5pîlyay Tym oo, Wgrrn Springs, O regon
July 11, 2012
Failed ballot measures make comebacks
(AP) — The looming elec
tion season looks to bring a
bit o f deja vu to anyone who’s
spent som e time voting in
Oregon.
In the last three decades
voters have decided against
legalizing marijuana, building
a new casino near Pordand
and banning gillnet fishing on
the Columbia River.
Variations on those ideas
are am ong at least a half-
dozen that appear to be on
track to qualify for the ballot
in November, and their pro
ponents are hoping for a bet
ter outcome this time around.
Ballot measure advocates
were rushing to collect last-
minute signatures and turn in
petition sheets to the secre
tary o f state’s office before a
deadline last Friday.
E lections officials then
have until August 5 to verify
names and decide which ini
tiatives have enough valid sig
natures to make it onto the
Novem ber ballot. So far, only
one initiative has been offi
cially certified for the ballot—
a measure sought by real es
tate agents that would prohibit
transfer taxes on the sale o f
property.
Two Lake Oswego busi
nessmen and a Canadian in
vestment firm are trying again
w ith a p ro p o s a l to b u ild
O regon’s first nontribal ca-
...proponents have
opened the door to
other nontribal
casinos, while
restricting how
close they can be
to tribal casinos...
sino, despite a firm rejection
at the ballo t box ju st tw o
years.
This time around, the pro
p o n e n ts have o p en ed th e
door to other nontribal casi
nos, restricted how close they
can be to tribal casinos and
tweaked the m ethod o f shar
ing gambling earnings with
schools.
The casino proposal is ac
tually two measures— a con
stitutional amendm ent creat
ing a process o f establishing
nontribal casinos, and a sepa
rate law authorizing the spe
cific casino at th e fo rm er
Multnomah Kennel Club dog
track in W ood Village, just
east o f Pordand.
The track is the same site
w here B ruce Studer, M att
Rossm an and Clairvest In
v e s tm e n t G ro u p In c ., o f
T oronto proposed building
two years ago.
D esp ite the similarities,
proponents reject compari-
sons to the failed 2010 mea
sure. “This development and
its benefits to schools and the
eco n o m y h as n e v e r b een
fully introduced to the v ot
ers,” said Anna Richter-Tay
lor, a spokeswoman for the
project.
The new casino would be
on the edge o f the Pordand
m e tro area, far c lo ser to
O regon’s largest population
center than the nearest exist
ing casino, Spirit Mountain,
about 40 miles southwest o f
downtown Pordand.
ing to p ro te c t,” said E ric
Stachon, a spokesman for the
ballot measure proponents.
Gillnetters warn that the
measure would destroy their
liv e lih o o d an d d ecim ate
against the commercial fish
ing industry. O pponents also
say the measure would drive
gillnetters to the Washington
side o f the Columbia.
Voters last weighed in on
gillnet fishing in 1992, reject
ing a measure that would have
limited fish harvests on the
Lower Columbia to the m ost
selective means possible.
Gillnets
A n o th er m easure is re-
emerging after far more time.
O pponents o f gillnet fishing
say they have enough signa
tures for a ballot measure to
ban the practice on th e Co
lumbia River. C onservation
groups and the sport-fishing
industry have tried unsuccess
fully to convince the Legisla
ture to oudaw the practice.
Gillnets trap fish by their
gills and are used by comm er
cial fishers harvesting hatch
ery salmon. Critics say the
nets are indiscrim inate and
inevitably kill other fish and
wildlife.
“The problem with gillnets
is that they not,only get tar
geted hatchery fish, but they
also get those threatened and
endangered species we’re try-
Legalization
A proposal to legalize mari
juana could also m ake the
ballot, m ore than 25 years
after 74 p ercen t o f voters
rejected the idea in 1986.
Two sep arate m easures
have been circulated and both
have collected thousands o f
signatures. But Bob Wolfe,
chief petitioner o f one p ro
posal, said his signatures are
being invalidated at an unex
pectedly high rate and his
m easu re p ro b a b ly w o n ’t
qualify for the ballot.
Paul Stanford, a longtime
marijuana legalization advo
cate who is pushing a sepa
rate petition, said his Cannabis
Tax Act is on track to qualify,
even with a higher-than-usual
rejection rate for signatures.
Columbia River deal studied over ecology concerns
(AP) — Regulators are con
sidering changes to the Co
lum bia R iver T reaty w ith
Canada to account for envi
ro n m e n ta l c o n c e rn s th a t
weren’t addressed a half-cèn-
tutyago.
P olicym akers o n b o th
sides o f thè border are con
sidering a rewrite to address
concerns over endangered
salmon and climate change as
well» as recreation and irriga
tion uses o f the river.
T he 1964 treaty resulted
in three dams in British Co
lumbia and the Libby D am
in Montana, boosting hydro
electric power production and
reducing the threat o f flood
ing in the river and its tribu
taries in the Northwest.
“Even though it’s not com
monly known, the treaty re
ally runs the lives o f every- i
one in the Northwest,” said
Suzanne Skinner, executive
director o f the C enter for
E n v iro n m e n ta l Law and
Policy in Seattle. “It’s the ful
crum, or balancing point, for
everything we want from the
river.”
The treaty doesn’t have an
expiration date, b u t either
country can cancel m ost o f
its provisions after Septem
ber 2024, with a 10-year mini-
m um notice. I f the U.S: or
Canada wants changes, treaty
talks could begin in 2014.
The U.S. Army Corps o f
Engineers and the Bonneville
Power Administration are re-
“ In 1964, no
tribal rights were
being enforced... ”
“It will be especially acute
if we lose glaciers and water
shortage becom es a bigger
issue,” Skinner said.
Spokane residents can be
part o f the discussion during
caused $500 m illion in p ro p
Airway Heights. Corps and
BPA officials will give an over
view o f the treaty.
vicw ing the 20-pagc treaty in
consultation with other fed
eral agencies, the four N orth
west states and 15 tribes.
T he BPA and corps will
make a .recom mendation to
the U.S. State D epartm ent by
the fall o f 2013 th at could
lead to treaty talks the next
year.
“We’re trying to determine
whether it’s in the U.S.’s best
interest to continue, modify
or terminate the treaty,” 'said
Mike Hansen, a BPA spokes
man.
In British Columbia, con
s tru c tio n o f th e D u n can ,
Keenleyside and Mica dams
flooded farms and displaced
more than 2,000 residents. To
compensate, the treaty gives
Canada h alf o f the benefit
o f dow nstream pow er p ro
duction.
“They get a piece o f the
action,” Hansen said, and that
energy is valued at $229 mil
lion to $335 million per year.
C a n a d a ’s c o o p e ra tio n
helped reduce damage during
the 1996 floods, whieh still
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H u re c c a a n d S alvador
Hoptowit
Z a ra te o f T o p p e n ish ,
G erald H o p to w it Jr. Wash.
G ran d p aren ts on the
and Brandi Jo Stwyer o f
Warm Springs are pleased m other’s side are Rachel
to announce the birth o f Macy and LeRoy Smith Jr.,
their son G abriel H enry o f W arm Springs. G reat
Stwyer-Hoptowit, born on grandparents are Richard
a n d V iv ian M acy and
June 22, 2012.
G abriel joins b ro th er Christine and LeRoy Smith
Jessie, 5.
Sr.
G randparents on the
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father’s side are Gerald C.
E d w a rd J o n e s and
H optow it Sr. o f Wapato,
W ash.; and D e b o ra h J. M ad elin e B ru n o e o f
George o f Warm Springs. Warm Springs are pleased
G randparents on the to announce the birth o f
m o th e r’s side are D avis . their son A idan Francis
S tw yer Sr., an d L au ra Jones, born on June 26,
K elly, b o th o f W arm 2012.
A idan joins b ro th ers
Springs.
Ricky, 8, S eth , 6, and
Jordon, 5.
Kadynce, Navtya-Jo
G randparents on the
Thompson
fa th e r’s side are A llen
A aron Joseph T hom p Jones, and Raydine Spino.
son and Alexxis J ’nay Jim
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o f Madras are pleased to m o th e r’s side is Ire n e
announce the birth o f their Brunoe.
d a u g h te r
K adynce
N av ay a-Jo T h o m p so n ,
born on June 28, 2012.
Flijah A aron Gentry
Kadynce joins brothers
A ntonio G entry and El
Saige, 6, and Joseph, 2.
F re d a S m ith o f W arm
Springs are pleased to an
nounce the birth o f their
son Elijah A aron Gentry,
A den A m o r Zarate
R andy Z a ra te and born on June 30, 2012.
E lijah joins b ro th ers
LaTonia Smith o f Warm
Springs are pleased to an Louie, 8, and Trevyn, 3.
G ran d p aren ts on the
nounce the birth o f their
son A den A m or Zarate, father’s side are Michelle
born on July 1, 2012.
G entry, o f G ervais; and
A d en joins b ro th e rs Antonio Soto, o f Mexico.
Enso, 2, Carlos, 4, and Ray,
G randparents on the
m o th e r’s side are K atie
6.
G randparents on the a n d C h ie f S m ith o f
father’s side are Herlinda Simnasho.
a listening session M onday in
erty damage in the Northwest,
killed eight people in Oregon
and came w ithin inches o f
spilling over Portland’s sea
walls, H ansen said.
As regulators evaluate the
treaty, they’ll also look at how
fish, wildlife and water qual
ity are affected. Since th e
treaty was signed, 13 Pacific
salmon stocks have received
endangered species p ro tec
tion. The tribes w ant salmon
addressed in the treaty.
“In 1964, no tribal rights
w ere being enforced,” said
Skinner, with the Center for
E n v iro n m e n ta l L aw an d
Policy. “There were few en
vironmental laws and people
were still dumping stuff di
rectly info the river.”
Climate change also needs
to be part o f the discussion,
she said. A warming climate
is melting British Columbia’s
glaciers, which feed the river's
headwaters, and diminishing
m ountain snowpacks in the
Columbia Basin,
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