Oh, Susanna, don't your cry for me. You've done it again.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she opposes efforts in Albuquerque and Santa Fe to reduce marijuana possession penalties. Why?
Martinez called the efforts political moves to get young voters to the polls.
Riiiiight. In a democracy you can pick and choose who votes in an election, at least according to the next Sarah Palin.
If you haven't followed the backstory, back in July supporters for the decriminalization of demon weed collected 16,000 signatures supporting that the measure be put on the November ballot. "Oooppeeee," said the city attorney (R) AFTER the petition period had ended. "Did I say you need 11,203 signatures? I meant to say you need 14,218 signatures and we KNOW that 43% of the signatures are bogus".
Pat Davis of ProgressNow New Mexico, which worked on the campaign, said it’s “absolutely not” fair to change the signature requirement now. The campaign and its supporters had been told they needed only 11,203 signatures, he said.
“We relied on the directive that they gave us,” he said. “If they made a mistake, we’re going to have to figure out how to remedy that.”
The city clerk agreed that the petition indeed had enough signatures to be on the ballot. And on Monday, the City Council with a blue majority, voted to send the ballot measure to the (R) mayor, packaged along with several other measures that the mayor supports. The package has to be accepted, all or nothing. He may veto the whole thing to kill the maryjane proposal.
So... What does Susanna say?
Martinez called the efforts political moves to get young voters to the polls. And god knows, we don't want young people to vote in New Mexico because they might just vote Democratic. And while the current governor's race is tilted toward Martinez - god know why - a bunch of pro-pot stoners might just return New Mexico to sanity.
And that's democracy at work. Right, Susanna?