Civilian review board supporters' spending outpaces opponents.Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard Backers of a measure to allow the Eugene City Council to hire a police monitor are outspending opponents 2 1/2 to 1, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. campaign records filed Thursday with the city recorder's office. Eugene voters are being asked to approve adding language to the city charter so councilors can hire a police monitor and appoint a civilian review board to oversee complaint investigations against police officers. The election is Nov. 8. Through Oct. 21, the "Vote Yes For External Police Review" committee had spent $6,675, according to its latest campaign filing. The only organized opposition to the measure has come from the Eugene Police Employees' Association. Union officials have said they don't oppose civilian oversight, but they would prefer that the city manager, not the City Council, hire the monitor. The union's political action committee reported that it had raised and spent $2,573 through Oct. 19. Measure supporters reported they raised $4,860 in the latest filing period. Of that, $3,767 came in cash donations and $1,093 came from in-kind contributions. Eugene lawyer Art Johnson gave the largest single cash donation, $500. The PAC received 33 contributions of $50 or more, and a total of $1,067 in donations of less than $50. The disclosure statement also showed that the PAC repaid city councilors and measure supporters Bonny Bonny (bŏn`ē), town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta, on the Bight of Biafra. In the 18th and 19th cent., Bonny was the center of a powerful trading state, and in the 19th cent. it became the leading site for slave exportation in W Africa. Bettman and Andrea Ortiz, who each had loaned the campaign $300. The PAC also paid off a $300 loan from Ron Chase, a director of nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. agency. The campaign for and against the measure has been low-key. So far, the police union has spent its money buying ads in The Register-Guard. The pro-measure PAC has spent much of its money for ads in The Register-Guard and Eugene Weekly The Eugene Weekly is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Eugene, Oregon. The paper, published every Thursday, has a circulation of 39,850.[1] It publishes an annual "Best of Eugene" list, a restaurant guide ("Chow!"), and special sections on festivals, . Last week, the Oregon chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. helped sponsor a forum that drew about 90 people to hear arguments for and against the measure. The ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. chapter made in-kind contributions of $978 to the "Vote Yes For External Review" PAC, according to the campaign statement. Former City Councilor coun·cil·or also coun·cil·lor n. A member of a council, as one convened to advise a governor. See Usage Note at council. coun Ken Tollenaar spoke at the forum, opposing the measure. He has shared his views on the proposal at several neighborhood and civic groups. On Thursday, for example, he spoke at the Rubicon Society. In the evening, he was to speak to the Cal Young Neighborhood Association A neighborhood association is a group of residents, sometimes organized as 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, who take on problems or organize activities within a neighborhood. An association may have elected leaders and voluntary or mandatory dues. , along with Ortiz. But with 12 days to go before the election, Tollenaar said he wasn't aware of any other community-style forums similar to the one sponsored by the ACLU, where supporters and opponents would debate the issue. "If there are any, I haven't heard about it," Tollenaar said. |
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