Comment: Clark "learned?" After years of supporting a ridiculous plan for City Hall? No, it's the public outcry that has Clark rethinking.
How about Capstone? Did he take any leadership in opposing it? No. Again, he saw MUPTE wouldn't pass w/out some tweaking. I think we can both agree that it's provisions are jellyfish-like. I mean, do we really need more "affordable housing?" How much more? If one cannot afford Eugene, is living in Springfield, with its far cheaper rents, some sort of punishment? 
Clark and Piercy were hand-in-hand in wrecking pretty much every major issue they addressed. Let's leave 'em in that position as they both leave--- well, they can't leave City Hall because they tore it down...