Improving the accountability & transparency of city government
In the May 10, 2018, issue of the Eugene Weekly, Bonny Bettman McCornack writes in a guest viewpoint:
If you want to save money and have open and accountable government, do your pocketbook and our democracy a favor and vote “Yes” on Ballot Measure 20-283. …
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, former City Councilors Paul Nicholson and George Brown, with the assistance of neighborhood leader David Monk and former City Councilor Bonny Bettman McCornack, write in a guest viewpoint:
It’s been 16 years since a Eugene city auditor was first proposed. Now it’s time to make it happen.
Ballot Measure 20-283 asks voters to “establish an office of an elected City Auditor to independently audit city operations and activities.” This measure authorizes the independent elected auditor’s office to conduct financial, compliance, performance, special studies or any other type of audit of all aspects of city government operations and expenditures. …
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 January 13, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident (and former Eugene City Councilor and Measure 20-283 chief petitioner) Bonny Bettman McCornack writes in a letter:
In the Jan. 11 article “Rival auditor plan advances,” Bonny Bettman was quoted as characterizing the group Citizens for Sensible Oversight as “city government insiders” Essentially the city of Eugene is writing its own rules for its own auditor. Pretending that the proposed draft ballot measure presented to the City Council Monday night is a “citizens’ measure” is a charade that will not pass the smell test. …
In the December 11, 2017, issue of the Register-Guard, chief petitioner and former Eugene City Councilor Bonny Bettman McCornack writes in a guest viewpoint:
Our all-volunteer petition committee, City Accountability, appreciates The Register-Guard’s recognition that we cleared a high bar to gather 13,500 signatures (Nov. 22, “Keep auditor vote simple”). That achievement puts our proposed measure, establishing an office of an elected independent city of Eugene auditor, on the ballot next May. …
In the September 21, 2017, issue of the Register-Guard, chief petitioner and former Eugene City Councilor Bonny Bettman McCornack writes in a guest viewpoint:
“City Accountability,” our all volunteer petition committee, is working hard to acquire 10,000 signatures from Eugene voters. When those signatures are certified by local election officials, our proposed measure to amend the Eugene City Charter to establish an office of an independent elected city auditor will appear on the May 2018 ballot. …
On August 27, 2017, on “Train of Thought,” Rob Tobias interviewed Bonnie Bettman McCornack about the effort to bring transparency and accountability to the City of Eugene government. The group City Accountability is working towards getting a measure on the ballot in the spring of 2018. Listen now…
In the June 29, 2017, issue of the Eugene Weekly, chief petitioner and former Eugene City Councilor Bonny Bettman McCornack writes in a guest viewpoint:
Readers of Lucy Vinis’s June 22 viewpoint may have thought the mayor was voicing support for the citizens’ initiative petition, filed in May, that would amend the Eugene City Charter to establish an Office of an Independent elected city auditor. But the mayor’s intent, in sync with city officials, is to undermine the citizens’ effort with their own self-serving version of an audit function.
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In the October 25, 2016, issue of the Register-Guard, retired building contractor David Monk and two-term Eugene city councilor Bonny Bettman McCornack write in a guest viewpoint:
Eugene’s trajectory is dictated by hundreds of seemingly small human decisions that snowball into an avalanche of controversy and distrust. Those decisions are made by the mayor and city councilors, who frequently run unopposed. …