In the July 10, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:

There will be no second chance for an elected city auditor, at least not this year.

Eugene city councilors declined Monday night to consider referring to the November ballot a revised version of the measure that voters rejected in May. Voters had also turned down a measure to bring aboard a council-appointed auditor during the same election.

The vote was 6-2, with only councilors Betty Taylor and Emily Semple voting for the referral. …

In the July 8, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:

The debate over a Eugene city auditor isn’t finished.

Less than two months after voters rejected bringing aboard a watchdog, either council-appointed or elected, a Eugene city councilor is resurrecting the idea.

Councilor Betty Taylor said she will ask city councilors Monday to refer to the November ballot a revised version of the elected auditor measure that a local group had qualified for the May ballot as a citizen initiative. …

In the May 16, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:

Eugene’s city government isn’t getting a watchdog, either appointed or elected.

City voters rejected two city auditor measures Tuesday, ending a debate that has dominated local politics for months. …

In the May 13, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:

Eugene has never had an election like this.

The dueling city auditor measures mark the first time in city history that both citizen-initiated and council-referred proposals on the same issue appear on the same ballot.

Both measures would change the city charter, the document that defines Eugene city government’s power and functions. Measure 20-283, the citizen-initiated proposal, establishes the office of an elected city auditor. The other proposal, Measure 20-287, requires the City Council to appoint both a city auditor and a citizen board to oversee his or her work.

Here’s some questions last-minute voters may have as they mark their ballots. …

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. …

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. …

In the March 19, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:

The campaign over dueling measures to establish a city auditor’s office is heating up weeks ahead of the May primary election.

Supporters of both measures are busy raising money. And last week, following a legal dispute, a Lane County judge finalized the ballot language that voters will read for one of the competing measures.. …

In the March 1, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:

The chief backers of a measure to establish an elected city auditor’s office are headed back to court, this time to contest the written summary of the competing ballot measure that also will appear on the May ballot. …

In the February 13, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:

Eugene city councilors on Monday referred three high-profile measures to the May 15 ballot, presenting voters with a competing charter amendment for a proposed city auditor’s office and asking them to pay higher taxes to improve the city’s parks and recreation system. …

In the January 28, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, reporter Christian Hill writes:

Does the city of Eugene need an auditor to provide deeper scrutiny of city operations? The question is all the buzz in Eugene civic circles. …