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Amherst might not use police fee for marijuana rally
    #8101824 - 03/04/08 02:20 PM (16 years, 1 day ago)

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/amherst_might_drop_police_fee.html

AMHERST - What a difference three months make.

In December, more than 24 members of the University of Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition packed the Select Board meeting to protest a town policy that would have required the group to pay for two additional police officers to cover its springtime festival.

The town wanted that group and others whom the police chief determined needed additional staffing for events on the common to pay for the coverage.

Each spring, the cannabis coalition sponsors Extravaganja, a daylong event featuring music, food and education about marijuana laws. The event draws more than 1,500 people.

But tonight, no group member was there to learn that the town would not charge the fee.

Select Board Chairman Gerald S. Weiss told the board that the town's lawyer believes that charging the fee might be unconstitutional.

Weiss said that after the December discussion, Town Manager Laurence R. Shaffer sought an opinion from the town's lawyer about the fee.

Board members had raised some concerns, as did coalition members.

In December, Terry Franklin, of Amhers,t said the town did not have a right to impose a fee. He told the board he had contacted the American Civil Liberties Union, which was interested in looking into the matter.

Franklin could not be reached for comment last night.

Weiss said the town's lawyer said it might be possible to narrowly tailor a fee system for trash and traffic control. The lawyer also suggested a meeting with the board before a formal opinion.

Weiss said that based on this Shaffer will likely "drop the whole idea" of imposing fees. Shaffer was on vacation and could not be reached.

In December, Shaffer said the town was informing all organizations that applied to use the common that fees would be charged and that groups could apply for a waiver for this year.


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Re: Amherst might not use police fee for marijuana rally [Re: Bridgeburner]
    #8101893 - 03/04/08 02:35 PM (16 years, 1 day ago)

It might be unconstitutional? Maybe these guys should relearn the documents that we founded our country on! Of course charging fees is unconstitutional! Freedom to Assemble? That means we can freely assemble!

The U.S. blows. It used to be way cool, back in the 1800s. Now everything just sucks, people are oppressed, 1 in 100 are behind bars....the government brings in $15 trillion a year in taxpayer dollars to waddle around and stick it's thumb up it's ass. Seriously...

-half our roads suck ass and are in need of some repair.
-we're going to lose social security in the next thirty years.
-we're going to run out of oil in 50 years and the govt. doesn't seem to give a damn about it. Oh yeah, $10 billion for research into alternative fuels! $500 billion for the war!
-the govt. claims we have no right to choose what we put in our bodies
-we're spending assloads of money on a war that is turning against us
-we're actually thinking about starting a war with china...wow.
-we can't stop thinking about wars and president bush likes to jerk himself off to the thought of thousands of our soldiers dead.


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Re: Amherst might not use police fee for marijuana rally [Re: tyler_0_durden]
    #8102417 - 03/04/08 05:37 PM (16 years, 1 day ago)

AMEN.

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Re: Amherst might not use police fee for marijuana rally [Re: tyler_0_durden]
    #8102584 - 03/04/08 06:12 PM (16 years, 1 day ago)

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tyler_0_durden said:

-we're going to run out of oil in 50 years and the govt. doesn't seem to give a damn about it. Oh yeah, $10 billion for research into alternative fuels! $500 billion for the war!





Just curious were you are getting this info. I'm almost possitive that we will not run out of oil in 50 years.

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Re: Amherst might not use police fee for marijuana rally [Re: No Agenda]
    #8102953 - 03/04/08 07:31 PM (16 years, 1 day ago)

It's not the fact that we will run out of oil, its us burning it and putting all of that carbon in the atmosphere that is the problem.

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Re: Amherst might not use police fee for marijuana rally [Re: lbtchnlgs]
    #8107003 - 03/05/08 04:56 PM (16 years, 12 hours ago)

What does that have to do with running out of oil? As for putting carbon in the atmosphere, one eruption like mt. St. Helens puts more greenhouse gas in the air than humanity has since the industrial revolution. But that still has nothing to do with running out of oil.

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