Eugene, Oregon police department forced to consider illegal aliens for officers

The federal government sued the Eugene, Oregon police department because it would not consider non-citizens for the job of police officer:
     Oregon's second-largest city has agreed to pay a civil penalty and undergo federal monitoring in a settlement over allegations it violated anti-discrimination law when hiring new police officers, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.

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GT: Teen says officer saved her from sex trafficking

July 06, 2014, By Josephine Woolington — EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Bailey Gates boarded a plane from Eugene to Portland — her first time flying — on July 27, 2013. ✧ She took another flight from Portland to Los Angeles, and one more from L.A. to New York City that day. ✧ The then-17-year-old remembers the trip clearly. ✧ She was headed for New York to meet a man who she had met online. She left Eugene early in the morning without telling her family. ✧ Her mother reported her missing hours after she left for the airport. Read more at the Corvallis Gazette-Times Read More......

Eugene City Council compromises on Pledge of Allegiance

FOXNEWS.COM, 6/28/2011 by Dan Springer (Hat tip: John H. Detweiler) - Compromise on Pledge of Allegiance in Oregon Town Has Some Seeing Red

An Oregon town's City Council voted down a proposal to say the Pledge of Allegiance before every council meeting, but later passed a compromise that seemed to make no one happy. ∴ The approved measure allows the pledge to be recited at just four Eugene City Council meetings a year, those closest to the Fourth of July, Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Flag Day. ∴ It was supposed to be simple, but Councilman Mike Clark soon found out when you’re dealing with God and country, nothing in Eugene is easy. Read more at Fox...

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