THE EMERALD TRIANGLE NEWS…… MARIJUANA NEWS FROM HUMBOLDT AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES

“Today, I lend my name and full support to the passage of Measure B. It is the right thing to do for Mendocino County. I urge the voters to vote and vote for Measure B,” These were the words of Sheriff Tom Allman in an article in the Ukiah Daily Journal.

In a move anticipated by some opponents of Mendocino Measure B, The Anti-Medical Marijuana Measure. Head Sheriff of Mendocino, Tom Allman, has changed his neutral stance on Measure B and decided to stand behind the hysteria and misinformation of the Yes on B Coalition.

According to the Ukiah Daily Journal, “Without my knowledge or permission, the opponents of Measure B sent out a campaign mailer that includes my uniformed picture and a quote from me,” Allman explained. “First, they have taken the quote attributed to me out of context. Second, by doing so they are implying that I am opposed to Measure B. Because of this misrepresentation, I can no longer remain neutral.” “I have strived to remain neutral on the ballot initiative for the purpose of allowing the voters to decide,” Allman said, according to the Ukiah Daily Journals “BREAKING NEWS HEADLINE”.

Sheriff Allman maintained “The investigation of violent crimes, the eradication of large commercial marijuana gardens and combating methamphetamine will remain top priorities for the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.”

We at the Mendo Mount, applaud Sheriff Allman for finally taking an official and clear stance on Measure B, but we couldn’t disagree more with his stance. There has been a lot of talk as to whether Sheriff Allman was for or against Measure B in the local Mendocino Press, with this clarification the voters of Mendocino can now clearly see where the Head of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department unsurprisingly stands on Measure B.

According to the Friends of Tom Allman website, Sheriff Allman who is also a Freemason, and the former “Grandmaster” of the Willits Masonic Lodge, better known locally as one of the “Good ‘Ole Boys Clubs”. In Mendoicino it strikes many as no surprise that the Sheriff would wait until two weeks before the June Election to support and endorse Mendocino Measure B- The Anti-Medical Marijuana Measure. It suits and plays the tune of the strategy of the YES ON B COALITION’S plan to re criminalize Medical Marijuana and arrest the patients and growers who threaten MENDOCINO’S TRADITIONAL POWER STRUCTURE.

Tom Allman pioneered the worlds first voluntary “MARIJUANA ZIP TIE PROGRAM” last year that would have brought millions of dollars in revenue to the County of Mendocino had the program been implemented by the Board of Supervisors. The Program was designed to make identification of “Legitimate Medical Marijuana Plants” easier for officers by assigning a serialized “ZIP TIE” with a non-personal identifiable number that would have made it extremely easier for law enforcement to identify “legal” marijuana from its “Illegal” counterpart. The program Allman designed was extremely well recieved by the Medical Marijuana Community in Mendocino County. It was a very good plan! The plan would have charged a nominal fee per “ZIp Tie” and would have solved any abuses of Mendocino’s Medical Marijuana Program. Unlike Measure B, which polarizes the community, the Zip Tie program would have brought some much needed revenue to the County from Mendocino’s #1 money making agriculture crop. The “Zip Tie” program is still available voluntarily in Mendocino through the sheriffs office.

Although we applaud Sheriff Allman for taking any stance on such a volatile issue such as Measure B, It would have been beneficial for all parties earlier. We must admit, that the timing of the endorsement of Measure B seems a political Backlash, to the No on Measure B Coalition, for citing earlier newspaper quotations and printing his picture in their campaign fliers mailed this week. The Endorsement couldn’t come at a better time for the Campaign of Misinformation led by the Yes on B Coalition.

We must remember that the NO on Measure B Coalition was only quoting an article from The Press Democrat which misrepresented and took the Sheriff’s words “out of context”. We featured a SIMILAR STORY HERE ON THE MENDOCINO MOUNT, but as we concluded in that story, “SHERIFF ALLMAN WENT ON TO SAY IN THE ARTICLE, “Although I will not take a position on Measure B, I will say Mendocino County will be a better spot when marijuana is not on the front page every day,” ALTHOUGH WE SUPPORT SHERIFF ALLMAN, WE DON’T THINK THERE WIOLL EVER BE A TIME WHERE MARIJUANA ISN’T ON THE FRONT PAGE IN MENDOCINO COUNTY. PEOPLE LOVE MARIJUANA WAY TOO MUCH HERE!” …………hummm were still figuring out where this whole YES ON B , NO ON B MESS IS LEADING, WE AT THE MENDO MOUNT DO NOT SUPPORT OUR SHERIFFS DECISION TO ENDORSE MEASURE B,

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ALLMANS”ZIP TIE PROGRAM”- IT WAS HIS BEST IDEA YET!