Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
Voters in Newton, Brookline and part of Wellesley can cast votes in a non-binding ballot question on Election Day asking whether state Senator Cynthia Stone Creem should vote in favor of “legislation that would allow the state to regulate the taxation, cultivation, and sale of marijuana to adults.”
The group Massachusetts Reform Cannabis Coalition (MassCann) gathered the requisite 1,200 signatures needed to place the question on the ballot in Creem’s senatorial district. The first Middlesex and Norfolk District is the only senatorial district in the Commonwealth with any non-binding questions on its ballot, according to Brian McNiff, spokesman for Secretary of State William Galvin.
Steven Epstein, a founder and officer of MassCann, said in a press release that the group was looking to send a message to Creem.
"In 2008, Question 2, decriminalizing an ounce or less, received more votes than Ms. Creem, Senate Chair of the Judiciary Committee, who ran and is now running unopposed. It is our hope that on Nov. 2, 2010, her constituents send her a message she cannot politically afford to ignore and that in her role as Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee she will advance legislation that regulates and taxes cannabis commerce and cultivation," said Epstein.
Creem is running unopposed in the general election. She handily beat challenger Charles Rudnick in the Democratic primary earlier this month.
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Source: wickedlocal.com
Author: Gail Spector
Copyright: 2010 Belmont Citizen-Herald
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Website: Newton, Brookline and Wellesley voters to weigh in on marijuana sales and taxation
The group Massachusetts Reform Cannabis Coalition (MassCann) gathered the requisite 1,200 signatures needed to place the question on the ballot in Creem’s senatorial district. The first Middlesex and Norfolk District is the only senatorial district in the Commonwealth with any non-binding questions on its ballot, according to Brian McNiff, spokesman for Secretary of State William Galvin.
Steven Epstein, a founder and officer of MassCann, said in a press release that the group was looking to send a message to Creem.
"In 2008, Question 2, decriminalizing an ounce or less, received more votes than Ms. Creem, Senate Chair of the Judiciary Committee, who ran and is now running unopposed. It is our hope that on Nov. 2, 2010, her constituents send her a message she cannot politically afford to ignore and that in her role as Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee she will advance legislation that regulates and taxes cannabis commerce and cultivation," said Epstein.
Creem is running unopposed in the general election. She handily beat challenger Charles Rudnick in the Democratic primary earlier this month.
NewsHawk: User: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: wickedlocal.com
Author: Gail Spector
Copyright: 2010 Belmont Citizen-Herald
Contact: Belmont Citizen-Herald Contact Us
Website: Newton, Brookline and Wellesley voters to weigh in on marijuana sales and taxation
