In the December 7, 2017, issue of the Eugene Weekly, reporter Ted Taylor writes:

The question is no longer whether Eugene needs a performance auditor; it’s who that auditor will answer to. The group City Accountability has a measure on the May ballot for an independent, elected auditor, and the Eugene City Council is deciding whether it will add a competing measure for an appointed performance auditor on the ballot. …

In the August 3, 2017, issue of the Eugene Weekly, reporter Ted Taylor writes:

The first public debate on the proposal to establish an Office of Independent City Auditor did not go well for the opposition. …

In the July 20, 2017, issue of the Eugene Weekly, reporter Ted Taylor writes:

Volunteers are “well on our way” to collecting 10,000 signatures to put an Office of Independent City Auditor on the Eugene ballot next May, according to David Monk, one of the chief petitioners along with Bonny McCornack and George Brown. …

In the July 6, 2017, issue of the Eugene Weekly, reporter Ted Taylor writes:

Voters will see more precise and inclusive language in the initiative petition, Voters Pamphlet and ballot measure to create an Office of Independent City Auditor for Eugene, thanks to a July 3 court decision. …

In the May 25, 2017, issue of the Eugene Weekly, reporter Ted Taylor writes:

Eugene residents who are seeking a ballot initiative to create an independent performance auditor for the city filed a petition with the Circuit Court May 17. They say the city’s proposed ballot language is “biased” and “fails to sufficiently, concisely or fairly describe the initiative.” …