Last night Proposition 19 failed to pass. I was asked to report on the viewing party in West Hollywood, but of course, because supporters were "celebrating", they didn't want reporters there. Thankfully one organizer was willing to talk to me on the phone. What he said surprised me...
I come from the Bay Area, and according to the LA Times San Francisco was all for the measure. So coming from that background, I think it is safe to say how important this proposition was to those stoners out there.
I called at 10:30 p.m., when the LA Times was reporting the proposition had lost. But not to the those "Yes on 19" supporters...They were convinced that the election was not over. They were not going to admit defeat until the fat lady had sung. Well I hate to burst your bubble but this is not baseball.
Maybe today after that long post-high sleep they realized their defeat. That is not to say, good luck to them in 2012.
Many, including my political science professor, believe legalizing cannabis will happen in the next 10 years.
Even if you aren't for legalizing marijuana at least you can take this from it: if change cant happen in the federal government, at least we know it has a chance here in California.
3 comments:
Not to rag on your writing style, but I see not point to this blog post. What are you commenting exactly? The fact that the LA times, as well as many proponents of prop 19, were holding on till the absentee ballots counted before they conceded to defeat? How is that any different then the proponents of any defeated prop? Or the opponents of a prop that passes? Same thing happened with prop 8 in 2008. When everything but the absentee ballots and some random precincts were counted, Human Rights Campaign released a statement trying to appease their members but basically saying that all was not lost and that not all the votes had been counted.
Or are you talking about how marijuana will be legalized in California very soon?
There is no point to your post. No lasting thought to what I've read. In fact, the aimlessness of it is a little disconcerting, especially when paired by a rather random bits of self-importance. Maybe you should actually have a clear opinion in a blog entry rather then rambling on about nothing, trying to fill empty space.
BTW, sorry about the grammatical errors, it's a bit late.
Im sorry to be commenting so late. I just set up my blog so they would email me when someone comments and I do welcome them. I am very happy that you did. I suppose the point of this blog post was to simply share my experience trying to report on Prop 19. I mentioned how I wasn't allowed to the viewing party, as well as my frustration when I was writing about a defeat and the organizers were simply refusing to acknowledge they were losing, or not doing well. As for my personal opinion, I am for legalizing cannibus but I didn't think it was worthwhile to fill a blog about why(a lot of people have already done that). My blog is supposed to tell of my experience reporting Prop 19 (I believe it was surprising, though you may not think so).
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