End of the day! Humpy Blog

Ok gang, here are a few items for your digestion.
First, the CIA is reading this blog.
Second, do you care?
Third, I-933 is a big pile of crap! Yes, I'm aware that various pundits will comment on yet another shameless reference to poop, but in this case it is true; I-933 is crap. Why you say? Well, kids, I-933 is retroactive back to 1996, which means that many land and resource protective measures will likely be repealed.
What were you doing in 1996 besides electing cigar/Monica chomping Clinton for another term?
Back to the poop. The Farm Bureau (FB), an insurance company, according to vol. 16 no. 6 issue of The Stranger, supports I-933. Why? Why would an organization that purports to support property rights and the plight of the farmer vote for a support an initiative that effectively dumps out the window any regulation that protects lands for all? Because folks, I-933 is a double edged money grabbing attempt that serves greedy developers who happen to be salivating over the limited farmland now being encroached upon by the wealthy, sprawling Puget Sound suburbia. And, the FB is in the pocket of greedy developers. It’s about the money! Here is the simple breakdown: Greedy developers want to get paid for land that they develop regardless of the long term consequences of their actions. And, Greedy developers want to be paid in the form of "compensation" for undeveloped land that has potential value as developed land. IE, they want to make sure that their investment is risk free. Last time I checked, no investment of mine is risk free. Why should, mega land deals on the minds of greedy developers be any different? Furthermore, currently designated farmland is sold at a high price of around 2,000 dollars an acre. I-933 would likely repeal the regulations that protect the low (read farm subsidy by tax payers) price of farmland. Greedy developers who either own or have speculative options on farmland stand make insane volumes of money on farmers who suddenly want to cash out of the farming business. Imagine if you owned 100 acres of land that is currently worth $1800-$2000 and are making a modest living selling, say, pumpkins. Enter I-933 and suddenly the land is now worth 100,000 or 200,000 an acre? How fast can you spell jackpot! Say goodbye to farmland. Say goodbye to locally produced produce. Say hello to mc mansions and sprawl. Say hello to e-coli in your spinach from industrially process spinach produced somewhere else. You remember e-coli don't you; think Jack in the Box, and deadly diarrhea. Which conveniently brings me back to the point that I-933 is a big pile of crap!