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Saturday, 22 October 2011 10:35 |
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 The Department of Justice's campaign to dismantle California's medical marijuana industry is spreading to Oakland, where Coffeeshop Blue Sky (377 17th St.), owned by Prop 19's chief funder Richard Lee, has received an eviction notice. California NORML's Dale Gieringer says, "It smacks of politics."
Lee also owns Oaksterdam University and the Bulldog Coffeeshop (1939 Broadway). Blue Sky is within a block of a charter high school.
Steve DeAngelo has his own problems with the Feds, who've hit his Harborside Health Center with a $2.5 million IRS bill. One of the leaders of the so-called Oaksterdam community, DeAngelo maintains, "I warned everybody from the City Council on down who was pushing for those four huge farms that there would be consequences (referring to Oakland's plan to allow for industrial grow facilities that was derailed by a U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag). And I warned people who were pushing Prop. 19 that losing elections would have consequences. In large part what we're seeing is the consequences of an overreach by our community."
About Lee, DeAngelo adds: "Richard is an absolute pillar of the medical cannabis movement - he paved the way for a lot of us. It's absolutely critical that the community stand up and support Coffeeshop Blue Sky."
Also see:
Steve DeAngelo on Weed Wars
The Battle for Medical Marijuana
Gary Johnson on the Crackdown
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Dear Peter,
My White House "We the People" citizen petition received over 5,000 online signatures yesterday and qualifies for an Official White House response. I e-mailed Patrick Leahy, Bernie Sanders & Peter Welch, but e-mails to their offices sometimes take a long time for a response (sometimes!).
For my "Official White House response" from the Administration of President Obama, I would like YOU and Patrick & Bernie & Peter Welch to INVITE PRESIDENT Obama to Vermont to discuss the issues raised in the petition - marijuana, cannabis, hemp:
(1) farmers say hemp prohibition is economic treason;
(2) medical marijuana patients are at risk of federal interference;
(3) Vermont jails and/or probation officers are overburdened with mere marijuana possession offenders.
Please take the time to read my petition. There are actually three legal causes of action in the petition. Please contact our three Vermont U.S. Congressional officers and arrange for the four of you to invite President Obama to Vermont for a get-together with him and explain that because a Vermont resident wrote the petition, and that you four are basically running the State of Vermont, that it is really up to you all to get together and publicly discuss the issues in the citizen petition.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Cris Ericson