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Jearlpam0925

cutz said:

Nutter Agrees To Sign Bill Softening Marijuana Laws in Philadelphia



y Mike Dunn
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Mayor Nutter today agreed to sign into law a bill that essentially decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana. But he says he’ll sign it only after City Council tweaks certain details of the measure.
The original bill, authored by councilman Jim Kenney, would have police issuing citations akin to a parking ticket for possession of one ounce of pot or less.
The Nutter administration and police officials had reservations about that approach. Now, Kenney and the mayor have reached agreement on a compromise: the infraction would result in what’s called a “non-summary civil offense.”
“We’ve gotten to a place where it is out of the criminal realm,” Kenney said today. “There’s no more handcuffs, no more bookings, no more criminal record. Police will not have to leave their posts and go to the station house to deal with this. People will pay a fine based on the offense: $25 for the possession of anything under an ounce.”
Anyone cited would be required to make an appearance before a Municipal Court judge, but there would be no criminal record. Those caught smoking marijuana in public would face a $100 fine, which could be waived if they agree to several hours of public service.
Kenney says this approach will spare more than 4,000 people from being arrested each year, and will save the Philadelphia Police Department about $4 million a year.
“There will be no criminal record for an individual. And that’s a major step,” Kenney notes. “We have so many people that we are putting in the prison pipeline, and the poverty pipeline, because a criminal record is a debilitating thing.”
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(Mayor Nutter speaks with reporters outside his City Hall office. Photo by Mike Dunn)
(Mayor Nutter speaks with reporters outside his City Hall office. Photo by Mike Dunn)
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Mayor Nutter praised Kenney’s efforts and says the councilman’s original opened his eyes about the issue and prompted the administration to study how other cities were handling possession of small amounts of pot.
“So I think the agreement ends up putting the city and our citizens in a much better place,” Nutter said, adding that decriminalizing pot possession is not the same as condoning marijuana use.
“It’s not. This is about how we deal with penalties in that regard. And there will be penalties. There’s a consequence to people violating the law,” Nutter said.
The Kenney bill will be amended this coming Thursday, when City Council returns from its summer recess. It would then undergo another final vote one week later, then sent to the mayor for his signature.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/08/nutter-agrees-to-sign-bill-softening-marijuana-laws-in-philadelphia/

Finally. Now get to legalizing it.

Cliffy6745

It is insane how accurate he is, especially considering last night's address. Could you imagine ESPN allowing something like this to run today? They weren't always awful

http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1250751

Jearlpam0925

Cliffy6745 said:

It is insane how accurate he is, especially considering last night's address. Could you imagine ESPN allowing something like this to run today? They weren't always awful

http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1250751

Not at all. This was back when Simmons' articles were good, too.

Cliffy6745

Going back to our World Cup conversation. Not that this kid will make a bit of difference in the grand scheme of things for the US National team, but definitely a positive step and something you don't see often.

http://247sports.com/Article/Four-star-recruit-opts-for-soccer-31095515

Indifference71

Cliffy6745 said:

Going back to our World Cup conversation. Not that this kid will make a bit of difference in the grand scheme of things for the US National team, but definitely a positive step and something you don't see often.

http://247sports.com/Article/Four-star-recruit-opts-for-soccer-31095515

That's awesome. Hopefully more kids will follow in his footsteps. Now queue up the "no one gives a shit about soccer" comments.

Any of you Philly guys hitting up shows on the fall tour? I'm doing Moline and Milwaukee...can't wait.

pjhawks

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Going back to our World Cup conversation. Not that this kid will make a bit of difference in the grand scheme of things for the US National team, but definitely a positive step and something you don't see often.

http://247sports.com/Article/Four-star-recruit-opts-for-soccer-31095515

That's awesome. Hopefully more kids will follow in his footsteps. Now queue up the "no one gives a shit about soccer" comments.

Any of you Philly guys hitting up shows on the fall tour? I'm doing Moline and Milwaukee...can't wait.

that's the type of athletes the US will need in the future to compete.

hitting St. Paul. show. Sunday night, no eagles game. heading in Saturday. should be a good time.

Cliffy6745

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Going back to our World Cup conversation. Not that this kid will make a bit of difference in the grand scheme of things for the US National team, but definitely a positive step and something you don't see often.

http://247sports.com/Article/Four-star-recruit-opts-for-soccer-31095515

That's awesome. Hopefully more kids will follow in his footsteps. Now queue up the "no one gives a shit about soccer" comments.

Any of you Philly guys hitting up shows on the fall tour? I'm doing Moline and Milwaukee...can't wait.

Yeah, man, for sure. Need more of those 6'4'' 215 lb athletic soccer players, haha. Definitely good news though.

No go for me. Would have done Denver if it wasn't in the middle of the week. Think Fixer is going to a few.

Indifference71

pjhawks said:

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Going back to our World Cup conversation. Not that this kid will make a bit of difference in the grand scheme of things for the US National team, but definitely a positive step and something you don't see often.

http://247sports.com/Article/Four-star-recruit-opts-for-soccer-31095515

That's awesome. Hopefully more kids will follow in his footsteps. Now queue up the "no one gives a shit about soccer" comments.

Any of you Philly guys hitting up shows on the fall tour? I'm doing Moline and Milwaukee...can't wait.

that's the type of athletes the US will need in the future to compete.

hitting St. Paul. show. Sunday night, no eagles game. heading in Saturday. should be a good time.

Nice, I've heard that arena in St. Paul is awesome. I thought about hitting St. Paul too but that's a hike from Moline and would be brutal trying to get to Milwaukee the next night.

Indifference71

Cliffy6745 said:

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Going back to our World Cup conversation. Not that this kid will make a bit of difference in the grand scheme of things for the US National team, but definitely a positive step and something you don't see often.

http://247sports.com/Article/Four-star-recruit-opts-for-soccer-31095515

That's awesome. Hopefully more kids will follow in his footsteps. Now queue up the "no one gives a shit about soccer" comments.

Any of you Philly guys hitting up shows on the fall tour? I'm doing Moline and Milwaukee...can't wait.

Yeah, man, for sure. Need more of those 6'4'' 215 lb athletic soccer players, haha. Definitely good news though.

No go for me. Would have done Denver if it wasn't in the middle of the week. Think Fixer is going to a few.

Yep, imagine having a pool of players to pick from that had the athleticism of Altidore...maybe on day.

Yeah I've already been talking to Fixer about meeting up in Moline. Would love to do more shows, but have 2 other trips this fall already...wouldn't go over very well with the wife.

Cliffy6745

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Indifference71 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Going back to our World Cup conversation. Not that this kid will make a bit of difference in the grand scheme of things for the US National team, but definitely a positive step and something you don't see often.

http://247sports.com/Article/Four-star-recruit-opts-for-soccer-31095515

That's awesome. Hopefully more kids will follow in his footsteps. Now queue up the "no one gives a shit about soccer" comments.

Any of you Philly guys hitting up shows on the fall tour? I'm doing Moline and Milwaukee...can't wait.

Yeah, man, for sure. Need more of those 6'4'' 215 lb athletic soccer players, haha. Definitely good news though.

No go for me. Would have done Denver if it wasn't in the middle of the week. Think Fixer is going to a few.

Yep, imagine having a pool of players to pick from that had the athleticism of Altidore...maybe on day.

Yeah I've already been talking to Fixer about meeting up in Moline. Would love to do more shows, but have 2 other trips this fall already...wouldn't go over very well with the wife.

Yeah, dude, no doubt. Someday.

Nice. Yeah, I wish I could. Nothing was that intriguing to me, to come from the East Cost, so didn't try to push it with the wife.

The Juggler

not only has tom mccarthy put a damper on my nfl sunday by calling the phins/bills game, which red zone keeps cutting to......i switched to the phils game in hopes of listening to a little tv play by play by scott franzke but they have murph calling the game. FUCKING MURPH?!?!?!?!? at least let jim jackson do it since he has, you know, play by play calling experience.

as bad as this phillies decline has been, this announcing crew has added to the misery immensely.

murph?!?!?! really?

Ledbetterman10

I didn't mind McCarthy during the Dolphins game today. I actually don't think he's really THAT bad with the Phillies. Sure he's a generic conglomeration of every local-market baseball broadcaster ever, but he could be a lot worse. Some of the guys I hear on MLB network when they do look-ins are way more annoying than he is. But I agree with you on Murph. He's fine for a sidelines guy, but get real. He can't be doing play-by-play.

How about Papelbon going with the crotch-grab? Give the middle-finger like a man you douche. And nice attempt at bullying the umpire.
http://deadspin.com/jonathan-papelbon-ejected-for-grabbing-crotch-at-booing-1634651203

eeriepadave

Ledbetterman10 said:

I didn't mind McCarthy during the Dolphins game today. I actually don't think he's really THAT bad with the Phillies. Sure he's a generic conglomeration of every local-market baseball broadcaster ever, but he could be a lot worse. Some of the guys I hear on MLB network when they do look-ins are way more annoying than he is. But I agree with you on Murph. He's fine for a sidelines guy, but get real. He can't be doing play-by-play.

How about Papelbon going with the crotch-grab? Give the middle-finger like a man you douche. And nice attempt at bullying the umpire.
http://deadspin.com/jonathan-papelbon-ejected-for-grabbing-crotch-at-booing-1634651203

:-< just the way our season's been going.

i turned it on briefly and was following online and they were up going into the ninth. figured we got the sweep. Wrong!

The Juggler

papelbon is the biggest douchebag to ever play for this team

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

papelbon is the biggest douchebag to ever play for this team

Yeeeeeeeeeeahhh that is not going to end well

Left the game in the 6th. Really wished I saw that

pjhawks

The Juggler said:

papelbon is the biggest douchebag to ever play for this team

yes he is.

weird to go to west coast this late in the season.

Wobbie

he said he was merely adjusting his papelschlong.

The Juggler

imalive said:

he said he was merely adjusting his papelschlong.

did one of the guys on 'around the horn' come up with that? zing!

eeriepadave

The Juggler said:

imalive said:

he said he was merely adjusting his papelschlong.

did one of the guys on 'around the horn' come up with that? zing!

) i'm sure him and many other will be no longer with the team next year.

Who do you think stays and goes?

Stays-
Ben Revere
Marlon Byrd
Chase Utley
Cole Hamels
Chooch

Goes-
Ryan Howard
Jimmy Rollins
Papelbon
another starting Pitcher (Kendrick?)

Wobbie

The Juggler said:

imalive said:

he said he was merely adjusting his papelschlong.

did one of the guys on 'around the horn' come up with that? zing!

no, wise guy.....that explanation was straight from papeldouche's mouth. [-X

wow....7 games.....does he lose salary?