Eugene Weekly

Also: That concession speech? Well played, Sen. McCain. Well played. Continue reading →

At 10 pm with about a quarter of the votes counted, Kitty Piercy’s lead had widened slightly to 52 percent in the Eugene mayor’s race. Rob Handy’s lead in the county commissioner race held at about 52 percent. Both races remained too early and close to call. Continue reading →

With about 20 percent of the ballots counted at 9 pm, the pivotal Eugene mayor and north Eugene county commissioner races were too close to call. Mayor Kitty Piercy lead Jim Torrey 51 to 48 percent. Rob Handy lead Commissioner Bobby Green 52 to 48 percent. “It’s too early to count any chickens,” Piercy said. Piercy figures she may need about 38,000 votes to be assured of victory. At 9 pm she had just 8,752. The Handy campaign said they might need about 17,776 votes to be assured of victory. At 9 pm Handy had just 3,503 votes. Continue reading →

Lane County Elections will start reporting results after about 8:30 pm on their website. The pivotal close races to watch are the Democrat Kitty Piercy v. Jim Torrey mayor showdown and the close race for the north Eugene Lane County commissioner seat between conservative Bobby Green and progressive Rob Handy. The magic number for Piercy/Torrey may be 34,060. That’s 50 percent of those who voted in a city election in November 2004. Continue reading →

Remember how George Bush, Henry Paulson and other supporters of the $700-billion bailout for banks swore up and down how the taxpayer money was desperately needed so that banks could lend money to main street Americans? Well, it now appears that’s not what the money was really for at all. The Bush Administration just handed Umpqua Bank, one of the Northwest’s largest financial institutions, $214 million in taxpayer bailout cash. Continue reading →

Could Kitty Piercy get an endorsement from Barack Obama in the tight Eugene mayor’s race? Continue reading →

Down in the polls with a week to go, the McCain/Palin campaign appears racked by infighting: Continue reading →

Kitty Piercy now has a TV ad out in the tight mayor’s race that describes Jim Torrey as a “right wing Republican.” The folksy ad also notes Torrey’s big contribution to George Bush’s re-election campaign. Continue reading →

Kitty Piercy put a big chunk of her limited campaign money into this TV ad in the tight Eugene mayor’s race: Continue reading →