Recently opponents of Measure 49 came out with a brochure with several examples of how the passage of the measure will affect their property. The following is an analysis that 1000 Friends of Oregon responded with:

CLAIM AGAINST: Marla Robison says in the brochure: "Measure 49 is about stopping us from passing our property rights on to our grandchildren."

1000 FRIENDS RESPONSE: The opposite is true. Measure 49 specifically allows property owners to pass development rights on to their grandchildren, which is not allowed currently (by Measure 37). Marla Robison has proposed an 18-home subdivision, but her property was zoned agricultural when she bought it. Now she's trying to create 2 homes -- which Measure 49 would allow.

CLAIM AGAINST: The Laraways say in the brochure: "If Measure 49 passes, our whole way of life -- as farmers -- as we know it, would be gone."

1000 FRIENDS RESPONSE: The Laraways have filed Measure 37 claims to build 144 housing units on their farm land: 42 houses on 10.5 acres, 70 multi-family units on another 10.5 acres, 26 houses on another 26 acres, and 6 units on another 34-acre parcel.

CLAIM AGAINST: The Currys say in the brochure: "If Measure 49 goes through ... we won't have anything left at all. Measure 49 would just take it all away."

1000 FRIENDS RESPONSE: No property would be taken away under Measure 49. The Currys are trying to build a 110-home subdivision on their property even though their voters' pamphlet statement says they just want homes for their kids and grandkids. Measure 49 would allow them between 1 and 10 homes.

CLAIM AGAINST: Ollie Wilcox says in the brochure: "If Measure 49 passes we will lose all our rights - not only our rights, but our children's and grandchildren's."

1000 FRIENDS RESPONSE: Measure 49 won't take the Wilcoxes' rights away. She has proposed a 16-home subdivision on 8 acres of rural land. Measure 49 will allow her between 1 and 3 homes, and will specifically give the same rights to her children and grandchildren--rights they don't currently have under Measure 37.

CLAIM AGAINST: Jennifer Helberg says of her mother, Mary Holtan: "If Measure 49 passes it means my mom can't retire. Under Measure 49, families like ours have to go back to square one and even then we're not assured of any rights ... I'm worried about her ... we all are. The farm is all she has."

1000 FRIENDS RESPONSE: Mary Holtan has applied to divide one lot into 3 parcels and a second lot into two -- Measure 49 would allow both.

CLAIM AGAINST: The Bitzes say in the brochure "We told our kids we would give our property to them ... We'd like to keep our farm for future generations."

1000 FRIENDS RESPONSE:  Measure 49 will allow property rights to transfer to an owner's children, which Measure 37 does not. But the Bitzes don't need Measure 37; under current zoning, Jerald Bitz can divide his property into seven lots.