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| Walt McCredie, former Beaver owner/manager, in Vaughn Street Park |
After more than a year of profound disagreement, Oregonian columnist Anna Griffin and I have reached a similar conclusion about what to do with Memorial Coliseum. Fix it up. And although she doesn't say what we might actually do with the refurbished "Jetsons"-era architectural marvel, at this point, that's enough for me. Take care of what we have.
That also happens to be Mayor Sam Adams preferred option at this point, and the mayor and I have disagreed profoundly about what to do with the building at various times, too.
This is the beginning of what used to be called "common sense" -- a conclusion (or "sense") that many people of different persuasions have reached in common, whether by power of argument, evidence or compromise. The three of us aren't enough, of course -- we'd need another 300,000 or so of you to agree with us. But when it emerges, this version of "common sense" is the most powerful force in a democracy (at least one not corrupted by money and the propaganda that money can buy). From this place, we can go forward, and democracies that work eventually decide on a way forward.
