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Here's a chance for you to contribute.
Oregon's Big Land use Swindle by Margaret Goodwin. click here to read! This will take you to a new site, newswithviews.com
so come back!
As a M37 claimant, I am asking that you choose
to determine "vested rights" under M49 here in Jackson County, at the local level. It is my strong opinion
that every M37 claimant who applied for and received a waiver from Jackson County and the State of Oregon entered into a contract
with those agencies and were promised certain rights that now are endangered by M49. We need you to take a strong position
that those development rights granted under our M37 waivers are "vested rights", regardless of the total amount
of money spent on development so far. We trusted the government and you to protect the rights we were granted, and so
far, our governor has not done so. The voters of Jackson County clearly approved M37 and rejected M49, and you are in
a position to make a difference for us now that M49 has passed. Please keep in mind that once again, our local voice
was drowned out by our northern neighbors who mostly live in urban environments and do not understand the issues rural property
owners face under current land use regulations.
Please step up on behalf of those people you represent, who
have twice acknowledged at the polls that our land use system is broken. Please take the lead in determining "vested
rights", and do not sell us out to the
state, who is not looking kindly on M37 petitioners, despite the "spin".
Under state guidelines, it appears that only 15 of the 571 local claimants have vested rights under M49. This is wrong.
I spent about $10,000.00 to pursue my M37 claim and my Partition Application. That may not sound like a large amount,
but it is HUGE to me, and I did that in good faith, trusting I would be able to use my property for the petitioned purpose.
I haven't had a vacation in over 20 years, I drive a car that is 15 years old and am retiring this year on a very small
amount of SS. I do not trust the governor or LCDC to protect my M37 rights, I am trusting YOU.
Please do not let all the "little folks" down, as M49 is a veritable minefield of potential problems for us and
we need our commissioners to take a leadership role in correctly representing the Jackson County voters.
Please keep in mind that you are not alone, as the Big Look Task Force agrees change is needed to correct erroneous zoning
and restore more local control. Do you ever wonder why Oregon is the only state out of 50 to have state controlled land
use planning? I am a native Oregonian, and love where I live. I support sane, coherent land use planning but I
do not support a state planning system that dictates a lockdown of rural lands and removes local control. I have owned
my 80 acres since 1967. It is now zoned WR20, and designated forest land. In 40 years I have harvested less than
$10,000 worth of trees from this "High Value" forest land, spent almost as much removing dead and diseased trees
and managing the land. Where is the "High Value" return? $250 per year, before expenses?????? I don't
think so. My land, like many other rural parcels is incorrectly zoned. Please help me and other petitioners protect
our restored rights under M37.
Dorothy Lippke
P.O. Box 22
Trail, OR 97541
541-878-3366
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