US CA: PUB LTE: No Respect For Democratic Process

Chico Enterprise-Record, 29 Aug 2012 – The recent actions of three Butte County supervisors show their complete lack of respect for our democratic process. By voting to move ahead with an ordinance that bans all outdoor medical marijuana only months after voters rejected Measure A, they are spitting in the eyes of the very same voters who elected them to office. The previous ordinance failed in every city and supervisor district in Butte County. It even failed to pass in the unincorporated areas. After claiming to be "fiscally conservative" and in support of "smaller government," the supervisors are now taking us down the rat hole of government bureaucracy, excessive regulation and unnecessary spending.