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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 22 > Measure 37 wasn't intended to destroy valuable farmland

Measure 37 wasn't intended to destroy valuable farmland

By Gary L. Harris / The Bulletin
February 22, 2007

Measure 37 passed because voters heard three words: Government must pay. Land use laws had become too restrictive in their minds, and a correction for fairness should be addressed by the Legislature. Fairness was to give people like Gene and Barbara Prete and Dorothy English their simple....

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