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The Eugene City Council is scheduled to fill the seat of former Ward 7 city councilor Claire Syrett during a public meeting Dec. 12.

Letter writers opine about the Oregon governor race, LTD ignoring rural riders, Measure 114 and Measure 111.

NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals LETTERS Letters to the editor for Sunday, March 14: Natural gas, COVID-19 vaccinations, climate change and the Eugene City Council Register-Guard OFRI is vital  The Oregon Legislature should reject a slew of proposed bills that eliminate or de-fund the Oregon Forest Resources Institute. OFRI is the commodity commission for the Oregon forest products sector, one of Oregon’s largest industries, and is virtually identical to more than 20 other grower-supported commodity commissions in Oregon, including the Oregon Bluebe...

Letters to the editor for Wednesday, March 10: Russian sanctions and homelessness in Eugene Register-Guard Setting a better example  The White House has announced new sanctions against Russia over the attempted killing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and yet there appear to be no sanctions coming against Saudi Arabia or Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi.  The U.S. would achieve much great credibility on the world stage if it exercised a more consistent standard in evaluating the freedom, democracy and human...

Register-Guard Fair game  “Revive the Fairness Doctrine” (Jan. 22) is right on. The doctrine required broadcasters to provide equal airtime for views opposing their commentary. It recognized the power and potential danger of an unfettered broadcast industry that could instantly sway the opinions of hundreds of thousands of individuals without regard for substantiation or truth.  In the 1980s the Reagan administration ignored government’s responsibility to protect the public from false information and disregarded the doctrine. Beginning in the 1990s, social media, cable television and...