There will be a special podcast coming this weekend, in which I go into detail about how our city government decided to weasel out of doing their duty. But for now, I'm going to tackle this issue because it is happening all over the country.
It's time to legalize pot and move on to bigger fish, or so I think. But even if one felt differently, I think we can all agree that moves like this are cowardly and defy the processes we should be given. Rather than spare us the cost of a pesky vote, Springfield City Council instead passed a measure to decriminalize marijuana.
Only to keep it from going to a public vote, they passed it so they can gut it and make it completely useless. Heaven forbid voters get a chance to be heard. They ran a nice public dog and pony show to give the impression they give a damn, but in the end they went for the highest bidder. The E-verify measure they passed was illegal in places, yet it went in as law and instead of fixing the illegal parts council members were trying to figure out how to make them work.
Funny how they can find a way to make it work when it benefits them. We would try to vote them out or run for office, but they just squashed votes for council seats, saying it was too expensive. That is the same reason they gave for not wanting the marijuana measure to go to vote.
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