And Now, the Main Event: Measure 37 vs. the Gorge Commission
There’s a court case quietly underway that may affect everyone who lives in or has a stake in the Columbia Gorge. At issue: The future of the preserving — often irritating, sometimes stifling —...
View ArticlePoll: Oregonians Regret Passing Measure 37
We Oregonians, hoping to fend off intrusive government, passed Measure 37 two years ago by a muscular majority — but we wouldn’t if the election were re-voted today. That’s the upshot of a recent poll...
View ArticleBig Look Task Force Struggles To Find the “Vision Thing”
It can be damned hard to rekindle an old flame. Just ask Oregon planners, who are trying to get the state’s citizens psyched about … well, about the future of their state, is all. Just last week, the...
View ArticleNeighbors, Takings and Money Refused — A Roundup of Interesting Landuse Stories
There are several interesting little property rights stories floating around just ahead of the big vote in the West this week on various Measure 37 spinoffs. ”¢ First... across Ol’ Windy in Skamania...
View Article“Property Rights” Measures Rejected In Washington and Other States
The West-wide property rights campaign to force governments to back off from limiting development on private property came to a showdown Tuesday, and supporters won big — in Arizona. The regulatory...
View ArticleOregon’s Land Rush, A Gorge Court Case, and Light-Hearted About Biofuel
A note to our more sensitive readers: This article contains mildly opinionated statements, and an exclamation point. I made up one word, too. This week includes a deadline for Measure 37 development...
View ArticleHood River Valley Residents Form Competing Groups Over Measure 37
How many farmers would get out of the business if a better offer came along? A bushel-full of them. Counting the latest Measure 37 claims, greater than a fifth of Hood River Valley’s farmland could be...
View ArticleOregon Legislature Adds Measure 37 “Fairness” Committee
Senator Floyd Prozanski may have one of the hottest seats in the Oregon Senate -- if not the state -- when the 2007 legislature convenes in Salem on Monday. Committee assignments handed out December 15...
View ArticleNo Measure 37 Claims In Gorge Scenic Area, Says Court
The history was complex, but a recent ruling made it plain: Oregon’s Measure 37 does not apply in the Columbia Gorge’s National Scenic Area. That was the word from the Oregon Court of Appeals last...
View ArticleMeasure 37 Means Condos and … Compromise?
We haven’t heard much about Measure 37 recently, but that’s not because much isn’t going on — it is, and the biggest pieces of this fractured story are the least obvious. First, to the obvious: Measure...
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