County bans alcohol at Willamette River boat landing
EUGENE, Ore. - Lane County Commissioners are saying no to alcohol at a boat landing and park in north Eugene.
The ban affects
in the Santa Clara area.
Neighbors of Whitely Landing say the problems drinking and rowdy behavior have gotten worse in recent years
Commissioners voted 3 to 2 to pass the booze ban.
The landing is a sparse, small park with access to the Willamette River, a vault toilet and a picnic table.
One neighbor told KVAL News that since they are a small corner of the county, she thought getting any action from officials would be a longshot.
"We didn't think that anything like that would be put into effect," Illyia Lozowick said, "but since it has been, we're really like, stoked, and we hope that something good's going to come of it."
Lane County Parks Manager Mike Russell said the department doesn't like limiting park uses but that neighbors, the Santa Clara Community group and the Sheriff's Office all lobbied for the action.
"Going to the park and fishing and having a beer while you're fishing is kind of a normal activity and to ban that, it does impact park users," he said.
Whitely Landing will join Baker Bay campground at Dorena Lake as the two Lane County parks with alcohol bans.
Opponents to the ban say other steps should have been considered to control rowdy behavior at the park.
Russell said the alcohol ban will be reevaluated next year at this time.
Teach your childern to respect property, other people and not to make an a** of themselves.
I wouldn't care if it was just some guy having a beer while fishing. It's definitely not though. It's groups of people hanging out in the lot, getting drunk, being loud, and driving home... all the freakin time. And THAT limits park usage because who wants to be around a bunch of obnoxious drunks when you're just trying relax at the river? I'll certainly be going there a lot more now.Â
to bad they just didn't ban all gang banggers from the park and that would helped more. Now they will just move somewhere else and the same problem will exsisted for other people.
Just more of the demise of the land of the free and the rise of the fascist police state USSA.
@2easy2berightback People have to have places they can go and feel safe with their families. It seems that in this day and age with less and less respect for the feelings of others we are experiencing an epidemic of people who just don't care about anything other than their own pleasure no matter who it affects. So what is left, sadly more laws, and restrictions. Until we get back to honor and truth, self responsibility and thoughtfulness it will only get worse. It has to start with parents, carry over into schools and adulthood. Got any other ideas? Let's get started huh? Let's elect honor and truth, everyone else is out!
@2easy2berightback Invite them to your place to do their drinking.
 @2easy2berightback Mhm. Terrible when government limits things that are... not rights. =/