Eugene, Oregon: an old drug-infested, hippie town, an amoral, isolated enclave of extreme liberal permissiveness, … solidly entrenched in the 1960′s, home of political correctness, communism, rebellion and anarchy …. a city, severely run amok!
A liberal friend described Eugene a bit differently this weekend. She said “Eugene’s a city looking for a cause to be angry about!” This seemed to fit Eugene just as well as my description — not a city I’d wish anyone into! Every issue, …. any issue, global or local will turn out numerous protestors onto the streets of Eugene! That’s an accurate picture of Eugene!
The insufferable, arrogant, politically correct, extreme leftist, moral superiority here, makes it just that ….. extremely insufferable!
The comments on this article, those directly below specifically reveal the anger; please read them all by scrolling to the end of this article. If you do, you’ll find the residents of Eugene who agree with me are beginning to find it.
CORRECTION: Location of Heroin Hill. It’s just to the east of I-5, between 189 and 191 mile markers; if you break down there, get a tow truck!
UPDATE: Today, June 23rd, 2011, as often happens, Eugene is the highest ranked city for polen count. Check it here.
(Below, are a couple comments from readers who are druggies):
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HAHAHAHALOL OMG I CANT STOP LAUGHING……..WE SMOKE CHRONIC IN EUGENE THATS MY SHIT AND THATS WHAT EUGENE IS KNOWN FOR. SMOKIN FAT BLUNTS AND KICKIN BACK…..WEED IS NOT A DRUG!!!! ITS A HERB LOL WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT DOUCHE BAG
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Caleb Pruzynski
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You make so little sense it makes me giggle. Move the f*** out of Eugene already if you hate it so much. All us dirty drug using liberal commies would sure enjoy one less bitchy conservative telling us that our decided lifestyle is wrong. Go to the midwest.
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Heroin Hill’s – approximately 4 miles East of campus and 6 miles from downtown; the cops do nothing about it; homeless people, some addicts, also live along the river, even right in town — an “unseen city” hidden, within a city! I’ve never heard of the residents bothering rafters, boaters and fishermen other than being nude as you float by.
Yet, … if you visit Eugene, be sure to visit “HEROIN HILL” — a stone’s throw from I-5, overlooking the Willamette River. It’s a homeless area with a fluxuating population growing to near 200 residents at times, living mostly in tents, a couple old trailers, and “lean-to’s” which dot the hillside. The well-worn trails are marked “No Trespassing” but no one pays attention to the signs — they’re addicts, after all, — not exactly law-abiding or upstanding citizens.
Even the local Eugene police force won’t go there …… not unless it’s en-mass, with State and County police, and K-9 backup — it’s actually county jurisdiction and there has to be a serious reason for them to go up there!
From the city fathers on down, the attitude, is “look the other way …..” In case they change their minds, it’s east of I-5 and west of Glenwood Blvd., from where it enters the freeway and on north ….. behind an industrial area.
SPORTS:
Now that we’re (The Ducks) competing at the highest level, …. in Football (and soon to be basketball) and always has been for TRACK, ….. the U of O may rank higher on the desired school list, your children want to attend — please; for their sakes, think again; take the time to read this and help us to change our town; PLEASE.
Even after years of protests, drugs are still sold openly on the Lane County court house steps as well as throughout the city; as I mentioned people, just wink and look the other way, ….. especially the city “fathers” and yes ….. even the police.
As an example: The Nation magazine, America’s self-described “flagship of the left,” has named Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy as the nation’s most valuable local official.
In naming Piercy, The Nation cited her sustainable business initiative, (in spite the truth) her leadership in climate protection actions, and support for human rights and child welfare measures.
What a joke! To find the truth, just ask any local businessman if Eugene is ”business friendly.”
Also, our city carries social programs to excesses, even though they don’t have the money to do so – another one of America’s cities headed for bankruptcy at the speed of light!
The weekly news magazine also included U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., whose home is in Springfield, in its 2010 Progressive Honor Roll. Defazio was recently “outted” as a Socialist by the Socialist Caucus in the House of Representatives. This is exactly the kind of man Eugene elects! Look up his record and his distortion of the truth. Springfield, a bit more conservative than Eugene wouldn’t elect him, … if they only knew.
Crime in Eugene? Stolen cars, for example; you can look in the paper or watch the program: Bait Car Dummies
Van Jones, a self-avowed Communist, formerly one of Obama’s “Czars” … until the public voiced outrage, …. is coming (now) came to lecture at the U of O on Jan 24th. Communists and Socialists out-populate any other political spectrum here ….. and about 1200 turned out to hear him – irregardless the violent nature of these international political parties. He is an entertaining and commanding speaker and well received.
Hey, Communists never hurt anyone, did they? Stalin, Mao, Che ....
... birds of a feather, in and on a T-Shirt together ...
Eugene residents say they resent my exposing Eugene for what it is, but think you’d like to live here?
Or, would it be a good idea to send your children to school here?
Think again! Before bringing your family here! Ask yourself: “What’s it really like?”, and check it out! Do your homework; I didn’t, but wish I had!
If I had known, I’d have moved my wife and children somewhere else! If you understand what it takes to raise a family in an unhealthy, drug infested, Socialist, highly taxed environment like Eugene, you too will look somewhere other than Eugene! Even if you move here and your children go through school here, they’ll have to move away. There are no family wage jobs to speak of.
Before sending your children to the university of Oregon, (where the film “Animal House” was appropriately filmed …) ask the university if (and how) they live up to the concept – “in loco parentis.” Trust me; they don’t!
(Ask particularly about their tolerance for drugs and alcohol.) AND DON’T ACCEPT THEIR WORD FOR IT! Research it for yourself; parents won’t like what they find!
A close friend’s son died in a frat house, of drug use, while the university stone-walled changing the university’s out-of-control substance abuse. His father, a world-renowned doctor, stated that the son had never tried drugs before and just like Len Bias, first time he did, he dropped onto the floor, dead from cocaine. Drug use at the U of O is treated with a “wink and a nod.” Alcohol use, abuse, and binging on alcohol, is no different!
Last Friday night (Sept.24th, 2010) there was a riot in Eugene; that’s what one of the links above, is about.
In Eugene, there are more “Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade”, more ANARCHISTS than any city I can name and I’m familiar with the left wing cities of America!
On 13th Street, at the entrance to the University, (called “Candy Street” by ex-cons) one can find radicals passing out Communist and Socialist newspapers to the students. Salem’s prison guards talk (in front of the cons) and mention ‘glowingly’ Eugene about where all the pretty girls hang out on “Candy Street” ….. The guards families have to live in Salem ….
Eugene was chosen for the filming of “Animal House.” That was NO COINCIDENCE! The movie depicted a university’s, out-of-control partying, the drug and alcohol scene, exceptionally well.
Though the area is beautiful, the recreational possibilities are unlimited, and some disciplines at the University show it’s a relatively good school, there are things you should know before you seriously consider either sending your children into or moving to, this out-of-control, National-Center-of-Anarchy!
- Symbol for “Anarchy”
For a while, after I owned a home in Springfield (sister city) I moved into Eugene; I now rent, in an exclusive, very wealthy neighborhood, still in the metro area – Springfield; look at the “tagging” just down the street, under the bridge where youth hang out. Note the Swastika, the SS sign, the sign for “Anarchy” …. and the “stoner” references. 
Before I begin to get specific, I’ll be out front with you. I do have an axe to grind, … an agenda.
Drug use happens in the best of homes ....
For a quarter century, my friends and I have worked against the out-of-control drug use here in the Eugene metro area.
Eugene is one of, if not the worst (other than large urban areas) city in the nation regarding drug use!
Is that what you want for your children? Is it where you’d feel comfortable bringing a family to live? Drugs are so accepted here, …. the peer pressure is so heavy, it’s a rare child that doesn’t get caught up in it!
Let’s say that it began, (not the drugs, but rather the “progressive” and permissive lifestyle) with the hippies …. that definitely contributed, but it didn’t start there; it goes back much farther than that, but let’s assume it did …. (I plan an article on the historical reasons for the current political atmosphere – still trying to find a former customer’s Ph.D. thesis on it which I read a couple decades ago.) He’d written his thesis on the Communist influence in Eugene …..
Fanatical fans of the Grateful Dead band ….. their Concerts, helped bring this University to be known as “Party School-USA”. It was (former) U of O President Dave Frohnmeyer (previously Oregon’s Attorney General / and candidate for governor) that had the wisdom to stop the on-campus-camping, for Grateful Dead concerts.
The entire city (especially parents) owes him a huge thank you!
The G/D concerts were held at Autzen Stadium – for decades, it was the only consistent On-Site-Camping-Venue in the entire nation, for their concerts and therefore it became the venue where drug dealers across the nation came to and traded / sold large quantities of drugs.
That, of course, impacted the drug scene locally as every variety in the nation ended up circulating here. As stated, Eugene is an old hippie town – an isolated enclave of liberal permissiveness! The city administrators didn’t seem to care …… still don’t!
The chemical fingerprint of one particular LSD that appeared first here, was tracked all over the world ….. at the same time the G/Dead would show up in a major city on their tour, so would the drugs – this was true as they toured all over the world. Obviously, someone who was connected with the band or fans that toured along with the band, would sell their drugs to connections they met in their travels.
OUR NEW AGENDA: (plan) is applying pressure, to help lower the drug use / to change the acceptance of it / to end Eugene’s normal wink and a nod, looking-the-other-way . . . . This will not be (has not been) accepted well by locals! You can help.
Eugene is that far out of control and the reason for this blog, is just that simple. We’ve accomplished some vital changes and yet there’s much more to do. Today, as I re-write this, is Eugene Celebration. A few years back, during E/C there was a near-riot when I cut down a marijuana plant one of the vendors had on display in front of the Lane County Court House – that’s where the dealers sold their illicit drugs, lined up against the court house wall. For a while, our pressure put an end to it, as least we drove it underground ….. The Drug dealing is back, and again, the authorities continue to look the other way (it’s just hidden slightly better) and the city “fathers” seem to accept it – that’s evidently good enough for them!
Re: the idea that druggies are not violent, over the quarter century I worked against drugs, …. every time I’d make a high-profile appearance – tv or radio, my family would be threatened (the most common threat was ‘to burn our house down with my wife and children inside’) – that same threat came dozens of times, and druggies have been caught hiding in the foliage of our back yard ….. Over the years, I’ve been assaulted several times – nothing serious, but we’ve also had our home and vehicles vandalized numerous times.
So much for the concept of druggies (potheads – my major focus) being ‘laid back’ and peaceful – their actions belie the concept and for me, proves the connection pot has, to violence and anger ….
This expose’ of “Politically Correct” Eugene and the U of O, is a new tactic. If you want to verify what I say about the city, a good resource is either of the 2 papers ….. 1 especially is the “alternative paper“; the other, though much more subtle in it’s extreme progressive nature, is called the Register Guard (not so fondly, yet appropriately, called “The Red Guard”). As I noted, today is Eugene Celebration – the city celebrates such diversity ….. including everything sick and wrong with America! Take a look at these two newspapers for coverage. If you come to visit, ask people where to stay; you could end up in a red light district, where the prostitutes walk the streets and vehicles are a common target.
If you agree with me about the drug problem, and want to contribute to the change, and you have a child who may be going to the U. of O. . . . . here is something you can do.
Please write a letter to the University of Oregon and tell them you’ve read this website and subsequently researched the facts – - – and that you now, are alarmed at what the University and the city is like and how they make little effort to stop the drug use, but rather consistently look the other way and that you would like to withdraw your child’s application for the U of O.
Or that you’re considering a different University – that you’ve decided to not submit an application.
One can also write or call the city fathers . . . . Over time, I believe they’ll see the light.
Over the last few decades, city fathers and the university have gone to great lengths (spending a lot of taxpayer money) to promote Eugene, (their jobs and salaries depend upon it) but what they’ve done is definitely created a one-sided picture!
You’ll not find this information, regarding drug use, at the Chamber of Commerce nor at the Visitor’s Bureau, . . . . yet there’s a multiplicity of crucial problems one should know about before making a decision about moving your children to this environment.
Eugene is considered a test-market for new products. If a business / product / service can make it here, it can make it anywhere in the nation; ask any business owner; the city is extremely anti-business! A lack of jobs here is the reason most university students leave. Some love the area so, they hang on here and work for much less; they’re usually the die-hard progressives.
I’ve seen the dark side of the city (because of my pre-retirement employment – I followed up on a lot of crime). Eugene seems to be mellow and kicked-back; it’s not; that’s the facade, the city fathers want you to see, when visiting!
Eugene’s more akin to a powder keg with an oft rebellious student population! I’d estimate conservatively that close to a dozen riots have taken place over my 30 years here.
Below, I’ll expound on this list of problems, a bit; to be fair, Eugene has a number of positives as well; those seem obvious; yet this blog is meant to be informational, to apprise you of our problems so you don’t unknowingly bring your children into this mess:
bigotry // cost of living / housing // economy and taxes // employment // family friendly? // green? // Health Issues // Politics – including radical issues // Recreation and Quality of Life // Safety, Police, Fire // single Scene // Social issues
BIGOTRY:
All of Oregon, but especially Eugene, has been known for its’ K.K.K. type history – even local streets are said to still be named for famous KKK leaders (story from Reg. Guard; although I accept it as accurate, I admit, I’ve not verified this; look it up). Recently, spring of 2003, the city opted to make a deceptive change.
The University of Oregon, having set its’ sights on competing at the top levels of the NCAA sports programs, decided to do something to change the perception of Eugene, . . . . something that would facilitate attracting inner-city black athletes.
What they did was change the name of the street the U of O Sports Complex sits off of – it was Centennial Boulevard; they changed it to Martin Luther King Boulevard.
Eugene is immersed in eastern religion and witchcraft. Christians are by-in-large hated.
HEALTH ISSUES:
The Willamette Valley is the grass-seed capital of the world, therefore, we have probably has more allergies than any area of the U.S.
Yearly, some solutions have been, grasses and other crops planted are new hybrids; that supposedly helps avoid the problems with mold, spores and pollens. Field burning, causing respiratory problems has slowed dramatically. Similar to the L.A. basin, this valley was also called the valley of sickness and death, by indigenous indian tribes – Calapooias and others.
We have a long rainy season – basically rains most days from November through May and well into June. There are 14 dams which sit above the valley and have helped the flood control in years of heavy rain and have transformed the Willamette valley but mold and funguses are still a huge problem.
SAFETY:
The giant earthquake due on the west coast is not now thought to be in the Los Angeles area; rather, it’s in the Pacific Northwest. We are now 10 years into the window – every 300 – 500 years; we await, verified by geologic records, an 8 to a 9.5 earthquake on the Richter Scale. An 8, does massive damage!
This will not be a Southern California type earthquake – a thrust-fault. Rather, this is a subduction zone – a place where the tectonic plates (albeit slowly, crust of the earth) push against each other and finally, every 3 – 500 years, they break loose. That, according to a geology professor, will cause a violent jolt, followed by 3 to 6 MINUTES of violent rolling.
Then, as the cooling plate pushes under the one upon which we sit, and projects down into the hot magma, a convection system will begin, eventually causing new volcanic activity. In May of 1980, Mt. St. Helens, part of the Cascade mountain range blew. There are a number of dormant volcanoes that dot the Cascade Range, especially just east of Eugene.
According to a Corps of Engineers geologist I spoke with, most of the dams above us, have been built to withstand an earthquake up to a 5.6 magnitude (Richter Scale). We’re awaiting an 8 – 9.5!
Red Cross Disaster team members explained to my friends and I that in the event of a catastrophic dam failure, . . . . for instance, at Hills Creek Dam in Oakridge, withing 35 minutes there would be 25 feet of water on Willamette Street, downtown Eugene, . . . and that’s after the wall of water coming out of the canyons had washed through and spread out!
FYI: A 6.1 magnitude has 10 times the power of a 6.0, so you can imagine the damage possible in an 8 . . . or a 9.5! Well, maybe you can …… Not many places in the world have experienced that size quake in the last 200+ years. The only other area of the world similar is Chile; their subduction zone is not locked up like ours; theirs breaks lose much more frequently.
ECONOMY AND TAXES:
For over a century, Oregon’s main industry and tax provider has been the lumber harvested here. We are not diversified and now that the lumber has been harvested a number of times, with the drop in revenues, we are facing trying to live within our limits after years of plenty. Eugene’s liberal leaders have been well known for providing great social services, but now are not known to be fiscally adept, thinking they’ll pull the rabbit out of the hat, … somehow. Thus, property taxes are extremely high; do your research before moving here expecting to buy a home.
POLITICS:
One has to admit, Eugene is rarely boring and known:
- as Berkeley North; only Madison, Boston, Boulder and Taos come close to being as radical left; we had a card-carrying Communist Party city council member for years.
- as the home of – environmental terrorists, Earth First!
- for the origin of Critical Mass – bicyclists who periodically take over the streets slowing traffic
- for PETA – animal rights activists
- for radical vegetarians …
- for hosting an Anarchist gathering (Seattle’s WTO riots were said to have the most participants from Eugene).
there’s plenty more – want an example? Follow Eugene’s alternative paper online
QUALITY OF LIFE:
Eugene is the lesbian capital of the nation (some claim, …. of the world).
Both drug use and binge-drinking are out of control at the university … and those that hang on here.
. . . . . there’s plenty more; continue later ….
UPDATE:
Birds of a feather, in and on a T-Shirt together ....
And tell the guy in the last cartoon, “yes; he get’s them” … but he knows they’re all males, doesn’t he? I was correct; I thought he did! I wonder if his friends know that he knows?
