[GPSCC-chat] Not Seeking Re-election To County Council

[Brian]

Congratulations, John, for taking charge!  We'll miss you.  Eugene has a lot to offer.  Rep. Peter De Fazio 
and Sen. Wyden, for instance, two of maybe eight federal legislators who are worth a damn. And the 
Register-Guard occasionally does some actual journalism, the library downtown at the transit hub is real 
nice, and the Williams Bakery Thrift Store right on Franklin at the E. end of the University grounds is a 
godsend.  In July you can eat your way from one side of the town to the other on free wild blackberries.  
Spencer Butte  and Mt. Pisgah are good local hiking; Siuslaw National Forest is just 30 miles toward the 
coast, and the public lands start about 20 miles east of town and continue over the Cascades, across 
the desert, and over the Rockies all the way to Casper, Wyoming,  It is, one of Ken Kesey's buddies used 
to say, "a good place to be poor."

The pawnshops in Springfield are very competitive and the owners have known all their clients for years, 
so new guys get great deals--buy three screwdrivers and you'll only get charged for two.  

But if you (or a friend) drive a car with California plates, be aware that a favorite local sport is to loosen 
the starter trigger wire so the car starts once, road shocks jiggle the wire loose, and the car won't start 
the second time.  This has happened to me three times in Eugene.  It seems those guys enjoy Californicos'
company so much that they go to great trouble to encourage us to stick around!





















 

Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 08:00:45 -0800
From: pagesincolor at yahoo.com
To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org; palestineis at dslextreme.com
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Not Seeking Re-election To County Council

Hello,
I just got back from a short trip to Eugene Oregon. I am fully satisfied with the quality of life there (including the possibility of getting a mobile home in an all age park for $3900 to $20k depending on the size and quality and the distance from downtown Eugene). So I am planning to move there permanently at the end of June 2014. They don't have a functioning Green Party organization in Lane County, but they have a very active Occupy movement and every other person that you run into is an activist. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that they aren't all liberal
 democrats.   We will see.  I will be keeping most of my furniture and other junk at my current room mate's location for a few months after I move so if I find out I've been had, it is just a $63 train ticket to come back.  I may also be able to make a trip to San Jose and/or LA about once per month if I can find someone's couch to sleep on for a couple of nights per month.  It's been great living in San Jose, but it is time for me to move on. Cheers.
Sincerely,
John Thielking
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