Damn that Rahm Emanuel

[MagickMuffin]

has come out in public support of the city’s proposal to lessen the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Under Chicago’s current law, possession of any amount of marijuana results in arrest on a misdemeanor charge. The proposed ordinance, which is pending City Council approval, reduces the sentence for those caught with 15 grams of marijuana or less to a fine of up to $500. Emanuel joins a growing list of mayors — including Newark’s Cory Booker (D) and New York City’s Michael Bloomberg (I) — who have come out in support of decreasing penalties for marijuana possession.

http://thinkprogress.org/


While I believe this is a step in the right direction, I think the fine id a wee bit high! But WTG Rahm!

[hedgehog]

1. What if all the money goes to schools to finance

art and music classes!

[MagickMuffin]

2. That would be GREAT, however, who knows how that money will be spent

I would be more worried about those less fortunate who might not be able to pay the fine. But I suppose we'll have to wait and see how this progresses.

[Honeycombe8]

4. If they're unfortunate financially, they aren't buying weed. nt

[mucifer]

3. the big money savings is in not having to pay to keep people in jail

and they will probably use the money to plug the bleeding wholes in the deficit or to give more tax breaks to big corporations to move to Chicago so they don't have to pay taxes