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Wilamette Week
[January 27th, 2010]
Willamette Week
January 27, 2010
A powerful state lawmaker is pushing a bill for the February special legislative session that would bail out a New York-leveraged buyout firm by allowing an end run around Oregon’s land-use laws.
At issue is a proposed but not yet published bill called the “Agriculture Reinvestment Act.” The measure would allow Medford-based Harry & David and another company to get 1,000 acres of prime Jackson County orchard land included in local urban growth boundaries, where it could then be sold for commercial or residential development.