Eugene socio-political resources

This is just a list of links to help me keep track of all the different kinds of web resources in Eugene politics. Point of view is not important to this list, and listing is not an endorsement. What is important is that they relate to local government in some way.

Neighborhoods

http://www.fairmountneighbors.org
https://www.amazonneighbors.com

Other

http://checks-balances.org/faq.html
http://www.cityclubofeugene.org
https://eugeneneighborhoods.wordpress.com

Running for office

https://www.runoregonrun.org/where-to-run
Petition with the city for office - one needs only 25 signatures https://www.eugene-or.gov/518/Elections
Registering a PAC or candidate committee: http://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/campaigncommittee.aspx
In Oregon one needs to register with the Federal IRS first: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/political-organizations/filing-requirements-1
Then register with the state via ORESTAR: Running for office in OregonFor Finances
Find a Financial services solution: https://www.onpointcu.com/

Other links about important discussions

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Housing

http://www.wecaneugene.org
https://www.betterhousingtogether.org

http://missingmiddlehousing.com/about/demand-trends/
https://eugeneneighborhoods.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/addressing-the-housing-crisis-in-eugene/
https://eugeneneighborhoods.wordpress.com/2018/02/14/how-efficient-is-your-rental/

Auditor

Term limits. 

This morning over coffee an interesting discussion ensued over term limits for U.S. Congressional seat winners. The point was that we have term limits for the presidency but often not for other positions in the government; is the public’s best interest followed by not having term limits? At my core I’m not against term limits, but I wonder if they will result in the kinds of results we really want. i.e. It is suggested that if representatives and senators were limited then they would be more inclined to think critically about the laws impacting their areas of representation rather than who is going to fund their re-election. In theory I understand this line of reasoning. However, if we do propose term limits how does mentoring and long range national policy planning take place? Does this mean then that the outside consultant becomes more influential? And is that a secondary risk because the people with real power to influence are moved to outside the elected system?