The Gazette, 09 Jun 2013 – I support allowing retail sales of marijuana in Colorado Springs for many of the same reasons I supported allowing medical marijuana dispensaries when I was on City Council. It’s always been an issue of freedom for me, and of states’ rights. Prohibition obviously has been a disaster. And we so rarely see an expansion of liberty in the so-called Land of the Free that I wanted to help make this one work. I didn’t believe it served the city’s interests to disrespect voters, or to trample on newfound freedoms simply because the new rules confused the work of law enforcers or complicated the conversations we have with our kids about the dangers of drugs. I feel the same way today, as I’m guessing most locals do.
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