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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Dan Wood</st1:PersonName> [mailto:dwood@wsfb.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 19, 2006
11:10 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> rod@sage1.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Property Fairness Update
9-19-06</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Please forward to all of your
lists…Action Steps Requested…<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>WFB Demands Disclosure from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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font-family:Tahoma'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>The Washington Farm Bureau today filed a public records
demand from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> regarding a
“planned study” on Initiative 933. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>We want them to come clean on who is behind the so-called
“study,” who is directing the “study” and to disclose
whatever connections there are between the University and the special interests
that are funding the anti-I-933 “study.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>The study is to be paid for by the same environmental
extremists that are backing the campaign against the Property Fairness
Initiative. If true then why do these extremists have to turn to U-Dub to
buy credibility and are public resources being used to conduct the study? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Because the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> is a state
agency, it is required to disclose public documents – on paper and in
electronic form – under the state Public Records Act. (RCW
42.56) We expect an immediate answer from the University.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northwest</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Livable
Communities, a division of the University, is conducting the
“study” on behalf of the Bullitt, Brainerd and Wilberforce
Foundations along with others. These are the same foundations that funded
a UW “study” released in 1995 when a similar measure –
Referendum 48 -- sought to address excessive regulations that treated property
owners unfairly. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> was
embarrassed then and should be now</span></font></u><font face=Tahoma><span
style='font-family:Tahoma'>!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>In 1995 the respected Washington Institute for Policy Studies
examined documents prepared by the University and Evergreen State College and
declared that the “studies bordered on fraud.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>“There was no peer review…no ability to
replicate their numbers or to independently verify their conclusions…and
that the documents did not comply with basic academic standards…”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>The authors of the 1995 study acknowledged in their
background methodological statement that their estimates of takings
costs…”were difficult to prepare due to data limitations, time
constraints and the wide range of variables.” The authors
themselves called the study “Mission Impossible.” Yet,
environmental extremists used the “study” to deceive the public and
ran advertisements before the University could stop them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>The Institute’s analysis of the so-called study went
further, alleging that the study went beyond the collected data and that the
six page document attributed to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> was pure
analytical fabrication with two pages of rhetoric and conjecture without any
supporting analysis. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>In 1995 environmental extremists used statements from the
“study” in advertisements opposing R-48. At that time the
University demanded that they cease attributing the “study” to the
University. In fact, state law prohibits state agencies (including
universities) from taking a position for or against any ballot measure. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>If the University releases a property rights study between
now and the general election there would be no way to characterize it than as
an effort to influence the outcome of a ballot measure. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Our opponents are using tired and worn-out ideas to attack
I-933 at a time when citizen awareness of government abuses is at an all time
high. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Anti-Property Rights Coalition Begins
Deceptive TV Ads <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Contribute to Property Fairness to Counter
the Lies<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Yesterday the No on I-933 dumped $250,000 in broadcast
advertising for the next two weeks. Their research shows what ours does
– they have to run a come from behind campaign. News reports
indicate that they plan to drop another $500,000+ on the ads<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In a sheer political ploy our opponents are trying to
convince voters that farmers oppose I-933. It’s another lie. Go
figure.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Their television ad features a barley grower in the Palouse
who cut a No on 933 sign in his field. Far from being a spontaneous act
on the part of the farmer, No on I-933 tourists watched from a hill and a
helicopter buzzed over the field while the combine rolled.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The ad also features a former WFB board member speaking in
opposition to the initiative. Don’t be frustrated that there are
some farmers who oppose I-933 just as some opposed the property rights measure
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A quick look at some farmers who oppose the initiative is
telling. It appears they tend to grow high-value specialty crops or they
have some measure of protection under the growth management act, something most
farmers do not enjoy. And it is no surprise that a <u>minority</u> of
farmers simply have a different political philosophy. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I-933 is supported by Washington Farm Bureau, Washington
Friends of Farms & Forests, Washington Council of Farmer Cooperatives,
Washington Fish Growers Association, Washington Christmas Tree Growers,
Washington Cattlemen’s Association, and all 25 <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">county</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Farm</st1:PlaceName> Bureaus across <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Despite overwhelming support from farmers and ranchers
across, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>,
our opponents want voters to believe that they speak for farmers. It’s
one of the biggest lies from them to date!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>But what do you expect from a bunch of environmental extremists
who claim in the ad that the United Farm Workers are representatives of farmers
and ranchers??? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>As we all know, no political campaign has enough money so
we’re reaching out to our grassroots for more fundraising. We have
placed an order for another 10,000 envelopes for our grassroots to use in
individual fundraising. We will send a quantity to our county coordinators for
distribution, but it is hard for us to come up with a distribution plan because
some volunteers are more productive than others. So, if you want a
certain quantity and the county coordinator cannot accommodate you, please
contact us direct at the office (360) 357-9975 and we’ll get them out to
you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It is amazing how much money comes in if we just ask.
I’ve heard several reports of checks being written for $250 and more just
because people in meeting places such as restaurants were asked. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Another way for fundraising is to invite people to your home
for coffee and cake and suggest a contribution of $50 to the campaign. 10
or 12 guests can bring in a lot of money and many will write checks for more
than the suggested contribution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The $250,000 that our opponents have dropped into the
campaign is a sign of desperation. They know they are behind and they
know they need to start now to change people’s minds or they will
lose. You will be receiving regular emails from me regarding the campaign
and one thing you can do is build your email list for additional
distribution. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>ACTION STEP #</span></font></u></b><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>1: One way
you can help counter the distortions and lies from the opposition is to <u>make
an immediate contribution online</u>. Please go to <a
href="http://www.propertyfairness.com/contribute.htm">http://www.propertyfairness.com/contribute.htm</a>
to make a contribution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>ACTION STEP #</span></font></u></b><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>2: <u>Send a
letter to your local papers</u>. Tell them that the opposition campaign
is running distortions, lies, and half-truths. Let them know that there are two
simple aspects to I-933: Government must consider the cost before taking
actions and government must compensate when it damages use and value of private
property. In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>,
not a single dime has been paid in compensation and government is now
considering impacts before adopting new laws. That is a good idea that <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place> voters should
also embrace.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We need to counter the ads from the opposition.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Polling and focus group work shows that we can win this
campaign, but we need to get our message out. Voters generally
won’t believe the lies from the opposition, but they need to hear our
message so they can choose to vote for Initiative 933.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Please contribute today</span></font></b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We can win this campaign, but we need donations today to
finance the campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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