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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:green">Welcome to the Land Use News – <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/09/talk_like_a_pirate_day_shallow.html#incart_m-rpt-1">
Talk Like a Pirate Day</a> edition! </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon
and other states. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/32171495-75/ymca-offers-1.5-million-for-roosevelt-property-school-board-votes-for-appraisal.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA3Njg3NzgxMTg4MDc5NDQ5OTcyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFSOAuMr7xZO0CL7X6nvKAYT_P1cA"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Board
hesitates on Y's land offer</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">Any additional money added to the land purchase would take away from the Y's ability to start building a new facility, unless donors step up to help, ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2014/09/17/wydens-oc-bill-secures-date-work-session/15780079/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTA3Njg3NzgxMTg4MDc5NDQ5OTcyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHu6Ujjpybxu9Xdu5aHtzBqmClV9A"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Wyden's
O&C bill secures date for work session</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Statesman Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ron Wyden has finally secured a work session date for his bill to increase logging on more than 2 million acres of Oregon's federal forest land.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.willamettelive.com/2014/news/neighbors-object-clear-cutting-historic-trees/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTA3Njg3NzgxMTg4MDc5NDQ5OTcyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG2ftIqAR92eLmmBjTG12kIR2oQZg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Neighbors
object to “clear cutting” historic trees</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">WilliametteLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">Among the trees are nine several-hundred year old Oregon White Oaks ... Its appeal to the State of Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals will be filed ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2014/09/new_oregon_oceanfront_state_pa.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTA3Njg3NzgxMTg4MDc5NDQ5OTcyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFzjpSqmH8TaL8RdLxJSppfmxDo2Q"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">New
Oregon oceanfront state park acquisition completed in Tillamook County</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">State parks purchased the land from Oregon-based nonprofit Ecotrust, which acquired it from a private landowner in May 2014. The final purchase ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.citylab.com/tech/2014/09/a-major-accounting-firm-just-ran-the-numbers-on-climate-change/379994/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">A
major accounting firm just ran the numbers on climate change</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">CityLab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With every year that passes, we’re getting further away from averting a human-caused climate disaster. That’s the key message in this year’s “Low Carbon Economy Index,” a report released by the accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/business/32166325-63/oregons-unemployment-rate-rises-to-7.2-percent.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTU2MTMzODM1MDcwODU5MTc0MzgyGjg0MzBjMTJlMDdiNjhjMDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNETw3SIJ1DCJLBFf3QKA7aK7HsYwQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon
jobless rate jumps</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Register-Guard
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">Oregon's unemployment rate rose from 6.9 percent in July to 7.2 percent in August ... But, while employers added thousands of new jobs in July, the Oregon ... substantial gains in wood products, machinery, transportation
equipment, ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.citylab.com/housing/2014/09/portland-hardly-a-retirement-community-for-the-young/380381/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Portland:
Hardly 'a retirement community for the young' <o:p></o:p></span></a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">CityLab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hey,
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">New York Times</span></em>: Portland happens to outshine many U.S. cities in entrepreneurship, job growth, productivity—and the elusive "second paycheck."
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/magazine/will-portland-always-be-a-retirement-community-for-the-young.html?_r=2"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Will
Portland always be a retirement community for the young?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Like many residents of Northwest Portland, Matthew Hale doesn’t own a car.</span><span lang="EN">
</span><span lang="EN">Instead, he prefers to walk or ride the bus to the city’s innumerable coffee shops and breweries and live-music spots…</span><span style="text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/09/economic_plight_of_rural_orego.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM5MzYyNTA2NzM5NzU3ODI4MzYyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNETFgXgec8ghyQ7GZRg9rFUE7M48g"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Economic
plight of rural Oregon gets spotlight at legislative hearing in Salem</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">Lack of available land for industrial uses is causing many residents of rural Oregon to flee elsewhere in search of jobs, an eastern Oregon legislator ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2416824-151/approval-for-osu-cascades-appealed%3FentryType%3D0&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTM5MzYyNTA2NzM5NzU3ODI4MzYyGjBhZTNiMWYwOTc4MGNjMTA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE8n9dScPJwIovvNbfyUlTXXt1avQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Approval
for OSU-Cascades appealed</span></a></span></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Bend Bulletin <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">“But we also respect Oregon's land use process and know that this is what comes along with it. We feel very strongly that this is the best location, and ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2014/09/16/city-club-forum-to-address-urban-boundary-growth/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTIwNzY5ODc2NDI0Mzk3OTQyMzIaMjZjNDZiNDA3MjI5YzEwMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGxKUY2Rq-iFctU4HxCW_oqklOGAg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">City
Club Forum To Address Urban Boundary Growth</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">myCentralOregon.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">The City Club of Bend will present three forums on the city's Urban Growth Boundary remand and possible extension. Bend City ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2014/09/portland_street_fee_transporta_1.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMTQ4Mjk4Mzc1ODY0OTAxMTE3NjIaODQzMGMxMmUwN2I2OGMwNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFJTpfMZkEgJBZyjfYi8gwHbso-MQ"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Portland
street fee: Transportation officials don't expect consensus from working groups ahead of ...</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Commissioner Steve Novick (left) and Mayor Charlie Hales during a press conference about the delayed street fee vote on Tuesday, June 2, 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/sep/15/oregon-couple-fined-for-weddings-on-agricultural-l/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMxOTE0MzYwMjIwMTUzNjY2MTQyGmNmNTM1N2I3ZTNhYjc4YzA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEj06aQQFkpbLn91Lv_2HO--bn9_g"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Oregon
couple fined for weddings on agricultural land</span></a></span></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Columbian <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">Their land is zoned exclusively for agricultural uses — a significant designation in Oregon, where the land-use laws are designed to protect farm and ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/09/corps_of_engineers_halts_board.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNTgxOTA5MTQ5MDU4NTc1MzY0NjIaMGFlM2IxZjA5NzgwY2MxMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFGu5zSIRJy0xF_jw2TCLacNr7L_Q"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Corps
of Engineers halts Boardman coal terminal review pending outcome of Oregon permit</span></a></span></span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Oregonian - OregonLive.com</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">The Corps' Portland District took the action because the Oregon Department of State Lands has denied authorization of the shipping terminal's ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2014/sep/12/house-moves-block-epa-rule/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQzMjI5MDM4Mjg0MDM1Njk1NTcyGjdmMjhmMGIwYTI4YzEzMDk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH2QKYlm7ArAnrclIgJ_V0wm1Umcw"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">House
moves to block EPA rule</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Dalles Chronicle
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said Wednesday that House members have taken steps to stop “yet another regulatory overreach by a federal agency ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.undercurrentnews.com/2014/09/12/noaa-says-warming-blob-to-impact-pacific-marine-life/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTYyNDI5MTM0ODg3OTg0NDM2MzEyGjk0MzVkY2JmNjJjNTM3MTE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFonbG6dFXprL_8_9hHQ1Zh5vyb1w"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">NOAA
says warming 'blob' may impact Pacific marine life</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Undercurrent News</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries ... with NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Newport, Oregon, who has ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#252525"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/sep/11/vancouver-city-council-passes-oil-moratorium/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Vancouver City Council
passes oil moratorium</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">The Columbian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">The Vancouver City Council on Thursday unanimously passed an emergency six-month moratorium on new or expanded facilities that would accept crude oil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.pamplinmedia.com/sl/233454-92145-out-of-the-way-slowpoke?utm_source=webmaster&utm_medium=twitter"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Out
of the way, slowpoke!</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal">Portland’s streets are becoming so crowded with a such a variety of bicyclists tourists, messengers, pink-cheeked commuters, Spandexed semi-pros, lollygagging space cadets, TED-listeners, texters and talkers that sharing the road has
become an art form…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.capitalpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014140919854&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Ag-based
economies help small Oregon counties thrive</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Agriculture has provided a strong base for economic recovery in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge counties. Five Columbia River Gorge counties contain only 1.4 of Oregon’s population but pack an outsized punch in the state’s economy…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://oregonemployment.blogspot.com/2014/09/down-on-farm-2012-census-of-agriculture.html"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Down on the farm
– 2012 census of agriculture for Oregon</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Oregon's farm acreage totaled 16.3 million in 2012, with 35,439 farms and 59,237 farm operators. Of these, 39 percent were women farm operators. These results and more are available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's report, 2012
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/233765-98715-poll-residents-want-jobs-jobs-jobs?utm_source=New+Media&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PortlandTribune+%28Portland+Tribune%29"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Poll:
residents want jobs, jobs, jobs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Tribune<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Willamette Valley residents believe the economy is improving, but still want elected officials to focus on creating more jobs even more than protecting the environment and fighting climate change.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.opb.org/news/series/workingpoor/an-endless-search-for-housing-for-oregons-working-poor/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">An endless
search for housing for Oregon’s working poor</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Oregon Public Broadcasting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this series we bring you stories of Oregon’s working poor, those who are living below 200 percent of the poverty line. For many families, housing eats up the biggest portion of limited budgets…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.ktvz.com/news/statewide-trails-plan-workshop-set-in-bend/28108796"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Statewide trails plan workshop
set in Bend</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">KTVZ Bend<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department invites comments on the development of a statewide comprehensive trails plan at 14 workshops scheduled throughout the state in October, including Bend. on Oct 23.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/09/broad_outlines_of_a_new_carbon.html#incart_story_package"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Broad
outlines of a new carbon tax in Oregon get positive response from legislative committee</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">In recent years, the mere mention of a new tax on carbon was all it took to elicit howls of protest from some. The idea received a far more positive response from an Oregon legislative committee as a group of economists and scientists
provided an overview of a detailed proposal due out Nov. 15.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/09/the_mutiny_in_damascus_editori.html#incart_river"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">The mutiny
in Damascus: Editorial</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#737373">Portland Oregonian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the more urgent but curious bills to pass the Legislature this year was written specifically to protect the interests of Damascus residents who want out of Damascus. And this week, a Marion County judge denied the city's attempt
to block those "fleeing," quickening what threatens to become a civic mutiny by longtime residents who seek to have their properties captured within the boundaries of nearby Happy Valley or Gresham.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Laura Lehman, AICP</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> | Land Use & Transportation Planner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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