Become part of the 1%...GET A F***ING JOB!!

I will not call for a deputy...I will however tell them to bring a Body-Bag. The lane county homeowners are too stupid with their money..new plasma, new car, new this..new that and adding a bit more to their tax bill wouldn't hurt them..except the POS would have to forgo a Mocha or 2. You people are F-ing morons not to back public safety.

You’ve probably heard the old saying before: If you want to cook a frog, you can’t toss it into a pot of boiling water because it will just jump out. Instead, you put it in the water first and then slowly turn the temperature up. The frog will slowly adjust to the change until it’s too late. It’s what’s known as incrementalism. Rather than trying to make a big change all at once, you instead make many small changes over time that lead to the end result you desire. It can be an effective tool in an environment where people are resistant to change. This is what the public unions have been doing for a long time. They are patient, but now, you see, they feel they have the voter base in Oregon to dictate instead of ask. There are five counties out of 36 in Oregon that pretty much control everything Oregon does now. I know because I am a 5th Generation Oregon Born Native with nearly 70 years of watching change that is ugly to my once beautiful State. If you don't wake up I will see you in the food line.

Remember when they used to call them "public servants?" That's a laugh today. They are supposed to be working for us - they should be taking the hit in the form of pay cuts, fewer new vehicle and equipment expenditures, etc. I can't afford to retire, but the people who work for me have lavish retirement plans? That's just crazy.

I say go ahead and make the cuts, we are calling your bluff. We always hear about the doom and gloom, we always hear "It's about the children", what we don't hear about is the lavish benefits and retirement that very few in the private sector could only dream about. We are calling your bluff, if we don't we will see you in the food line.

There actually is no-brainer way to fix this budget problem: Increase revenue by making the wealthy pay at least the same tax rate as the middle class and decrease spending by legalizing marijuana. We need to close the capital gains tax loophole that allows the wealthy to pay taxes at a lower rate. Money earned by investing wealth should not be taxed a rate lower than for money earned by actual work. If anything it should be the other way around. The term "job creators" is propaganda for the gullible. The top 1% in this country own 90% of America's wealth. How much more do they need before they'll create enough jobs? I've never smoked pot but even I can see that it doesn't affect me if others do, except currently as a taxpayer. We spend about $50,000 per inmate per year to house inmates. That's a cop's salary. And our police force wouldn't have to waste time on this non-violent "crime", reducing the number of officers needed.

Why is it that ANY TIME there is a budget gap, the first thing to get cut/gutted is public safety? How about county officials take paycuts? How about we cut other areas like PERS? Nah lets hit the public hard where we know they will feel it so that they will vote for tax increases is very much the attitude of any govt be it local, county or state. Come on people wake up and demand responsible government spending. This is going to make 1 sherrif deputy cover an area 15 TIMES the city of Eugene, yeah that will be some fast response times.......

Well go look at the sheriff call log..75% of the traffic stops are in areas covered by other departments..so I guess that can go..and if they won’t prosecute crimes..then people will take the law in their own hands, so that’s taken care of...Lane County is just doing this to push a point..they want to scare people into giving them the money that just isn’t there to give. The commissioners I guess won’t have to worry about elections, they won’t run if they have to do the job for free. and they can make attorneys practicing in Lane county to spend some time working for the county..that’s seems fair. Sheriff can use more reserves (fire Departments use volunteers) there is enough students in the colleges, that they would like the chance to give some free time to learn in some of the county offices. (work study) But the County isn’t interested in that..they just want more money from the people that have no more left to give! To Lane County..sorry due to high gas prices, over taxation from everyone else..we are broke! “The Public”

Mabey Lane County can sell some of those new vehiches they just bought. They are all nicer then I can afford to buy new.