Post by Adam on Oct 26, 2006 12:37:39 GMT -5
Email from MarijuanaPolicyProject.org
MPP sues 15 government officials who are illegally campaigning against Nevada marijuana initiative
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the White House drug czar’s office is in full attack mode. On Monday, Deputy Drug Czar Scott Burns appeared in Dayton, Nevada, to urge Nevadans to vote against the Marijuana Policy Project’s initiative to end marijuana prohibition in the state. The initiative is on the state’s November 7 ballot.
A dozen of our supporters were there to greet him, holding signs and chanting, “Czar, go home! Leave Nevada alone!”
Burns — whose trip was financed with your tax dollars — told reporters that the initiative is really a ploy to try to legalize all drugs, not just marijuana, and that initiative backers “think they can con you.” Read some of the media coverage here.
If history is any guide, the drug czar's pressure tactics will only intensify in the remaining days of the campaign, because he knows we could win.
Burns's visit comes on the heels of a visit by the drug czar himself, John Walters, two weeks ago. Walters visited Las Vegas to hand out taxpayer dollars to local Nevada organizations that are willing to oppose MPP’s initiative ... and our campaign staffers confronted him everywhere he went. His visit is the subject of the latest “webisode” from the reality TV production company that's filming a feature-length documentary on MPP’s campaign in Nevada. This week’s video clip features a behind-the-scenes view of the reception our campaign gave the drug czar when he came to town.
Not only are we up against the federal government’s prohibitionists, but we’ve even been forced to file a lawsuit against 15 Nevada public officials who have been illegally using taxpayer dollars to campaign against the initiative.
Last Thursday, we filed suit against all seven members of the Clark County Commission, as well as Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Stan Olsen, and six members of the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education ... because each has violated Nevada’s state ethics law by using taxpayer resources to oppose the initiative. Our lawsuit asks a state court in Las Vegas to stop them ... but we may not get a ruling before Election Day.
As you can see, we’re up against powerful opponents who are willing to break the law to keep the initiative from passing. Will you please stand on the side of what’s right by helping out the campaign today?
Thank you,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
MPP sues 15 government officials who are illegally campaigning against Nevada marijuana initiative
With less than two weeks until Election Day, the White House drug czar’s office is in full attack mode. On Monday, Deputy Drug Czar Scott Burns appeared in Dayton, Nevada, to urge Nevadans to vote against the Marijuana Policy Project’s initiative to end marijuana prohibition in the state. The initiative is on the state’s November 7 ballot.
A dozen of our supporters were there to greet him, holding signs and chanting, “Czar, go home! Leave Nevada alone!”
Burns — whose trip was financed with your tax dollars — told reporters that the initiative is really a ploy to try to legalize all drugs, not just marijuana, and that initiative backers “think they can con you.” Read some of the media coverage here.
If history is any guide, the drug czar's pressure tactics will only intensify in the remaining days of the campaign, because he knows we could win.
Burns's visit comes on the heels of a visit by the drug czar himself, John Walters, two weeks ago. Walters visited Las Vegas to hand out taxpayer dollars to local Nevada organizations that are willing to oppose MPP’s initiative ... and our campaign staffers confronted him everywhere he went. His visit is the subject of the latest “webisode” from the reality TV production company that's filming a feature-length documentary on MPP’s campaign in Nevada. This week’s video clip features a behind-the-scenes view of the reception our campaign gave the drug czar when he came to town.
Not only are we up against the federal government’s prohibitionists, but we’ve even been forced to file a lawsuit against 15 Nevada public officials who have been illegally using taxpayer dollars to campaign against the initiative.
Last Thursday, we filed suit against all seven members of the Clark County Commission, as well as Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Lieutenant Stan Olsen, and six members of the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education ... because each has violated Nevada’s state ethics law by using taxpayer resources to oppose the initiative. Our lawsuit asks a state court in Las Vegas to stop them ... but we may not get a ruling before Election Day.
As you can see, we’re up against powerful opponents who are willing to break the law to keep the initiative from passing. Will you please stand on the side of what’s right by helping out the campaign today?
Thank you,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.