By Ray Stern
Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles states in a recent news release that marijuana usage has increased statewide because of “looser” marijuana laws that help drug cartels, but he can’t or won’t back up the claim.
He’s the latest public official to use his and his staff’s time to rail, on the public dime, against marijuana decriminalization.
The issue of elected officials utilizing their power and taxpayer-funded resources to influence an election caught the public’s attention this month after Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, in response to a question by Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk, issued an opinion on May 4 that such publicly funded political influence was acceptable, with some limitations.
