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Will Marijuana Save California From Bankruptcy

Lets hope so, and stop the insanity

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Schwarzenegger Signs Bill Honoring Gay Activist Harvey Milk

A somewhat controversial bill has finally passed to make May 22, as a day of special... more

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Immigration Crackdown With Firings, Not Raids

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TURKISH AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS / with: DEEP GOVERNMENT CONNECTIONS:

. Former FBI Language Specialist Sibel Edmonds finally gets to testify under oath,... more

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2009 San Francisco Gay Pride Parade

On Sunday (06-28-09) was the 36th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade. The gay... more

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California schools to say goodbye to textbooks

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SEND A BOOK TO GAZA

SEND A BOOK TO GAZA Free Gaza Movement launches its “Right to Read” Campaign... more

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Israel set for blizzard of war crimes charges

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Calif. Supreme Court upholds Prop 8, let's marriages stand

The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage but... more

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California to slashing education by up to $5 billion!!

What is California to do, it looks like they've run outta money!

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ABC News: Public’s Support For Pot Legalization Has Never Been Higher!

ABC News: Public’s Support For Pot Legalization Has Never Been Higher! April... more

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California's E-Waste Ending Up In Arizona

(CBS 5/Anna Warner) It's California's dirty little secret. The state boasts it has the... more

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Twitter Giving Personal Details To Companies

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Black Market Cardboard Recyclers

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BREAKING NEWS: Mendocino Countywide Arrests of Residents Growing Medical Marijuana

Last Friday around noon as I looked out my kitchen window I was shocked to see 25 Mendocino County Sheriffs/Deputies coming through my gate very quickly. The lead Officer (don't know deputy, or what class) Jonathan Martin, showed me a search warrant, hand cuffed me and read me my rights. I was cooperative (I actually cried and begged for mercy, but that didn't work) as they searched my home, my grow area on my five acres (behind my locked gate--so no probable cause) and seized all grow equipment related to 24 medical marijuana plants in full bloom. They chopped down the plants and hauled them away as I was being grilled and bullied in my home. This number is significant because if you google the Mendocino County Sheriff's web page on MedMari guidelines it says 25 plants. You are probably aware of the 'fuzziness' of these guidelines. I have a recommendation from my doctor to allow me to grow med marijuana. They charged me with two felony counts, one for marijuana cultivation and another for intent to sell/distribute, carted me to Ukiah, CA to jail in handcuffs.

It gets worse. I was the fourth bust of five that day (Friday, Feb 20) and the busting team let us know that they had five more for Saturday (yesterday) and five more on Sunday (TODAY!). Not individuals, but actual grows that might arrest multiple people. And most of the growers are women with kids (so now the children are possibly being taken away and bank accounts frozen). Real emotional and economic despair.

As I met others that were arrested in Ukiah, the county seat to jail (never before, first offense for everything for me) I learned they were my neighbors and not one had a 'commercial' size grow. So this Mendocino County Sheriff's dept sweep is coming up short as the take is not producing the kind of busts they claim they are after (i.e commercial, 500 plants & up), unenvironmental grows that scar the land (we all grow organic), we all have our recommendations that we paid for and actually care about the quality of medicine we are growing (it's in the past for me now).

Since my arrest, I have learned that they were up and down my street (just outside Fort Bragg city limit, so in Mendocino County) busting and getting this sweep in order over the last month and logging on the computer even (wish I had known!). That they have also had busting sweeps in the towns of Covelo, Ukiah, Willits.......all within Mendocino county.

I'm sure you're asking what is motivating me to write this. This is truly an important American story for our time right now, a devestating economic massacre for us personally and it has county-wide ramifications as at least 70% of the Mendocino economy is based on growing medical marijuana. Maybe even California as it's the state's largest crop. During these times of extreme economic hardship and 10% unemployment in Ft. Bragg, it just doesn't make any sense to be busting and criminalizing tax-paying citizens, my neighbors and me operating within state and county guidelines.

We are now gathering together to file a class-action suit against the county of Mendocino.Last Friday around noon as I looked out my kitchen window I was shocked to see 25... more