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Bases For Complaint: Montana voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Cascade country voted to have the sale of marijuana for recreational use. The law said, if the county went green, the cities in the counties went green. That was my understanding of the law.
I found out, at the city hearing in April, had our county went red, our town could hold a referendum to turn our town green. I also found out, that our town can hold a referendum, to make our town go red, despite being in a green county. Now, our town chose to hold a referendum to go red, at the meeting, as per the towns right in the law. I take no issue with the law being upheld as written. Nobody disagreed about that.
However, until the referendum, a red town in a red country cannot go green, without a referendum. Nor a green town in a green county, go red, without a referendum. The lawyers for the defense and the city, agreed on this.
The city was blocking the law from being enforced. Not justified under the law. The city lawyer agreed. They were blocking the state law from being upheld.
As per the law, the city could not prevent the sale of marijuana within the city limits, until after a referendum turning our town red. Until then, any prevention of the law from being enacted, was a violation of the state law, and a violation of the vote of the people in the county.
Now, the city upheld their violation. They blocked the law. They disregarded the law. The mayor called the vote fraudulent because he said there were changes from the law the people voted on, and the finished product from the state. If that was true, that would allow us to disregard any law that didn’t match a campaign promise. So,,, there would be no law.
If the city were upholding federal law, they would treat marijuana worse then meth, because it is a higher classification of narcotic. Just telling you I smoke weed would be a crime. I smoke weed. I have weed on me right now. Do something or don’t act like the state recognized federal law and classification on the matter. We didn’t vote for federal marijuana law. We voted for state marijuana law. Don’t act like that doesn’t matter. Don’t act like my vote doesn’t matter. You will get to vote if you disagree. If my vote doesn’t matter, neither will yours.
The mayor’s argument was, because we didn’t vote for the exact words in the state law, it doesn’t count. That is not an argument. It’s not his right to disregard the law or my vote, without the ability to do so being in that law that I voted on, or in the law passed by the state. It’s not in the law. It was not the intention of my vote no matter what the mayor tells you my intention was.
And yes, the mayor told me that I didn’t understand what I really voted for, as a reason to call the vote fraudulent and not uphold the law.
Neither lawyer disagreed on the law. The city lawyer agreed they didn’t have any legal authority to block the law. The town council did it anyhow. Because they thought nobody would hold them accountable.
The city did not recognize the law. End of story for them. The law doesn’t exist in the eyes of the city. Or for anybody because of that.
Mayor Bob, and majority of town council disregarded the law. They disregarded the vote.
Any referendum to the law cannot be recognized because the current law was disregarded by the city. They do not have the legal authority to uphold or enforce the law because they disregarded the vote and the law. They no longer have authority over the law until they recognize current the law and uphold it as it.
They have no authority to hold another vote until they recognize the last vote.
Right now, Great Falls has no legal authority to enforce the sale or distribution of marijuana within city limits. The mayor called the vote fraudulent and chose not to uphold the law in the community. The city lost its authority over the law and over their judgment of me, because the leadership didn’t uphold the law.
This argument will be in public record at the city, and anybody will be free to use in a defense among a jury of their peers in this community. As in, if the city does not enforce the law, or the vote, the voters do not need to enforce the law either. Any jury does not need to recognize the law. Any one member of any one jury can chose not to uphold a law the city does not recognize.
The state lost its authority in this town because the city didn’t uphold the law or the vote. That’s how republics fall.
Your city council ethically disqualified themselves to lead. They compromised the city, legally, from preventing the opened distribution and use of marijuana within the city limits. The city does not recognize existing marijuana laws within city limits according to the city council. That is probable doubt in a court of law for any member of the community/jury who felt the law wasn’t upheld for them either.
I wouldn’t find a citizen guilty of a law that was only used as political weapon and was not honored as law by the authority.
No law for us, no law for you. Or vice versa? We the people, social contract stuff. If the city does not recognize the law protecting our rights, and our votes, they have no authority to enforce regulations under the law, even if they get the vote there way next time. They lost their authority over that law.
The city council is ethically in violation of their oath to defend the constitution. The constituion doesn’t say the city has rights to ignore state law and the vote of their population because they don’t like the law or respect the vote. They did not have the authority to toss my vote out in our republic. The mere accusation of such behavior let to a riot at our federal capital. They should know better.
The city council lost its authority over me when they boke the law in violation of my vote. Any one member of my community seeing it that way might make me except from whatever law you try to enforce over me. Marijuana or otherwise. Because they told me laws were opinions I didn’t need to obey by their action, by their example, and though their leadership.
The average voter doesn’t like having their vote called fraudulent. No matter the party. I didn’t appreciate it either. And neither will a large percentage of this community.
Democracy is not a one way contract.
I demand better,
B.C. Thompson
USMC 2002-2006 Sgt. 0352
3/5 WPSN Co