I Think People Are Ready For Some Honest Talk In Detroit About Marijuana

[Marijuana Ranch]

http://www.thecompassionchronicles.com/2013/07/17/detroit-council-candidate-cushingberry-takes-his-pro-marijuana-stance-to-the-streets/

 

Candidate for Detroit’s City Council in the 2nd District George Cushingberry Jr is making a pair of stops this week at private social clubs in the city. He is sharing his vision for the city with Detroit residents- a vision that includes a responsive City Council, a properly directed police force and hemp-based commerce.

Stops for the candidate will be at The Ranch, 2627 John R on the 17th and Woodward Health Solutions, 17436 Woodward Avenue on the 18th. Both sessions begin at 5:30. Following the Woodward appearance, the candidate will walk the neighborhood on Parkhurst, talking to residents and answering questions about his vision for Detroit’s future.

During a July appearance on the Planet Green Trees Internet Radio Show, Cushingberry discussed his quest for new office, his support for marijuana law reform and the difficulties it creates for him- especially in the area’s churches and houses of worship.

Cushingberry has been a strong supporter of medical marijuana patients rights. During Cushingberry’s  time in the House of Representatives he and fellow Minority Caucus member Rep. Fred Durhal held a series of meeting where representatives of the medical marijuana community were brought together with members of the Michigan State Police, Prosecuting Attorney’s Association and other prohibition-minded organizations.

“Now it seems to me that the Michigan legislature is hostile in most cases to our movement and the court has not been as generous as I would have liked them to be be, but at least they have given us the opportunity to continue to litigate it,” Cushingberry said.

Cushingberry received accolades from the show’s on-air staff for his staunch defense of cannabis issues, dating back to his college days in the 70′s. “I am most proud of my defense of medical marijuana patients and others in the various courts in the state,” he acknowledged. Cushingberry also praised Detroit marijuana activists Tim Beck and Richard Clement for their ongoing marijuana law reform efforts.

“I took a lot of heat from the clergy with my colleagues over it but I still think it’s the wisest thing to do,” he said. “If our friends in the movement get behind me I’m sure I can get elected in the 2nd district. I’ll be someone who can pass ordinances that will carry out the wills of the people.”

Detroit passed a medical marijuana law in 2004, was one of the state’s most supportive cities when the statewide medical marijuana law was passed in 2008 and in 2012 legalized possession and use of one ounce or less of cannabis by anyone 21 years of age or older on private property by a 66%-34% vote. When asked by the show’s host, Southfield attorney Michael Komorn, if the issue of marijuana in the city has become a positive instead of a negative, Cushingberry replied, “I think it has…

“At one time we had an ordinance when Mayor (Coleman A.) Young was around that made it the same kind of an offense as it was in Ann Arbor and East Lansing. It has been this Council who has refused to implement the various ballot questions that have passed and have been hostile to what 66% of the people in the last election voted for here in the city of Detroit.”

Candidate Cushingberry spoke about his vision for a cooperative relationship with the City Council for the marijuana law reform community. “We need to focus our manpower upon not arresting kids with a joint for marijuana… those police resources need to be redirected toward doing investigations for some of the very violent things we see happening too often in the city… I think we will have a lot of friends among those who are running for Police Commissioner as it stands now.”

Added Cushingberry, “If I am elected to the City Council in Detroit you will have a real friend on the City Council.”

Cushingberry is interested in using marijuana and hemp to generate success in Detroit, and even mentioned the idea of a marijuana tax stamp that would meet the requirements of both federal and state laws.

“We’ll be able to show people how you can use hemp for many different things like hemp fuel, how we can use hemp cloth to make alternative (automobile) seating and other sorts of things that will make us even more competitive worldwide.”

“I think people are ready for some honest talk in Detroit about marijuana,” Cushingberry said, “and about the city’s finances.”

“I just want to see us have some renaissance thinking in our city because our city can grow and prosper.”

George Cushingberry Jr will be appearing on July 17 at the Ranch and July 18 at Woodward Health Solutions; both begin at 5:30. More information can be found at www.cushforcouncil.com

 

 

[bobandtorey]

I can't Wait to smoke some Cush with the Berry

[Marijuana Ranch]

Just common down to the Marijuana Ranch tonight...

[pic book]

not much notice, didn't seee this til 4 hours too late

[Marijuana Ranch]

420Vote...U right pic book,...ck it out Thursday at WHS...

Woodward Health Solutions, 17436 Woodward Avenue on the 18th. sessions begin at 5:30. Following the Woodward appearance, the candidate will walk the neighborhood on Parkhurst, talking to residents and answering questions about his vision for Detroit’s future.

[painterdan]

Is there some way we can clone about five thousand Cushingberry's?

This country could sure use them lol.

[Marijuana Ranch]

420Peace painterdan..

 

.Yes there is a way, we can clone them at the ballot box!

[Marijuana Ranch]

The newsletter "Inside Michigan Politics"  published by Lansing political
guru Bill Ballnger, and a poll conducted by the  famous pollster Mark
Grebner, owner of "Practical Political Consultants"  predicts in this weeks issue
that our friend Mr. Cushingberry Jr. is  expected to win his race for Council
in District 2.

Best  wishes,

Tim Beck
Detroit, Michigan
313-881-8995
"I'm a  pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of
will." A. Gramsci 

[Celliach]

Didn't Tim Beck testify to congress last year that he didn't have a problem with the four bills that were passed and was willing to see them go into effect?

[pic book]

The talk may include the economic import to Detroit of mj.  It underpins the little economy we have, and production is the fastest growing use of houses not trashed beyond repair.

Surburbanites from roch hills, bloomfield hills, st. clair shores run many houses here and it is a BOOM which explains the fast falling price of weed.

Honeset talk shud include taxes on this green revenue, and license fees for the many disps on 8 Mile, or a plant tag purchase system from the city.

[pic book]

the city council should designate warehouses ok for grows, list them ands place an annual tax surcharge on hte rent or on the property tax.  warehouses is what the succesful($$) growers are on the hunt for, and the city council needs to earn their way and monetize the greening of Detroit.  Every business shud pay tax.  it's up to council members to tax the hell out of this trough.   Especially while the state is hand's-off fools.

[pic book]

ina word, raise city income off of mj.

[pic book]

honest talk will consider what detroit will be like when 2 houses on every block are mj producers....and every other kid comes to school, clothes and books smelling of weed.  and the schools are full of mini dealer peers.  what direction do we intend to take this industry? 

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Given expansion at the present rate, the rate for weed around Detroit in 5 years retail will be under 100 an ounce.  it's down again this year.

[pic book]

Weed shud provide 40% of gross revenue collected in Detroit in 5 years.  how does city govmt best get it's cut of the largesse?

[phaquetoo]

Is this happening before of after the space grows, pic book?

Bawahahahahahaha!  its funny how very few words say more than the whole thread!

 

Peace

Jim

[pic book]

Plant tags in the emerald triangle generated 40% of one county's budget.  When the state lags in taxation of any industry, the city, especially one as strapped as Detroit, has an oppty to generate revenue.

[pic book]

Is this happening?

Are 1000s of 'subsistence' grows happening, some with cards, most w/o, sweeping Detroit?  Is green the 'hope of Detroit'? 

Yes. 

More grows pop up every day, starting this late in the season even, in any woods or available backyard of every vacant house that can be secured by junk cars in the backyard. The trees chopped down to form a barricade to any would-be explorers. 

Edited July 21, 2013 by pic book

[pic book]

This is happening in primarily in those hoods where DTE has not read meters in the last year

[pic book]

There's no cop coverage--who'd send meter readers into those hoods?

[pic book]

thje primary effect of the mmmp in detroit has been to make clones cheap and readily available

[Marijuana Ranch]

http://cushforcouncil.com/Services.html

[pic book]

and that detroit is the state's center of production and wholesale

[solabeirtan]

and that detroit is the state's center of production and wholesale

 

ala Eastern Market Style !  since 1847 !

 

" The Eastern Market farmer's distribution center is the largest open-air flowerbed market in the United States and has more than 150 foods and specialty businesses. On Saturdays, about 45,000 people shop the city's historic Eastern Market. "

[solabeirtan]

Happy Birthday Detroit !

.....312 Years Young !

..........Today !

 

...Sorry it turned out like this baby ...Not the way we pictured it.

Hopefully your next family, will take better care of you .... 

[Ms Chocolate]

...  how does city govmt best get it's cut of the largesse?

They get elected to city council