Local loon Carla crows over the fact that Oregon's LCDC (land conservation and development commission) ordered Washington County and the regional "government" known as Metro to remove 624 acres of "prime" farmland from urban reserves - which might otherwise have gone to development.
Commissioner Christine Pellett , a Central Point real estate appraiser, spoke to that during deliberations. "This particular Washington County farmland is actually a national treasure," she said, adding that climate change may hamper crop production elsewhere.
Ah, yes - expert Christine knows that climate change may do something. For all she knows, climate change may actually improve crop production elsewhere. She doesn't know whether it will or whether it won't, nor whether the effect of climate change - if noticed - would be positive or negative. Therefore, she made her decision based purely upon her theological leanings.
That her religious beliefs negatively impact a stressed area that had hoped to capitalize upon the high-tech industries in order to generate jobs is irrelevant to her, as is the fact that in Oregon, less than three percent of land in the state is "developed".
