Go Back   Marijuana.com > News > The Drug War Headline News
Register FAQ Gaming VB Image Host Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 05-22-2005, 09:20 AM   #1
Buzzby
Buddhist Curmudgeon
 
Buzzby's Avatar
 

Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 13,799
Grams: 37,983.62
Groans: 26
Groaned at 37 Times in 31 Posts
Buzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputationBuzzby has entirely too much reputation
Thanks: 452
Thanked 3,040 Times in 1,570 Posts

Stock Portfolio
Total Value: 0.000
Gain/Loss: 0.000%
Default CAN: Marijuana Party Launches Lawsuit

Marijuana Party Launches Lawsuit
The pot party is taking Surrey School Board to court
Sheila Reynolds | Peace Arch News | 05/20/2005

The B.C. Marijuana Party is suing the board for barring its candidates from participating in high school all-candidate meetings.

"We feel the targeted exclusion of the B.C. Marijuana Party is anti-democratic. We think it sends a bad message to students and we think it violates the Charter (of Rights)," campaign manager Kirk Tousaw said.

The suit was filed in B.C. Supreme Court May 13.

In light of the litigation, the district would not comment, but Doug Strachan said two weeks ago Marijuana Party candidates were initially allowed to attend school debates, but had to be excluded after a candidate distributed material promoting pot use after a meeting at Fraser Heights Secondary.

While acknowledging the importance of various parties and diverse views, Strachan said the district "can't condone the promotion of them (students) taking an illegal substance."

Tousaw said the party will seek direction, either from legislature, Elections B.C. or the courts, as to what process should determine who can participate in all-candidates' debates.

In the televised leadership debate, for example, there was some contention around who was invited. The Democratic Reform Party argued it should be included because it has a member in the legislature, while BCMP also thought it should be included because it ran candidates in 79 ridings last election and landed 3.4 per cent of the popular vote.

"There probably can't be anything that has force of law," Tousaw said, "but there ought to be some kind of advisory guidelines out there that have some sort of provision for getting more voices heard.

"In a democracy it's...important to hear different opinions."
__________________
McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time.
Do we really want four more years of the same old shit?

~ Buzzby, 08/31/2008

Buzzby is offline Award Buzzby Grams  
Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Marijuana.com Sponsor
Advertisement
 
Old 05-25-2005, 01:40 PM   #2
grillmeats
No Longer Active
 

Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 4,696
Grams: 2,130.61
Groans: 1
Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts
grillmeats is starting to make a name for themself
Thanks: 39
Thanked 45 Times in 37 Posts

Stock Portfolio
Total Value: 0.000
Gain/Loss: 0.000%
Thumbs up Nice Post

BuzzBy keep up the good work.
__________________
I use to like this site, but it out grew my interests. If you want to pass a test, Quit Smoking, I have!
grillmeats is offline Award grillmeats Grams  
Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Marijuana.com Sponsor
Advertisement
 
Reply



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

New To Site? Need Help?

All times are GMT. The time now is 05:42 PM.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52