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From the ABC News Denver affiliate KMGH:
Police To Enforce Pot Laws During Convention
City Ordinance Makes Pot ‘Lowest Law Enforcement Priority’
August 18, 2008
DENVER – Police say pot smokers who light up during the Democratic National Convention can expected to get busted under state laws, even though a voter-approved city ordinance makes small amounts of marijuana the “lowest law enforcement priority.”
“We’ve always enforced the state statute,” police spokesman Sonny Jackson said. “That was the law before the initiative and it’s nothing new. I don’t know why we’d relax any law.”
Mason Tvert, leader of the group that sponsored the ordinance that discourages marijuana busts, said city officials are ignoring the will of the voters…
“We’re concerned during the Democratic National Convention that they are going to use the law to cite people or detain them,” Tvert said…
Tvert and his group successfully pushed a 2005 initiative to legalize possession of less than an ounce of marijuana for adults over 21, but the move failed to blunt arrests because authorities continued to enforce state laws.
Tvert tried to pass an identical measure at the state level and 2006 but was rebuffed by statewide voters.
City Council member Doug Linkhart, who sits on the marijuana enforcement panel, said he believes police have made pot possession a low priority and doesn’t think there will be any problem during the convention.
“The ordinance says lowest priority, it doesn’t say stop prosecuting. I’m not concerned police will get carried away. I want police to focus on what’s important, and I expect they will,” Linkhart said.
What a bummer, man!
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August 19th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Denver, ….Up In Smoke II with Cheech and Chong?? Hmmm, could be a hilarious sequel, especially with the DNC players co-starring. I can see the various trailers now.
Howard Dean emerging from a smoke filled caucus room, “Dude, …where’s my car?”.
James Carville yelling at the Obamessiah, “Hey bro’, don’t Bogart that joint, pass it ’round man!”.
Hill chastising Bill, “You just had to eat all the Cheetos did’n ya and here I am with a bad case of the munchies, you’re a moron Stay-Puff boy!”.
The Snag lamenting, “What, nobody wants to huff my gym shorts?”.
Sean Penn as the half bald but still pony-tailed, 54 year old Jeff Spicoli, arriving in his 60’s vintage VW micro bus, hotboxing a spleef.
And John Edwards as, well, John Edwards, nailing anything with a heartbeat.
Ah yes indeed folks, a veritable utopia for the libtards. ;o)
August 19th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Pot’s illegal?
August 19th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
This leaves me with two thoughts:
(1) Whaddayamean, pot’s illegal in California? I thought it was mandatory.
(2) Whoops! There’s goes most of the delegates and all of the superdelegates!
August 19th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Duuuudddde . What about us meth-head and mushroom , toad licking aerosol inhaling demonstrators? Oops ! You know I mean delegates duuuude .
Backed by stupidity and reinforced by insanity , our other grand party is about to peak . or speak .
All of Denver’s bridge approaches and ramps should be closed . Too many ” Uncle Ted’s ” on the road giving swimming lessons for me . Is this is the best they have to offer ? I fear for this nation .
August 20th, 2008 at 1:11 am
I would definitely need something a WHOLE lot stronger than a few spleefs to be in Denver listening to the mental defectives participating in the Dem convention.
August 20th, 2008 at 11:44 am
That’s a shame because the only guy at a liberal convention who knows anything about economics is the guy sells you your bag of weed.
“You mean if I sell 3 bags. I Get the Fourth Bag Free?!”
August 20th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Funny…sad…but so true, Reality. No surprise here. We all know you’ve got to be smokin’ somethin’ to vote for Barry.