Heard about this on NPR the other day:

D.C. Closer to Medical Marijuana Referendum, Publicly Funded Abortions

good news for dc residents who would like to actually be able to govern themselves. DC held a referendum on medical marijuana back in the 90's I believe and congress actually kept the votes from being counted (RCFP: Judge allows count of medical marijuana referendum votes). Only when the courts intervened were the results revealed which, not surprisingly, were overwhelmingly in favor of allowing medical marijuana in the city.

The whole abortion thing I don't care as much about because residents are still able to get them whether they're publicly funded or not, but hopefully this bill will get passed so DC residents can have their say on some issues that are really important to many in that city.

As an interesting side note, the DC council also recently ruled against a group of local pastors who wanted to hold a city-wide referendum on recognizing gay marriages performed in other states. Their reasoning was that it would violate the city's anti-discriminatory laws and that a referendum would be illegal...or something like that.

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Bad news for DC residents - you live in DC.

Sadly overwhelms any good news they might get.

Matt

congress critters too cheap to pay for their own ho abortions and stash now ? nice...

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lol

i can't believe you're a mod.

edit: i don't live in dc btw.

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while they may be too cheap to pay for their own ho abortions, even if medical marijuana were introduced to the city they would still have to pay for their own stash.

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if it becomes legal they will just add it to their Rx coverage. that costs them nothing.

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Socialism doesn't create a rising tide that lifts all boats. It drains the lake and teaches the boat riders not to help themselves by rowing.

Jesus loves you, allah wants you dead

"Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others."

Ayn Rand

^we can only hope

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I lived in Maryland, just a ways north of the DC border for many years, and worked in DC.

It's the worlds largest open-air latrine.

Matt

^lol i work in dc too. it's an awesome place. not sure why you would refer to it as a latrine unless you just don't like cities in general.

really though you have yet to make a relevant post in this thread.

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