Pubdate: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 Source: Alaska Dispatch News (AK) Copyright: 2015 Alaska Dispatch Publishing Contact: http://www.adn.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/18 Note: Anchorage Daily News until July '14 Author: Garrett Steigleman WILL OF THE VOTERS IS TO MAKE POT LEGAL The politicians in charge of implementing recently enacted Ballot Measure 2 are not supporting the will of the voters. Their constituents voted for this to become law. It seems some lawmakers are doing everything in their power to drastically change what voters approved. I see them intentionally trying to get this tied up in the court system until they have the opportunity in two years to repeal this law or drastically change it. With a budget deficit looming, why would officials want to minimize much needed revenue that would come with this new industry? Seems to me the people are well-educated on this subject and the ones in charge of implementing this law are not. Slow down. Take the time to educate yourselves before jumping to the conclusion with morality-based decisions. - - Garrett Steigleman Palmer - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom