The three bodies I follow met for 13.5 hours the second week of September.

From Eugene municipal government to federal government, there are many issues to follow.

In this 'Reporter's Notebook' Alan Torres invites input from readers on government decisions.

As a local government reporter , I spend a lot of time in meetings. Eugene City Council has returned from its summer recess, and all three of the main elected bodies I follow — Eugene and Springfield city councils and the Lane County Board of Commissioners — are back in full swing.

One recent week, these bodies were scheduled to meet for 13.5 hours total (4.5 hours for Eugene, 2.25 hours for Springfield and 6.75 hours for the county).

In my view, a big part of my job is simplifying for subscribers what happened in those 13.5 ho

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