I think I saw those two climbing into his-and-hers matching outdoor bathtubs on a Cialis ad last week.

I don't know, they look REALLY worried. Almost makes me want to vote no on 49, and I voted against 37 to begin with. What are they so worried about? Should I be worried, too? Oh no!

Reminds me of a graphic designer joke I heard in an online forum recently:

A designer had been waiting for images for a suit-and-tie firm she'd been waiting to complete a layout for. Finally they arrived: picture after picture of people in business attire, in meetings, and walking down halls, things like that.

"Oh, hell", she thought, "It's all stock photos!"

Well, if you were a graphic designer, you'd be laughing your ass off, trust me.

Oh, BTW: "Stop the proliferation of stock images of white people; vote Yes on M49!"

I turned my speakers up to hear the joke better, but I still don't get it.

Scott, FYI it is "tract homes" vs "track homes".

Richie:

I turned my speakers up to hear the joke better, but I still don't get it.

Fair enough.

Joke was that most (as I call them) "suit 'n' tie" firms employees adopt dress and grooming codes that are so non-threatening and stereotypically "business" like that they tend to look like your average business-person stock photo.

The punch line here is that the designer got these suit 'n' tie types that look so much like the ones she'd of gotten in the stock-photos that she thought that was what she got.

Looks like when that wolf climbed into the sheep it gave it an anal fistula and abscess. They're worried for the wolf-sheep, but mostly worried because one of them is going to have to lance the pus-filled abscess.

One thing they got right is that it WILL be white people who benefit from the measure's defeat. Except that the actual beneficiaries are much older, richer, fatter, and tend to own timber companies.

The anti-Measure 49 campaign is really not up to speed. I get the sense that they were relying too much on the Federal suit to get a "restraining order" against the election going forward on civil rights grounds (believe it or not).

Everyone, of course, should vote Yes on Measure 49.

Oops, maybe I'm on the wrong blog. I'm 74 years old, with acreage and 3 grown daughters, who are grandmothers themselves. I have read Measure 49, all of it, not just the ballot title, and believe me, there is no way that under those rules, my girls can divide the property when I'm gone, let alone have homes for their grandchildren. Please read the measure before you pass judgement. you will find it on Oregon Sect of State Elections Division. If the measure passes, anyone who is an atty will have plenty to do. Now in closing, shall I say something nasty to fit in.

Scott:
Your statement that claims like Dorothy English will be able to proceed under 49 are not true. Read M49 Section 7(1) which stops all claims for more than 3 homes on lands classified high value farm or forest. Most all lands are classified as high value. My proof source is an overalay map produced by the county showing that all claims are on high value farm or forest. Plus if you are in a City or UGB all claims are stopped under Section 9(5)(i)(j). If you opt for the conditional path and do not qualify you loose your right to the express lane. I have read 100's of opinions about M49 and all the disagreements based on interpretation of the language of M49 and conclude that this measure will be a windfall for attorneys much greater that M37 by a landslide. Vote for 49 if you want to stop Measure 37 but do not vote for 49 if you would like to force the legislature to fix 37 not repeal >95% of all claims.

Measure 49 will allow Dorothy English 2 additional buildable lots.

If she lived 700 yards to the south she would be in the UGB, and would get 0 additional lots.

Applying the financial formula, she would get eight-tenths of one lot; but because she is in "high value" forest land, she can't apply anyway. m49fix.com Matt Green-Hite, CPA

The 'No' on Measure 49 campaign has rolled out a strange set of spokespersons in a recent letter to (at least) Portlanders.

April and Bob Jossy are peculiar spokespersons for the No on Measure 49 campaign. In their letter, April and Bob Jossy talk about how Measure 49 is going to "Shut Down Our Washington County U-Pick Farm" because they want to build 13 houses on their land.

They have filed a subdivision request to go forward with approximately 20 of their 30 planned houses (between 7 claims, they have demanded over $5 million in Measure 37 compensation if they are not allowed to waive existing building restrictions and develop what they want.

Read more by Googling "Bob Jossy"

It looks like they are doing it up the bum bum.