What is up with the Jackson County Board of Commissioners' failure to understand the clearly written law that states "no county or city of this state shall impose any fee or tax ... in connection with the purchase, sale, production, processing, transportation and delivery of marijuana items"?

Are commissioners listening only to a small group of big-mouth conservative prohibitionists?

Are they officials that represent all the people of Jackson County? Are they willing to subvert the vote of the people to stall, delay and derail in anyway they can a state law overwhelmingly approved by the voters, only to satisfy a small vocal minority? Actions speak louder than words.

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I think the greatest weapon in war is propaganda. I was a brainwashed for years until I read a book called "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by Jack Herer. Then I did a little basic research to confirm the facts.

Now I find myself surrounded by ill-informed people who refuse to listen to reason; like supporters of House Bill 3664.

The government has spent a trillion dollars over the past three and a half generations, so now almost everyone is brainwashed to some degree. This is the reason why so few politicians are willing to do the right thing. Why would they put their careers on the line by contradicting the great lie?

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