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Cleveland Plain DealerRep. Dennis Kucinich is headline speaker at Seattle's "Hempfest"
Published: Friday, August 19, 2011, 10:17 AM Updated: Friday, August 19, 2011, 11:07 AM
By Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer
Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich is making yet another trip to the left coast over the weekend - this time to be a headline speaker at Seattle's "Hempfest," which advertises itself as "The World's Largest Protestival."
Kucinich is scheduled to address the event on Saturday afternoon, right after Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. Other luminaries slated to address the three day gathering at Seattle's Myrtle Edwards Park include Wayward Bill of the United States Marijuana Party, representatives of "Moms for Marijuana" and "Gramma's for Ganja," as well as someone from High Times Magazine who goes by the name "Stinkbud."
According to an online publication called "The Weed Blog," a record crowd is expected. Last year's festival drew 150,000 people over two days.
Kucinich's congressional district in Ohio is in danger of elimination because of redistricting. He says he is weighing a run for office in Washington state, and has visited there frequently this year. While Ohio will lose two congressional seats next year because of slow population growth, Washington state is adding a seat
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I remember back in 1973, I organized Clevelands first "Smoke In" on Public Square, Downtown. Kucinich was a freshman City Councilman, and I tried to get him to be our guest speaker. He declined then.
That being 1973, and all, I'm glad he was smart enough to avoid it then. Glad to see he's come around on that.