Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonexaminer.com/colorado-politicians-ignore-major-pot-problems%3f_amp=true

We don't have to imagine the potential problems of legalized marijuana---we can simply ask Colorado.

I'm the pp who works in the social justice/anti-poverty arena, and I've met with advocates, providers and elected officials in Co. While they jokingly refer to the windfall of pot money they've all been promised, they realize they won't ever see a dime. What they do see is a whole host of new problems as described in this article.

Think about the unintended consequences of legalizing pot in Baltimore and gang infested MoCo and PG. if they can't sell pot anymore (why would they if its legal?), then what will they sell? What will they do to make up the lost income? More serious drugs and more violent crime.

An opinion piece from the Examiner? No, thanks.

Or you could just look up the drastic yourself rather than bury your head in the sand. But you probably don’t care because you live in a MoCo gated community.

Anonymous wrote:

Or you could just look up the drastic yourself rather than bury your head in the sand. But you probably don’t care because you live in a MoCo gated community.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonexaminer.com/colorado-politicians-ignore-major-pot-problems%3f_amp=true

We don't have to imagine the potential problems of legalized marijuana---we can simply ask Colorado.

I'm the pp who works in the social justice/anti-poverty arena, and I've met with advocates, providers and elected officials in Co. While they jokingly refer to the windfall of pot money they've all been promised, they realize they won't ever see a dime. What they do see is a whole host of new problems as described in this article.

Think about the unintended consequences of legalizing pot in Baltimore and gang infested MoCo and PG. if they can't sell pot anymore (why would they if its legal?), then what will they sell? What will they do to make up the lost income? More serious drugs and more violent crime.

An opinion piece from the Examiner? No, thanks.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ike's an idiot and good riddance to him. His refusal to support ben jealous boils down to ike's eye towards his upcoming corporate jobs.

My children are literally pampered in school while kids in Baltimore county sit in unheated and un air conditioned, dilapidated schools.
Ben jealous has his policy clearly defined on his website:

The plan calls for utilizing revenue from the taxing and regulating of marijuana to provide full-day universal pre-K and significantly increasing teacher pay by keeping the promise made to voters and ensuring lottery and casino funds are actually used to increase education funding. In addition, Jealous proposes implementing recommendations from the Kirwan Commission and expanding vocational training in Maryland’s high schools so that every child graduates career and college ready.

Higher teacher pay?
PreK?
More special ed resources?
Mental health Professionals for every school?
Yep. I'll take it.
People read "the top 1% may have higher taxes and think that applies to them. If your income is above 500k then yes, it does apply to you.

I for one would like to see the lottery and casino money finally applied to schools, too

The lottery and casino money will never make it to the schools...despite the fact that it was sold to voters that way. They lied.

So I don't believe that the magical marijuana money will benefit schools or voters. It hasn't in other states. What it has done is create very serious new problems which ultimately create unintended costs.

Don't worry about Jealous...he has zero chance of winning. I'm a bleeding heart liberal who works in the social justice arena, and I'm shocked by how many registered Dems I know who plan to vote for Hogan. I would sooner cut off my arm than vote for a republican, but I still think hogan will win by a landslide.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonexaminer.com/colorado-politicians-ignore-major-pot-problems%3f_amp=true

We don't have to imagine the potential problems of legalized marijuana---we can simply ask Colorado.

I'm the pp who works in the social justice/anti-poverty arena, and I've met with advocates, providers and elected officials in Co. While they jokingly refer to the windfall of pot money they've all been promised, they realize they won't ever see a dime. What they do see is a whole host of new problems as described in this article.

Think about the unintended consequences of legalizing pot in Baltimore and gang infested MoCo and PG. if they can't sell pot anymore (why would they if its legal?), then what will they sell? What will they do to make up the lost income? More serious drugs and more violent crime.

Anonymous wrote:Ike's an idiot and good riddance to him. His refusal to support ben jealous boils down to ike's eye towards his upcoming corporate jobs.

My children are literally pampered in school while kids in Baltimore county sit in unheated and un air conditioned, dilapidated schools.
Ben jealous has his policy clearly defined on his website:

The plan calls for utilizing revenue from the taxing and regulating of marijuana to provide full-day universal pre-K and significantly increasing teacher pay by keeping the promise made to voters and ensuring lottery and casino funds are actually used to increase education funding. In addition, Jealous proposes implementing recommendations from the Kirwan Commission and expanding vocational training in Maryland’s high schools so that every child graduates career and college ready.

Higher teacher pay?
PreK?
More special ed resources?
Mental health Professionals for every school?
Yep. I'll take it.
People read "the top 1% may have higher taxes and think that applies to them. If your income is above 500k then yes, it does apply to you.

I for one would like to see the lottery and casino money finally applied to schools, too

Anonymous wrote:I don’t want to see dollars siphoned from this county to support another county—-Baltimore, Cecil or Caroline county. What I do want to see is that people in those counties holdi their local board and political officers accountable. I’m against bringing marijuana to this county. Just look to DC being unable to control synthetic marijuana and they are dealing with public overdoses in front of schools. Not to mention, heaven forbid high marijuana drivers on the beltway or public school officials coming to work high or an uptick in young teens using marijuana at a parent sponsored home party. I don’t want to see free universal pre-k. I’d rather that money be put toward smaller class sizes or instructional aides in grades K-3. Though we are close to DC, we don’t have DC revenue for capital flow, so let’s stop trying to keep up with the Jones’s.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t want to see dollars siphoned from this county to support another county—-Baltimore, Cecil or Caroline county. What I do want to see is that people in those counties holdi their local board and political officers accountable. I’m against bringing marijuana to this county. Just look to DC being unable to control synthetic marijuana and they are dealing with public overdoses in front of schools. Not to mention, heaven forbid high marijuana drivers on the beltway or public school officials coming to work high or an uptick in young teens using marijuana at a parent sponsored home party. I don’t want to see free universal pre-k. I’d rather that money be put toward smaller class sizes or instructional aides in grades K-3. Though we are close to DC, we don’t have DC revenue for capital flow, so let’s stop trying to keep up with the Jones’s.

Anonymous wrote:Ike's an idiot and good riddance to him. His refusal to support ben jealous boils down to ike's eye towards his upcoming corporate jobs.

My children are literally pampered in school while kids in Baltimore county sit in unheated and un air conditioned, dilapidated schools.
Ben jealous has his policy clearly defined on his website:

The plan calls for utilizing revenue from the taxing and regulating of marijuana to provide full-day universal pre-K and significantly increasing teacher pay by keeping the promise made to voters and ensuring lottery and casino funds are actually used to increase education funding. In addition, Jealous proposes implementing recommendations from the Kirwan Commission and expanding vocational training in Maryland’s high schools so that every child graduates career and college ready.

Higher teacher pay?
PreK?
More special ed resources?
Mental health Professionals for every school?
Yep. I'll take it.
People read "the top 1% may have higher taxes and think that applies to them. If your income is above 500k then yes, it does apply to you.

I for one would like to see the lottery and casino money finally applied to schools, too