Oregon daily emerald., October 06, 1982, Section A, Page 3, Image 3

Point to fallacies
Officials challenge Measure 6
By Michele Matassa
CM the Emerald
Former Oregon Gov. Bob Straub and five
local officials gathered in front of the media
Tuesday to oppose Ballot Measure 6, a proposal
that would abolish ail state authority over land
use planning
Citizens to Defend Your Land, a statewide
organization, sponsored by the press conference
at Alton Baker Park
Hector MacPherson, the group's co-chairer,
said proponents of Measure 6 believe "an in
dividual's property rights should permit use and
sale of land for its highest economic return
without consideration of the greater public
good '
He said these proponents support turning
over land-use planning to the local level because
they believe local governments are more control
lable. Therefore, he said, the "code word for no
control' becomes local control.’ "
MacPherson said the "secondary issue"
concerned with the ballot measure is abolishment
of the Land Conservation and Development
Commission, a “whipping boy of state depart
ments."
Criticism of LCDC and its watchdog process
prompted Gov. Vic Atiyeh to appoint a task force
this spring, headed by Stafford Hansel According
to MacPherson, the group found a number of
public misconceptions about the impact of
Oregon's land-use law ”
Among these was the idea that land-use
decisions were discouraging industries from
locating in Oregon
MacPherson said the land-use plans actually
increased the amount of industrially-zoned land
from 15,994 acres in 1970 to 28,581 acres in 1980
The task force also found the number of
possible housing units on Portland-area residen
tially-zoned land has increased 233 percent over
the last five years
Lastly, the land-use planning process was
credited with turning around a decrease in
available farm land, important according to Mac
Pherson because, in Oregon, agriculture is the
number one |ob-producing industry "
Because of these accomplishments, Mac
Pherson said wiping out the entire program
when it has begun to work would be both was
teful and irresponsible Refine and streamline the
process, yes. but vote no on Measure 6
Other speakers echoed MacPherson s ar
guments that local planning is synonymous with
no planning
Dorothy Anderson, former LCDC member
and currently on Eugene's planning commission,
said before statewide planning came into effect
"every city and county did their own thing without
coordination. ' resulting in "no land use planning
system "
After the conference. Anderson said
abolishment of the LCDC would aave $800,000 in
general state revenue over the next two years but
formation of a committee to change the existing
planning process would cost $250,000
Cross stresses crime concern
University senior Mike Cross, Republican
challenger to State Sen Ed Fadeley. spoke on
Oregon's criminal justice system Monday night
before an audience of nine
During the talk, which was sponsored by the
College Republicans, Cross said Fadeleys unre
sponsiveness to the district's very diverse
constituents, including neglect of their concern
for crime prevention, prompted him to run
Cross, 22, meets age qualifications to run for
the District 21 position by one year
A political science psychology double
major, Cross plans to go to either law school or
psychology graduate school
He said he supports a renewed emphasis on
victims' rights and just punishment
The criminal justice system is not accom
plishing its original task, which is to protect the
citizens, said Cross
He said he would work toward instituting a
victim restitution program to counter the recent
emphasis on criminals' rights over victims' rights
A just system of punishment would not let out
murderers in a few years and rapists in a few
months. Cross said
Cross favors reinstating the death penalty
Crimes involving children and the elderly
would be more likely to bring the death penalty,
since they should be considered in a special
light." he said
Although he opposes banning handguns.
Cross said the "option of parole should not exist
for someone who uses a handgun."
Convicted juveniles should be allowed to
choose between serving a jail sentence with other
experienced criminals and doing menial labor to
repay the court costs and the damage they
caused, he said
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