michaelnights
06-18-2010, 06:12 PM
Independent, Christine Smith strongly supports mmj, but I don't know what her chances are in that very conservative district (Pueblo area.) Regardless of her chances, she deserves our support. Her opponent, Tom Massey (R,) you will remember, was the primary sponsor of HB10-1284. So get out your checkbooks, we have a champion in Smith. (The Dems haven't filed a candidate yet for that race.)
Christine Smith Runs for State Representative In Colorado | Independent Political Report (http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/06/christine-smith-runs-for-state-representative-in-colorado/)
Christine Smith Runs for State Representative In Colorado
Christine Smith ran for President in 2008 as a Libertarian Party candidate. Her attempt to secure the nomination of the Libertarian Party ultimately failed when she was eliminated in the 1st of six ballots. She is now running for State Representative in Colorado and had some harsh words for the national Libertarian Party regarding her experiences in 2008.
Colorado??s favorite John Denver-loving libertarian is back in politics, two years after her unsuccessful run for the Libertarian Party??s presidential nomination left her angry at the process. Christine Smith, a freelance writer who penned A Mountain in the Wind ?? An Exploration of the Spirituality of John Denver in 2001 and organized a festival honoring the late singer for six years, will challenge Republican Tom Massey in House District 60, which includes Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Park, Saguache and Pueblo counties.
Smith, who lives near Howard, was one of several Libertarian Party candidates who vied for the top spot on the ballot back in 2008. They all eventually lost to former Republican Bob Barr ?? whom many regarded as an interloper. ??What I saw at the Libertarian Party convention disgusted me,? Smith wrote at the time. ??I thought Libertarians actually believed in libertarian principles and that would always be their highest priority. I was wrong?. Obviously, the majority of Libertarian delegates cared nothing about libertarian principle when they chose Barr?.?
Today, Smith says she??s still frustrated by the national party and no longer wastes her ??time, money or work? on it. But she continues to find value in the Libertarian Party of Colorado, which still espouses the principles she believes in. And in addition to the issues of taxation, property rights and gun control, the freedom-loving Smith has recently added another passion: medical marijuana. While Massey was the ??Chong? to Senator Chris Romer??s ??Cheech? this past spring, taking the lead in hammering out new rules for pot in Colorado, Smith and other libertarians believe the drug should be legal ?? and free from all regulations. ??Tom Massey intervened in an area that was previously perfectly harmonious in our district and state, turning it into a battle that needn??t be between medical marijuana providers and the state government,? she says. ??I oppose both of the bills Ritter signed, and see no reason for the Colorado state government to ever have become involved in the matter of regulating medical marijuana as they are at this time.?
In fact, Smith says she disagrees with just about everything Massey has done in his six-year legislative career ?? except, perhaps, for his yes vote in 2007 when the Colorado Legislature approved making John Denver??s ??Rocky Mountain High? our new state song.
In 2008, Smith also participated in the non-binding Libertarian Party Presidential primary in California. She won that primary with 25.16%.
Christine Smith Runs for State Representative In Colorado | Independent Political Report (http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2010/06/christine-smith-runs-for-state-representative-in-colorado/)
Christine Smith Runs for State Representative In Colorado
Christine Smith ran for President in 2008 as a Libertarian Party candidate. Her attempt to secure the nomination of the Libertarian Party ultimately failed when she was eliminated in the 1st of six ballots. She is now running for State Representative in Colorado and had some harsh words for the national Libertarian Party regarding her experiences in 2008.
Colorado??s favorite John Denver-loving libertarian is back in politics, two years after her unsuccessful run for the Libertarian Party??s presidential nomination left her angry at the process. Christine Smith, a freelance writer who penned A Mountain in the Wind ?? An Exploration of the Spirituality of John Denver in 2001 and organized a festival honoring the late singer for six years, will challenge Republican Tom Massey in House District 60, which includes Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Park, Saguache and Pueblo counties.
Smith, who lives near Howard, was one of several Libertarian Party candidates who vied for the top spot on the ballot back in 2008. They all eventually lost to former Republican Bob Barr ?? whom many regarded as an interloper. ??What I saw at the Libertarian Party convention disgusted me,? Smith wrote at the time. ??I thought Libertarians actually believed in libertarian principles and that would always be their highest priority. I was wrong?. Obviously, the majority of Libertarian delegates cared nothing about libertarian principle when they chose Barr?.?
Today, Smith says she??s still frustrated by the national party and no longer wastes her ??time, money or work? on it. But she continues to find value in the Libertarian Party of Colorado, which still espouses the principles she believes in. And in addition to the issues of taxation, property rights and gun control, the freedom-loving Smith has recently added another passion: medical marijuana. While Massey was the ??Chong? to Senator Chris Romer??s ??Cheech? this past spring, taking the lead in hammering out new rules for pot in Colorado, Smith and other libertarians believe the drug should be legal ?? and free from all regulations. ??Tom Massey intervened in an area that was previously perfectly harmonious in our district and state, turning it into a battle that needn??t be between medical marijuana providers and the state government,? she says. ??I oppose both of the bills Ritter signed, and see no reason for the Colorado state government to ever have become involved in the matter of regulating medical marijuana as they are at this time.?
In fact, Smith says she disagrees with just about everything Massey has done in his six-year legislative career ?? except, perhaps, for his yes vote in 2007 when the Colorado Legislature approved making John Denver??s ??Rocky Mountain High? our new state song.
In 2008, Smith also participated in the non-binding Libertarian Party Presidential primary in California. She won that primary with 25.16%.