POT LAW SHOULD BE CLEARER, MORE FAIR

I'm certain the pot proponents appreciated what amounted to this
newspaper's free, front page ad (June 4, "Petition drive under way to
overturn county marijuana rules") reporting the solicitation of
signatures to overturn the county's recently passed marijuana
ordinance, where the supervisors had the courage to do the right thing.

Again, the few are trying to outmaneuver the wishes of the many. It's
essential that fairness prevail.

Signatures on the petition must be confirmed to be only legitimate,
registered voters, not resident of any city in the county where the
regulations do not apply.

Should there be sufficient, valid petition signatures and the
supervisors put it to a ballot vote, the choice should not be the
ordinance as written or no ordinance at all, but rather the ordinance
as written or no marijuana growing at all.

If the former, it will be too easy to confuse the voters with a
misleading campaign - one that appears to be a vote against marijuana
growing rather than a modification of the existing ordinance.

It is just the scenario the pot proponents want.

So if we must go through this ballot exercise, let's make sure the
choice represents the majority, not the loudest. Give the voters three
options: the Butte County ordinance as written; an alternative
ordinance (maybe no outdoor growing like Biggs); or no marijuana
growing in Butte County at all.

Then see if they still want a vote - a dose of their own
"medicine."

Larry Grundmann

Oroville