http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/07/paid_initiative.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:29:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/07/paid_initiative.html/comment-page-1#comment-57948 Ben Barros Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:56:52 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/07/paid-volunteers-and-support-for-property-rights-initiatives.html#comment-57948 Eduardo, I agree, especially with the last paragraph. Regulators and policy makers have the ability to take the political momentum away from these initiatives by taking reasonable steps to be a bit more fair to property owners, especially ones likely to get a lot of play in the evening news. And I agree that most Oregon voters were probably not "pissed" in the sense that they were personally impacted by the regulation. Rather, I think that many Oregon voters thought that land-use regulation in their state had gotten out of hand, in part because of constant news coverage of controversial issues like urban growth boundaries. Eduardo, I agree, especially with the last paragraph. Regulators and policy makers have the ability to take the political momentum away from these initiatives by taking reasonable steps to be a bit more fair to property owners, especially ones likely to get a lot of play in the evening news. And I agree that most Oregon voters were probably not “pissed” in the sense that they were personally impacted by the regulation. Rather, I think that many Oregon voters thought that land-use regulation in their state had gotten out of hand, in part because of constant news coverage of controversial issues like urban growth boundaries.

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