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Article: Setting city priorities.(Editorials)(A new City Hall isn't at the top of the list)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- November 30, 2007
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Byline: The Register-Guard
The Eugene City Council is right in sensing that the time isn't ripe for taking a proposal for a new City Hall to the ballot. Voters would not support the project if they believed that the city should attend to other matters first. So the council tentatively has decided to go to the voters next year with a proposal to raise taxes for street repairs, and wait until 2010 before bringing forth a bond measure for a new City Hall.
That schedule is rooted in a realistic reading of Eugene voters' priorities, especially in light of the rejection of a pair of city measures earlier this month. But a decision on the timing of future ...