From Oregonians In Action lictor Mr. Ross Day:

Writing good titles is a tough business!

Measure 37 was not a watershed moment. It did not indicate that citizens are “sick and tired” of all the regulatory hassles of our land use system. To see that M37 passed largely due to issue framing (and faulty opposition), just look at what happened yesterday in rural Livermore, California.
There, Weyerhaeuser’s Pardee [...]

[This posting originally appeared on my personal blog, Land Use Watch.]
Why did Measure 37 pass so overwhelmingly last year, and what can we do to prevent the next hokum from Oregonians in Action?
I believe there is absolutely NO ascendent, fundamental, or core “property rights” belief in the majority of Oregonians. I do not [...]

A perfect place for the next Red Robin franchise?
Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven details some Mormons’ practice of “bleeding the beast”: namely, marrying multiple wives who, with children in tow, extract money from ogrish governments via welfare.
The GOP seems to have picked up the same trick: spend, spend, spend, and when there’s [...]

“These hillsides are extremely prone to slides, even without development. When you start building subdivisions and roads, taking out trees and roots that absorb water and hold the slopes in place, you change the balance of forces. And one result is landslides.”
John Ferguson, Geo-technical engineer
To the editor,
The “teachable moment” from natural [...]

I am positively turning into a States’ rights believer! After all, when the Federal government is controlled by the far right across the board, well, the only sanctum is our dear little (mostly) blue State.