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 [...]
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What happened in Seattle: A lesson for those who disrespect the voter’s will. Mr. Jay Kimura are you listening?
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 [...]
