Pubdate: Thu, 23 Oct 2014
Source: Chico News & Review, The (CA)
Copyright: 2014 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.newsreview.com/chico/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/559
Author: Nancy Roybal
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n813/a04.html

RESPONSE TO LETTER WRITER

Re "All about weed" (Letters, by Larry Cooper, Oct. 16):

Mr. Larry Cooper, I'd like to address your letter. First, yes I stand 
for voting yes on Measure A and no on Measure B. Second, for the 
record, I do not own a winery. Your tirade about comparing cannabis 
to grapes falls flat. As a Chico State alumna, I believe in what is 
best for all of Butte County.

A quick look at the growers backing B, see 
www.chicoer.com/news/ci_26735461/no-committee-leads-contributions 
clarifies the point. Their exorbitant donations exceed $100,000 yet 
they are in debt. Wow, it's not rocket science. Harvest season is in 
full force. Trafficked bud will take care of the debt. What I wrote 
in my letter last week is the truth. Go to www.bsane.org; the slide 
show of marijuana growers' environmental carnage in Butte County 
documents the reality.

The growers' continued use of laundered money to deceive voters with 
their TV ads, radio spots, website ad banners and billboards is 
exhausting. In my opinion it has imploded on itself like a honey oil 
lab. Commercial growers do not care about the welfare of patients or 
students or taxpaying parents and their children in Butte County. 
Vote yes on A. Vote no on B.

Nancy Roybal

Oroville
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