Until I see some action on having restrooms that are used for something other than camping and shooting up (good grief, what sort of city doesn't have restrooms?), bike paths that aren't blockaded by thugs and a riverfront that isn't an open latrine, this life-long pro-tax voter is going to say no.

It's actually painful to articulate my current stance. I've always believed that taxes are the price one pays for civilization. I've always accepted that there will be substantial waste in any endeavor involving many people with slightly disparate views. However, the incompetence, dishonesty, nepotism and laziness of the Eugene city staff have finally broken me. I'm a solid NO until I see actual changes on the ground. I can no longer believe promises.