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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.” …

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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. …

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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. …

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On downtown and other matters, Eugene tries new things

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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? …

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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. …

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