Last week's rejection of San Bernardino County's challenge to the voter-approved medical marijuana law should send a strong message to county supervisors. California's voters, legislature, governor, attorney general — and now, an appeals court — have directed San Bernardino officials to obey the 12-year-old medical marijuana law. It's about time they listened.
San Bernardino County needs to join counties such as Riverside, Orange and Kern by implementing the state's medical marijuana I.D. card program.
Further, hopefully, when county supervisors decide whether to use precious resources to appeal the court's decision, they will side with taxpayers — who are footing the bill for the legal teams on both sides. A successful appeal in the state Supreme Court is next to impossible; the court just recently denied review of a similar medical marijuana ruling.
The time for costly political grandstanding in the courts is over.
San Bernardino County's leaders should have more important things to do with limited county funds than pursuing another frivolous lawsuit aimed at undermining the will of the voters.
