Pubdate: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA) Copyright: 2011 Chico Community Publishing, Inc. Contact: http://www.newsreview.com/chico/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/559 Author: Charles Finlay MISPLACED PRIORITIES Thank you, A. P. Porter, for the outstanding piece on the overreaching big-government ordinance on medical marijuana. Sad but true: The very people who campaign for smaller, less-intrusive government are the first to put the burden of oppressive laws on the sick. This flimflam by the Butte County Board of Supervisors has little to do with medical marijuana; it is about big government, overreaching regulations, higher taxes on the sick and government oppression. Any government that does not meet the needs of the people is a government the people do not need. Charles Finlay Chico - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart