Army Veteran and Wonewoc Farmer Tony Kurtz is running as a Republican. In his opening statement, Kurtz said he was “very excited about the opportunity to run for office,” and “passionate about rural Wisconsin.” Kurtz said the area’s declining population was a major area of focus for him. Marijuana Legalization On the topic of marijuana legalization, Kurtz…
10/19/2018 OSHKOSH — State Rep. Gordon Hintz is facing his first unopposed election. The longtime Wisconsin politician, who has represented the 54th Assembly District since 2006, assumed the role of Assembly minority leader in 2017, taking over after the seven-year term of Peter Barca. Before serving as minority leader, he served two terms on the Joint Finance Committee and was…
It is becoming more normal to see candidates asked about marijuana reform by main stream media and that is thanks to NORML! It is also becoming more normal to see all candidates support medical marijuana as was in the case of the 29th Assembly District. Wisconsin’s 29th District Assembly seat incumbent Republican Rob Stafsholt faced…
FOND DU LAC – The race for the 52nd District Assembly seat pits Republican incumbent Jeremy Thiesfeldt against Democratic challenger Kevin Booth — both of Fond du Lac. Thiesfeldt, 51, a former teacher at Winnebago Lutheran Academy , was elected to the Assembly in November 2011. Newcomer Booth, 27, is executive director at Touchmark on West Prospect senior living community in Appleton. …
I read continue to explore medical use of cannabis from Republicans all the time and most do acknowledge that cannabis use is more of a health issue then a criminal issue, but Wisconsin has done nothing to explore the medical use in the last 10 years….. we have not even had a public hearing on…
State Assembly District 56: Murphy, Lawrence share views on roads, Foxconn, legalizing pot Incumbent Assembly Representative David Murphy (R-Greenville) in a campaign news article gave some in his district hope for medical cannabis reform. He has served the district since 2012 and our chapter has held many meeting, events and rallies in his district. In…
We pushed hard a got referendums coming up and pretty much every major news source is asking candidates about marijuana reform! Pay Attention! 6. Would you support changing state law to legalize marijuana and/or cannabis products? If so, under what conditions? If not, why? Roth: I don’t believe there’s enough data available to understand how it…
After nearly a decade in office, during 2017 Rep. Billings supported CBD legislation and an Assembly Joint Resolution to place a medical marijuana on a state wide non binding referendum. Running unopposed this November 2018, it is disappointing to see a Democrat invoking the “slippery slope theory” and questioning the valadity of medical cannabis. Breaking…
We at Northern Wisconsin NORML have worked in this part of the state with Field Activists and County Leaders and feel Rep. Pat Snyder says more to constituents on the issue of medical marijuana then he does the news, but at least is always open to discuss medical marijuana. WAUSAU – Voters in the Wausau…
On the campaign trail and Republican Candidate Shae Sortwell from Two Rivers answers the following question, as did most candidates in 2018. Would you support changing state law to legalize marijuana and/or cannabis products? If so, under what conditions? If not, why? Whatever the state does, cannabis is still federally illegal. States cannot overturn Federal…
Would you support changing state law to legalize marijuana and/or cannabis products? If so, under what conditions? If not, why? Last session, I supported the legalization of the cannabis derivative CBD oil. CBD oil is non-addictive, marijuana-based product that provides proven relief to those suffering from chronic pain, seizures and related medical conditions. However, the…
SUPERIOR, WI – In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Superior City Council voted to decriminalize small amounts of medical marijuana. That means Superior Police officers will now have another tool at their disposal for dealing with people with small amounts of marijuana, something they have made more than 600 arrests for since 2013. “The…
FOND DU LAC – A referendum which would have offered questions on marijuana legalization to area voters by way of the Nov. 6 election went up in smoke Tuesday night. Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors, in a 15-8 vote, postponed the advisory referendum, which would have placed questions on the county-wide general ballot. Instead, the board favored sending…
In case you cannot watch it or the video disappears, Incumbent Kessler says yes to medical and recreational, Myers says yes to decriminalization, not there on recreational and did not mention medical. On June 26th, WisconsinEye interviewed the Democratic primary candidates for the 12th Assembly District. Criminal justice was discussed in regards to their stance…
This spring and summer have led up to a big month for cannabis legalization advisory referendums here in July. There are County Board hearings about adding a cannabis legalization advisory referendum to the November ballot in multiple counties and more and more county board supervisors are talking about the issue. Main stream media outlets have…
I call bullshit on these two. Should we do an open records request and just see who is contacting them about what? Legalizing marijuana makes sense Written by Staff Writer To the editor,Recently state Sen. Steve Nass and state Rep. Tyler August met with me to discuss the legalization of medical marijuana here in Wisconsin….
Here’s a legislative scorecard we put together with NORML on cannabis (“marijuana”) during the 2017 legalization session in Wisconsin. Let’s hand out some grades A+ – F AB409 DecriminalizationAJR7 ReferendumAB75 Medical marijuanaSA1 Medical amendmentAB147 / AB183 Industrial hemp billsAB158 CBd #FACTS THE LISTNotice, on this list NO REPUBLICAN backs any bills for legalization or medical! Republicans are only found on decriminalization…
Published on Dec 13, 2012 Defense Attorney Patrick Nightingale from LEAP on bringing legalization to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Review of studies on marijuana and driving; Stupid Prohibition Stories with a guide on how to go to prison; music by HDI Records.
ASSIGNMENT 13: Legalize marijuana in Wisconsin? Activists look to puff up support following election EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) –With voters in Colorado and Washington recently approving weed for recreational use, when will Wisconsin starting blazing up? Two years ago, a proposal to legalize medical marijuana failed to make it to the Wisconsin Legislature. But with…
On Wednesday morning, November 14, 2012 from 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM I will be talking about hemp and cannabis on Wisconsin Public Radio and speaking to host Joy Cardin in depth about the issue of hemp cannabis and marijuana reform. We plan to discuss why marijuana should be legalized, how optimistic I am that it will…
More at The Real NewsJim Gierach a former Assistant State’s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois and Richard Van Wickler superintendent for the Cheshire County, New Hampshire Department of Corrections call for the legalization of drugs. Bio: Jim Gierach is a former Assistant State’s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois. He spent more than twenty years fighting…
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