Tell the DEA to stay out of Colorado politics
| By Alan Franklin - Aug 30th, 2006 at 4:43 pm EDT |
This past weekend, the Boulder Daily Camera reported that the agents of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency are organizing in opposition to Colorado's Amendment 44, a ballot initiative which would eliminate criminal penalties under Colorado law for the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
The DEA has, according to the Rocky Mountain News, already spent $10,000 retaining a campaign manager to fight Amendment 44. The conservative News editorial board notes that "not only could the federal government's vast resources distort the tenor of debate within a state, it would also force out-of-state taxpayers to underwrite political campaigns that have no impact on them."
All Colorado citizens are free to participate in our electoral process, but the DEA's heavy-handed involvement in this issue is grossly inappropriate. Federal taxpayer dollars should never be used to impose the federal government's will on a local ballot question.
Click below: tell the DEA to stop spending our taxpayer money trying to manipulate our local elections.
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The DEA has, according to the Rocky Mountain News, already spent $10,000 retaining a campaign manager to fight Amendment 44. The conservative News editorial board notes that "not only could the federal government's vast resources distort the tenor of debate within a state, it would also force out-of-state taxpayers to underwrite political campaigns that have no impact on them."
All Colorado citizens are free to participate in our electoral process, but the DEA's heavy-handed involvement in this issue is grossly inappropriate. Federal taxpayer dollars should never be used to impose the federal government's will on a local ballot question.
Click below: tell the DEA to stop spending our taxpayer money trying to manipulate our local elections.
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Thanks!
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