Saturday Open Thread

Richardson to legalize medical marijuana (0.00 / 0)

http://news.yahoo.co...

SANTA FE, N.M. - Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson, poised to sign a bill making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize medical marijuana, said Thursday he realizes his action could become an issue in the presidential race.

"So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do," said Richardson, one of the candidates in the crowded 2008 field. "What we're talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them."

This HAS to mean he thinks Gore will be run, and is doing a pre-emptive strike!  j/k.

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by: drowsy @ Sat Mar 17, 2007 at 12:40:58 PM UTC

Wow (0.00 / 0)

Richardson stands up for sanity. He sould hope it becomes an issue in the race... and he should give exactly the same answer in a debate.

In such a crowded second/third tier, more candidates should consider actually standing up for something unconventional (and perhaps unpopular) that they believe in... it's more likely to bring them desperately needed attention than it is to bring them grief.

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by: tparty @ Sat Mar 17, 2007 at 13:23:19 PM UTC

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Code Pink inside the Valerie Plame Wilson Hearings (4.00 / 1)

In honor of the war protesters in Hartford, today:

Check out the 'lady in pink' on the upper left-hand corner. The protester is Midge Potts from Code Pink.

The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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by: connecticutyankee @ Sat Mar 17, 2007 at 14:04:34 PM UTC

You can't see it in the preview (4.00 / 1)

But Midge got "Impeach Bush" onto CNN.

–7.25 / –7.28 | http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tw...

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by: mattw @ Sat Mar 17, 2007 at 14:10:05 PM UTC

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Midge Potts ran for Congress (0.00 / 0)

against Roy Blunt and received 7% of the vote. Midge is a transgender who served in the Navy in the Persian Gulf with an honorable discharge. Here is her My Space:

http://profile.myspa...

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by: Missy's Brother @ Sat Mar 17, 2007 at 16:55:20 PM UTC

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Property tax resolution (0.00 / 0)

I heard word that there's a resolution on the state's over-reliance on property taxes making its way around DTCs - any MLNers have a copy?

matt,
The Hamden DTC has a copy.

WHEREAS, Connecticut is the wealthiest state in the nation and has the resources available to fulfill the needs of its people by adequately funding infrastructure and services, and,

WHEREAS, taxes are investments in the future of our state and its people and smart portfolio of tax investments have the proper mix of revenue sources that are fair, equitable, progressive and respond to changes in the short and longer term economy, and,

WHEREAS, over the years Connecticut has lost ground in the effort to maintain a well balanced revenue portfolio of taxes sacrificing fairness and balance with the result producing an over reliance on local property taxes, pitting neighbor against neighbor and defocusing municipalities from the mission of helping to make our state and towns better places to live, and,

WHEREAS, the Connecticut Democratic Party, at its 2006 Convention adopted the following plank in its Platform:
8. Tax Reform that reflects tax fairness and restraint and that ensures a system in which every individual and business taxpayer contributes a fair share, and in which no tax payers, including property tax payers, are unduly burdened.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the State Democratic Party and its leaders and members on the local level commit to doing all they can to work with and push the State Legislature to develop and implement a fairer, more balanced tax system that smartly and evenly collects revenues, is fair and progressive in structure and directly assists cities and towns in reducing the over reliance on property taxes, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, local Democratic Town Committees and the Democratic State Party leaders will seek out and actively engage the community in the process, write letters, engage the media and build momentum in the effort to make 2007 the year for tax restructuring and creating a better investment process for Connecticut.

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by: mikect @ Sun Mar 18, 2007 at 00:00:39 AM UTC

Grazi [n/t] (0.00 / 0)

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by: mattw @ Sun Mar 18, 2007 at 02:01:37 AM UTC

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