In November, Oregonians will vote on a state-wide initiative that is being billed as a "clean water'' measure. Phased in over a 10 year period, this measure will prohibit any cow, sheep, goat, horse, chicken or other livestock from approaching within less than 100 feet of any of the waters of Oregon. Since the state already claims to own all raindrops in the state, this will even include stock ponds that are filled by rainfall runoff on public or private land. It will not even be possible to ride a horse through the woods and meadows of Oregon, since the state is very extensively covered by streams. Just to be sure that the initiative is not impeded by rural law enforcement, the measure allows anyone (including nonresident paid political enviro agitators) to sue any animal owner whose animal gets too close to water. It also specifies that the animal owner will pay the plaintiff's legal bills if the plaintiff prevails, but the plaintiff will not pay the animal owner's legal bills if the land owner prevails. Many of the signatures that placed this measure on the ballot were obtained by directly paying students at the Oregon state universities for their signatures. National enviro organizations provided the money in hopes of making Oregon an example for other states. American freedom is particularly well entrenched in the Western United States, so the enemies of freedom are especially active here.
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Vol. 24, No. 2
Newsletter: Access to Energy Newsletter Archive Volume: Issues Issue/No.: Vol. 24, No. 2 Date: October 01, 1996 12:51 PM Title: Truth vs. Fiction
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