1000 Friends of Oregon - the ACLU of Oregon Land Use
I'm glad the ACLU is around to represent its viewpoint, but I'm also glad that there aren't a lot of ACLU members in Congress because I don't agree with their 1st amendment extremism.
Similarly, I'm glad 1000 Friends of Oregon exists to be a watchdog for the extreme implementation of "good land use planning," but I don't think it's a good idea to elect former heads of the organization to seats on local governing bodies.
Case in point, Robert Liberty, who led the Metro torpedoing of poor Cornelius' attempts to get some industrial land into its city and shore up it's miserably puny tax base. Manipulating Oregon's land use laws, Liberty has choked off a community's needed economic development, all in the name of a purist ideal of land use planning in Oregon.
It's the reason Measure 37 passed. Liberty and the 1000 Friends still just don't get it. It's not 1973 any more.
Similarly, I'm glad 1000 Friends of Oregon exists to be a watchdog for the extreme implementation of "good land use planning," but I don't think it's a good idea to elect former heads of the organization to seats on local governing bodies.
Case in point, Robert Liberty, who led the Metro torpedoing of poor Cornelius' attempts to get some industrial land into its city and shore up it's miserably puny tax base. Manipulating Oregon's land use laws, Liberty has choked off a community's needed economic development, all in the name of a purist ideal of land use planning in Oregon.
It's the reason Measure 37 passed. Liberty and the 1000 Friends still just don't get it. It's not 1973 any more.
posted by Urban Planning Overlord at 2:56 PM
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It's the reason Measure 37 passed. Liberty and the 1000 Friends still just don't get it. It's not 1973 any more.
Amen. I am a big 1000 friends supporter--as a matter of fact I was in their office downtown last night being briefed on tabling at Farmer's Markets to inform the public about Urban and Rural reserves issue. However, I had the same feeling when I read the article in the O regarding Metro and Cornelius--seeds of an upcoming "Son of 37"
Jimbo
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