The city manager has been deceitful (sneaky, call it what you wish), and not transparent, then we have a council majority who apparently thinks Ruiz is doing a good job, judging by the way they have reviewed him.   

Yes. I appreciate what George Brown did, and what Poling, Semple, Taylor, and sometimes Evans are doing.  But a 5-3 vote (or Kitty Piercy tie breakers) have mostly gone against the community, i.e. neighborhoods, businesses, and otherwise.  Maybe its time to pay the councilors, so each ward can attract better candidates. 

The one thing I really do appreciate is Josh Shov's defeat.   

Neither one of these bans will (would have) do a thing to help to clean-up the downtown.  Get ready for an increase in "service animals" in Eugene.  I'm not a smoking advocate, but I appreciate at least that proposed ban was defeated.  Is there really such a thing of outside second-hand smoke?  I've never heard it as "health issue", until Ruiz said it was.