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Argument in Opposition The Jackson County Farm Bureau Asks Oregonians to Please Vote NO on Measure 49 Please Do Not Hurt Oregon Agriculture! Ballot Measure 49 is a radical departure from the current law in Oregon. Under current law, farm families can easily hand down the family farm through the generations. But Measure 49 changes all of that. If Measure 49 passes, the ability of farms to stay in the family will be put in jeopardy. And all of Oregon agriculture will be seriously hurt. Under Ballot Measure 49, if a farmer wants to pass his farm down to his children or grandchildren, anyone in the state of Oregon can sue the farmer to stop him! That means a farmer in Jackson County can be sued by someone all the way up in Portland, just because the farmer wants to build a home for his daughter or son on the family farm! Farming is hard, honorable work. Do Oregonians really want to repay farmers with the threat of years of endless lawsuits? When will the attack on rural Oregon ever stop? Oregon’s land use system is seriously broken. Measure 49 only makes things worse for those of us who make our living off of the land. Many in Oregon’s farming industry tried to tell the Legislature that Measure 49 would seriously hurt farming and farm families in Oregon, but the Legislature wouldn’t allow ANY public comment on Measure 49 during the committee process. Don’t fall for the trickery behind Measure 49. If you take the time to read all 21 pages of the Measure, you will find out Measure 49 isn’t all that it is cracked up to be. Please join President Ron Bjork and the Jackson County Farm Bureau and vote NO on Measure 49! (This information furnished by Ron Bjork, Jackson County Farm Bureau.) This space purchased for $500 in accordance with ORS 251.255. The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument. Argument in Opposition MEASURE 49 MAKES PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS CHOOSE Vote NO on Measure 49 As parents and grandparents, we are asking that you vote NO on Measure 49. We are the proud parents of five children, and grandparents of five grandchildren. We have owned our property in Clackamas County since 1960. Recently we received permission under the current law to allow us to divide up our property so that we could give each child and grandchild a piece of our property to call their own. More importantly, the current law allows us to keep our property in the family. Measure 49 will not allow us to pass our property on to our children and grandchildren. Measure 49 is a drastic departure from current law. Under Measure 49, we may only be able to divide our property into two parcels – in addition to the parcel our home currently sits upon. Measure 49 is so poorly written, no one can say with any certainty that Measure 49 would help us at all. That means that we are going to have choose which of our children and grandchildren will get one of the two parcels that Measure 49 might allow. We have already invested our life’s savings into our property. Measure 49 will force us to re-file with the government, with no promise that we will get any relief whatsoever. Measure 49 allows the government to regulate virtually all the value of your property without providing any compensation. The only thing we are guaranteed is that under Measure 49, we stand to lose everything we have invested. Measure 49 is a very bad idea. Measure 49 will force families like ours to make choices that the current law does not. There is no reason why the current law should be changed so radically and in such a way that penalizes families like yours and ours. Please join us in voting NO on Measure 49. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Curry Estacada (This information furnished by Gerald Curry and Roberta Curry.) This space purchased for $500 in accordance with ORS 251.255. The printing of this argument does not constitute an endorsement by the State of Oregon, nor does the state warrant the accuracy or truth of any statement made in the argument. Argument in Opposition Dear Oregonians: Many constituents claim Legislator’s don’t think of the long term consequences of votes in the House of Representatives. Now it is your turn. Think before voting. Measure 49 repeals the intent of Measure 7 struck down by an activist Supreme Court thwarting the will of the people. Measure 37’s implementation was partially blocked by the Attorney General’s February 24, 2005 legal opinion thwarting the will of the people. Our Democrat Governor talks about flawed language in his letter to your home but helped block fixes in the Legislature. Think before voting. The ballot title, measure text, and explana- tion statement are not neutral or bipartisan in any manner as normally required by the law. The Democrat controlled House inserted this Measure into the Voters’ Pamphlet based on a party line vote. Every House Republican opposed stacking the deck against the public. The Democrat controlled Joint Committee on Land Use Fairness amended what you read without a public hearing, with only three hours public notice, and on a pure Democratic party line vote. Check the public record at www.leg.state.or.us. Think before voting. Rhetoric reigns. Chicken little claims the sky is falling as irreplaceable agriculture and forest lands are decimated. Fact or fiction? The public record shows the forest industry opposed the House bill creating this Measure. Farm organizations are on the public record as opposing the same. Federal records show Oregon farmers were subsidized $74 million dollars in 2006. Farmers were paid not to plant crops on Oregon lands. State records show 500,000 acres in conservation reserves. Another 2.1 million acres sit fallow according to official State documents. Think before voting. Do you own your home? Do you really own your land? Should citizens have property rights? Can a father allow his son to build a home for his children on the family farm? The governing elite and bureaucracy have said no. You should say No to Measure 49. Respectfully, Brian J. Boquist State Representative Measure 49 Arguments Official 2007 November Special Election Voters’ Pamphlet 56 | State Measures continued September 24, 2018, Meeting - Item 3