[Grovenet] Fwd: Land Use Update August 16th

[Ed Davie]

Ron, who pays the bill when it becomes a 
reimbursement?
Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron D'Eau Claire
  To: 'Forest Grove local interests list'
  Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:35 AM
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Fwd: Land Use Update 
August 16th


  Ever since Measure 37 was twice approved by a 
majority of the people of
  Oregon, I've been seeing misstatements like 
this:

  > But the Washington County numbers are truly
  > staggering.  Stimson seeks to develop 36,086 
acres
  > (7.6% of Washington County) of pristine 
forest, and
  > would see a spectacular payday if Measure 37 
stays
  > on the books, many times their $30,000 
contribution
  > to the Measure 37 campaign in 2004.

  I find it disappointing that the writer of that 
bit failed to note that
  Stimson would NOT see a "spectacular payday" 
unless they are able to make a
  case that they had previously suffered an equal 
"spectacular loss" at the
  hands of the state that M37 is now correcting. 
The purpose of M37 is to make
  people who suffered a previous loss whole again 
by restoring what was taken
  away from them.

  No doubt there are those who will try to "cash 
in" inappropriately by making
  false claims. Is that the fault of the law, or 
the fault of the people
  making the claims? Have any of them succeeded? 
If so, why, since the claims
  must pass scrutiny by our county and state 
officials?

  If there are holes in M37 that need plugging to 
keep the crooks out of the
  system, I'm interested, but I've yet to see a 
single such hole documented.
  Indeed, as the writer notes, Stimson paid a 
significant amount of money to
  help with the passage of M37. If Stimson has a 
bona fide claim, that amounts
  to their having to pay a $30,000 "ransom" for 
the return of value taken by
  the people of Oregon years ago. Yet they aren't 
asking for reimbursement of
  that loss.

  It's important to remember that M37 does NOT 
require that any development be
  allowed to occur. Whether any "...large housing 
subdivisions, big-box
  stores, and strip malls..." are built remains 
totally within the control of
  the people of Oregon through our government 
representatives. M37 only
  requires that those who suffered bona fide 
losses at the hands of the state
  be reimbursed for those losses to the extent 
that they can document and
  prove them.

  Ron  D'Eau Claire






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