The copy editor must have cut the final two sentences to fit space. Here they are for your reading pleasure:

_"The leadership that's so desperately needed won't come from a new mayor who is nothing more than a proxy for Kitty Piercy and who will continue to let the City Manager fail with no consequences. The City needs an experienced mayor, like Mike Clark, who will hold the City Manager and his staff accountable to the citizens of Eugene."_
 
-- Paul