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  Measure B Proponents, Opponents Organizing

Posted by CN Staff on March 16, 2008 at 19:25:39 PT
By Ben Brown, The Daily Journal 
Source: Ukiah Daily Journal  

California -- Though the election is still three months away, both sides of the fight over the future of medical marijuana in Mendocino County have begun to organize.Measure B, which was placed on the ballot by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 8, would repeal Measure G, passed by Mendocino County voters in 2000.
Measure G, the cannabis personal use ordinance, instructed law enforcement officers to make prosecution of anyone growing fewer than 25 marijuana plants their lowest priority. Late last year, the Board of Supervisors agreed to set medical marijuana limits at 25 plants in accordance with Measure G.If passed, Measure B would set possession limits for medical marijuana at 12 immature or six mature plants and eight ounces of dried marijuana, the same as the limits set by the state.Ross Liberty, speaking for the Yes on B coalition, said no person growing 25 plants is doing so for personal use because even the sickest person does not need that much marijuana. Yes on B believes that Measure G has created a permissive attitude in the county that encourages large scale growers to come here to grow marijuana commercially with little fear of prosecution."Currently, local elected officials and commercial growers view Measure G as the mandate of the Mendocino County voters," Liberty said. "The Yes on B Coalition seeks to change that view by passing Measure B to show local elected officials and commercial marijuana growers around the world that we no longer want to be the world epicenter for commercial marijuana cultivation."Laura Hamburg said Measure B is a step backward that would take law enforcement resources away from more serious crimes."It would make anyone with more than six plants a felon," she said. Liberty said Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman has made it clear that serious crimes will always take top priority.Charges of cultivation and possession of marijuana for sale against Hamburg, the spokeswoman for the No on B organization, recently were dismissed after a judge threw out evidence gained from a search warrant.Hamburg said the garden was medical marijuana she was growing for herself, her sister and a neighbor. All three of them have medical marijuana recommendations.Hamburg said No on B rejects arguments that repealing Measure G would reduce the number of large scale commercial growers in the county. Commercial growers do not know about or care about local marijuana laws, she said."If Measure B would stop large commercial growers and abuses it would be an outstanding measure, but it will not do that," Hamburg said.She said most large scale growers don't live in Mendocino County and that the repeal of Measure G would not hinder them."Rolling back Measure G will do nothing but criminalize our residents, our friends and our neighbors," she said. Hamburg said a better way to deal with commercial growers would be to work with law enforcement and educate legitimate medicinal growers to what the law is in Mendocino County.Other organizations are also taking sides in the debate. The Mendocino County Farm Bureau endorsed Measure B last month."The board felt it would be better if the state and county guidelines were consistent," said Farm Bureau President Peter Johnson.Though the board has taken an official stance on the ballot measure, Johnson said the board is not telling Farm Bureau members to vote for Measure B."It's up to our members to make their own decisions," he said.The election is scheduled for June 3. For more information on No on B, go to: http://www.nomeasureb.org/ for information on Yes on B, go to http://yesonbcoalition.com/Source: Ukiah Daily Journal (CA)Author: Ben Brown, The Daily JournalPublished: March 16, 2008Copyright: 2008 Ukiah Daily JournalContact: udjrb pacific.netWebsite: http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/Related Articles:Mendocino Sheriff: No Stance On Pot Votehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23748.shtmlMeasure B: Voters To Set Marijuana Policyhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23744.shtmlMost Mendocino Voters Favor Pot Law Repealhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread23593.shtml

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Comment #25 posted by FoM on March 20, 2008 at 11:49:56 PT
OT: Leonard Cohen : Hallelujah 
It's Easter week and I thought others might like to hear this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf36v0epfmI
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Comment #24 posted by Sinsemilla Jones on March 18, 2008 at 02:48:42 PT
Max #21 - good observation
That's the problem with lying, it's hard to keep up with the lies and not contradict them with more lies or worse, the truth.Liberty is a liar. Cruel joke, indeed.
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Comment #23 posted by runruff on March 17, 2008 at 17:03:49 PT:

Dankhank
I'm glad you enjoyed the retro-flash!I saw them for the first time at the Avalon Ballroom when Chet Helms was doing the Family Dog Production Co.I got the date wrong on the first time I heard "What About Me." I remember now though. I first heard it on a bootleg recording at the Century House in Sunnyvale Calif. in 1969.Chet Helms was great friends with Stan Owsley. Owsley used to turn Chet on to his own brew of LSD by the quart.In 1966 I went to the Avalon to see The Loading Zone, The Electric Flag, The Chocolate Watch Band and The Thirteenth Floor Elevator. Tickets were $2.00, $3.00 with a drop of LSD on the ticket. You ate the ticket. I think in December of that year LSD became illegal. Chet quit selling it at the door.I was there for the first "Love In" and was on Haight ST. or in Golden Gate Park everyday the summer of 1967.I have great memorys!Heavy man, far out!

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Comment #22 posted by Dankhank on March 17, 2008 at 16:22:01 PT

QMS ...
68 or 69 is when I first ran accross QMS ... Quicksilver Messenger ServiceHappy TrailsShady Grove was/is AwesomeWhat About Me was 1970 just before I was drafted.I sang that into Basic.BTW, I'm typing this in the Denver Downtown LibrarySt Patrick's weekend ...There was an anti-war rally demo march yesterday on the capital steps and around the downtown park.The Denver Men's Gay Chorus sang here in the Library yesterday ... "Make Love Not War" was the theme of the presentation.Tin Soldier, Blowing In The Wind and much more. Very good sound.Peace to those who want Peace ...thanx runruff for the memories ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_Messenger_Service
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Comment #21 posted by Max Flowers on March 17, 2008 at 15:00:26 PT

Anyone else catch this?
Liberty said Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman has made it clear that serious crimes will always take top priority.In saying this, he (Liberty) is admitting that cannabis "crimes" are not serious crimes! But he's for making people into felons anyway. That's evil.I can't believe this guy's last name is Liberty... what kind of cruel joke is that? 
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Comment #20 posted by FoM on March 17, 2008 at 13:06:45 PT

runruff
I never heard that song before. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Comment #19 posted by runruff on March 17, 2008 at 12:43:48 PT:

Check this out!
I saw these guys live at Filmore West in SF in 1967.This has been my personal theme song ever since.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUszp9QFmq4&feature=relatedTo know this song is to know me.
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Comment #18 posted by FoM on March 17, 2008 at 12:04:37 PT

The GCW
Maybe now Paul will get back to who he really is and make some really good music again.
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Comment #17 posted by The GCW on March 17, 2008 at 11:29:57 PT

Irish gossip column...
Mills and McCartney married at an Irish castle in June 2002, http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MCCARTNEY_DIVORCE?SITE=COFRI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on March 17, 2008 at 11:09:43 PT

Sam
I have heard that song. He is such a deep thinking man.
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on March 17, 2008 at 10:38:13 PT

Sam
I don't think I have ever heard that one. I have 2 CDs called The Essential Leonard Cohen and I just love them. His music is good for the inside of mankind I believe.
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Comment #14 posted by Sam Adams on March 17, 2008 at 10:37:30 PT

The Smokin' of the Green!
Ah yes, I think those Irish are closet Rastafarians.
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Comment #13 posted by FoM on March 17, 2008 at 10:34:53 PT

afterburner
You're welcome. My mother was Irish and Scottish and she really enjoyed St. Patrick's Day. She entertained the whole family and it makes me smile just to think about it.May you be in Heaven a full half hour afore the devil knows ye're dead.
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Comment #12 posted by Sam Adams on March 17, 2008 at 10:34:30 PT

cohen
have you ever heard "dance me to the end of love" by him? a local Klezmer group does an AMAZING cover of that song, almost brings tears to your eyes. it's about the holocaust. He's a Montreal boy.
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Comment #11 posted by FoM on March 17, 2008 at 10:20:38 PT

OT: Tower of Song
I had a little work to do and I decided to listen to Leonard Cohen and I thought maybe others might like to see and hear this video. U2 is in it too. Leonard Cohen announced a world tour. He is in his mid 70s! Tower of Song - Leonard Cohenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e1rF08Su4I
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Comment #10 posted by afterburner on March 17, 2008 at 10:20:01 PT

FoM #3
Thanks for the blessing. My favorite St. Patrick's Day button reads: Don't Worry, Be Irish! Me sainted grandmother brought the Irish stock into our family tree. God bless her and all cannabis reformers. Hope you have a wee bit of the green today!
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Comment #9 posted by Hope on March 17, 2008 at 09:51:25 PT

Loving one's neighbor
does not include running one's neighbors' lives. "Helping" them doesn't mean pounding them into a form that suits your idea of how they should be. Basic rules about murder, theft, rape, and assault are necessary. Traffic rules are necessary for smooth flow and keeping accidents to a minimum. Rules about what your neighbor eats, drinks, or smokes are completely out of line with reality and right.All the rules and laws and interference in our lives by busybodies today make freedom and liberty seem such alien concepts in the world today.Some people, it seems, don't have enough life of their own and seem to need to insinuate themselves, sometimes violently, into the lives of other people. Breaking down a person's door because of what he chooses to smoke or inject or whatever, is no different than the thief or the murderer breaking down a person's door to steal their belongings or their very life. It's amazing how self righteous busybodies can't see their own faults and the wrong of their ways at all... but they are constantly on the alert, scanning others to find their faults and even creating new "faults", and even "sins" and reams of laws to break, to be able to persecute those they look down on.

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Comment #8 posted by Hope on March 17, 2008 at 09:29:40 PT

Museman
Happy Birthday and Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Comment #7 posted by Sam Adams on March 17, 2008 at 09:22:45 PT

controlling liberals
"That is why California is the most over regulated, too many laws, state in the union."Wanna bet? Try Massachusetts. Home of the Scandanavian-style "I know better than you" liberal type government.Part of the reason I do not like the Democratic party is from living here. There are basically no Republicans. But instead of turning into a utopia, it's anything but. The Dems do all the same things the Repubs do in most states, and more. It's hard for people to understand that don't live here.It's almost impossible to not break some law or neighborhood ordinance from the minute you walk out the door in the morning. Fun is basically illegal here.
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on March 17, 2008 at 08:20:27 PT

Drugs And Religion By Andrew Sullivan
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/03/drugs-and-relig.html
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Comment #5 posted by FoM on March 17, 2008 at 08:17:20 PT

museman
Happy Birthday! My mother loved Saint Patrick's Day. I have fond memories of the day too. 
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Comment #4 posted by museman on March 17, 2008 at 07:46:14 PT

FoM
I'm officially Irish on this day every year, and exempt from wearing the green. I'm 56 today.Happy St. Patricks Day.
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Comment #3 posted by FoM on March 17, 2008 at 05:01:41 PT

Happy Saint Patrick's Day
I am a little bit Irish so I wanted to say Happy Saint Patrick's Day.***May you be poor in misfortune Rich in blessings Slow to make enemies Quick to make friends But rich or poor, Quick or slow, May you know nothing but happiness From this day forward.***http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/irish.htm
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Comment #2 posted by museman on March 17, 2008 at 04:21:14 PT

runruff
Remember the sign we had just across the border, until the late 70's?"Don't Californicate Oregon!"Well they sure tried hard enough. Still tryin too.
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Comment #1 posted by runruff on March 16, 2008 at 20:54:53 PT:

Nut'in' on TV? I'll just snoop on my neighbor.
My Mom said that the way people got along back in the hills of Oaklahoma when she was growing up as a little girl, was to mind their own business. I lived in California for several years and those people cannot mind their own business! They are the most, tell each other how to live, bunch I've ever seen! That is why California is the most over regulated, too many laws, state in the union.That is what this squabble is all about. Half the population trying to tell the other half how to live.I think California should have a, "butt out" law. As in butt out and stay out of my business.
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