In the March 26,2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis writes in a guest viewpoint:
… Also on the ballot are two measures proposing very different options for a city auditor: one calls for an elected auditor who would form a third branch of city government, the other calls for an auditor appointed by the City Council and overseen by a citizen committee. Both are efforts to assure taxpayers that public resources are well spent to produce desired outcomes.
The questions for voters: Which is the better fit for our community? What are we trying to accomplish? Are we creating an auditor to investigate past mistakes, or to review current practices as a path to improvement? …