Comments for Federal jury convicts Lepp on drug charges at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 14 out of 14 comments http://lakeconews.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:55:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7652 In our little county, with a small amount of detective work, one would find out that more people have died from playing school sports than from smoking pot. Our mob mentality society will kill, hang or torture anyone it does not understand or agree with.One can recognize this in the postings of the hate bloggers. - boondoggle Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:27:18 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7641 You cannot pike a finger in the eye of the feds and respectful law enforcement. This guy went way over the line, the law to have a few plants of your own is pretty darn fair. This new pot is very strong, and not to be taken likely by those with a penchant for addiction or driving under the influence. This guy I bet will see a long strectch in the decades in an overcrowded federal pen. Another sad story of an individual who will not live by societal norms, no matter how good his intentions. The Feds will not move on THC, as CA has. Guys like this will be poster children of how to get the Government after you - hard to do - as they have much more serious matters than morons growing tons of pot off a well traveled State Highway. Keeping a low profile and supporting something is way more effective than this growing corporation. Guys like this will make folks rethink the legalization of pot as he looks like the THC has gotten the better of his heart and soul. He looks and sounds like a homeless soul wandering the streets of so many cities thinking the government is out to get them. Remember Brownie Mary from Sonoma, or the folks that do needle exchange, and all helping people in the Mother Theresa kind and practical way. This guy reminds me more of Charles Manson than a benevolent do gooder trying to initiate social change. Guess if he is lucky he can bone up on the lives of saints and effective humans that have promoted change - you do not do it in my humble opinion like this Mr. Lepp. BYE BYE. :oops: - CobbMt Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:54:21 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7621 fees in the context of the current subject at hand. Nor do I care much about the particulars of the Lepp case to be honest. And using religion as an excuse for ANTHING from cultivation to taking away a womans right to choose is horsepucky. So is allowing tax exempt status for religions. Cannabis growers should be licensed and monitored, just like bars and breweries; pay taxes and fees just like everybody else. You should be busting Code Enforcement\'s chops with your grievances on these other matters - I recommend showing up in person to complain, they aren\'t real good at returning calls. And I truly do not get the last sentence of your last post - edification please. - Donna Christopher Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:24:36 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7620 It sounds like most everyone agrees. It is just finding the right legal pathway to get there. 1) Medical use or for fun- no reason to get busted unless you are breaking another law like driving under its influence, stealing, bashing someone\'s head in with a baseball bat...These laws are already on the books. 2) Find a way to tax the sale of it, and bust people for tax evasion like anyone else. Nurseries, florists, and vegetable markets pay taxes also. - jmadison Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:11:44 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7619 Arrogant Eddie gets his just reward. I\'d like to see it legalized (pot, not the hard stuff) and get rid of all these BS scammers who say its for \"medical use\". Tax the hell out of it like cigarettes and booze, no more incarcerated stoners. I\'ve tried to talk to Eddie but you can\'t get a word in edgewise. He can only hear his own voice through all the pot haziness. - firecarp Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:27:08 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7618 Sure you don\'t care about fees, but how about the schools, fire and some of the county services that you enjoy? You may have noticed that he is a religious entity, and anything else he could be to not pay payroll taxes. What has he paid other than property taxes. Are you that naive that the growers would pay like you want and become corportations or legitimate businesses? They like being outlaws and victims of a persacutive society. Take a drive out white canyon road and [u]lots of other places[/u] and see for yourselves. See how they are sharing with the community. Rules are for the betterment of the community, some I grant you seem harsh and unequally enforced. But Outlaws are outlaws and have been around since the beginning of time. They can remain with the support of people who enjoy the fruits of their unlawful activity. If you are right then some would be following the rules, how many do you know? :lol: - max Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:11:56 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7616 you actually know people that want to smoke pot that don\'t because it\'s illegal?? And everyone that does smoke is on welfare, right? Nice rhetoric - got any proof? Your argument seems kinda \"palinesque\". And Magnum, I get it\'s illegal which forms the basis for its\' artificial price supports. Do you get it that I am working towards a sane drug policy that can actually be inforced? If you\'re afraid someone in law enforcement will lose their job - don\'t be - there\'s plenty of cranksters still to be caught. Max, your talking apples and I\'m talking oranges but that is a good tactic in avoiding the issue at hand. No, there were no \"monies earned\" - THATS THE WHOLE DAMN POINT!! And I don\'t care if Eddy pulled a building permit or not - those are merely tools the local government uses to tax folks on their housing and dictate what their house should look like. Sales tax on his crop, plus say a licensing fee for the grow, payroll taxes on the salaries for field workers, harvesters and grow site security would greatly dwarf any property taxes paid. - Donna Christopher Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:04:50 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7615 Monies earned? check the records and see if old eddy built his castle with permits and paid the fees. crossing in one area usually means crossing in others. Of course only the honest people carry the burdern for the get out of jail free people. I will grant you that incompetent people in power tend to pick the easy targets to make a showing with. - max Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:42:05 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7613 Its funny..the exact same people who complain that our police or government don\'t do anything right are the same ones who complain when they do, especially when it comes to the Pot laws. The grows are Illigal...Why can\'t you get that? - Magnum Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:51:09 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7612 let\'s just legalize pot then we could then we would have twice as many stoners running around on the streets of Lake county living off the welfare system that us hard working taxpayers provide - gdog Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:33:42 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7611 you can\'t catch the real crooks in the pot biz, but you can spot a 25 acre grow right next to a major highway that was owned by a guy who had invited local law enforcement to visit and inspect it-how cunning! They went after Eddie to make an example of him, he\'s the new whipping boy for the other part of the pot biz parasites, the people who need it illegal to keep their jobs even if it just invites the crime syndicates into a new realm. - smurf Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:13:50 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7610 only when I think of the lost tax revenues as I get ready to head to the Senior Center for their breakfast fundraiser. The tax dollars for Eddy\'s Incredible Grow alone would have squared the Lucerne Center away completely. Wonder how much more we will fritter away on incarcaration costs. But heck, its not like we have a 7 TRILLION dollar deficit or the job numbers really sucked this quarter. So no worries eh elmerf?? We\'ll just keep doing the same stuff over and over and over and over and expect a different outcome. It\'s the American Way :confused: - Donna Christopher Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:41:09 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7607 Donna crying. - elmerf Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:14:34 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/5524/919/#comment-7603 It is nice to have such clear cut laws. That way we don\'t waste so much of our limited budgeted money on court costs. - jmadison Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:37:44 +0100