NORML To Mayor Bloomberg: Stop Arresting So Many Minorities For Marijuana!

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NORML To Mayor Bloomberg: Stop Arresting So Many Minorities For Marijuana!
August 4th, 2011 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director


Mayor Michael Bloomberg, by most all accounts, is one of the most fascinating political characters of the last decade. A self-made billionaire who, with a clear love for his fellow human beings and with great civic pride, chose to effectively become New York City’s mayor for the last nine years—spending more personal wealth than most any other political candidate in US history, for a mayor’s office no less—as the ultimate expression of his ability and want to positively effect as many people as possible, in a city (and region) that he clearly loves, during his tenure in a position where he can get things done.

Along the way to becoming one of America’s wealthiest individuals, Mr. Bloomberg has donated a remarkable amount of money to many worthy causes, notably in the field to improve public health in America and the world, most especially at his alma mater, one of the best universities in the world, Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

With good health and continued good fortune, who knows what further impact Mr. Bloomberg will choose to make in national politics in his lifetime? He possess all the requisite skills and resources to become president if that’s what he chooses.

Today we find out that Mayor Bloomberg is once again demonstrating why he is one of the most interesting and charitable politicians in the modern era in reading today’s New York Times about his most recent donation of $30 million to help black and Latino youth get better integrated into the region’s economy, develop valuable skill sets and to find productive employment. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://blog.norml.org/2011/08/04/norml-to-mayor-bloomberg-stop-arresting-so-many-minorities-for-marijuana/

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1. Bloomberg is a fascinating fellow.

But he will never be president (that was a clever way for NORML to ingratiate themselves with the guy, though). No party will have him (he's jumped over the broom too many times) and he's too damn short. Ask Mike Dukakis about that burden to bear!