Tuesday is the last day voters in Mendocino County will have to cast some very important votes.
In supervisor districts there are numerous candidates on the ballot and opportunity for change in both the 1st and 2nd District races in which we have endorsed Carre Brown and John McCowen respectively.
One of the most important votes on the ballot we believe however, is a Yes vote on Measure B. It is vital, even if you think Measure B will pass, or you have no supervisor race where you live, that you still make sure to use your mail ballot or go to the polls and vote Yes on Measure B. It is vital that we not only pass Measure B but pass it with a margin big enough to send the message that is at the core of Measure B's importance: Mendocino County is no longer a place where greedy pot growers are welcome to come and take advantage of our neighborhoods, our compassion for the truly sick and dying and our desire to live in a safe and generous community.
Measure B does two simple things: it repeals Measure G, the 25 plant per person personal use ordinance that led this county down the path to a commercial marijuana industry most who voted for Measure G had no idea would be the result. All we tried to do was give people an opportunity to grow a few plants in their back yard if they smoked a little dope. But Measure G, combined with new medical marijuana laws giving anyone with a medical marijuana card (now available on practically any street corner) provided a license to grow hundreds and thousands of plants under the guise of "compassionate" caregiving. In fact, however, those growers are selling their pot to the highest bidder and have created a marijuana industry that has brought a horrendous increase in crime and a breakdown of our rural county's security and economic future.
Last minute controversies over court decisions on the state's medical marijuana regulations make passing Measure B that much more critical. We are convinced that the state will prevail in the need to have uniform medical marijuana growing limits and it is important that our own county repeal Measure G now to put aside the idea that 25 plants is some magical number for our citizens. It is a number pulled out of the aIr by the Measure G proponents who admit is was simply the highest number they thought they could get away with.
Down to the very end of this election season we are still hearing the same tired misinformation from No on B:
The Measure B will make "criminals" out of medical marijuana patients. Medical marijuana patients are completely protected by Measure B under state regulations already in place in the majority of other California counties.
That Measure B will impede law enforcement. Over and over the No on B campaign has falsely made this claim even in the face of virtual unity in the law enforcement community that Measure B is an important tool for them to crack down on the commercial marijuana growing masquerading as medical marijuana. In fact, the No on B campaign so blatantly misused Sheriff Allman's comments on marijuana to imply that he opposed Measure B that he decided to endorse Measure B to make it clear that Measure B would in fact be good for law enforcement.
Measure B is simple, logical and necessary.
If you are among those who want our county back, vote Yes on Measure B.
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