Improving the accountability & transparency of city government
In the December 11, 2017, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident David Funk writes in a letter:
The initiative petition submitted by a group called City Accountability deserves close scrutiny. While I agree that an auditor role is not a bad idea, this proposal is seriously flawed. …
In the November 16, 2017, issue of the Eugene Weekly, Eugene resident David Funk writes in a letter:
Having run a statewide initiative campaign I can attest to the fact that the petitioners who organized the campaign to gather signatures for an elected city auditor worked hard and deserve praise for their efforts. …
In the July 6, 2017, issue of the Eugene Weekly, Eugene resident David Funk writes in a letter:
As far as I can tell, Bonny Bettman McCornack (Viewpoint, 6/29) is offering a solution to a problem we don’t appear to have. She claims that there is escalating community distrust of city government, a claim backed up by nothing. This is the opposite of what I hear. In my experience most everyone I know is proud that our city government is so untainted by the kind of corruption that plagues other cities in our country. …