NOW is The Time To Stop Legislative Voter Fraud in Lansing Michigan Regarding Marijuana Laws

Warning!  Warning!  Warning!

Corporate marijuana interests are working very hard to rewrite our voter enacted Marijuana laws in Lansing Michigan. If House bills 5300-5302 become law, it will be another reminder of how the emergency manager law was reinstated after people soundly rejected it at the ballot box. The Michigan legislature upon it’s own motion will remove 11 plants and 4 patients from caregivers after the voters chose to have 12 plants and 5 patients to provide caregiver services to. Additionally, the rewrite will create a new felony charges, increase fines and, incarceration of our citizens violators of the new law if approved. The bills are being fast tracked by interests who want to monopolize the Marijuana Industry in Michigan by March 22, 2022.

On Tuesday October 26, 2021 the regulatory reform committee approved these bills for a full vote by the entire 110 member Michigan House of Representatives.  The plan is to have these laws passed by the House of Representatives by November 5^th, 2021 with minimal input from citizen caregivers.

This attempt by Michigan Legislators goes against everything the late Representative Isaac Robinson fought against because of the increased civil penalties, fines and, imprisonment for possession of marijuana. Any representative voting YES for these bills will help increase operational costs in the District Courts, Department of Corrections and, county jails.

This is a glaring example of legislative voter fraud because the current law was approved by 63% of the citizens with their vote in 2008.  The voters decided that they wanted 12 plants and 5 patient caregivers and, if a law needs to be changed, it should be done by the voters not the politicians. This effort to disenfranchise the voters by changing the law in the middle of the night, combined with the enactment of voter suppression laws leads to citizen mistrust of government 

There are a lot of real pressing problems in the State that need to be fast tracked into law like illegal dumping, infrastructure repair, education reform, and removing the taxes from retiree pensions for example. The same people who want a picture ID to vote will not force the Department of Licensing and Regulation, Marijuana Regulatory Agency to reprint all patient and caregiver cards with their picture on it. It is the law that your driver’s license picture should be on all Michigan issued patient/caregiver Marijuana cards.

If you want to stop this behind the back door plan to change voter enacted laws by special interest groups, I strongly encourage you to call, email, write and, visit in person any State Representative and Senator to vote NO, NO and, NO on House bills 5300, 5301 and, 5302 when they come up for a vote. 

 Contact a State Representative TODAY at www.house.mi.gov/AllRepresentatives

State Rep. Stephane Young(D) Detroit
 (517) 373-3815
 stephanieyoung@house.mi.gov 

House Bills  5300 -  5301 - 5302

Contact Michigan State Representatives and Senators to Stop The Looters of Michigan's Marijuana Industry

 by Weed Warrior

If you love your cannabis plants, you are strongly encouraged to contact any Michigan Legislative branch member to stop the implementation of any piece of legislation that will regulate how many plants a patient can have.  The people voted for 12 plants and, it shall remain 12 plants, because the citizens said so with their ballot.  The attempted coup on the Marijuana industry if successful, will lead to increase incarcerations and property seizures by  State and local governments.  People with felonies will be barred from participating in the industry by new rules if approved by the Governor.  

The people who crafted the legislation were not inclusive of people of color and, aligned with the pipeline to prison industry. With the additional restrictions small business will be completely eliminated. Farmers will become instant criminals for having too many plants because the new rules will only allow you to have one plant and one patient to care for. Excess plants must be destroyed and violators will be severely punished. Urban farmers will be filling the jails in Detroit, Lansing, Flint, Benton Harbor, Grand Rapids. Rural farmers will be sitting in county jails next to people hooked on Opioids and Meth for a plant.

Therefore you must contact her office now and tell her to VETO this attempted theft of caregiver rights in advance! 

It only takes a few minutes and, if enough of you contact the Governor's office, State Representatives and, Senators we make our legislators develop a better system that will not penalize caregivers and promotes education. Especially science teachers in K-12 institutions and, students in college studying subjects in agriculture and business management for example. 

Our people have spoken,
so let them keep tokin!
We don't want or need Corporate Weed!

Your message to your Representative or Senator is that if you vote to approve this legislation in 2021, we will remember you in 2022.  The Marijuana Community is a community of interest that is not reflected in the Census however, it is reflected at the ballot box. So let them know to vote no on House Bills 5300, 5301, 5302, or, any legislation that negatively affects the Cannabis Community of Interest.  

Voter disenfranchisement in Michigan will not be tolerated!

That goes for any currently serving politician any where else in the country who defies the will of the people.

Don't delay, call today!

From the Office of  Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Dear Richard Clement, 

Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding House Bill 5300, 5301 and 5302. I appreciate your efforts to reach me and the opportunity to respond.

On September 14, 2021, Representative T.C. Clements introduced House Bill 5300, 5301 and 5302 which would amend multiple acts that regulate medical marijuana. This bill was referred to the committee on Regulatory Reform.

In Michigan, laws must originate as bills in the Legislature and proceed through the legislative progress. Article IV, Section 22 of the Constitution of the state of Michigan of 1963, as amended, states “all legislation shall be by bill and may originate in either house.” As Governor, I am unable to introduce a bill myself in the Legislature.

If a bill is passed by both chambers in identical form, the bill will then be sent to my desk. From there I have 14 days to make a decision to either sign the bill into law or to veto the bill. As a result, I would encourage you to share your opinions and concerns with your state legislators if you have not already done so. 

Michigan House of Representatives – You can find your State Representative by calling the House Clerk’s office at 517-373-0135 or by visiting house.mi.gov. 

Michigan State Senate – You can find your State Senator by calling Secretary of the Senate’s office at 517-373-2400 or by visiting senate.mi.gov.

The process from first reading in the Legislature to reaching my desk can be lengthy, and I encourage you to remain in contact with your legislators throughout the Legislature’s debate and deliberation of a bill. You may view the status of all pieces of Legislature by visiting legislature.mi.gov. 

Again, thank you for reaching out to me. Should this bill reach my desk, I will surely keep your comments in mind during my decision-making process. If you have additional comments or concerns do not hesitate to contact my office at (517) 335-7858.  

 

Sincerely,

Gretchen Whitmer

Governor of Michigan 

LINK TO CONTACT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE

House Bill 5302 - Voter Photo ID Concerns and Election Integrity Issues - Opposed

Dear Regulatory Reform Committee,

After further review, if this bill were to become law, it would ignore the fact that a picture from the Secretary of State office is missing for customers of the Marijuana Regulatory Agency's Medical Marijuana program.  This proposed  bill discusses bidding for a third party vendor to manage the METRIC system for tracking retail sales. Meanwhile, the only people who had pictures on their cards were law enforcement employees that were looking for an arrest and conviction on drug charges. 

Especially in Oakland County where a man lost his life for growing marijuana by Oakland County Sherriff deputies with forged IDs. Not to mention Ingham County Sherriff deputies with pictures on their cards, trying to purchase cannabis products from a business owner in Lansing MI in 2009. 

This committee must issue a memo directing MRA to enforce the law and, re-issue every participant a new card with a picture on it. Currently the State of Michigan is breaking the law (link to PA 306 - Section 2 - Part 6(e)), specifically by not having a picture on the Medical Marijuana card. 

This deliberate oversight must be corrected.

Chairman Roger Hauck (website link) 
Regulatory Reform

This would assist in election security issues giving citizens the choice of another valid photo ID as required by State law. This would help business transactions that require two pieces of valid identification increasing chances for economic growth. House bills, 5300, 5301 and 5302, must be withdrawn. If these bills are not withdrawn, we want every Rep to vote NO on all of these bills with a veto by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in advance.

Thank you.  

Richard C. Clement.  

Owner Csystems Technology Consultants and, former Candidate for Detroit School Board.

Link to House Bill 5300    House Bill 5301     House Bill 5302

Contact Regulatory Committee Members TODAY! 

Roger Hauck (R) Committee Chair, 99th District

Michele Hoitenga (R) Majority Vice-Chair, 102nd District

Joe Bellino (R), 17th District

Matt Hall (R), 63rd District

Mike Mueller (R), 51st District

Pauline Wendzel (R), 79th District

TC Clements (R), 56th District

John Damoose (R), 107th District

Pat Outman (R), 70 District

Kevin Hertel (D) Minority Vice-Chair, 18th District

Tenisha Yancey (D), 1st District

Alex Garza (D), 12nd District

Angela Witwer (D), 71st District

Richard Steenland (D), 22nd District

Stephanie Young (D), 8th District

Send all correspondence to: Molly Wingrove, Committee Clerk (517) 373-5024