April Is Weed Appreciation Month - Do You Know Who To Vote For?

By The Weed Warrior..  

A Field Report from the Battlefront...

Will April 2018 be the start of a beginning to the end of the War on Weed? By ending this war, governments will be forced to reallocate resources towards schools, roads, and neighborhoods. As the annual Ann Arbor MI Hash Bash that occurs every 1^st Saturday of April and, as Friday April 20th 2018 approaches, the Weed Warrior is grinding out this annual report to the people.

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On a local level, the leadership of the City of Detroit wants to illegally restore all of the provisions of the old ordinance that was repealed by a majority vote in the Nov 2017 general election.  This move is illegal because the Detroit City Charter will not allow the Mayor or Council to re-implement any provisions of any ordinance for 365 days after it was repealed by a majority vote. 

The people soundly rejected the 1000 foot barrier and other provisions of the old ordinance.  Supporters of democracy are strongly encouraged to contact City of Detroit Corporate Counsel Lawrence Garcia (GarciaL@detroitmi.gov) asking him to cease and desist wasting taxpayer dollars to wage a war on weed.  The electorate clearly told you what they wanted regarding Marijuana regulation. Let the vote serve as the protest petition as defined in  Sec. 403 of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act. Attempting to re-insert rejected language may result in a legal proceeding directing  the removal from the ordinance of religious restrictions based on the 1^st amendment provision separating church from state.

Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Colombo’s bait and switch conduct in February 2018 invalidating voter results was a new low in transparency.  Waiting until 6:30pm on a Friday to flip flop on ballot language that he approved to be on the ballot was like, being allowed to changing your bet after everyone has played their hand at the casino. Judge Colombo’s influence would be much more effective if he would issue an order to County Information Technology staff to fix the 3^rd Circuit Court Website to allow the reading of transactions from his court. Currently no one can access documents on any case at this court, while the website instructions say that you can.

On a State level, the administrative board that is responsible for approving marijuana licenses has proven itself to be an obstructionist group. This board has done nothing but cause confusion and gridlock for business owners and customers. After 10 years of operation, there is no picture on your card from the Secretary of State’s office, even though you are required to show a driver’s license or state id to fill out an application.   The two boards that were created to add qualifying conditions, and approve licenses, have been stymied by bureaucratic fumbling obstructionism to disrupt the process.  As of this writing date, this board has not approved a single facility in the State of Michigan. 

At the Federal level, if it was not for the work of New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, Attorney General Jeff Sessions would bring back the death penalty for people who use Marijuana as their medicine. The rest of the leadership in the US House and Senate is indifferent or hostile  on taking action to decriminalize.  In order to keep reminding the US Senate that it should move quickly to remove Marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, interested citizens should do the following tasks:

• Go to United States Senate website  www.senate.gov
• Find your Senators by State or pick (each State has two of them)
• If you can't find a Senator, go to US Senator Doug Jones www.jones.senate.gov
• Call both of them and leave a message asking them to support removing Marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act
• Strongly encourage use of contact form on their website.
• Any other concern that you have
• End your call with "it's time to Free the Weed for the Jobs We Need"

If they do not support or comply then make them pay on Election Day.  

I Hate Pot - Yes I do,  I say Pot is No Good for You.

The entire US House of Representatives and certain US Senators are up for election in August and November of 2018.   Vote for like minded politicians who will support the cause.

On the international front, having the benefit of living next to Canada is the essence of building bridges instead of walls.   Canada is going recreational on Marijuana in July of 2018 and, on April 20^th, a guest speaker from the United States of America will speak at the Windsor Canada 420/421 festival. The City of Detroit will not be used as a deportation station for political agendas and the 80 year old reefer madness polices of  the late Harry Anslinger and, Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Cannabis patriots and patients on both sides of the river do not appreciate being persecuted for their choice of Medicine.

If there is to be a building of a bridge of unity, US Customs and the Canadian Border Security Agency should cease and desist arresting and deporting people for Marijuana “crimes”.  With the reform of Marijuana laws, charging a duty tax on Marijuana will pay for the construction of a new span of the Ambassador Bridge.

The removal of marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act can only be attained by electing good people at the County, State, and Federal level.  Therefore we strongly encourage you to register and vote to make the pot haters pay on Election Day by electing candidates of the people, by the people, that will work FOR the people.