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Hosting `Weedstock' May Get More Difficult!
Posted by FoM on May 13, 1999 at 11:34:03 PT
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The Assembly will vote on a bill next week that may make it more difficult for landowners to host "Weedstock" - Wisconsin's annual festival to celebrate marijuana, the three-pronged leaf that is the illegal drug of choice for some state residents.
Crawford County officials last year sued the landowner who hosted a recent Weedstock because he hadn't obtained the proper county permits. But the state's Department of Health and Family Services, which regulates campgrounds, already had issued a permit, so a Crawford County Circuit Court judge threw out the case.Under a bill before the Assembly next week (AB88), counties would have to issue their permits before the state permit could become valid. "It's not designed directly at Weedstock," said Rep. DuWayne Johnsrud, a Republican rancher from Eastman and the sponsor of the bill. "But the time works out real well."County permits should be required, he said, because they're usually the ones required to provide police, fire and emergency services, he said. "It only makes sense that these folks must check with counties and towns before holding the event," he said. One of the landowners considering renting land for this year's Weedstock is Marcus Gumz, a Sauk County mint farmer and write-in candidate for attorney general last year. Gumz also is the father of Rep. Sheryl Albers, R-Loganville, a conservative and influential lawmaker who sits on the Joint Finance Committee.http://www.weedstock.com/ News article found by Cryote!Thanks Cryote!
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Comment #1 posted by Ben Masel on May 18, 1999 at 05:41:03 PT:
Weedstock "ban"
The "Weedstock" Bill passed the Assembly by a vote of 93 to 6. It will have no impact on this year's event, as Sauk County's Mass Gathering Ordinance does not kick in until 5,000 people are assembled. Further, if applied to a County Ordinance which unduly restricts free assembly, this law, if passed by the Senate and signed by the Governor, would itself become Unconstitutional by infection.ben
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