Tax Cannabis 2010 Campaign Kicks Off Statewide Signature Gathering Efforts at NORML
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Tax Cannabis 2010 Campaign Kicks Off Statewide Signature Gathering Efforts at NORML Convention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Greg Grimala, OD Media, 650-773-6007
September 25, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA ?? The Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign kicked off its statewide signature gathering efforts today at a press conference at the NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) Convention in San Francisco.
Proponents of the campaign to legalize, tax, and regulate cannabis (marijuana) in California, announced that they will begin gathering the 433,000 signatures of registered California voters necessary to qualify the initiative for the November 2010 statewide ballot.
Those who spoke on behalf of the initiative at today??s press conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel included Mason Tvert, co-author of the book Marijuana is Safer, and Tax Cannabis 2010 proponents Richard Lee and Jeff Jones. Former California State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata was scheduled to appear, but had a last minute personal matter to attend to. Perata released the following statement in support of the initiative:
??The economy and the state budget are top concerns for Californians. We can??t fund what matters most: jobs, healthcare, education, state parks, roads, transportation, environmental protection. It??s all on the chopping block, but doesn??t need to be.
??In this time of economic uncertainty, it??s time we thought outside the box, and brought in revenue we need to restore the California Dream.
??This is California. We are the future. We are the cutting edge. In California, we have an opportunity, with this initiative, to stand up for a common sense policy, and to set an example for the rest of the country and the world. It??s time to reform our cannabis laws, and California is the perfect place to do it.?
The Tax Cannabis 2010 initiative will regulate cannabis like alcohol, allowing adults 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of cannabis, give local governments the ability to tax and regulate the sale of cannabis to adults, and generate billions of dollars in much needed revenue for the state of California. The initiative will also help keep cannabis out of the hands of minors, by increasing the penalty for selling to anyone under 21.
Recent polls show a majority of Californians are ready to legalize, tax, and regulate cannabis, and the campaign has already received strong grassroots support from up and down the state.
Over 1,000 volunteers have already signed up on the campaign website, Tax Cannabis 2010, and the campaign is signing up hundreds more at weekly volunteer meetings throughout California.
The Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign has hired a top signature gathering firm, Masterton and Wright, which has a perfect record of qualifying statewide initiatives for the ballot in California. The team will now have 150 days to secure the 433,000 signatures of registered California voters needed to qualify for the November 2010 ballot.
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September 28 at 7:00 PM
Oaksterdam University
1776 Broadway (at 19th St.)
Oakland, CA 94612
September 30 at 9:00 PM
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470 S. San Vicente Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
October 1 at 8:30 PM
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Tax Cannabis 2010 Campaign Kicks Off Statewide Signature Gathering Efforts at NORML
Come on Californians. Here's your change to lead the rest of the country again. You did with MMJ and a lot of states followed, now do the same with legalization. Keep an eye out for them mormons.lol
