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On January 11, 2018, Rachael McDonald of KLCC reported:
Eugene voters may have two auditor measures to choose from on the May ballot. The Eugene City Council this week agreed to consider a proposal that would be alternative to Measure 20-283. …
On January 11, 2018, Rachael McDonald of KLCC reported:
A group of Eugene residents has asked the City Council to consider a proposal for a city auditor. They’re hoping to place it on the May ballot as an alternative to measure 20-283. …
In the January 11, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:
Come the May election, Eugene voters appear increasingly likely to have two rival city auditor proposals to choose between. …
On January 10, 2018, KMTR reported:
The Eugene City Council vote 4-3 to schedule a discussion about placing a competing measure authorizing a city auditor on the May ballot.
A ballot measure creating an auditor is already up for a vote on the May 2018 ballot. …
On January 10, 2018, KVAL reported:
The Eugene City Council voted 4-3 to schedule a discussion about placing a competing measure authorizing a city auditor on the May ballot.
A ballot measure creating an auditor is already up for a vote on the May 2018 ballot. …
In the January 10, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Elon Glucklich writes:
A group of residents, including former Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy, have writtenAs Eugene residents consider a pair of ballot measures to create an independent auditor to examine city government, Lane County officials hope to soon fill their own often-vacant position for a performance auditor of county government. …
In the January 9, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:
A group of residents, including former Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy, have written a competing proposal to the city auditor measure, and on Monday night they urged city councilors to refer it to the same May ballot. …
On January 8, 2018, in the Eugene Weekly blogs, reporter Max Thornberry writes:
A ballot measure aimed at creating an independent city auditor for Eugene now has competition.
A new group announced Jan. 8 that it is petitioning the city to pass a charter amendment to compete with an initiative measure, already on the May ballot, to create a Eugene city auditor completely independent of the City Council. …
In the January 5, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:
Delivering her second State of the City address Thursday night, Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis encouraged citizens to do more in the new year to embrace the city’s growing diversity and look out for one another. …
She said voters will decide in May whether to establish a independent elected city auditor, noting the first citizen initiative to qualify for the local ballot in many years “should stand the test of public scrutiny before it becomes law.” …
In the December 31, 2017, issue of the Register-Guard, reporters Christian Hill and Elon Glucklich write:
Observers of Eugene politics will have plenty to focus on in 2018. …
They’ll also have Measure 20-283, the proposal on the May ballot that would create the office of an independent elected city auditor. A local group, City Accountability, qualified the measure for the May ballot in October after gathering signatures. …