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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.

Posted: Wed, Oct 31, 2007 · 10:07 AM ET

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.

Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2007 · 12:10 PM ET

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.

Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 · 8:27 PM ET

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.

Posted: Thu, Oct 25, 2007 · 12:55 PM ET

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.

Posted: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 · 9:33 AM ET

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.

Posted: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 · 8:21 AM ET

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.

Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 · 9:18 AM ET

'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.

Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 · 9:05 AM ET

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.

Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 · 8:06 AM ET

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