Cindy Rodriquez weighs in on I-100 in her column in today's Denver Post [November 8, 2005, "Pot smoking best kept underground"]. She writes, "I don't think legalizing marijuana is necessary - unless we were to do so for medicinal purposes. If folks want to smoke in their homes, the chances of getting busted are slim. Police don't have the time, or the authority, to do random checks. If they're knocking on someone's door it's probably because someone did something to call attention to themselves - like blaring Metallica at 3 a.m. Besides, I know where this is leading: to get the government to legalize marijuana for all adults, everywhere. Tvert envisions 'a system of tax and regulation where private people are licensed to grow and sell.' Just what we need: more government regulations. Put it in the private sector and the business world would create even more consumers by marketing it the way they do most products - with sex."
From today's Denver Post: "Four Denver teachers had opted into Denver Public Schools' pay-for-performance plan by Monday, and another 140 were in the queue to be enrolled, officials said. Monday was the first day to opt into ProComp, a first-of- its-kind salary plan that rewards teachers for how well students do in class and removes them from the traditional union-negotiated step system. Denver voters last week approved a $25 million tax increase to fund the plan."
Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [November 8, 2005, "ProComp under way"].
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
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