TOMORROW - Protest against state's increase in cannabis card fee - Noon, SF General Hospital, main entrance

Dear Starchild and Everyone Else;

Here are the web site urls courtesy of tinyurl.com - for everyone - please - everyone - in the future when using long urls go to www.tinyurl.com and get the url squeezed down as - yahoo groups - thank you very much - has a bad habit of breaking the url's into bits and pieces - yes you can cut and paste - but why not just use tinyurl.com as a courtesy?

Thank You

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Ron Getty
SF Libertarian

Ron,

  I can see your point, but it's also nice in many cases to be able to just look at a URL and see what site it goes to, which a tinyURL address doesn't tell you unless you click on it. Just yesterday, for example, Derek posted an email about a new FBI spy program. Without seeing the URL I might not have realized I'd already seen this fun spoof, but as it was I saved myself the trouble of checking it out again. Also if I just glance through an email and see a web address and don't immediately go check it out, I may still remember the site and visit it directly later when it's more convenient, after I no longer have the email in front of me.

Love & liberty,
        <<< starchild >>>

Dear Starchild;

Then as a courtesy do the full url and the tiny url as doing the tiny
url takes a another couple seconds and then we don't end up with
broken mangled rendered url's courtesy of yahoo. Tah Dah

And as mentioned it is a courtesy kinda thang... :-0

Ron Getty
SF Libertarian

Ron,

  I can see your point, but it's also nice in many cases to be

able to

just look at a URL and see what site it goes to, which a tinyURL
address doesn't tell you unless you click on it. Just yesterday,

for

example, Derek posted an email about a new FBI spy program.

Without

seeing the URL I might not have realized I'd already seen this fun
spoof, but as it was I saved myself the trouble of checking it out
again. Also if I just glance through an email and see a web address

and

don't immediately go check it out, I may still remember the site

and

visit it directly later when it's more convenient, after I no

longer

have the email in front of me.

Love & liberty,
        <<< starchild >>>

> Dear Starchild and Everyone Else;
>
> Here are the web site urls courtesy of tinyurl.com - for

everyone -

> please - everyone - in the future when using long urls go to
> www.tinyurl.com and get the url squeezed down as - yahoo groups -
  
> thank you very much - has a bad habit of breaking the url's into

bits

> and pieces - yes you can cut and paste - but why not just use
> tinyurl.com as a courtesy?
>
> Thank You
>
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> Ron Getty
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> SF Libertarian
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> From: Starchild <sfdreamer@...>
> To: lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:50:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [lpsf-discuss] TOMORROW - Protest against state's
> increase in cannabis card fee - Noon, SF General Hospital, main
> entrance
>
> Thanks, Mike! There is a brief write-up of the event online,

along

> with some photos, courtesy of Clark Sullivan and Kevin Reed,
> including
> some of me. My LP affiliation is also mentioned.
>
> Why Casinos Offer No Deposit Bonuses - hempevolution.org
> wheres_the_love_070214.htm
> Photo Storage
> ProtestFeeIncrease/
>
> These were actually up yesterday afternoon -- Clark and

Kevin's

> turnaround time is quite impressive!
>
> Love & liberty,
> <<< starchild >>>
>
>
>
> > Thanks, as always, for being there, Outreach Director.
> >
> >
> > From: lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Starchild
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:05 PM
> > To: LPSF Discussion List
> > Subject: [lpsf-discuss] TOMORROW - Protest against state's

increase

> in
> > cannabis card fee - Noon, SF General Hospital, main entrance
> >
> >
> > Just received word of this, and got Shona to add me to the

speaker

> > lineup. Each speaker will only have a minute or so, but I'll

be

> there
> > to represent the LPSF. Come if you can.
> >
> > Love & liberty,
> > <<< starchild >>>
> >
> >
> >
> > AXIS OF LOVE SF
> >
> > Date: Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2007
> >
> > Time: Noon
> >
> > COMPASSION ACTION
> >
> > In Front of SF General Hospital
> >
> > Contact: Mira Ingram-axisoflovesf@...
> >
> > Shona Gochenaur- 415-240-5247
> >
> > Where is the Love?
> >
> > Medical Cannabis Patient Advocates and Policy Organizations

protest

> > 400% State Card Hike! Please come and hear many solutions

offered

> to
> > remedy this tragic denial of civil liberties through the misuse

of

> > bureaucracy. Advocates and policy makers demand privacy,
> > affordability, and choice.
> >
> > The state of California is imposing an egregious fee increase

for

> > medical cannabis ID cards that provide protection to patients

in

> > police encounters and allow patients to gain entrance to
> dispensaries
> > in San Francisco. Patient advocates and policy makers all agree

on

> one
> > thing the price is way too high--- The new fee will go from $46

to

> > $172, and from $23 to $86 for Medi-Cal
> > patients. http://www.sfweekly.com/2007-02-07/news/that-is-high/
> >
> > The cards must be renewed yearly, putting undue financial

strain on

> > low income disabled people who utilize medical cannabis, and
> > preventing some from even obtaining cards in the first place,

thus

> > denying them access to dispensaries, and leaving them without

the

> > protection the medical cannabis cards offer. "They're creating

two

> > different classes of people, those who can afford to buy the
> > protection and those who cannot," says Shona Gochenaur,

executive

> > director of the activist group Axis of Love. The increase

prices

> out
> > people with serious medical conditions who are scraping by on
> > disability or another form of public assistance, she says."
> >
> > In a bold , historic and necessary step Supervisor Ross

Mirkarimi

> has
> > introduced a resolution to reinstate the former city cards,

(priced

> at
> > $25-50 dollars) bringing back a more affordable and more

anonymous

> > system for patients. However, Supervisor Ed Jew stalled the

vote

> by
> > having the resolution sent to committee for further

consideration,

> > where it will be considered in March -- after the fee hike for

the

> > state cards will already take effect.
> >
> > We invite the press the listen to respected leaders from the
> community
> > on the issue
> >
> > Speakers
> >
> > Dale Gieringerfrom California NORML
> >
> > Bruce Mirken, Marijuana Policy Project
> >
> > Commissioner John Caldera, Veterans Action

Network

> >
> > Michael Goldstein, from Harvey Milk LGBT
> Democratic
> > Club Cannabis (For identification purposes only)
> >
> > Kris Hermes, Media Spokesperson from

Americans

> for
> > Safe Access National
> >
> > Micheal Welch, AIDS Activist and

Compassionate

> > Collective owner from SF
> >
> > Mira Ingram, Axis of Love SF Campaign

Coordinator

> > and Disability Activist
> >
> > Julian Davis, San Francisco People's

Organization

> >
> > Brent Saupe, Americans for safe Access San
> Francisco
> > <image.tiff>
> >
> > Naomi Finkelstein Axis of Love Sf ADA Caucus
> > Chair , BA, New College of CA, Disability Studies and

Economics

> > Concentration
> >
> > A Speaker from the SF Greens
> >
> >
> Thanks, Mike! There is a brief write-up of the event online, along
> with some photos, courtesy of Clark Sullivan and Kevin Reed,

including

> some of me. My LP affiliation is also mentioned.
>
>
> Why Casinos Offer No Deposit Bonuses - hempevolution.org
> wheres_the_love_070214.htm
>
> Photo Storage
> ProtestFeeIncrease/
>
>
> These were actually up yesterday afternoon -- Clark and

Kevin's

> turnaround time is quite impressive!
>
>
> Love & liberty,
>
> <<<<<< starchild >>>
>
>
>
>
>
> <excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</
> ><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param><smaller>Thanks,
> as always, for being there, Outreach
> Director.</smaller></color></fontfamily>
>
>
>
> <bold><smaller>From:</smaller></bold><smaller>
> lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com]
> <bold>On Behalf Of </bold>Starchild
>
> <bold>Sent:</bold> Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:05 PM
>
> <bold>To:</bold> LPSF Discussion List
>
> <bold>Subject:</bold> [lpsf-discuss] TOMORROW - Protest against
> state's increase in cannabis card fee - Noon, SF General Hospital,
> main entrance
>
>
> </smaller>
>
> Just received word of this, and got Shona to add me to the speaker
> lineup. Each speaker will only have a minute or so, but I'll be

there

> to represent the LPSF. Come if you can.
>
>
> Love & liberty,
>
> <<<<<< starchild >>>
>
>
>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>AXIS OF LOVE

SF</fontfamily>

>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>Date: Valentine's Day,

February

> 14th, 2007</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>Time: Noon</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>COMPASSION

ACTION</fontfamily>

>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>In Front of SF General

Hospital

> </fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>Contact: Mira
> Ingram-<underline><color><param>0000,0F0F,F0F0</
> >axisoflovesf@...</color></underline></fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Times New
> Roman</param> </fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Arial
> Narrow</param>
> Shona Gochenaur- 415-240-5247</fontfamily>
>
>
> <bold><fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>Where is the
> Love?</fontfamily></bold>
>
>
> <bold><fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>Medical Cannabis

Patient

> Advocates and Policy Organizations protest 400% State Card Hike!
> Please come and hear many solutions offered to remedy this tragic
> denial of civil liberties through the misuse of bureaucracy.
> Advocates and policy makers demand privacy, affordability, and
> choice.</fontfamily></bold>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>The state of California is
> imposing an egregious fee increase for medical cannabis ID cards

that

> provide protection to patients in police encounters and allow

patients

> to gain entrance to dispensaries in San Francisco. Patient

advocates

> and policy makers all agree on one thing the price is way too

high---

> The new fee will go from $46 to $172, and from $23 to $86 for

Medi-Cal

>

patients. <bold><underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>http://

> www.sfweekly.com/2007-02-07/news/that-is-

high/</color></underline></

> ></fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>The cards must be renewed
> yearly, putting undue financial strain on low income disabled

people

> who utilize medical cannabis, and preventing some from even

obtaining

> cards in the first place, thus denying them access to

dispensaries,

> and leaving them without the protection the medical cannabis cards
> offer. "They're creating two different classes of people, those

who

> can afford to buy the protection and those who cannot," says Shona
> Gochenaur, executive director of the activist group Axis of Love.

The

> increase prices out people with serious medical conditions who are
> scraping by on disability or another form of public assistance,

she

> says."</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>In a bold , historic and
> necessary step Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi has introduced a

resolution

> to reinstate the former city cards,(priced at $25-50 dollars)

bringing

> back a more affordable and more anonymous system for patients.
> However, Supervisor Ed Jew stalled the vote by having the

resolution

> sent to committee for further consideration, where it will be
> considered in March -- after the fee hike for the state cards will
> already take effect.</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial
> Narrow</param><color><param>1111,1111,1111</param>We
> invite the press the listen to respected leaders from the

community on

> the issue</color></fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param> Speakers </fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>
> Dale </fontfamily><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>Gieringer</
> ><fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>from
> California NORML</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Times New
> Roman</param> </fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Arial
> Narrow</param>
> Bruce Mirken, Marijuana Policy Project</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param>

Commissioner

> John Caldera, Veterans Action Network</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param> Michael
> Goldstein, from Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club Cannabis (For
> identification purposes only)</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param> Kris

Hermes,

> Media Spokesperson from Americans for Safe Access

National</fontfamily>

>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param> Micheal
> Welch, AIDS Activist and Compassionate Collective owner from
> SF</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param> Mira

Ingram,

> Axis of Love SF Campaign Coordinator and Disability
> Activist</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param> Julian

Davis,

> San Francisco People's Organization</fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param> Brent

Saupe,

> Americans for safe Access San Francisco <<image.tiff></fontfamily>
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Arial Narrow</param> Naomi
> Finkelstein Axis of Love Sf ADA Caucus Chair , BA, New College

of