But some hunting proponents contend that because laws are subject to change, a constitutional amendment is needed to ensure hunting and fishing rights in the face of an increasingly urban population and growing pressure from animal rights groups. Here one that is an obvious reference to territory. Merger Bill School districts are divided by size when it comes to supporting legislation that would consolidate the state's school districts from 176 to fewer than 60, a sampling of superintendents shows. Big-school officials tend to think consolidation is inevitable and would make education more efficient. Small-school administrators resent the idea that others would decide what their district does.
Sex offenders are a tricky subject.
Oregon Lawmakers Try Again For Online Sex Offender Registry Eighteen months after sex offenders sued to block the state from posting names, photos, addresses and other information about Oregon s 9,000 registered sex criminals on the Internet, lawmakers are planning to try again. This time, they hope to avoid any legal hassles by authorizing state police to put a scaled-down sex offender registry online. Here is a case of law enforcement officials, who work very close to lawmakers, wanting to expand their money allocations, and hence expand their importance. Sometimes state government officals are paid by how many people they supervise. The bigger supervision, the bigger the pie.