Pubdate: Wed, 09 May 2001 Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) Copyright: 2001 St. Paul Pioneer Press Contact: http://www.pioneerplanet.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/379 Author: Associated Press PLANS FOR ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY MARIJUANA FEST GO UP IN SMOKE MADISON, Wis. -(AP)- Plans to hold the annual Weedstock marijuana festival over Memorial Day weekend have gone up in smoke. Organizers say a pending lawsuit stemming from last year's festival promoting the legalization of marijuana made it impossible to stay on schedule with this year's event. As last year's Weedstock was beginning, a judge ordered it shut down because the organizers hadn't obtained a permit required under a newly passed Sauk County ordinance covering open-air gatherings. The owner of the farm where the festival was being held later filed suit against the county, contending the action halting the event was unconstitutional. The lawsuit remains pending. ``The court date has been pushed to the first week of June, and the legal arguments are a little too unsettled for Weedstock to go on,'' said Ben Masel, coordinator of Weedstock. Masel said he is confident the event will be rescheduled later in the summer, once the legal case is resolved. - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk