The debate tonight between the four mayoral candidates was quite enlightening. The three challengers seemed somewhat to gang up on Piercy, which is expected when you're up against an incumbent.
I became disturbed when Jim Ray mentioned about 2012 being the last year in the world. That mention along with others made Mr. Ray seem a bit eccentric and his "I'm not familiar" will not win over voters. However, his talk about the huge reserve fund was very strong.
Mr. Urhausen, although appearing somewhat green did make a good mention about the federal government timber payments, also he was the one that got the education property tax struck down, which was a classic example of taxation without representation.
Mayor Piercy made an interesting move when she talked about there being major problems in the city, being she's the incumbent and so many of the problems are around under her watch, though of course she was well polished, and do are rankings really matter if businesses don't seem to be coming into Eugene.
Jim Torrey seemed the strongest in the debate, his political skills are of course very strong and his experience is high. His responses, especially on public safety were quite strong and his response on not overpaying for the Amazon Headwaters as well as his willingness to take a 33% pay cut is quite populist.
The question segment didn't hurt anyone. Piercy attempted to score points off Torrey for the headwaters issue, but failed when Torrey pointed out that he supported fixing it, but he didn't want to pay 7 million dollars for it, as he didn't have to.
I would say that the overall winner was Mayor Torrey, with second place debateable between Mr.Urhausen and Mayor Piercy depending upon the opinion. Jim Ray had valid points but his lack of knowledge showed.
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