"Timber Firms Battle Oregon Property Measure"
Campaign finance figures show that 18 timber-related companies have contributed $1.14 million, or 59
percent, to the $1.93 million campaign so far to defeat the Nov. 6 ballot measure, called Measure 49.
Of those timber companies, nine have claims under the 2004 law seeking the right to convert 113,000 acres of their land to subdivisions or $32.5 million in compensation if governments reject those claims.
The Oregonian: Measure 37 Maps Elicit Shock Among Residents
Response - Officials say the public is often unaware of the
land-use effects of the measure
Most Clackamas County residents are uninformed about Oregon's Measure 37 property rights law and had a "shock-and-awe" experience when they discovered the scale of claims around the county.
That's according to the county's analysis of hundreds of phone calls, e-mails and letters from people responding to a map detailing the Measure 37 claims affecting the county.
The Oregonian: "Measure 37 Giving Us What We Don't Want"
Monday, April 30, 2007
The Oregonian
It is hard to imagine better monuments for all that is wrong with Measure 37 than the massive steel pilings for billboards planted Thursday at the Sunset Highway and Murray Boulevard.
Two more were being raised Friday at the Harvey Marine store in Aloha when Washington County code enforcement officers told the crew there to stop work.
None of the work had permits issued by Washington County, says Tom Harry, county staff planner who processes Measure 37 land-use claims.
