Other departments more worthy than CleanLane project

Dear Editor:

Since 2023, when the IMERF was discussed as a real possibility, Lane County has spent $274,931.20 in legal fees paid to Beery, Eisner, and Hammond LLP (BEH). An attorney from that firm, Joshua Soper, has represented Lane County in the County Commissioner’s land use dispute (Goshen property) with Lane County. The county approved spending more county money to BEH to take its fight on that property to the Oregon Court of Appeals case,…