Improving the accountability & transparency of city government
On May 7, 2018, OPB’s “Think Out Loud” program hosted a debate:
There are two measures on Eugene ballots that propose different ways of selecting a city auditor. They are nuanced, but essentially measure 20-283 calls for the auditor to be elected, while measure 20-287 calls for the auditor to be selected by the Eugene City Council. Bonny McCornack of Elected Auditor for City Accountability and Chris Wig of Citizens for Sensible Oversight debate the merits of the two measures.
In the April 29, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Dylan Darling writes:
A new website offers insight into how the city of Eugene spends money.
Visitors to eugene-or.gov/openbudget will find financial information available to view as charts and graphs. …
On April 18, 2018, at Harris Hall, Elected Auditor 4 City Accountability hosted a town hall with Gary Blackmer, former Portland city auditor.
Watch a YouTube video of the event uploaded by independent videographer Todd Boyle…
In the April 14, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:
With a month remaining until the election, backers of the dueling city auditor measures faced off publicly for the first time Friday, disagreeing about every major part of the opposing measures as they attempted to sway voters to their side. …
On April 13, 2018, Rachael McDonald of KLCC reported:
Advocates for two competing Eugene City Auditor measures on the May 15th ballot squared off at the City Club of Eugene Friday.
Measure 20-283 would establish an elected auditor position. Measure 20-287 calls for an appointed auditor. …
On April 12, 2018, at Good Samaritan, Southeast Neighbors hosted a debate between the representatives of the opposing auditor campaigns.
Bonny Bettman McCornack, former Eugene City Councilor, spoke for Measure 20-283 for an elected city auditor.
Joshua Skov, Eugene City Budget Committee member and former candidate for Eugene City Council, spoke for Measure 20-287 for an appointed performance auditor overseen by a citizen review board.
Watch a YouTube video of the event uploaded by independent videographer Todd Boyle…
In the April 12, 2018, issue of the Eugene Weekly, staff write:
City Club of Eugene hosts the debate, “Eugene City Auditor — Independent & Elected by the People or Appointed by the City Council?” noon Friday, April 13, at the UO Academic Extension at the Baker Center, 975 High Street. Speakers are former City Councilor Bonny Bettman McCornack of Elected Auditor 4 City Accountability, and former City Council candidate Joshua Skov of Citizens for Sensible Oversight.
On April 11, 2018, KVAL reported:
Debate is heating up in the battle between two Eugene measures on the May Ballot, measures that would set up a new city auditor’s post.
The newest salvo comes from the “Citizens for Sensible Oversight,” who are chief sponsors of the city council alternative measure for an appointed auditor. They claim the other measure for an elected city auditor, measure 20-283, is way too generous with the public funds.
Rob Zako say that the elected city auditor is going to be paid if measure 20-283 is passed next month, and he claims that the wording of the measure has given the proposed auditor a pay raise already, before any voters have their say.
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On April 10, 2018, at Good Samaritan, Jefferson Westside Neighbors hosted a presentation.
Rob Zako, member of the 2000 Mayor & Council Compensation Committee, spoke for Measure 20-287 for an appointed performance auditor overseen by a citizen review board.
Watch a YouTube video of the event uploaded by independent videographer Todd Boyle…
In the March 31, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:
With less than seven weeks until the May primary election, four of the five candidates for the two contested seats for Eugene City Council voiced differing perspectives on the dueling city auditor measures during a forum Friday. …