Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Dudes....can't we all just get along?

h/t to Joe My God

On Sept. 7, the California Beer & Beverage Distributors gave $10,000 to a committee opposing Proposition 19, the measure that would change state law to legalize pot and allow it to be taxed and regulated. The California Police Chiefs Association has given the most to the Proposition 19 opposition with a contribution of $30,000, according to Cal-Access, a website operated by the secretary of state’s office. Rhonda Stevenson, the California Beer & Beverage Distributors political action committee’s coordinator, was out of the office on Wednesday. Nobody else from the group was available to comment. “Unless the beer distributors in California have suddenly developed a philosophical opposition to the use of intoxicating substances, the motivation behind this contribution is clear,” Steve Fox, director of government relations for the Marijuana Policy Project, said in statement. “Plain and simple, the alcohol industry is trying to kill the competition. Their mission is to drive people to drink.”

2 comments:

  1. If people were given the choice between a six pack, and a joint. I think the joint would win.


    And they know it! ! !

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  2. I knew the dealers would be against it. Don't want competition and all that. But damn, even brewers?

    Cigarette companies have the patents ready. Let them use it!

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