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November 05, 2008
Rep. Leah Vukmir's "watch" as chair of the WI State Assembly Health committee comes to an abrupt end!
Posted by Gary Storck
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
On April 10, 2007, the Wisconsin State Journal reported that State Rep. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa click here, chair of the Assembly Committee on Health and Healthcare Reform, had said of proposed state medical cannabis legislation, "I will refuse to put members through the circus of a hearing for a bill that is not going to go anywhere. This is nothing more than a backdoor attempt to legalize marijuana, which is not going to happen on my watch."
Yesterday, Wisconsin voters brought an abrupt end to Vukmir's "watch" by giving control of the State Assembly back to state Democrats. Vukmir retained her seat, but her chairmanship and power to stop medical cannabis legislation evaporated, and she no longer represents a major threat to the health and well-being of Wiscionsin patients who need medical cannabis. While all results are not yet in, trends indicate Democrats will gain 5 seats and hold a 52-46 lead, with one independent. The independent is Rep. Jeff Wood of Chippewa Falls, a former Republican and the only member of the GOP to cosponsor AB 550, the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act.
And Vukmir, trained as a nurse but an enemy of patients who can benefit from therapeutic cannabis, now must not only must cope with her voter-induced demotion, but also the fact that medical marijuana is now legal in Michigan and this only makes it closer to becoming legal in Wisconsin and other Midwest states.
VUKMIR's Watch is OVER!
Posted by Gary at November 5, 2008 09:34 AM
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