Eugene’s $11.5-million budget gap and the area’s shortage of housing were major topics when candidates for north Eugene’s Ward 5 spoke at a recent City Club of Eugene forum.
All of the candidates agreed that further cuts would likely affect vital services from first responders to infrastructure and libraries. And the idea of cuts was universally unpopular.
“I want to focus on what absolutely cannot be cut ever, and those are library, cultural and recreation services,” said challenger Athena Aguiar. “I’m going to focus on what I want to defend rather than what to cut because you can’t cut anything anymore. ”…