Article: Two give up roles on conference center planning group.(City/Region)(The Springfield councilors say they must "avoid any appearance of partiality")

Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard

SPRINGFIELD - Citing a need to "avoid any appearance of partiality," Springfield City Councilors John Woodrow and Dave Ralston have stepped down from a nonprofit group planning a conference center in the Gateway area.

The move followed the resignations of two city of Springfield employees from the Springfield Conference Center Consortium in May, when residents of the seniors-only Patrician Manufactured Homes park - the site favored for redevelopment by the consortium - threatened to take the issue to the state Government Standards and Practices Commission.

Residents argued that it was impossible for ...

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