In the January 25, 2018, issue of the Register-Guard, Eugene resident Richard A. Sundt writes in a letter:

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth,” said Abraham Lincoln in 1863. But thanks to our mayor and city staff, democratic government has, 155 years later, perished in Eugene.

It should outrage all Eugeneans, no matter their views regarding the independent-auditor ballot measure. A notice placed by the city in a recent Register-Guard is requesting volunteers “to write an argument in opposition” to this citizen initiative for the Voters’ Pamphlet. …