When the pot was full, refunds to taxpayers could resume.

The measure likely will resemble one that Republicans crafted for a planned special session in June. Gerard Dullea, George DeFeis, Frank Niro and Grant Perks. Greg Walden and Peter DeFazio are not candidates because of their powerful positions on other committees, and Rep. But House leaders say that if lawmakers don't restrain spending, government critics will do it for them by putting an initiative measure with a tight lid on the ballot next year. And check out the chat transcript, in case you missed it. If growth is to proceed in deep flood plains, whether it is in the Natomas basin or Plumas Lake, the legal liability should fall to the local governments responsible for making the growth decisions and maintaining the flood control system. He sees rough going for a spending lid in the Senate.

The survey found claims filed in 26 of Oregon's 36 counties, with 31 seeking to divide farm and forest land into residential subdivisions ranging from two to 485 lots. There is no better case in point than a development squabble unfolding in Yuba County. Consumers have touted the desert-raised shrimp's flavor and freshness while scientists have commended the farm for practices friendly to the environment.

That meeting didn't happen after Democrats in both houses boycotted it. In Clackamas County, another claim seeks to divide 52 acres of farmland into 2-acre parcels. In the meantime, check out the P-G's final-hour reporting here. What this means, of course, is that there still could be plenty we don't know about Bill Simon that the Davis campaign will dish out with, no doubt, an admirable sense of timing. Democratic leaders are leery of adopting spending lids that are too tight.

Miguez manages ODFW's Elkhorn Wildlife Area, which stretches along the eastern base of the Elkhorns from Old Auburn Road north to Shaw Mountain. In Tangent, one landowner wants to subdivide 80 acres of farmland for an unspecified number of residential lots. To become effective once again, the environmental movement needs to demonstrate that it's not a bureaucracy. Today, Wood has partly proved his early critics wrong. But clinging on could be the best chance of survival for the Juniper juniperus communis as inaccessible crags are its last refuge from marauding sheep. Some also say changing the kicker fund policy makes sense to create a general reserve fund.