James Kuenzi lives in the house where he was born, on a 68-acre seed farm he has tilled for decades near Silverton. But just as he and his wife are settling in for the best years of his life, he is worried about the unchecked development he sees as a result of Measure 37.

"About a mile away they are wanting to put in 30 houses," he says, "big developments like that don't fit in agricultural areas. We still have some little country schools out here and that will have a big impact on them. What about road construction? And, water isn't the easiest thing to get out here. Agriculture means chemicals and dust. And, up in this area where we grow grass seed, there is a lot of burning still and that is a whole other sore subject," he says.

James' two sons added to his acreage and now both are seed farmers too. "They are also very much opposed to what is happening as a result of 37," he says. James thinks development should move out from the urban growth boundaries. "Plopping developments in the middle of agricultural land...that does not work."

Now that they’re ready to retire, the James' have been able to build a new home up on the hill on their property — which they were able to do because they filed a Measure 37 claim.

"I appreciate property rights and I think everyone should be able to build a home or two for the owners of the property. But these big developments in farm and forest land, I'm very much opposed to that." James Kuenzi thinks that Measure 49 is a good compromise, a good way to fix what is being unleashed by Measure 37.