Comments on: Pam Slack and Eight Other Councilors Vote for Marijuana Decriminalization

By: Curt Springer

Curt Springer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:45:18 +0000

I don’t believe that the city council or the chief can order police officers not to enforce certain laws. I believe that the “discretion” mentioned lies with individual officers.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:46:07 +0000

How about a “smoke out” in front of either the court house or the colossal Po-lice Dept… or how about having a smoke IN the court house… with Lance or Judge Burke? I’ll bet we can get at least a hundred people to come… the college kids will be there for sure… just as long as it’s done in the afternoon. I do think the PD is a great idea if I do say so myself… of course some of us might be going against some bail terms unless we signed “All Rights Reserved” on them.

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:24:05 +0000

It will likely be a regular event by then, unless you move up your plans. It’s happened at least twice this year that I know of. None were announced in advance, though. That’s what needs to happen. Mass smoke out, planned in advance – tobacco smokers mixed in with cannabis, just to give the cops more difficulty if they decide to be tyrannical.

See you soon!

By: adam.m.mueller

adam.m.mueller — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:19:44 +0000

Yes Ian. Great blog, excellent points. I still wanna have a ’smoke out’ when I get there. Right out in front of Vendetta’s in the square.(circle) But you might have smashed this issue by then. Either way I can’t wait to get there.

Adam

By: Lance W.

Lance W. — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:09:55 +0000

Good work, Ian. No, excellent work! Also, it looks like there’s another liberty lover named Lance here. I’m guessing it isn’t the bailiff. I’ll start signing my comments with a W for Weber.

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:59:22 +0000

Nice work over here, Ian!

Take a look at a comment I sent to your newspaper:

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” “I don’t think (marijuana laws are) our business. I don’t think we should be involved.”
~ Councilor Greenwald.

But if you elect to investigate, pursue, prosecute, and incarcerate marijuana “offenses” then you ARE involved.

This obfuscation of yours demonstrates your willingness to deceive the public, and your incapacity to lead the community. Instead, you kick the can down the road and wait for someone else to stand up and stop the folly of prohibition that daily kills cops, wastes millions of taxpayer dollars, and incarcerates non-violent citizens.

How about listening to someone who actually has been on the front lines of the incessant war on our cities and citizens (aka War on Drugs), someone like Frederick B. Parsells, a former Keene police detective. Naaah . . . what would he know? “