Paul:  Ms Vinis was clearly Ms. Piercy's candidate.  She won by a significant margin.  That would seem to indicate that a majority of Eugene voters aren't quite as disenchanted with Mayor Piercy's term in office as you are.  If that lack of public trust is so widespread, I'd think Mr. Clark, a frequent and outspoken critic of Mayor Piercy, would have won rather easily.  

Could you make sense out of that for me.  Perhaps I'm seeing things too simplistically.  thanks and regards, Gary