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by John Charles on December 20, 2012 in Audio, John Charles, Publications, QuickPoints!, Transportation

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John A. Charles, Jr. is President and CEO of Cascade Policy Institute, Oregon’s free market public policy research organization..

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by John Charles on November 8, 2012 in Audio, John Charles, Land Use, Publications, QuickPoints!, Transportation

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by Karla Kay Edwards on August 5, 2010 in Commentaries, Karla Kay Edwards, Land Use, Publications, Rural Issues

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Level Playing Field Equals Loss of Economic Freedoms

by Karla Kay Edwards

Download PDF Here Seroquel online without prescription, An important discussion is taking place in Oregon among counties and agricultural interests regarding regulating activities allowed on farmlands, especially on lands zoned as Exclusive Farm Use (EFU). During the 2010 Special Legislative Session, drug seroquel, Cheap seroquel in canada, the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 1055, which addressed the ability of wineries to sell incidental items and services in conjunction with the winery as long as they do not exceed 25% of on-site sales income.

How absurd that private property rights in Oregon have been eroded to such an extent that citizens willingly engage in a conversation about how to limit people’s ability to run successful businesses on their own land, order cheap seroquel online. Discount seroquel overnight delivery, In this economic recession government at all levels should make every effort to remove regulations that constrain private property rights in an attempt to stimulate the natural outgrowth of entrepreneurialism and new market opportunities.

Yet, canadian seroquel, Seroquel side effects, due to more than thirty years of command-and-control statewide land use policy, agricultural interests have become used to the State of Oregon imposing proscriptive regulations that outline exactly what constitute appropriate farmland activities beyond what is already in statute for EFU lands, cheap seroquel no rx. Seroquel free sample, If the state defines these activities further, counties won’t have the bureaucratic “burden” of defending, seroquel online sale, Buy seroquel no rx, and in many cases protecting, their homegrown definition of uses to the public, canada seroquel, Seroquel overnight delivery, other counties or the Land Conservation and Development Commission.

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Obviously, a farm in one part of Oregon has different advantages than one located elsewhere. One farm or the other is likely to have better soils, more rainfall, cheaper energy inputs, shorter transportation distances, stronger local markets and a multitude of other advantages or disadvantages. It is unfortunate in Oregon that government at any level has a role in the discussion of whether a farm operation remains competitive and viable, seroquel online without prescription. To eliminate even one unforeseen opportunity for a farm in an effort to create a “level playing field” for all farms is against the spirit this country was founded upon.

I recognize that it must be frustrating for local farmers to look at their colleagues in an adjoining county which provides greater freedom to create economic opportunities. But that is the beauty of a decentralized government structure. In a perfect world property rights would not be infringed upon by government, but at best local governments provide the ability for communities to develop through a means that best meets the needs of its citizens. Seroquel online without prescription, Oregon has greatly limited that ability through statewide land use regulations, though there is still a diminutive amount of freedom for counties to accentuate each community’s uniqueness and potentially create a competitive advantage for its citizens. Allowing, or in some cases forcing, counties to decide for themselves what farmland and ancillary activities are best for their community is important and a far more desirable process than creating a centralized mandate at the state level.

Benjamin Franklin once said, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” For the past thirty years Oregon’s land use regulations have been chipping away at citizens’ economic freedom. When will we recognize that these regulations have cumulatively eroded Oregonians’ economic freedom and ability to prosper.

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The transportation sector consumes approximately 30 percent of total energy use in the United States, Online lidocaine, and light vehicles represent about 60 percent of transportation energy. Advocates of VMT reduction assume, incorrectly, that reduced driving will lead to reduced emissions by the same amount, buy discount lidocaine, and are therefore promoting such measures as reduced numbers of road lanes, prohibitions on the construction of large retail stores, Cheapest lidocaine price, increased prices for city-owned parking, strict land-use regulations to densify communities, and subsidies for “transit-oriented” development.

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The global climate benefits of policies aimed at reducing VMT are impossible to calculate and may not even exist, but the costs will be real, local and immediate. Therefore, any attempt to forcibly reduce driving should be approached with extreme caution.