2006 Oregon Ballot Measure 39

none Ballot Measure 39 Limitations on Eminent Domain Oregon 881,820 431,844 260px County results Yes #28497C 80–90% 1px #AAAAAA solid #47729E 70–80% 1px #AAAAAA solid #7D9CBB 60–70% 1px #AAAAAA solid #B6C8D9 50–60% 1px #AAAAAA solid Oregon Ballot Measure 39, passed in the 2006 General Election, is a ballot measure that prohibits the government from condemning property from one private party (by eminent domain) on behalf of another private party. Advocates both for and against the measure advanced misleading arguments during the 2006 campaign: once in a Voter's Pamphlet article by the League of Women Voters,Rogue of the Week: League of Women Voters Claire Trageser http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3248/8055/ Willamette Week October 6, 2006 2007-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20061124155513/http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3248/8055/ November 24, 2006 dead and again in a radio advertisement by Oregonians In Action.Manning Rob Measure 39 Radio Ad Pulled by Sponsors http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/opb/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=984035 OPB News October 20, 2006 2007-02-27 2007-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224325/http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/opb/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=984035 deadRogue of the Week: David Hunnicutt Claire Trageser http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3251/8135/ Willamette Week October 25, 2006 2007-01-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20070112063857/http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3251/8135/ January 12, 2007 dead Financing The campaign for Measure 39 was heavily financed by Oregonians In Action, a political action committee that previously drove the campaign for Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004).Oppenheimer Laura Foes of land takings widen aim http://www.oregonlive.com/elections/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/115907370334340.xml&coll=7 The Oregonian September 25, 2006 2006-12-29 2007-09-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030440/http://www.oregonlive.com/elections/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/115907370334340.xml&coll=7 dead The Oregon Family Farm Association PAC, which contributed more than half of the money in support of ballot measure 39 and nearly all of the money in support of ballot measure 40, received 82 percent of its funding from just seven donors, including Loren Parks, several timber interests and a developer. Measure 39 has garnered no organized opposition. Unions and lawyers dominate fundraising in opposition to Measure 40.Of the 17 PACs Raising Money for and against Ballot Measures, 14 Raised More Than 3/4ths of Their Dollars from 10 or Fewer Donors Money in Politics Research Action Project http://www.oregonfollowthemoney.org/Press/2006/110306.htm November 3, 2006 2007-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103316/http://www.oregonfollowthemoney.org/Press/2006/110306.htm September 29, 2007 dead Of the $622,160 the Family Farm Association PAC raised, 82% came from seven donors: Loren Parks $200,000 (32.1%); Norman Brenden and Swanson Group, Inc. $60,250 (9.7%) each; A-Dec Dental Equipment and Seneca Sawmill Company $51,250 (8.2%) each; Hire Calling Public Affairs (Jeld-Wen) and Columbia Helicopters/Wes Lematta $43,750 (7.0%) each. See also List of Oregon ballot measures References Category:2006 Oregon ballot measures Category:Eminent domain Category:Initiatives in the United States