2008 Woodie Awards
In the Interest of...
Tiffani McCoy
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: Post
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Looking for your voice at Western? Start by voting!
Are you registered to vote? Most importantly, are you registered to vote at your current address? If you have answered "yes" to both of these questions you will be able to vote on Ballot Measures 49 and 50. If you have answered "no" to either of these questions, I encourage you to come by the ASWOU offices and become a registered voter or grab an official voter guide containing arguments for, and against the measures.
In a brief overview, Measure 49 modifies Measure 37, passed in 2004, which currently requires counties to monetarily compensate landowners for land-use restrictions put into place after they have acquired property. Under Measure 49, claimants would be allowed to build up to three homes on their property or up to10 homes if they can prove reductions in their property value occurred as a result of the passage of land-use restrictions. The only exceptions, where individuals would not be allowed to build more than three houses, are if the property is considered high-value farmland, groundwater restricted land, or forestland.
The second measure on the ballot, Measure 50, would amend the Oregon constitution to raise the tobacco tax to 84.5 cents per pack of cigarettes. All revenue generated from the tax increase would go towards providing health care for uninsured children through the Healthy Kids Program as well as to low-income adults and to funding tobacco prevention and education programs.
ASWOU Director of State and Federal Affairs, Max Beach, will be hosting a panel on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 12-1 p.m. in the Oregon Room of the Werner University Center. The proponents and opponents of these two ballot measures will be discussing their stances on the bills.
It is important, as students, that we become educated on the matters that affect us. By showing up at the polls, we show our legislators that college students vote! For the last election alone, as part of the Student Vote Coalition, the Oregon Student Association registered 22,296 Oregon college students to vote. During this past legislative session, legislators listened to students and we won the biggest reinvestment in postsecondary education since 1999. By voting, we build our power to win on the issues that affect our lives and education. I urge you to come to this panel, become educated on these two ballot measures and vote by Nov 6. •
Are you registered to vote? Most importantly, are you registered to vote at your current address? If you have answered "yes" to both of these questions you will be able to vote on Ballot Measures 49 and 50. If you have answered "no" to either of these questions, I encourage you to come by the ASWOU offices and become a registered voter or grab an official voter guide containing arguments for, and against the measures.
In a brief overview, Measure 49 modifies Measure 37, passed in 2004, which currently requires counties to monetarily compensate landowners for land-use restrictions put into place after they have acquired property. Under Measure 49, claimants would be allowed to build up to three homes on their property or up to10 homes if they can prove reductions in their property value occurred as a result of the passage of land-use restrictions. The only exceptions, where individuals would not be allowed to build more than three houses, are if the property is considered high-value farmland, groundwater restricted land, or forestland.
The second measure on the ballot, Measure 50, would amend the Oregon constitution to raise the tobacco tax to 84.5 cents per pack of cigarettes. All revenue generated from the tax increase would go towards providing health care for uninsured children through the Healthy Kids Program as well as to low-income adults and to funding tobacco prevention and education programs.
ASWOU Director of State and Federal Affairs, Max Beach, will be hosting a panel on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 12-1 p.m. in the Oregon Room of the Werner University Center. The proponents and opponents of these two ballot measures will be discussing their stances on the bills.
It is important, as students, that we become educated on the matters that affect us. By showing up at the polls, we show our legislators that college students vote! For the last election alone, as part of the Student Vote Coalition, the Oregon Student Association registered 22,296 Oregon college students to vote. During this past legislative session, legislators listened to students and we won the biggest reinvestment in postsecondary education since 1999. By voting, we build our power to win on the issues that affect our lives and education. I urge you to come to this panel, become educated on these two ballot measures and vote by Nov 6. •
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