Medical marijuana promoting event at my house…
[So, this guy shows up on my doorstep, and says, “Hey, I remember you had a Nader event here… I’ve got this idea…” and, it sounds cool. So, this is the result. Should be a blast. I don’t have to do much work for it, just provide the space. -Thomas]
SANTA CRUZ
Inauguration party features films, fire dancers, speakers
Dozens of inauguration parties will light up the Golden State on Monday, when Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in on the west steps of the state Capitol.
But arguably the most unusual will be held in — where else? — Santa Cruz.
The event, called “Come Light Up with the Governor,'’ is aimed at uniting the political spectrum in a town that overwhelming voted against recalling Gov. Gray Davis, said organizer Arnie Schwartz of “Lefties for Arnie.'’
He said the event will feature the new governor smoking a marijuana cigarette in a showing of his 1977 flick “Pumping Iron,'’ followed by “Pumping Iron II: The Women.'’
The films will begin after dark after the opening ceremony by “Fairy Hemp Mother'’ street theater at 4:20 p.m. at the home of former Santa Cruz City Council candidate Thomas Leavitt, 1135 N. Branciforte Ave.
Scheduled speakers will include Dennis Peron, who started the first cannabis club in the country in San Francisco and was the author of Proposition 215, the medicinal marijuana initiative. Schwarzenegger has said he supports the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Other speakers: Santa Cruz City Councilman Mike Rotkin, a self-styled socialist-feminist, and Dawn Passar, co-founder of the Exotic Dancers Alliance, the world’s only recognized strippers union. Chris Hoops, a conservative Christian staff writer for the Redwood Review newspaper at UC-Santa Cruz, will speak on his support for medicinal marijuana from a “biblically informed Christian Libertarian point of view,'’ Schwartz said.
The festival will includes fire dancers, live music and a chance to throw darts at your least favorite recall candidates. The rain date is Nov. 23. It is open to people 18 and over. Tickets are $10 at the door. Costumes and carpooling are encouraged, Schwartz said.
– Ken McLaughlin
