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Marijuana advocates won’t have a chance of seeing relaxed enforcement of pot laws in Spokane anytime soon.
A ballot initiative seeking to make marijuana offenses the “lowest law enforcement priority” has legal issues with its language that supporters wanted to address before presenting it to the Spokane City Council.
The council voted Monday to postpone a hearing on the initiative “indefinitely.”
Proposed initiatives are reviewed by the city attorney’s office, who assists in developing the language of the ballot title and summary, and offers a legal opinion to the council.
The council is then asked to either put it on the ballot, or have the petition supporters gather signatures from the public. The marijuana initiative was filed with the Spokane city clerk on Nov. 4.
Read background here.
Reporter Meghann Cuniff writes about public safety news from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
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Fuschia on December 14 at 9:00 p.m.
It didnt matter much that this got tabled indefinetly, there were enough DOPES in front of the Council tonight. Planning Commission presentation nearly put 1/2 the council asleep.
lewis8457 on December 15 at 6:15 p.m.
It really doesn’t matter the SPD will do what it wants. the voters of Washington gave medical pot patient the right 10 years ago but to this day SPD busts the dispensaries. No new laws will work until Washington state complies to the wishes of the voters.