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On October 5, 2004, Drug Czar John Walters traveled to Oregon to
oppose a ballot measure that would have expanded the state's medical
marijuana program. On October 6, the drug czar's deputy director,
Scott Burns, visited Montana to campaign against the medical marijuana
initiative that the voters later passed on November 2. And on October
13 and 14, Burns traveled to Alaska to oppose an initiative to allow
the state to tax and regulate the sale of marijuana. All of these
trips were widely reported in the local press as being campaign stops
in opposition to the reform initiatives.(The Alaska and Oregon
initiatives were defeated by a majority of voters.)
In each state, campaign finance laws specifically require people or
organizations that spend money either opposing or supporting ballot
measures to formally report these expenditures to elections officials.
But although the drug czar's office clearly spent many thousands of
taxpayer dollars explicitly campaigning against marijuana
initiatives -- expenses that unquestionably must be reported as
campaign expenditures -- it has arrogantly ignored state campaign
finance laws.
MPP, by contrast, complies fully with campaign finance laws in all
states in which we campaign.
yeah, its been proven: the more money you trow into your campaign, the more likely your cause is to win. its not like theres not people dying to reform medical marijuana laws, but those people cant afford to give you some glossy handout and a butt stuffed fullof money. this is why we need clean election bills NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw
oppose a ballot measure that would have expanded the state's medical
marijuana program. On October 6, the drug czar's deputy director,
Scott Burns, visited Montana to campaign against the medical marijuana
initiative that the voters later passed on November 2. And on October
13 and 14, Burns traveled to Alaska to oppose an initiative to allow
the state to tax and regulate the sale of marijuana. All of these
trips were widely reported in the local press as being campaign stops
in opposition to the reform initiatives.(The Alaska and Oregon
initiatives were defeated by a majority of voters.)
In each state, campaign finance laws specifically require people or
organizations that spend money either opposing or supporting ballot
measures to formally report these expenditures to elections officials.
But although the drug czar's office clearly spent many thousands of
taxpayer dollars explicitly campaigning against marijuana
initiatives -- expenses that unquestionably must be reported as
campaign expenditures -- it has arrogantly ignored state campaign
finance laws.
MPP, by contrast, complies fully with campaign finance laws in all
states in which we campaign.
yeah, its been proven: the more money you trow into your campaign, the more likely your cause is to win. its not like theres not people dying to reform medical marijuana laws, but those people cant afford to give you some glossy handout and a butt stuffed fullof money. this is why we need clean election bills NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw