Doug Hoffman, the president of Wilco, a Mount Angel-based farmer-owned statewide retail-store cooperative featured in anti-Measure 97 ads, said he expects turnout to be the deciding factor in whether the tax passes or fails.
Three Tower Associates, sponsors of North Shore Towers cooperatives in Floral Park, Queens, has consented to give four black plaintiffs and the Open Housing Center $245,000 and to run 97 ads over the next four years featuring black models.