[Kitanis]

Oregon is my home state while I am in the military.. I was born there and raised there.

Oregon in over twenty or so years had a large influx of California residents who moved into the Portland Metro area and the wester Willimatte Valley.

Now Oregon has a very large liberal population in the Portland Area.. and the Eastern Half has a majority of Conservatives.. the problem is.. Numbers.. the Eastern Half of the state does not have the population to tip the balance of the "liberal" western half.

Oregon went to Kerry during the election.. but it was not because the state leans toward Democrats overall.. its because the liberal leanings in the largest city in the state overides everything for the state.

[goldstategop]

My point exactly. An explosive growth of exurbs on the state's Eastern side would end life for the Democrats as they know it. That's why they don't like the end of the stranglehold that Measure 37 offers for the simple reason they can no longer hold people under their thumbs in coastal Oregon.