Cash couldn't quash land law.Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard Money can't buy love - or elections, for that matter. Opponents of Measure 37 out-raised advocates of the property rights law by a ratio of nearly 3-to-1, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. campaign finance reports filed Wednesday with the state. But despite that financial advantage, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved the measure in the Nov. 2 election 61 percent to 39 percent. Foes, working primarily through a No on 37 political action committee, raised $2.7 million in cash and in-kind contributions hoping to defeat the landowner compensation measure. Supporters - also funneling money through a PAC PAC, see political action committee. (1) See perceptual audio coding. (2) (Programmable Automation Controller) A programmable microprocessor-based device that is used for discrete manufacturing, process control - collected $942,244, with $173,000 of that in loans. The measure, which became law Thursday, allows property owners to seek compensation for land values diminished di·min·ish v. di·min·ished, di·min·ish·ing, di·min·ish·es v.tr. 1. a. To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so. b. by zoning and other regulations. City, county or state government officials must either pay landowners whose properties lose value because of restrictions, or waive To intentionally or voluntarily relinquish a known right or engage in conduct warranting an inference that a right has been surrendered. For example, an individual is said to waive the right to bring a tort action when he or she renounces the remedy provided by law for such the enforcement of those rules. Ross Day, director of legal affairs for property rights group Oregonians in Action Oregonians in Action is an organization in Oregon, U.S.A. which seeks to reduce land use regulation. There are four legal entities that have used this name, but the one that is most active as of 2006 is the political action committee. Its committee number is 2793. , which promoted the measure, said the campaign expected to be outspent out·spent adj. Completely exhausted. . He noted that in 2000, when the group successfully passed a similar compensation measure that was later overturned in court, opponents raised roughly 10 times more than supporters. "Our donations were from family timber companies, small business and individuals in the state who have a direct and measurable interest in Measure 37," Day said, "whereas the opponents got hundreds of thousands of dollars from out-of-state organizations and California transplants Transplants are an American punk rock/rap rock supergroup. They formed in 1999 when Tim Armstrong of the band Rancid played his friend and roadie Rob Aston some beats he had made using Pro Tools and asked Rob if he would consider contributing lyrics. . That money represents a lot of people who got what they wanted and now they want to shut the door on everyone else." Officials with the No On 37 campaign could not be reached for comment Friday. Contributors trying to defeat the measure numbered in the hundreds and mostly gave donations of $50, $100 or $200, while supporters totaled a few dozen and most wrote checks for $10,000 or more, according to campaign disclosure docu- ments. Lane County individuals and firms, nearly all with ties to wood products or development companies, coughed up almost half of the money (49 percent) raised to pass the measure. Leading the pack was Seneca Jones Timber Co. of Eugene, which contributed $243,000. Approximately $173,000 of that total came in the form of loans, of which $101,000 has been repaid, leaving a $72,000 balance, according to campaign finance documents. Such loan balances are often written off at the end of a campaign. The PAC that spearheaded the measure's passage reported a $66,855 deficit following the election. Other local supporters with large contributions include Veneta businessman Greg Demers, who individually and through his companies gave more than $100,000; Rosboro Lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to of Springfield kicked in $35,000; Eugene development firm Arlie & Co. gave $25,000; businesswoman Donna Woolley gave $25,000; Eugene-based Guistina Land & Timber Co. shelled out $20,000; and Wildish Sand & Gravel gravel, particles of rock, i.e., stones and pebbles, usually round in form and intermediate in size between sand grains and boulders. Gravel is composed of various kinds of rock, the most common constituent being the mineral quartz. chipped in $10,000. The largest individual donor on either side of the issue was Dayton winemaker Eric Lemelson, who kicked in $550,500 to defeat Measure 37. Other generous opponents include 1000 Friends of Oregon, $111,265; The Nature Conservancy Nature Conservancy, nonprofit organization established in 1951 to preserve or aid in the preservation of natural environments. It protects wilderness areas in the United States and Canada and is affiliated with similar groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. , $183,500; John Gray, developer of Salishan Lodge and other projects, $100,000; and the Oregon Public Employees Union PAC, $25,000. |
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