Pubdate: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 Source: United Press International Copyright: 1999 United Press International LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE PLEADS INNOCENT TO POT CHARGES AUBURN, March 21 (UPI) - The former Libertarian Party candidate for California governor and his wife face a May 18 trial date after pleading innocent to drug charges in Auburn. Steve Kubby, 52, and his wife, Michele, 32, entered the pleas Friday at their arraignment in Placer County Superior Court to charges of cultivating marijuana for sale, two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and possession of an ingestation device. More than 250 marijuana plants were seized at the couple's Olympic Valley home during a Jan. 19 raid. They said they were growing the plants for their own medical use. - --- MAP posted-by: Patrick Henry