KNOWLES USES POT SCARE TACTICS

The governor and the first lady have weighed in on Proposition 5, and
surprise, surprise, they are against it. It seems that no politician can
resist the urge to control the public. It might be impossible to find an
example of government relaxing its power over the people it is supposed to
be serving.

Just like all the other anti-personal freedom crusaders, they wax
apocalyptic on the possibility of citizens' making their own choices. The
governor would have us believe that Proposition 5 will allow elementary
school children to smoke pot and release "convicts" onto the streets. This
is a pathetic and obvious attempt to use inflammatory language to scare any
undecided voters away from supporting the initiative. How can they in one
sentence worry about little kids smoking pot and then turn around and admit
that the initiative would have marijuana regulated as alcohol, which is
available only to people over 21? Then there is the ultimate scare tactic
of comparing our situation with California's. What better way to frighten
people than to tell Alaskans that they might be in a situation comparable
to California's.

On Nov. 7, don't let these scare tactics keep you from voting for personal
freedom and choice. They have no argument against legalizing pot, so they
resort to gloom-and-doom fantastical lies to change your mind. How sad.
Vote yes on Proposition 5.

- -- Chip Dennison

Anchorage