Comment: Sigh. My comment was made late at night, after a long plane ride and was Pretty Much satire.  Why satire? Because both sides are kinda absurd. 
Eugene consistently creates an awkward if  not hostile environment for homegrown, or at least West Coast businesses, tiny, small, large or whichever. My peanut gallery comment applies to both sides, both sides means right wing and left wing. Of course the reality is different than right versus left.  For example, just one among perhaps hundreds, the restriction on the size of signs a downtown business may display before paying an exorbitant fee. The work around for this is easy enough, but it's still a Pain.  Don't get me started on the plastic bag ban.  It makes sense in cities next to large bodies of water, such as the oceans, or the Great Lakes. But Not Here. The plastic bags have a much better reuse life span and are more frequently reused. I think the ban on dogs downtown is stupid. It's policy theater. What next, cat leash laws? Reear!!