[CRNMC] GX and CELDF response to Legal opinion of Initiative

[Tim Rice]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2014, Shannon Biggs wrote:

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> In regards to the single subject rule, Measure S contains one subject – 
> a Bill of Rights. The prohibitions on fracking activities enforce those 

We had better get consistant on our messaging. Some of us were under the 
impression that the single issue was protecting our water by banning
fracking and the Bill of Rights was how we accomplished that.

> rights; and the limitations on corporations and state government protect 
> the enforcement of the Measure. The law only requires that the different 
> parts of the Measure be germane, or reasonably connected, to each other. 
> As an example, groups in two Oregon Counties have put forward Community 
> Bills of Rights dealing with GMO’s which contain almost identical 
> provisions to Measure S. Courts there have found that the bill of rights 
> ordinances pass single subject review. As to the inclusion and legality 
> of felony charges, that section was added because of local legal advice 
> obtained by the CRN, and since it deals with enforcement, passes single 
> subject review.
> 
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