(Bakersfield) Medical Marijuana Advocates Claim to be 85%

[Le Taz Hot]

to Referendum Goal.

Members of a local political action committee said Thursday they have gathered 14,731 "verified" petition signatures -- or about 85 percent of their goal -- to force a county referendum on storefront medical marijuana collectives and the sale of edible pot products.

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The state-registered group, Kern Citizens for Patient Rights, has until Sept. 8 to gather a total of 17,350 signatures, though they plan to exceed that total to have a buffer in case some signatures are discounted.

If the group succeeds, the county would have to schedule a public vote on the matter or rescind an Aug. 10 vote by the county Board of Supervisors to outlaw the storefronts and edible marijuana products.

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These bullshit little county ordinances are the latest tactic the anti-legalization crowd has been pulling. These are all going to have to be tackled, one by one, and defeated. Now, if OBAMA WOULD JUST RESCHEDULE IT we wouldn't have to go this route but, apparently, he's not about to do that so we have no choice to but to battle it out, city by city, county by county.