Sep 15, 2008
How much is too much?
While state Department of Health officials continue to contemplate just what a 60-day supply for medical marijuana patients should be, attorneys in a case brought against a Bremerton man argued over that question as well.
Robert R. Dalton's pot crop on Sand Dollar Road was deemed too big under the law by detectives with the West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team last August. The 61-year-old's property was raided and he was charged with manufacturing marijuana. But his lawyers contend that ... Read More
Aug 26, 2008
DENVER — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama agreed Monday to limit a divisive roll call for president, giving delegates a brief but historic choice between a black man and white woman.
The deal would allow some states to cast votes for both Obama and Clinton before ending the roll call in acclamation for the Illinois senator. Clinton herself may cut off the vote and recommend unanimous nomination of Obama, according to Democratic officials involved in the negotiations. They discussed the deal on ... Read More
Aug 25, 2008
AS the real campaign at last begins in Denver this week, this much is certain: It’s time for Barack Obama to dispatch “Change We Can Believe In” to a dignified death.
This isn’t because — OMG! — Obama’s narrow three- to four-percentage-point lead of recent weeks dropped to a statistically indistinguishable one- to three-point margin during his week of vacation. It’s because zero hour is here. As the presidential race finally gains the country’s full attention, the strategy that vanquished Hillary Clinton must ... Read More