Legal Marijuana in Washington State: a Case Study

 

The ol' wacky tobacky is now legal in the Soviet of Washington since we spoke as a people in a popular vote initiative in 2012. But, along with Colorado, being groundbreakers we are experiencing some tribulations. All the local governments are now forced to grapple with this issue. Personally, I figure it'll be a great economic shot in the arm for our ailing state.

Here in McCleary, population around 1600, where a wooden bear sits on top of City Hall, our local officials are discussing this topic. Needless to say they are predictably cautious and status quo. Morty the Dog reporter Sarah has supplied us with some interesting recent public documents regarding this issue:

http://www.cityofmccleary.com/vertical/sites/%7B6900A7D9-59CE-4612-823A-FA3E5F25F431%7D/uploads/Council_Packet_11-20-13_merge.pdf  

It seems to me a really bold and visionary municipal government would take this opportunity to run and be first in line to collect the enormous revenue that will be realized from this endeavor. But McCleary does not have bold and visionary leadership at this time. Instead, we have the same old sick and tired, play-it-close-to-the-vest, paternalistic, good ol' boy pattern that is killing us. You can hear crickets in the heart of our business district. The bank is gone. The only tavern is gone. The pizza place is gone. The pharmacy is gone. The hospital is gone. The veterinarian is gone (which I really miss). This town has no active public phone. We are dead.


The legal marijuana thing provides McCleary with an enormous economic opportunity but I have to accept the fact that my town is presently led by timid people. In the past McCleary had real visionary and inspirational leadership, I even made a video about it.  Those days are long gone.

Morty Comix # 2504

 Morty Comix # 2504 is going on a little trip.

 I found my former cell phone

 and suspended it from the ceiling over a folding table

 Then I placed a paper grid divided into 50 squares on the floor near the table

 And here's the exciting action part: I set up wooden pegs and swung the cell phone

 The pegs landed on 22, 30, 33, 34, and 38

 So I made a new display

 reset the pegs, and swung again

 The winner was 38. Colorado, our 38th state!

At this point, rather than prolong the suspense, I just chose the city of Ouray, where my maternal grandfather was born in the late 1800s. I've never been there but I have some documents and old photos from that place. The first Ouray address I found online was a business in the chocolate trade. And so that's where this issue of Morty Comix will go today.

Buttons - Federal Campaign - 1968

Ken Monfort, U.S. Senate

Cattleman Ken Monfort was a contender in the 1968 Democratic primary for U.S. Senator from Colorado but did not advance to the general election

State of Beings #6: Colorado

Arrived on this planet with City Limits Gazette # Look Ma, no brain! (Feb. 1992)

I picked in Ouray, Colorado in 1888 to retell Poe's Tell-Tale Heart. My great-grandfather had been a silver prospector there at that time.