Monthly Archive for Property Rights
Property Rights Stories Posted in October 2007
Stamp Out Sprawl alternative on ballot? Board must decide
Category: Property Rights · State: California · Source: The Modesto Bee
The supervisors are set to decide whether the "Stanislaus County Responsible Planning and Growth Control Initiative" should be put on the Feb. 5 ballot.
Senate okays property tax measure
Category: Taxes · State: Florida · Source: Orlando Sentinel
Succumbing to the clock and a tax-wearied electorate, the Florida Legislature appeared poised Monday to send voters a scaled-back property tax proposal that offers a couple hundred dollars to homeowners.
Commissioner candidate opposes ballot measure
Category: Property Rights · State: Oregon · Source: KPIC 4
A candidate for Douglas County Commissioner asked the sitting commissioners to pass a resolution opposing Ballot Measure 49, the revisions to the Measure 37 land use law that voters passed a couple of years ago.
Albany council vote to support Measure 49 falls short
Category: Property Rights · State: Oregon · Source: Albany Democrat Herald
The Albany City Council on Wednesday declined Councilor Sharon Konopa’s request to pass a resolution in support of Ballot Measure 49. The measure in general would limit development allowed under the Measure 37 property-rights law approved by voters in 2004.
Opinion: Measure 49 is a start; say yes
Category: Property Rights · State: Oregon · Source: Clackamas Review
Oregon voters have a choice in the Nov. 6 election as they seek to balance private-property rights against the need for orderly land use planning.
Oregonians reconsider land-use measure
Category: Property Rights · State: Oregon · Source: Stateline.org
Some consider their votes for Measure 37 a mistake. Original authors of 2004 land use measure stick to their guns.
Property-rights debate echoes across nation
Category: Property Rights · State: California Idaho Nevada Oregon Washington · Source: Statesman Journal
When Oregon voters approved Measure 37 three years ago, they sparked similar movements in other states.
'04 law was 3 decades in making
Category: Property Rights · State: Oregon · Source: Statesman Journal
To its supporters, Measure 37 was unfinished business from three decades earlier, when Oregon put most rural land off-limits to development.
Opinion: Participate, preserve property rights by voting no on Measure 49
Category: Property Rights · State: Oregon · Source: Salem Statesman Journal
Letter to the editor from history teacher on Oregon's Measure 49, the property rights measure.
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