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Sate Rep. Kelly Cassidy said the name was formed as an inside joke after an NPR Illinois story dubbed the group with a more wholesome moniker: “The Marijuana Moms.” “And, you know, that was cute and everything, but we were also like, ‘We’re so much more than moms, and what else could we be,’ and we played with words, and probably me — because I’m the most foul-mouthed of the group."
Other members of the group: State Sens. Heather Steans and Toi Hutchinson, and State Reps. Jehan Gordon-Booth and Celina Villanueva — all Democrats.
How close are the Cannabitches? “We’ve spent so much time together that I think our brains have merged,” Cassidy said of their uncanny habit of giving the nearly the exact same answers to questions regarding marijuana legislation.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Abortion addicted weed women. Hogs, by any other name.
Exactly. Rep baby slaughterers would be a better moniker.
Or just plain losers, trash, scum, the enemies of the unaddicted and the unborn.
I do hope the government becomes more lenient on growing marijuana for medicinal purposes. I have been a long time advocate on the legalization of cannabis and I am still hopeful it will be legalized in more states. Regards – Rom of GoMainStem.com
Proponents like these women sure don’t help that cause.