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To: joefromspringfield who wrote (55040)	8/9/2011 11:35:25 PM
From: Gersh Avery	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

It's interesting that the swing vote seemed to be the growers. Many of them wanted it to remain illegal.

To: joefromspringfield who wrote (55040)	8/10/2011 9:20:42 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 103300

Re: "Wasn't legalization recently on the ballot in California. I thought it was defeated. It was, by a few percentage points I believe. Demographic trends though (polling of the various age groups) seem to show that most likely very soon (a decade or less) it will be a lead pipe cinch to pass there. Re: "The Mexican drug lords would have been fit to be tied." Excellent! Get the business out of the hands of mobsters (like during Prohibition) and into responsible tax-paying hands. (PS --- I did hear that a lot of the larger pot growers in CA voted against the legalization ballot initiative, they were sure that it would take their profits away, that they do much better under the current 'illegal' status quo. Believe that might have accounted for the couple of percentage points that the initiative lost by. Can't expect someone to take money out of their own pockets voluntarily. :-)