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Urban renewal proposal in dispute.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Urban renewal proposal in dispute.(Government)(Claiming the ballot wording is misleading, a resident files a challenge in county court)

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Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard

Bike shop owner and former Eugene City Councilor Paul Nicholson is challenging the city's Nov. 6 ballot proposal to finance downtown redevelopment.

Nicholson said the wording of the city's $40 million ballot proposal violates state law because it fails to "plainly and concisely" summarize what the measure would accomplish.

The wording "misleads voters," Nicholson said in his challenge filed Wednesday in Lane County Circuit Court.

City attorney Glenn Klein, who wrote the ballot wording, disagreed.

"Our ballot title is accurate," he said Thursday.

The dispute will be settled by a Lane County Circuit Court judge, who will decide which ballot language - the city's or Nicholson's - should be put before voters.

Nicholson's attorney, Meg Kieran, said the judge may have to rule before next Thursday, the deadline to...

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