In the July 27, 2017, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Robin Bloomgarden writes in a letter:
In 2005, the question on the Eugene ballot was: Should the council hire an appointed external police auditor? Certain people raged against the idea, assuring everyone that doing this would forever change our council/manager form of government; it should be avoided at all costs. It passed, and government wasn’t ruined, it’s better.
So now why all the same hue and cry about how electing an independent city auditor will destroy our form of government? Would it hurt the public to actually know what happens to our tax dollars after they land at city council, besides downtown projects? …