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Promotion of Marijuana Move to County's B List
Posted by CN Staff on February 05, 2003 at 16:02:28 PT
News from The Daily Journal
Source: Ukiah Daily Journal 
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday that advocating for the legalization of personal marijuana use as it is required to do under the county's Measure G which passed in 2000 should not be on the priority list of legislative action the county will send to the Legislature this year.The board decided to move the marijuana advocacy language to another list of legislative matters it sends the state, which monitors ongoing legislative activities that are not currently in crisis mode.
The "A" list, as the county is calling those state issues it considers most important, has three basic criteria: The county is ready to "fight the battle" over the issue; the issue has a high probability of success; or the issue does not carry a price tag.In the case of marijuana use, the supervisors thought it would be inappropriate given the current budget crisis for the county to use what muscle it has, lobbying on that issue.The "A" list, for instance, contains the county's appeal to keep the California Department of Forestry air attack base open and preserve Williamson Act agricultural land conservation funding. "To list (Measure G) among the highest priorities ... it doesn't meet (the criteria)," said Supervisor Mike Delbar.The supervisors agreed to move the language to the county's "B" list. Supervisors Hal Wagenet and David Colfax further suggested the board should take up Measure G as a separate issue and do its lobbying on that issue in a separate forum, giving it more weight. No vote was taken on that idea.Measure G put the county's residents on record supporting the legalization of the personal use of marijuana in Mendocino County and also required the county supervisors to promote legislation to do that.Source: Ukiah Daily Journal (CA)Published: Wednesday, February 05, 2003Copyright: 2003 Ukiah Daily JournalContact: udj pacific.netWebsite: http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/Related Articles:Measure G Won't Legalize Marijuana Usehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread7484.shtmlMendocino Pot Measure a First http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread7077.shtml 
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