Yep.. It's on the same day as your socialist conference. :jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by HighPopalorum
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Yep.. It's on the same day as your socialist conference. :jointsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by HighPopalorum
If you want to give up your freedoms, move to the UK. This is America.
You have to give up your freedoms to live in Britain? I figured this would have received more press.Quote:
Originally Posted by SprngsCaregiver
Um, do a little research in history... What do you think the Declaration of Independence was about?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheReleafCenter
With appropriate respect, I don't think you know very much about what freedoms we enjoy, or their source. Signage is not a natural rights issue and has little or nothing to do with the Constitution. To frame the issue as a contest between "God given rights" vs the tightening grip of government is hyperbole. To characterize the ability to put a pot leaf on a sign as a natural right is to display confusion about what rights are, where they come from, and how our laws treat them. Signage is and has always been the prerogative of local government, duly elected by the people.Quote:
Originally Posted by SprngsCaregiver
LOL Heard of freedom of speech or freedom of press? Amendment 1 of the Constitution.Quote:
Originally Posted by HighPopalorum
Why do you think pharmaceutical companies can put antidepressant and viagra ads everywhere? Or protestors can put whatever they want on signs?
I suppose freedom is relative. On the senorx relative intrusiveness of government scale, where my ideal government is a 10, total anarchy is a 1, and North Korea is maybe a 90 (out of 100), the U.S. is about a 25 and the UK is probably a 40. Most countries are probably higher on the scale than the UK, so the UK is probably not the best example. Point taken though.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheReleafCenter
Chris Romer is up for re-election this year in SD32. I can not imagine a scenario in which he does not win that election. However, he is also actively raising support for a Denver mayoral bid in the May 2011 election.
-via ColoradoPols.com
His Honor, Chris Romer, Mayor of Denver?
Right, my point was more related to the odd choice of country. Since when did the UK eclipse Russia as the go to reference?Quote:
Originally Posted by senorx12562
with our voting power there should be no presently elected officials re-elected to office...it is now time for all of us with voting privliges to make positive inroads on changing representives on both state and federal levels.Quote:
Originally Posted by HighPopalorum
Medical marijuana: Jessica Corry on what happened to all those promised lawsuits - Denver News - The Latest Word
In early May, even before Governor Bill Ritter signed HB 1284, a bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, attorney Jessica Corry announced that lawsuits would target the measure -- and the next month, she said a couple of MMJ suits were in the works. Six weeks later, is litigation imminent? In a word, says Corry, "No."
One reason for the delay is the rush of clients trying to complete MMJ license applications by the August 1 deadline. Corry and her partners are absolutely swamped right now.
But that doesn't mean the Corry crew has nothing cooking.
"While we haven't filed specifically against 1284 yet, we do have several cases in varying stages in court currently," she notes. Moreover, these "may impact or strike down 1284's most concerning provisions."
Chief among ongoing cases is one in Centennial involving CannaMart, a dispensary that was shut down last year even though it had a valid business license. Although the lawsuit that followed was decided in CannaMart's favor in its first test, there's more court action to come. "The trial is set for March," Corry points out, "but we might see action earlier depending on the city's actions."
Residency rules could also be challenged. As Corry points out, the Department of Revenue, which is writing the regulations needed to put the law in motion, will host "a public hearing at 10 a.m. this next Monday to discuss the residency rules. The department has already issued a draft emergency rule concerning definitions. We plan to submit comments before hand and will be there, if at all possible, to speak.
"When we spoke in June, we didn't yet know that the DOR and Matt Cook," the staffer overseeing the MMJ effort, "would be so willing to talk with us," she goes on. "We came into the process with a bad taste in our mouth after the legislative session, and we continue to be impressed with Cook's willingness to include us in the process. We will continue to be involved to whatever degree possible to shape the rule-making process, and continue to hope that we can avoid at least some litigation as a result."
That said, Corry still expects that attorneys will ultimately challenge the local-ban provision, which allows municipalities to prohibit MMJ businesses either via action by a local council or board, or through a community vote. She expects "multiple cases" to emerge, and given that a slew of communities, including Broomfield and Aurora, have either taken such steps or moved in that direction, there'll be plenty of potential litigation targets.
However, top priority is overturning the five-patient limit for caregivers. According to Corry, "this new rule could have devastating impact on patients and caregivers in rural Colorado.
"In the December hearing in Centennial, the city said, 'People can just go to Denver'" to get medical marijuana in the event of a local ban, she recalls. "That's a questionable legal argument as to whether or not you can deny people constitutional rights simply because those rights are protected somewhere else. But in rural Colorado, we could see hundreds of miles where patients wouldn't have access to a caregiver. And that's very concerning for us."
Now Corry and company just have to find the right plaintiffs -- and the time -- to bring these and other matters before a judge.
:postgood: I wonder if they will challenge the 70% law and dispensaries only being able to purchase from other dispensaries.