Pubdate: Sun, 14 Sep 2014
Source: Tampa Bay Times (FL)
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Author: Jonathan L. Widger
Page: P2

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Re: Sept. 10, Commentary

The former justices provide virtually no quotations from Amendment 2 
to support anything they say. 'Most voters don't have the time or 
inclination,' they say, 'to read the full text of the actual 
amendment. We have read the amendment and studied its impact. And we 
are troubled.'

In fact, Amendment 2 is less than 1,200 words long, takes up only 
four standard-sized typed pages, and is available online by doing a 
simple Web search for 'Florida Amendment 2 text.'

The justices decry Amendment 2's caregiver provision because it 
'could be used as a legal shield to protect drug dealers from 
prosecution.' Indeed, here where we have the largest prison 
population in the world and many corporatized jails, Amendment 2 
might be bad for the incarceration business.

Jonathan L. Widger, Brooksville
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