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To: Olog-hai
The Medicinal Marijuana amendment passed with the provision that local municipalities could decide wether they wanted to let the businesses in their cities or not. Think of it as a citywide zoning ordinance. You have cities that don't allow strip clubs and sex shops, because state law allows them to. It is rule of law, which is something I thought Freepers were behind. Don't like it, move to another city, or vote in city council members that will allow it. Personally, I think it is short sighted to miss out on all that tax revenue, but if that city wants to maintain a particular character and govern at a LOCAL LEVEL, then that is their perrogative. Again, another thing Freepers are supposed to like, local government control. I am actually surprised that the state ceded some local decision making to the townships and cities.

And there is a little thing called the Constitution that keeps cities from declaring Christianity illegal.

29 posted on 10/14/2014 9:06:40 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: cport

You seem to have forgotten the “republican form of government” clause of Article 4 section 4 of the Constitution as well. That means no other kind of government, especially authoritarian/socialist.


31 posted on 10/14/2014 9:14:07 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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