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<div><b>March 22:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/5382/pushing-for-permits/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAn7yk7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=85PJpCKr8y4&usg=AFQjCNHCasT4wtwZHfzRIpezSBNgFmV5qg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Pushing
for Permits</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Biomass Power and Thermal)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">While </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> is a biomass-friendly state, it takes quite a bit of time to gain all of the necessary permits for a project; the key permits being
air, water and zoning/</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, according to Robert Broberg, president of Biogreen Sustainable Energy Co. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.woodburnindependent.com/news/2011/March/22/Local.News/councilors.debate.bikes.on.99e/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAHOAdAn7yk7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=85PJpCKr8y4&usg=AFQjCNGoxWicMOj7CvNbGQ-sOczvyTuVTg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Councilors
debate bikes on 99E</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Woodburn Independent)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Funded largely by an </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Department of Transportation grant, the $200000 project deals with issues such as road improvements, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and site development regulations, aesthetics and other strategic planning. An extensive study accompanied early </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>March 21:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2011/03/cornelius_officials_plot_next_move_after_washington_county_rejects_350-acre_urban_reserves_plea.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAn7yk7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=85PJpCKr8y4&usg=AFQjCNF1U4oSa9R18awbtUZcSP6ro8ca1Q"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Cornelius
officials plot next move after Washington County rejects 350-acre </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>...</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">What they've got, after county leaders' agreement upon a revised </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> plan last week, is 350 acres of undesignated land near existing city
limits, and another 274 acres of rural reserves. It's not as bad as it could have been -- the proposal </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.registerguard.com/web/opinion/26013098-47/king-county-estate-wineries-winery.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFA0KCf7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=YulktcRr1L4&usg=AFQjCNGspVqPaf2-Dqxkvu853aiAhFLP4g"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>GUEST
VIEWPOINT: Winery appeal is about fairness</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (The Register-Guard)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Events venues, such as weddings and conventions, need a special use permit. Notwithstanding these provisions of the law, since its inception King Estate has operated without a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land
use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> review of its winery; without the conditional use permit required </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/03/21/another-ranch-resort-goes-under.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATACOAJA0KCf7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=YulktcRr1L4&usg=AFQjCNGLZQWJIlJnFM5KRDwCUqD2jznoDA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Another
ranch resort goes under</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Bizjournals.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Weitzman, the investor, said development fees and the cost of fighting the project's opponents over </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> rulings quickly burned through the
investors' cash. Weitzman applauded DeLashmutt's efforts to fund the project and move ahead. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>March 20:</b></div>
<div>LAND: JUNCTION CITY IS READY BUT WILL ANYTHING BE BUILT? (Eugene Register-Guard)</div>
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<div>All that occupies the 257-acre parcel along State Highway 99 is a fence, a road down the west side of the property, water and sewer lines, a series of fire hydrants, and a man-made wetland, swarming with mosquitos.</div>
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<div>STATE OF SUSPENSE (Eugene Register-Guard) </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/25993772-41/state-junction-hospital-care-mental.html.csp"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.registerguard.com/web/newslocalnews/25993772-41/state-junction-hospital-care-mental.html.csp</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>-Hospital: Budget and opponents throw up obstacles-</div>
<div>Plans to build a long-promised state psychiatric hospital in Junction City are facing more opposition than ever in the Legislature.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newsregister.com/article%3FarticleTitle%3Dcounty%2Bdoes%2Ba%2Btwo-step%2Bon%2Bbaker%2Brock--1300636627--337--&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA5PeZ7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=YKfjoqcIXnM&usg=AFQjCNGzato2u8LZlLuAiHStOZX_HmdNrQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>County
does a two-step on Baker Rock</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (McMinnville News-Register)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">An appeal to the state </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals would be the logical route and the lead opposition group, Protect Grand Island, would be the logical
filer. Kris Bledsoe, spokesperson for Protect Grand Island, said the opposition would rather have </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>March 19:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2011/03/losing_our_way_in_the_reckless.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABA89SU7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=BkPC47KGy44&usg=AFQjCNHeQmsChXHFUJSXtpz821Opc3kfNQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Losing
our way in the reckless quest for jobs</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Just as precious farmland needs to be protected, so does the supply of strategic industrial </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">, right? That's the simple equation that has </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
Democrats -- desperate not to appear weak on jobs and the economy in the 2012 election -- clamoring to </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/wilsonville/index.ssf/2011/03/baldock_rest_stop_solar_panel.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFA89SU7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=BkPC47KGy44&usg=AFQjCNEcpfR7CWSsNGF9pizbr703zjOk1A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Baldock
solar panel project poses few environmental risks, report says</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The state's transportation department submitted the environmental assessment report to the National Park Service Friday, discussing the impacts of removing the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
from its current public </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> status. Converting the 15 acres would allow the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><b>March 18:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/free/judge-throws-out-lng-company-s-latest-court-action/article_e01bbad8-50f2-11e0-a95a-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAorGP7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=cyPmvI_zuyk&usg=AFQjCNGYsNCrge0mmm_WmLsOSWG_mVpGqw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Judge
throws out LNG company's latest court action</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Daily Astorian)<br>
The ruling was appealed to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals by project opponents, and in January the board, with three new members, elected to withdraw the November decision in
order to reconsider the application. On March 4 </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Pipeline filed a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/03/new_conservation_pact_will_protect_historic_wallowa_county_ranch_property.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATADOANAorGP7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=cyPmvI_zuyk&usg=AFQjCNEtom82r2-YueQuyw7vvsxuMjNjKA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>New
conservation easement will protect historic Wallowa County ranch property</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
ENTERPRISE -- A homespun nonprofit in northeastern </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> picturesque Wallowa County is trying a new technique for keeping developers from buying up ranches and farms for homes, subdivisions
and condominiums. The Wallowa </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Trust paid $200000 for a </font></font></div>
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<div><b>March 17:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/03/17/realtors-voice-concerns-at-oregon-capitol/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Realtors voice concerns at Oregon Capitol</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> </font><img src="http://djcoregon.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/dmc-story-security/key.gif" width="45" height="22"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">(Daily
Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>Any conflict and contention that arose at the Oregon Capitol on Wednesday was not in Bruce Hanna's office. Representatives from the Oregon Association of Realtors met with the co-speaker of the House to offer their legislative opinions. </div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/03/16/metro-washington-county-agree-on-growth-plan/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Metro, Washington County agree on growth plan</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
(Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>The Washington County Board of Commissioners and Metro Council finally reached agreement on where the county can and cannot grow over the next 50 years.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/03/post_26.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABArpGK7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fd-vplJh0tw&usg=AFQjCNFlTwDkh1EcCt8fbE0AlT1SGe3EVQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>NW
Environmental News: Private forests; rural development; </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>land</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>-</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>use</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>
conversion</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon's</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> kept a handle on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> conversion, according to a new report. Approximately 98 percent of the private
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> that was in forest, agricultural or range </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> in 1974 remained that way in 2009. Not surprisingly, low-density
homebuilding or other </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/index.ssf/2011/03/charlotte_lehan_officially_appointed_clackamas_county_chairwoman.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFArpGK7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fd-vplJh0tw&usg=AFQjCNF2w-xjJ1KI5pQAZ_y-pOQu1PKlKw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Charlotte
Lehan officially appointed Clackamas County chairwoman</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (OregonLive.com)<br>
Lehan served as Wilsonville mayor for 12 years before her election as a county commissioner in 2008. She is particularly experienced in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> issues and led the county during the
contentious urban and rural reserves designation process.</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/morrow-county-court-shoots-down-permit-for-gun-club/article_be95f4be-50c5-11e0-b915-001cc4c03286.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAEOARArpGK7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fd-vplJh0tw&usg=AFQjCNE_KegkpAigYWb-SzcR0N3VZvHI2A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Morrow
County Court shoots down permit for gun club</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (East Oregonian)<br>
But, according to Wolff, the court did not consider those changes because they were not included in the club's original application for a conditional use permit. The gun club may appeal the court's decision to the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon
Land Use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Board of Appeals. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20110317/NEWS02/103170309/-1/NEWSMAP&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAIOAhArpGK7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fd-vplJh0tw&usg=AFQjCNEIXQDS-_6W0xZo6tSYkWWko8jzGQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Caldera
expansion approved</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Ashland Daily Tidings)<br>
The Tuesday vote means that 3.72 acres of </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> at the end of Clover Lane, near Exit 14, will be added to the city. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">
that was zoned for residential </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> can be used for Caldera's expansion. Caldera, a homegrown Ashland business launched in the 1990s, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://wallowa.com/opinion/editorial-forests-still-vital-part-of-our-economy/article_9c0b1e12-50b9-11e0-b555-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATALOAtArpGK7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fd-vplJh0tw&usg=AFQjCNGYlnEljDaLh7IIfVLJdtuZXmj5vg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>EDITORIAL:
Forests still vital part of our economy</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Wallowa County Chieftain)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Oregon</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> forest </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> has essentially remained constant since 1639, according to a 2009 report by the USDA Forest
Service. There were 30.7 million acres in 1963. The trees may still be alive. But there is little doubt the forest </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> and the industry it </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">...</font></font></div>
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<div>COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING 'POLL' SHOWS BIG SUPPORT, BUT STAYS SOUTH OF RIVER AND ISN'T MUCH OF A BRIDGE POLL (Portland Oregonian) </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/03/columbia_river_crossing_poll_s.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/03/columbia_river_crossing_poll_s.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>At first glance, a new poll shows unbelievable support for the Columbia River Crossing -- 67 percent of participants said they were strongly or somewhat in favor of constructing a new Interstate 5 bridge.</div>
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<div>QUARRY APPROVAL NEAR TUALATIN, SHERWOOD COULD BE APPEALED -- BY THE DEVELOPER BUILDING IT (Portland Oregonian)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2011/03/quarry_approval_near_tualatin_sherwood_could_be_appealed_--_by_the_developer_building_it.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/tualatin/index.ssf/2011/03/quarry_approval_near_tualatin_sherwood_could_be_appealed_--_by_the_developer_building_it.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>The controversial rock quarry proposal approved by a Clackamas County hearings officer last month could be on its way to the Land Use Board of Appeals after a "notice of intent to appeal" filed this week. </div>
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<div>CUT TREES CAUSE CLEAR-CUT CONTROVERSY (Portland Tribune)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=130030224404729200"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=130030224404729200</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>State agency representatives last week told residents of Shadow Wood that the clear-cutting of a forest abutting their neighborhood was entirely legal, and the only way to prevent similar situations in the future requires changing state law.</div>
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<div>WITH MILL CLOSED, FUTURE OF WASTEWATER LAGOON IN LIMBO (Portland Tribune)</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=130030242806982200"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=130030242806982200</u></font></a></font></div>
<div>The future of the Blue Heron Paper Mill in Oregon City, and its wastewater treatment lagoon in West Linn, will hang in limbo until an owner is determined after bankruptcy proceedings.</div>
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<div><b>March 16:</b></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/03/16/are-we-going-to-let-the-industrial-land-shortage-get-the-best-of-us/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><u>Are we going to let the industrial land shortage get
the best of us?</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Daily Journal of Commerce)</font></font></div>
<div>While the recession has reduced the demand for available, developable industrial properties in the Portland-metropolitan area, this is only a short-term phenomenon. In the past few years, Metro was charged with determining future expansion of the urban
growth boundary. After months of debate, lines were drawn to outline urban reserves as well as rural reserves.</div>
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<div>VETERAN ATTORNEY CHOSEN TO HEAD OREGON LAND-USE DEPARTMENT (Portland Oregonian)</div>
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<div>A lawyer with extensive city and state government experience, Jerry Lidz, has been appointed acting director of Oregon's Department of Land Conservation and Development.</div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.bluemountaineagle.com/news/breaking_news/bill-sets-stage-for-silvies-project/article_846f9f52-4ffc-11e0-9fcf-001cc4c002e0.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATAAOABAq-uE7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=K4rjLxLc4YI&usg=AFQjCNGkxAm-Bb2YxCysEJc9GllElEArTA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Bill
sets stage for Silvies project</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Blue Mountain Eagle)<br>
Robertson also questioned whether the bill would usurp the county's oversight of the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> planning process, and he questioned the number of cabins envisioned for the resort. Swearingen
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.woodburnindependent.com/news/2011/March/16/Local.News/airport.meeting.draws.crowd.of.nearly.100/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgBIAAoATABOAFAq-uE7ARIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=K4rjLxLc4YI&usg=AFQjCNEL5iF1SXbBLyIz8i424tKOgOg1PA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1111CC"><u>Airport
meeting draws crowd of nearly 100</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> (Woodburn Independent)<br>
Lehan said Clackamas County has not taken an official position on the airport, except to express concern about the surface transportation and </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">land use</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> impacts of expansion of the airport
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<div>OREGON, WASH CONSIDER ROAD TAXES FOR ELECTRIC CARS (Oregon Public Broadcasting) </div>
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<div>Washington and Oregon lawmakers are taking a hard look at whether to impose the equivalent of a gas tax on plug-in cars. Some electric car enthusiasts argue an alternative road use fee is premature.</div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Lisa Howard</b> | Assistant to the Director</font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Director's Office<br>
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development<br>
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540<br>
Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518<br>
<a href="mailto:lisa.howard@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>lisa.howard@state.or.us</u></font></a> | <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.oregon.gov/LCD</u></font></a> </font></div>
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