Friday, April 4, 2014

Marijuana activist runs for Philadelphia city council

Libertarian Party picks pot activist - Philly.com - Chris Brennan, Philadelphia Daily News:

April 3, 2014 - "Philadelphia's Libertarian Party this week selected a marijuana-legalization activist on federal probation as its candidate in the May 20 special election for an at-large City Council seat.

"The party filed a nomination certificate for Richard Tamaccio yesterday, according to the Philadelphia Board of Elections....

"Tamaccio, 34, who this week registered to vote as a Libertarian, said in an email that he 'will be attacking the Local 98 machine and running a grass-roots peoples campaign'....

"Tamaccio helped organize Smoke Down Prohibition rallies at the Independence National Historic Park. He was arrested on May 18 at the event and later admitted [to] smoking marijuana and then resisting arrest by a U.S. park ranger."

Read more: http://articles.philly.com/2014-04-03/news/48839003_1_federal-probation-probation-officer-libertarian-party
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