Jacob Redmond
Well-Known Member
If you had three groups dedicated to legalizing grass, wouldn't you think they would get their act together and decide on one ballot proposal for 2016 rather than maybe three?
There are no signs that any of the pro-grassers are talking or even want to start the conversation.
As one insider source confided the other day, it's a "standoff" at this read.
Somebody who will talk about this is Tim Beck, a veteran of many marijuana wars, including co-authoring the medical marijuana ballot plan. It laid the groundwork for the current effort to offer pot to any adult who wants it without fear of ending up in the slammer.
Mr. Beck is rather laid back about the competition between three groups including his own Michigan Responsibility Coalition. "Let things play out. We have the money" and it will come down to which group can win the ground game or, if you prefer, "grass" roots campaign. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
"It doesn't bother me ... it would be nice, but not required" that everyone be on the same page, united behind one ballot question.
But instead of three groups spending money to collect petition signatures, they could reduce the cost, and get the job done with the money left over earmarked for the advertising campaign to sell it to the voters, 88 percent of whom did not toke.
His own group has not launched its drive as it went back "to the drawing board" to tweak the petition language with an emphasis on how to distribute legalized pot if the voters say yes. Mr. Beck is watching the same debate unfold in nearby Ohio, where backers want to write this into the state constitution.
"No way we could do that," he observes. A constitutional amendment is "political suicide" because "you lose 4 percent of the vote" by going that route. Apparently voters are reticent about writing this in cement, making it almost impossible to change the law if legalization turns out to be a bust, as some warn it will be.
Either way, if there are competing plans, voters have the power to resolve it. Even if all three get more than 50 percent of the vote, the one with the highest percentage will win.
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There are no signs that any of the pro-grassers are talking or even want to start the conversation.
As one insider source confided the other day, it's a "standoff" at this read.
Somebody who will talk about this is Tim Beck, a veteran of many marijuana wars, including co-authoring the medical marijuana ballot plan. It laid the groundwork for the current effort to offer pot to any adult who wants it without fear of ending up in the slammer.
Mr. Beck is rather laid back about the competition between three groups including his own Michigan Responsibility Coalition. "Let things play out. We have the money" and it will come down to which group can win the ground game or, if you prefer, "grass" roots campaign. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
"It doesn't bother me ... it would be nice, but not required" that everyone be on the same page, united behind one ballot question.
But instead of three groups spending money to collect petition signatures, they could reduce the cost, and get the job done with the money left over earmarked for the advertising campaign to sell it to the voters, 88 percent of whom did not toke.
His own group has not launched its drive as it went back "to the drawing board" to tweak the petition language with an emphasis on how to distribute legalized pot if the voters say yes. Mr. Beck is watching the same debate unfold in nearby Ohio, where backers want to write this into the state constitution.
"No way we could do that," he observes. A constitutional amendment is "political suicide" because "you lose 4 percent of the vote" by going that route. Apparently voters are reticent about writing this in cement, making it almost impossible to change the law if legalization turns out to be a bust, as some warn it will be.
Either way, if there are competing plans, voters have the power to resolve it. Even if all three get more than 50 percent of the vote, the one with the highest percentage will win.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: For petition drives to legalize marijuana, three may not be a crowd | MLive.com
Author: Tim Skubick
Contact: MLive contacts, services and support | MLive Contacts - MLive.com
Photo Credit: MLive.com
Website: Michigan Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather - MLive.com
