Parcel Could Still Be Saved for Open Space
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Measure Q failed for two reasons. First, the 2/3 voter requirement under Prop. 13 protects property owners from unfair taxation because non-property owners don't pay the increased tax. Secondly, voters believed (correctly so) that the proponents mainly wanted another sports field.
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By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 24--When Rolf W. Peter bought more 1,765 acres of pasture land in the Colusa County foothills in 1965, the Swiss-born engineer planned to erect a showcase of sports and weekend leisure there.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 27--Thanks to Bob and Debbie Stuck, nearly 300 more acres in York County will remain undeveloped. We hope more land can be put aside through the incentive program used by the Stucks before it expires next year.
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Every property owner in the state should be alarmed that the New Jersey  Supreme Court decided today that government has the right to take  ownership of your land under the guise of preserving open space, whether  you want to sell it or not, according to the Builders League of South  Jersey.
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By Chris Conrad, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.  Feb. 17--Imagine Tom Lowell's surprise when he set out to log a parcel of  land just outside Gold Hill and found that someone else had done the work for  him -- and reaped the benefits.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 8--The City of San Luis Obispo and local land conservationists have raised the money needed to preserve more than 700 acres of land that will expand the city's greenbelt.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--HICKORY -- City Council members may have come up with a compromise to protect homes from business encroachment without stifling development.
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By Reid Magney, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Mar. 6--La Crosse County is moving slowly toward preserving farmland by buying development rights.   Monday, the county board voted to start work on a pilot program for 2008.
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By Dania Akkad, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 9--Neighbors of one of the last pieces of undeveloped land in the city of Monterey are concerned that the stretch of dense pine forest along Highway 1 may be replaced with a high-density development.
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By Paul Sisson, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  Dec. 8--OCEANSIDE -- County environmental officials say that the soil at  a halted three-home development on Barnwell Street is not dirty enough to pose  a health risk and does not need to be removed.   A letter dated Dec.
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By Julie Carr Smyth  COLUMBUS  --  On paper, Ohio's farmland preservation program is a success.  In the seven years since the state began paying farmers not to sell to developers, nearly 27,000 farm acres have been saved.
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The federal government and a nonprofit group are buying the land from local farmers to ensure its biodiversity is preserved. BY LISA J. ADAMS /Associated Press.
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By Larissa Van Beurden-Doust, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 11--Some Nipomo residents who like the town's rural atmosphere are worried that open space left near some housing projects may actually lead to more development.
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By Tony Spinelli, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Jun. 17--EASTON -- The company that owns much of the protected woodlands in Easton would like to give hikers a chance to enjoy the great outdoors.
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By Mike D. Smith, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Feb. 4--Potential buyers who think they have plenty of time to shop for a  good deal before putting up cash for that coveted deer lease or quiet country  plot might not want to wait too long.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb.
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By Kira Millage, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Mar. 2--BELLINGHAM -- Time to start yard work. The Clean Green Transfer Facility opens Saturday.