THE PEOPLE'S WILL ON POT, ITS USE AND THE LAWS

I am outraged that the county supervisors voted to file suit to
challenge in federal courts the rights that the people of this great
state voted to enact under Proposition 215.

We elected the supervisors to serve the people, not their personal
interests or political ideology, or the political ideology of George
Bush. If they cannot represent our interests, they might step down and
let someone else who can listen to the electorate do their job.

Though I do not use marijuana, I object to this subversion of the
will of the state's voters and the county's residents. In "Poll:
Voters support medical marijuana law" (News, Jan. 9), it reported
that two-thirds of the county's residents support Proposition 215.

Unfortunately, they will waste much of the hard-earned money collected
from my property taxes by forcing the county attorney to battle the
state attorney general. We have better uses for those funds, such as
fixing our roads, enforcing immigration laws, etc.

As a traditional Republican, I'm outraged how the party has gotten
away from core values (balanced spending and state's sovereignty) over
the last few years.

Ed Corneio

Encinitas