Vote no on 34 and 37
to protect forests
I agree with your editorial board that Measure 34 is a terrible idea. However, it is essential that voters also know about another serious threat to our forests and farmland: Measure 37.
Measure 37 is a misleading and dangerous measure that would roll back Oregon’s safeguards that protect forests and farmland from being converted into stripmalls and sprawl. That’s why leading environmental groups including the Sierra Club, OSPIRG and the League of Conservation Voters are against it.
The timber industry has already spent $750,000 for the Yes on 37 campaign because they know the law will allow them to do more clear-cutting, unless taxpayers pay them hundreds of millions of dollars not to. That’s not fair.
Measure 37 is also extremely expensive. The State Treasury estimates it would cost $344 million just to process the claims, not to mention all the money it would take to pay out the claims. This measure will gut the already meager state budget, which will mean cuts to education and all the other programs we
care about.
To protect our environment and our state budget, vote no on Measure 37. For information go to www.NOon37.com or contact the author at [email protected] or 646-408-6160.
Margie Klein
Project Democracy
League of Conservation
Voters Education Fund