MISPLACED PRIORITIES

Thank you, A. P. Porter, for the outstanding piece on the
overreaching big-government ordinance on medical marijuana. Sad but
true: The very people who campaign for smaller, less-intrusive
government are the first to put the burden of oppressive laws on the sick.

This flimflam by the Butte County Board of Supervisors has little to
do with medical marijuana; it is about big government, overreaching
regulations, higher taxes on the sick and government oppression. Any
government that does not meet the needs of the people is a government
the people do not need.

Charles Finlay
Chico