.

Someone named Obama believed in the same thing.

Nobody's talking about perpetrating urban sprawl or spending more money on development. The development already exists.

[Djronan1]

You are subsidizing driving, which is an expensive habit. People adapt, it's called "making do." Moving closer to campus, taking the bus and riding your bike are more affordable alternatives than driving your car and placing the burden on students to find you a place to park it. But then again, you need a populist issue.

[VoteRealityCheck]

@Djronan1 So, let me see if I got this right.

You would rather make students of UO, one of the larger off campus commute per capita institutions in the country, move houses completely and ride the over inflated LTD bus lines instead of opening up an empty parking lot to drivers? rather than using the 12 million dollars of surplus (the complete highest per capita in the country) to provide more spaces for people because the UO sells hundreds more parking passes than they have spots?

That right?

[Djronan1]

I said nothing about OSPIRG. The issue isn't paying for the parking, it's providing the provision in the parking in the first place.

[VoteRealityCheck]

@Djronan1 I recall something(s) called Matt Court and Autzen Stadium that both have empty parking lots all day long.

[VoteRealityCheck]

@Djronan1 We can pay for the parking with the money we save by not passing OSPIRG.

[Djronan1]

"More parking" and "sustainability" in the same breath? No thanks.