Title:
City Council moves to block medical marijuana initiative on Friday
Message:
In a shockingly undemocratic move, the Intergovernmental Relations Committee recommended to the City Council that it disenfranchise 12,000 Minneapolis voters and knock Minneapolis' medical marijuana initiative off the November ballot. The City Council will meet on Friday at 9:30 a.m. to decide the fate of the initiative.
There are two things you can do to stand up for your right to vote.
- Please call your City Council member (at the appropriate number listed near the bottom of this message) and urge him or her to let the initiative onto the ballot. When you do, leave the following brief message:
"12,000 Minneapolis residents signed the medical marijuana ballot initiative petition. As your constituent, I am urging you to allow us to vote on it."
- Attend Friday morning's City Council meeting to show your support for the voice of Minneapolis residents. Please call Jason Samuels at (612) 872-0040 for details.
The City Council members and their numbers are listed below.
Paul Ostrow (Ward 1): (612) 673-2201
Paul Zerby (Ward 2): (612) 673-2202
Donald Samuels (Ward 3): (612) 673-2203
Barbara Johnson (Ward 4): (612) 673-2204
Natalie Johnson Lee (Ward 5): (612) 673-2205
Dean Zimmermann (Ward 6): (612) 673-2206
Lisa Goodman (Ward 7): (612) 673-2207
Robert Lilligren (Ward 8): (612) 673-2208
Gary Schiff (Ward 9): (612) 673-2209
Dan Niziolek (Ward 10): (612) 673-2210
Scott Benson (Ward 11): (612) 673-2211
Sandy Colvin Roy (Ward 12): (612) 673-2212
Barret Lane (Ward 13): (612) 673-2213
Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project. Please pass this information on so that even more voices for reform can be heard.
