Editor:
Meaesure 49 does not “fix” Measure 37. It repeals it, and the sponsors know this.
Measure 37 corrected the missing (and promised) part of the 1970 land-use legislation by paying eligible landowners for the loss in property value caused by a land-use regulation.
Measure 37 was passed by more than 61 percent of Oregon voters, who understood this, and was immediately challenged in court. That failed. So the governor, special-interest activists and the Democrats…