Measure 49 Fixes Measure 37

Professor James Huffman Apologizes for Misleading "Stop 49" Letter

Update: Professor Huffman has issued this apology for the misleading nature of his anti-Measure 49 letter sent out in a mass mailing by the "Stop 49" campaign last week.

The No on 49 campaign is doing some strange things with spokespeople.  Nearly all of their 'official' spokespeople (in their TV and radio ads, pamphlets, and mailers) are people with substantial Measure 37 claims.  While James Huffman doesn't have a Measure 37 claim himself, he is the former Dean of Lewis and Clark Law School, and Lewis and Clark itself DOES have a major Measure 37 claim to subdivide 3,600 acres of land that was given to the school.  They claims seeks to divide the land into "farmettes", each with its own "mini vineyard."  This land is zoned for Exclusive Farm Use, and before Measure 37 it could not have been developed into a subdivision.

James Huffman has served on the board of Oregonians in Action, the chief funders and organizers of the "Yes on 37" and the "Stop 49" campaigns.  The OIA board members are major Measure 37 claimants themselves (Oregonians in Action Board members have claims totaling over $5 million in compensation demanded from taxpayers).

Last week a letter from Huffman was sent out by Oregonians in Action, aka the 'Stop 49' campaign to voters. The letter was made to look as it was sent from Lewis and Clark Law School, laid out like this:

James L. Huffman
Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of Law
Lewis & Clark Law School
5340 S.W. Hewett Blvd.
Portland, OR 97221

Although the letter from the former Dean was meant to look like it was endorsed and sanctioned by the Law School, it definitely was not, as evidenced by this post by the current Dean, from Friday Oct. 12 on the school's website.