Here are excerpts from an article published in The Big Island Weekly October 14, 2009. See below for our comments & mahalo to journalist Tiffany Edwards Hunt and The Big Island Weekly:
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Hawai’i has put the Hawaii County Council on notice that police helicopter flyovers for marijuana eradication are [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2009’
The ACLU says to HCPD.. stop harassing medical marijuana patients.
Why are Judges in Hawaii County ‘prescribing’ medical treatment that is far more dangerous than Cannabis?
Another issue that keeps coming up here in Hawaii County concerns judges who are making ‘medical determinations’ concerning Cannabis. Frequently the judges will make it a condition of probation that the defendent is NOT to use Cannabis while on probation (remember that probation can sometimes be up to 10 years). We’ve seen judges ‘override’ advice [...]
What are we thankful for?
We are thankful to all the people in Hawaii County who believe that our County could be ‘better’… more compassionate, more secure, more peaceful & more prosperous.
We are thankful to people who, for 30 years have worked to see an end to ‘Green Harvest’ in Hawaii County.
We are thankful for the 35,000 voters who came [...]
Today.. a big story in West Hawaii Today but small story in the HawaiiTribune-Herald
So do we think that newspaper readers in our community would be interested to know about new developments occurring in the area of ‘medical marijuana’? … Yes we do.
Do we think the community of Hawaii County is interested in knowing how Cannabis could contribute to economic recovery here on this island? …Yes we do.
We’re [...]
Case of Prosecution of ‘Adult Personal Use’ case by County Prosecutor
Editor note-Title of original post has been changed.
Another case where we know of the Office of The Prosecuting Attorney prosecuting a case that should have been dropped if Mr. Kimura and his office were in compliance with the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance is described below:
Hawaiian Acres Resident had an amount that was [...]
What happened in Seattle: A lesson for those who disrespect the voter’s will. Mr. Jay Kimura are you listening?
The story of what happened to Seattle’s Chief Prosecutor who lost his job because he disrespected the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance passed by Seattle voters:
Nobody bawled into their pillow last election night like City Attorney Tom Carr, an eight-year incumbent with the backing of labor unions and city [...]
Mr. Kimura, what about “Lowest Priority” don’t you understand?
The Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance is a document of nearly 2,000 words that sets new priorities for policy concerning Cannabis in the County of Hawaii. The ordinance prescribes for all County officials and personnel a new direction for Hawai’i County and a new set of priorities that do not involve search, [...]
2.3 Million People incarcerated in the USA- This week Congress urged Judges to ‘rethink’ mandatory minimum sentences…
“The November 9 Supreme Court arguments on whether it is cruel and unusual to impose life in prison without parole on violent juveniles who have not killed anybody understandably got prominent media coverage,” a National Journal column reports.“But a far more important imprisonment story gets less attention because it’s a running sore that rarely [...]
The ‘War on Drugs’ isn’t working for the Nation and it isn’t working for the County of Hawaii.
The “War on Drugs” isn’t working for the Nation and it isn’t working for Hawaii County. Don’t take our word for it. Ask the 35,000 voters who passed our new ordinance as a ballot initiative last election day, November 4, 2008. See below for two example of cases that have been costly drains on tax [...]
