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Referendum

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Will Wisconsin Ever Have a Vote on Legalizing Marijuana?

Two states now permit recreational use, following referendums in Tuesday's election.

Wisconsin voters had little to consider on Tuesday outside of state and national races for office, but in many other states citizens were asked to consider marijuana-related ballot measures. Colorado and Washington approved recreational marijuana use, becoming the first states to do so. Oregon defeated a similar measure. Massachusetts, meanwhile, became the 18th state to approve the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Arkansas voters said no thanks, while Montana voters supported a measure placing strong restrictions on an earlier medicinal marijuana law. The Badger State appears to be a long way from any kind of a vote on either type of use. Two Democratic legislators could not even get a hearing on a medicinal marijuana measure in …

Sarah

12:20 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

I personally believe that if you are allowed to drink alcohol in your own home, you should be able to use marijuana. I also think that marijuana could help people with medical issues, and it could help our economy.   more ›

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

ICC Drops Pursuit of Milwaukee County Board Downsizing

Several members of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Council of Milwaukee wanted the board reduced and the positions switched to part-time.

The proposal to shrink the Milwaukee County Board is on hold, despite strong support of it by 12 suburban Milwaukee communities.  In April, suburban voters overwhelmingly supported reducing the size of the board from 18 members to nine, and making supervisors part-time rather than full-time positions. But on Monday, members of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Council of Milwaukee County voted to stop pursuing the downsizing of the board. "There’s some new leadership at the county," Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke said. "I think we want to get the politics behind us and give them the opportunity to work more cooperatively with us." "There’s this idea that now that Chairman (Lee) Holloway is gone, things could improve. Everyone’s willing …

Shorelander

2:25 pm on Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Chairman Holloway announced his retirement almost a YEAR ago. The ICC (and 12 communities that voted on it) overwhelmingly wanted to reduce the size of the county board just a few months ago. Now that there's "new leadership" the ICC thinks the Board is "listening"? WTF!!! SHENANIGANS! Nothing has changed. The County Board needs to be halved -- and now, the new kick in the pants is that the ICC …   more ›

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