The UGB is supporting hundreds of city, county and State employees around Oregon.  

Not to mention a fairly large herd of attorneys who get paid to fight on both sides of these issues!

An attorney assures his clients “Any proposal for the City of Springfield to expand its (urban growth boundary) for employment land purposes that does not include the Seavey Loop area is unlikely to survive appellate review,”

And only charges a few hundred dollars per hour to see if that is actually the case.  when it gets to LUBA or the Oregon Court of Appeals.

No guarantees; that's why attorneys use words such as "unlikely".  

There are always a winner and a loser in a lawsuit.  An attorney represents each side.....one of them will be proven to be wrong.