Comments on: Council Set To Endorse Grow House Abatement Measure I – October 3, 2012

By: Kevin Hoover

Kevin Hoover — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:33:30 +0000

"Not to be a jerk, but a lot of the people that dislike the medical cannabis situation in Arcata see you as the enemy, as a defacto agent of the police. Not that I agree, but I get 20 people a week asking why I take pictures for your paper since you are “so anti pot"

Your friends don't like the newspaper, don't like the mayor… what DO they like about Arcata? Oh let me guess.. what could it be… maybe, POT?

By: Mark Sailors

Mark Sailors — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:00:10 +0000

Everyone is leaving out the fact that the city is not going to profit from this at all, the money collected will just go to cover the costs of implementation.
If the city wanted to do something about energy use, they would back subsidies for solar installation, and maybe work on a local energy PRODUCTION company…

THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN ANTI CANNABIS "JIM CROWE" LAW TO FORCE PEOPLE THAT MR WINKLER DOESN'T APPROVE OF OUT OF TOWN, SINCE THE CITY IS FINALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE MEDICAL CANNABIS ON A LOCAL LEVEL.

PS
Kevin,
I speak to everyone in politics, I am even respectful to them 99% of the time.
I speak to you even though most people I associate with are boycotting your paper.
http://www.freewebs.com/boycott-the-arcata-eye/

By: Jayelle Farmer

Jayelle Farmer — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:49:39 +0000

Oh, it's very well-focussed all over the place, Kevin, and thanks for the heads-up

By: Kevin Hoover

Kevin Hoover — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:52:24 +0000

Your diligence is appreciated. Perhaps you could train your hypocrisy-meter on the cannabis industry folks who oppose legalization.

By: Jayelle Farmer

Jayelle Farmer — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:48:06 +0000

True and it is totally repugnant of fed gov to pull out all the stops in doing so just because they continually refuse to debate the issue of marijuana – but I don't see Arcata petitioning the federal government to remove cannabis from Schedule 1 – which still boils down to a local government milking the prohibition system for what it can get. When growers do it, they get busted, when local government wants to do it, it might get passed? Now where's that at? I will be watching the news on this meeting tonight to see if this passes.

As I said, it's hypocrisy and there are plenty of us who are working to end cannabis prohibition so as to bring the financial benefits out of an illegal commodity system and into a legal commodity system – which will also remove the penalties associated with the system of prohibition. Until then, I will call every piece of hypocrisy that I set eyes on.

By: Kevin Hoover

Kevin Hoover — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:39:42 +0000

http://www.arcataeye.com/2011/09/federal-cannabis-policy-evolves-or-not-–-september-24-2011/

By: Kevin Hoover

Kevin Hoover — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:37:36 +0000

The City can't regulate cannabis through legalized use, thanks to the federal government. Invoking the Supremacy Clause, it has threatened to personally prosecute municipal officials who treat cannabis as anything other than a Schedule 1 drug, which it still is.

By: Jayelle Farmer

Jayelle Farmer — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:22:39 +0000

Total hypocrisy on the part of local government. Nothing more than the pot calling the kettle black. They would make much more money by going about it in an honest manner by regulating cannabis through a legalised use via a tax system – instead of cowering behind their useless rhetoric of prohibition and trying to milk it at the same time.

By: Kevin Hoover

Kevin Hoover — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:03:27 +0000

That's what the growers do. Might as well bring some benefit to the City.

By: Kelly Kvek

Kelly Kvek — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:00:55 +0000

I spoke to him, Mark. Call me if you'd like my opinion. However, we both know how I feel on the matter.:)