Michigan groups propose flurry of marijuana proposals

[marmar]

Michigan's political scene is lighting up with marijuana talk — finally, critics say.

Years behind other states, Michigan is seeing competing groups form rapidly to push for ways to legalize the drug, with players possessing more political savvy, more money and more conservative politics than in the past.

Their appeals? The promise of a rush of tax dollars for cash-strapped government budgets, tens of thousands of new jobs, safer access to cannabis for medical users and fewer nonviolent stoners taking up police attention and jail space.

"The first thing we're saying is regulate it and the second thing is, let's bring in tax revenue," said Matt Marsden, spokesman for the Pontiac-based Michigan Cannabis Coalition.

On Friday, the group filed language for a ballot proposal with the Board of Canvassers in Lansing. It's one of three statewide groups to announce this week their rapid moves to put proposals on the statewide ballot in November 2016, a presidential election sure to have a big voter turnout. ..............(more)

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/04/10/cannabis-marijuana-pot-legalize-republican-democrat-libertarian-michigan/25611827/

[corkhead]

1. Their regressive tax road proposal is about to go down in flames, repubs are desparate

to protect their filthy rich puppet-masters from paying their fair share of taxes to fix the roads. So much so they are willing to legalize pot and tax the hell out of that so that pyramid scheming dick DeVos, and Michigan's own Kochs - the Meijer brothers, don't have to pay a nickel more in taxes