In the April 5, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Brian Wanty writes in a letter:
What is the best way to improve local government performance? …
Auditors not seen as a significant
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City Hall fiasco why auditor needed
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In the April 1, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Ruth Duemler writes in a letter:
I appreciate Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis’s concerns for our city and the May election. We must remember our expensive loss of our City Hall that has robbed us of dollars for schools, public housing and services. …
Good leaders do an auditor’s job
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In the March 31, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident G. Thomas Gardner writes in a letter:
We moved into Eugene’s Ward 1 just three years ago from the Churchill area and since then have had our car broken into. Our neighbors have had property stolen, buildings in our neighborhood have been repeatedly vandalized (tagged), cars speed through the neighborhood, abandoned cars line our streets and the fall leaves still muddy gutters.
Meanwhile, the only time I’ve noticed police presence was when three different neighbors were “swatted.” …
Auditor would make city efficient
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In the March 31, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Cindy Allen writes in a letter:
Our award-winning Eugene City Hall, with parking, was torn down over the vocal objections of many residents. Later, it appeared that the costs of demolition and rebuilding were much higher than estimated. …
Why is Vinis so afraid of an auditor?
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In the March 31, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Dennis Casady writes in a letter:
In her March 26 guest viewpoint, Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis followed the pattern she has established in previous op ed pieces: What begins as a “state of the city” report ends with its real message concerning the fearful specter of an independent elected auditor presented by Ballot Measure 20-283. …
Vote yes for both auditor measures
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In the March 30, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Adam Fishman writes in a letter:
Nobody likes to be audited. It is stressful and time consuming, and distracts from business as usual. It is an unwelcome burden imposed by the IRS, internal procedures and external organizations. Who needs it?
We do. The citizens and taxpayers of Eugene. There are countless reasons why. You only have to look at the two measures on the ballot to see that most of Eugene agrees. …
Auditor’s job not fixing all problems
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In the March 26, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident and former Eugene Ward 1 City Councilor George Brown writes in a letter:
Once again, Brian Wanty displays a serious misunderstanding of the role an elected auditor plays in city government (“Auditor hasn’t helped Portland,” March 22). …
City measure dilutes democracy
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In the March 24, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Jerry Diethelm writes in a letter:
Give the Eugene City Council credit for a clever and potentially effective strategy. If you can keep people arguing over the detailed differences in the two performance auditor proposals, they will be distracted from the larger strategic intent, which is to kill the project altogether. …
Auditor could well be policy maker
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In the March 23, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Craig Starr writes in a letter:
Ballot Measure 20-283, proposing an elected Eugene city auditor, unnecessarily and improperly empowers the city auditor “to conduct audits … to determine whether … (c) the public is benefited by the activity.”
This plainly inserts the auditor into the legislative area of policy-making. It doesn’t, as proponents might reply, only empower the auditor to determine if an intended benefit was achieved, because that legitimate auditing goal already is separately expressed elsewhere. …
Auditor hasn’t helped Portland
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In the March 22, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Brian Wanty writes in a letter:
What are the consequences of having a city auditor? Portland has had a city auditor for 150 years. Whatever the effects an auditor has on a city should be fully achieved by now in Portland. …