Friday, March 18, 2005

Multnomah County? Common Sense? Whoda believed it?



Measure 37 poster child allowed to subdivide her land

3/18/2005, 8:02 a.m. PT
The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Multnomah County officials have unanimously agreed to allow Dorothy English, the public face of a controversial land-use measure, to divide her property into eight parcels.

The 92-year-old English scored the unexpected victory Thursday, when the county's Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to waive land-use restrictions on her 19-acre property, allowing the widow to build additional homes.

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