Real estate industry pads coffers.Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard Developers, home builders and real estate professionals are jumping into the governor's race Noun 1. governor's race - a race for election to the governorship campaign for governor campaign, political campaign, run - a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" to the tune of more than a quarter-million dollars so far. Most of that money has gone to the two top Republicans vying for the May 16 nomination to run in the fall. Kevin Mannix Kevin Mannix is a politician, business attorney, and former chairman of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Oregon. Mannix has served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, as a Democrat and, later, a Republican. has collected at least $150,000 from developers, construction firms and owners, real estate agents and building suppliers. Ron Saxton Ronald L. Saxton (born 1954, Albany, Oregon) is a lawyer[1] and Republican politician in Oregon. He graduated from Albany High School in 1972, earned a bachelors degree from Willamette University in 1976[2] so far has brought in at least $126,000 from the sector, 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 covering September through March. Gov. Ted Kulongoski Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski (born November 5 1940, in rural Missouri[1]) is an American Democratic politician. Since 2003, he has served as the Governor of Oregon. He was re-elected in 2006. , who faces a pair of challengers in the Democratic primary May 16, also has drawn financial support from the sector, with at least $89,000 coming from individuals and firms in real estate, development and construction. Among the three other top candidates, who have raised only a fraction of the money collected by their counterparts, Republican Jason Atkinson Jason Atkinson (born November 6, 1970 in Sacramento, California) is a Republican politician in the State of Oregon. Atkinson earned a Bachelors degree from Southern Oregon University in 1992 and a MBA from Willamette University in 1997. has gotten more than $11,000, Democrat Jim Hill Jim Hill may refer to:
Jon Chandler, a lobbyist with the Oregon Home Builders Association, said it's no surprise that the top candidates for governor are drawing support from the development industry. "My guess is it's because the issues are so much more in play right now for our industry," said Chandler, whose association did not endorse candidates for the Democratic or Republican primaries. In previous governor's races, land use and development issues have been relatively dormant. But in 2000 and again in 2004, property-rights advocates scored big election wins with Measure 7 and Measure 37. Dave Hunnicutt, head of the state's leading 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. , said the two measures' strong support from voting majorities has given hope to land owners and development professionals that Oregon's land use planning
Land use planning is the term used for a branch of public policy which encompasses various disciplines which seek to order and regulate the use of land in an efficient and ethical way. system is no longer beyond opponents' reach. Voter majorities for Measure 7, which was tossed by the courts, and Measure 37 "sent a pretty strong signal that most Oregonians, your average Oregonian, thinks there needs to be some pretty fundamental changes" in recognizing property rights as part of the land use planning system, he said. Measure 37 requires government to set aside zoning and land use restrictions that have diminished a property's value if those regulations were imposed after the owner or owner's family acquired it. Although the Oregon Supreme Court The Oregon Supreme Court (OSC) is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States. upheld Measure 37's validity, questions about its implementation remain for the next governor and Legislature. Big contributions from builders and real estate operators are intended to ensure that nothing gets in the way of their plans to profit from the anticipated bonanza, said Elon Hasson, an attorney and lobbyist for 1000 Friends of Oregon. "It's pretty clear that these development interests are giving a lot more to Republicans because they want to be able to turn a quick buck and avoid some of the common-sense rules we've had for a long time," said Hasson, whose group opposed Measures 7 and 37, both during the campaigns and in court after their passage. Randy Sebastian, a prominent home builder in the Portland and Bend areas, said he supported Mannix with a $10,000 contribution not because he expects the next governor to tear down to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. - Shak. See also: Tear land use planning or use Measure 37 to dramatically expand the supply of developable land. "Kevin is a champion of controlled, smart growth," said Sebastian, owner of Renaissance Homes. "He's not into opening the floodgates and ruining the state, but we do need to have some more affordable land." Mannix told a forum hosted by the property rights-oriented Oregonians in Action that he would leverage further changes in land use laws by not approving a budget for the Department of Land Conservation and Development until he gets his agenda through the Legislature. He also called Oregon's land use planning system a dictatorship and vowed to appoint to the Land Conservation and Development Commission members who shared Oregonians in Action's point of view. Saxton's criticism of Oregon's land use system has been striking since it contrasts with how he positioned himself prior to the 2002 governor's race, in which he lost the Republican nomination to Mannix. In 2000, he voted against Measure 7. The next year, he told the Portland newspaper Willamette Week Willamette Week (WW) is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Portland, Oregon, United States. It features reports on local news, politics, and culture. Its weekly circulation is 89,807. that efforts to paint him as unfriendly to Oregon's land use planning system were wrong. "I am a supporter of the state's land use policy. My wife was on the Land Conservation and Development Commission for eight years," he told the paper, calling the idea that he wasn't a friend of the system "just laughable." In the current race, Saxton has said he only opposed Measure 7 because he thought it was unconstitutionally constructed, and that he supported Measure 37. As far as the land use system, campaign manager Felix Schein said Saxton "does support the principles of Oregon's land use system," but also is convinced "the system got off track over 30 years and some changes are needed." Although most of the development industry's money has gone to the two top Republicans, Kulongoski has not drawn the kind of criticism from development interests - or the accolades from land use planning advocates - that Democratic predecessors John Kitzhaber John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5 1947 in Colfax, Washington) is a physician, member of the Democratic Party and former two term Governor of Oregon. He graduated from South Eugene High School in 1965, Dartmouth College in 1969, and then Oregon Health & Science University with a and Barbara Roberts Barbara K. Roberts (born on December 21, 1936 in Corvallis, Oregon) is a Democratic politician. She served as Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995, the first and, to date, only woman to be elected to that office. attracted in the 1990s. Campaign manager Cameron Johnson said Kulongoski has tried to take a balanced approach. He noted that the governor led a push early in his term to catalogue and promote the availability of 41 "shovel-ready" industrial lands that complied with land use laws. DEVELOPMENT DONORS Top donations from the development sector to the six leading candidates: Jason Atkinson (R): $2,500 from Medford building contractor Randall Jones; $2,000 from Duncan Development in Central Point; $1,800 from Cave Junction realtor Jim Frick. Kevin Mannix (R): $59,000 from West Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] developer Neil Nedelisky; $15,000 from Buena Vista Homes in Lake Oswego; $11,000 from Lake Oswego real estate consultant Karl Dang dang interj. Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance. adv. & adj. Damn. tr.v. danged, dang·ing, dangs To damn. n. . Ron Saxton (R): $25,000 from Lake Oswego developer Don Morissette; $20,500 from Portland real estate executive Peter Stott; $10,000 from Bend building contractor Dennis Pahlisch. Jim Hill (D): $2,000 from Lake Oswego real estate company owner Peter Bechen; $500 from West Linn construction executive Kenneth Carr. Ted Kulongoski (D): $13,000 from Portland investor/developer Stan Amy; $12,500 from Portland real estate company Harsch Investments; $10,000 from Beaverton development company Specht Development. Peter Sorenson (D): $90 from Eugene realtor Kathy Ging; $50 from Ashland real estate investor A real estate investor is someone who actively or passively invests in real estate. An active investor may buy a property, make repairs and/or improvements to the property, and sell it later for a profit. Brent Thompson. |
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