Improving the accountability & transparency of city government
In the September 22, 2015, issue of the Register-Guard, staff write:
Lane County’s recently appointed performance auditor, Shanda Miller, will host five “meet the auditor” sessions, beginning Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Malabon Elementary School, 1380 Taney St. in Eugene. …
In the August 19, 2015, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Saul Hubbard writes:
Lane County Auditor Shanda Miller will conduct an in-depth review of the county’s cash-strapped mental health care division during her first full fiscal year on the job. …
On March 9, 2015, Karen Richards of KLCC reported:
Lane County’s new internal auditor, Shanda Miller, started her job in mid-February. She was introduced to the public and the board of commissioners last week. …
In the March 9, 2015, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Elon Glucklich writes:
Lane County has hired an internal performance auditor to track the county’s use of taxpayer funds and monitor its progress toward meeting department goals, five years after the county’s last auditor retired. …
The Lane County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved hiring a new internal auditor for county government, a position that’s been vacant since 2010. …
In the March 28, 2014, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Saul Hubbard writes:
Lane County leaders are delaying their hiring of a permanent internal auditor for county government while they try to get a better handle on what they want from the position. …
In the November 14, 2013, issue of the Eugene Weekly, reporter Shannon Finnell writes:
Oregon is a hotbed of auditing,” says Michael Eglinski, a performance auditor from Kansas. But Eugene, Oregon’s second-largest city, doesn’t have a performance auditor. For years, Eugeneans have tried to evaluate whether the city is big enough, and its operations complex enough, to warrant a performance auditor.
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In the May 16, 2013, issue of the Eugene Weekly, reporter Shannon Finnell writes:
At more than 400 pages, deciphering a city budget can be like trying to decode DNA. That’s why Eugene needs an independent auditor to examine it, figure out where and how much money the city could save and make it more sustainable, according to city councilors past and present and a former Eugene budget clerk. …
In the February 7, 2008, issue of the Eugene Weekly, reporter Alan Pittman writes:
Eugene City Councilor Bonny Bettman, long a progressive lightning rod in local politics, said she will not run for re-election. …
In the October 8, 2002, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Joe Mosley writes:
These are measures for the truly devoted. For the aficionado of the obtuse. For the voter with time on his or her hands and an unnatural capacity for the mundane. …