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Article: City Hall recedes.(Editorials)(Eugene must salvage $2 million investment)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2008
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Byline: The Register-Guard
The idea was to engage citizens in the process of designing a new Eugene City Hall, so that when it came time to vote on financing the building, people would feel like partners in its development. But not all engagements end in marriage, and this one is a long way from the altar. It's time to attempt to salvage whatever can be preserved of the energy, momentum and money that has been invested in the project.
The Eugene City Council wisely decided in March against putting a City Hall proposal on the ballot this November. Last year's defeat of two city measures - a gas tax increase and an expansion of the downtown urban renewal ...