Correction: This article was updated to clarify the April election referendum question was about legalizing marijuana, not eliminating fees as was previously written. STURGEON BAY – If you’re caught with less than one ounce of marijuana in your home, you no longer owe a fine after a Sturgeon Bay common council vote Tuesday. The council voted 5-1…
Voters in Egg Harbor and Sturgeon Bay overwhelmingly approved a referendum question supporting medicinal marijuana but were more divided when it came to its recreational use. In Egg Harbor, 82 percent of voters support marijuana use for medicinal purposes, but that number dropped to 55 percent in favor of adults 21 and older using it for…
The Sturgeon Bay City Council is gauging public support by putting the referendum on legalizing cannabis or marijuana on the April 2019 ballot. Voters will be asked to weigh in on two questions covering both medicinal and recreational use of marijuana. Alderman Seth Wiederanders has pushed the idea of a non-binding referendum on the subject….
Assembly District 1 – Kewaunee county, Door county and the 3 townships from the north to south on the east side of Brown county. The Sturgeon Bay area is where Rep. Kitchens calls home and thanks to the work for field activists in the area, cannabis possession in your own home in Sturgeon Bay no longer…
Wisconsin’s historic bipartisan cannabis decriminalization bill in 2017 included a number of sponsors of cannabis law reform legislation not seen before. The legislators on this bill included a few Republicans and were led by Rep. Adam Jarchow (R-Balsam Lake). There were five other GOP cosponsors, Kathleen Bernier (R-Lake Hallie), Reps. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) Dale…
On the Agenda, lower the fine to $75 for marijuana possession. We all know that activists collected enough thousands of valid signatures from City of Oshkosh residents to lower the fine to $25, they actually did that twice. Thank you and RIP Mark Kelderman for the past work and continuing to inspire activism yet today….
LRB-0435 is a good first step. It is Republican led and seems vetted by the GOP caucus, which must indicate caucus support for this measure; the bill should receive a public hearing. This bill will save taxpayer resources. It creates a non misdemeanor/ non felony option at the state level. It creates uniformity which will…
Jay Selthofner recently reported on his blog and encouraged any of his subscribers in Wood County, Wisconsin to pay attention to the recent up tick in local activism. Coming off an election cycle which yielded high results with a record number of candidates supporting marijuana reform, we expect this type of activism to increase throughout…
An article about proposed changes in the marijuana laws in Wisconsin makes it seems like Madison is the only city taking measures into their own hands since 1977. Many municipalities have lowered fines and decriminalized marijuana for decades also. It is the state that is so far behind! A few years back the the Cities…
As municipalities (towns, cities, villages) and counties in Wisconsin are sick and tired of the State of Wisconsin legislators dragging their feet on marijuana reform, these municipalities are taking actions themselves and either lowering their fines for marijuana reform, making marijuana a lowest priority with $1 fines or removing the penalty all together for personal…
The Sturgeon Bay area is where Rep. Kitchens calls home and thanks to the work for field activists in the area, cannabis possession in your own home in Sturgeon Bay no longer as any penalty, civil or criminal! This comes after a great deal of work and a coalition of groups in the area pushing marijuana…
In my opinion, this type of decriminalization effort should have been the first marijuana reform bill submitted after the Republicans gutted everything marijuana reform from the budget. This is not new for the elephants in the room and it may not all be politically driven as some of these people just hate marijuana. It is…
I am pretty sure this Republican Representative named Joel Kitchens could very easily understand the complex nature of federal marijuana laws intertwined with international laws and treaties to make the next move(s) on the chess board of marijuana reform and to stand up. Stand up for states rights, stand up for patients rights, stand up…
January we saw many editorials by members and the hint of a Republican medical marijuana bill and Lobby Day: https://www.northernwinorml.org/2019/01/ February we did some main stream media interviews, saw more Republicans hashing out marijuana reform (some good and some bad reports) https://www.northernwinorml.org/2019/02/ March: More main stream media coverage, support from law enforcement and some movement…
This legislation is known as No Smoking – No Home Grow – Pharma Pot Products Bill will have more information come out as it is in the co-sponsorship phase. Each Republican Senator and Assembly Representative that signs on will be another vote for marijuana reform of some sort in Wisconsin. No bill is perfect and…