Some argue about the medicinal benefits of marijuana but there's not doubt that low voter turnout helps local make votes more exciting with citizen initiative petitions.
Before cynics think this thing won't stand up to Missouri law . . . Let's remember that weed is sorta legal in Columbia, MO after this same kind of ordinance was pushed forward.
Here's local push back against the drug war . . .
KCUR: "A resigned Kansas City Council committee today recommended the full council put a petition to reduce penalties for marijuana possession on the ballot this April. The recommendation came after Tuesday's Missouri Supreme court decision , which ordered the city to put a minimum wage petition — which had previously been declined by the council for contradicting state law — on the ballot. The high court said that Kansas City's charter required all properly filed citizen's petition initiatives to be placed before voters. Any challenges to proposed ordinances can only be considered after voters adopt the measure."
You decide . . .
If only the city council had really resigned there might be hope.
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ReplyDeletePurple bud on the ballot!
ReplyDeleteIt's not decriminalization. Life will still get f'ed up when the Clay, Platte, Jackson or Cass county sherrifs, or state police, or kansas city police, none of which the city controls, decides that somone is a prick and charges them with a state crime.
ReplyDeleteSo what does this do to the police officers who take an oath to uphold and enforce the laws of the state of Missouri? I see a State Supreme court case in the works.
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