Jackson Jambalaya

How ironic that one of the committee members has the last name of Blount.

I love this guy... did y'all know his sister is Linda Singletary Davis who is a respected CPA and a former Alderman for the City of Ridgeland? He does have some political connections and plenty of money. Don't discount him.

What the hell is the purpose of a 'hearing'? If they come away from this charade having agreed to pay for a study, they should all be hung. Not sure if Revel Ace has that much rope.

Is that guy a doctor? I see people saying, "Hey, Doc."

Timothy Leary, Cheech and Chong were all Mensa level. Hob couldn't hold their roach clips. Just be thankful Miss Ford ain't on the committee to witness to all the sinners who advocate for the Devil's Weed.

Not much to talk about. The people voted on this overwhelmingly. Either our legislators respect the people’s wishes or they don’t. We’ve already found out they have no intention of passing the law the people want. It’s a shame they have abandoned democracy so casually.

89% of Mississippians voted for this!

I don’t feel tardy

I’m thinking pretty much everyone who believes the initiative process was unduly taken from the voters don’t really need a pep talk. 57.9 of voters also voted for medical cannabis. Had the medical cannabis initiative alone been the issue it may or may not have been workable. The absolutely insane recreational initiative and a host of other crazy initiatives probably scared the crap out of some of the judges on the Supreme Court. So they trashed the entire process.

Medical Marijuana is a new business for the people, farmers and others, if Big Pharma doesn't take it over, as they let happen in Alabama

Singletary might be a little "out there" but he is not wrong. Mary Hawkins and a select few, took the vote of the citizens away. It is the most un-democratic thing I have witnessed in my home state.

This guy has a face only a mother could love.

9:49 is 100% correct. I am not a stoner by any means, nor have I smoked. However, legislators are elected to act upon the will of the people. The circus that is unfolding proves our legislators act upon their own morals and beliefs, not the people's. VOTE THEM OUT. That is the only legal solution.

Pretty easy to see how these anti-fascist movements gain momentum when you have power hungry politicians selling out their constituents for a steak dinner. Vote out everybody one of them and pray they abide by the election results. The current batch of Republicans are a slap to the face of our founding fathers and every patriot who has died over the years protecting the freedoms that our politicians have turned their back from.

A “hearing” is simply a forum to pontificate. There is no fact seeking whatsoever. Maybe some sound bite seeking.

I did not inhale.

@11:26 perhaps you should research just a bit more. Half the democrats don’t want a special session called and have no desire to revive the initiative process. Seems they are just like republicans. Maybe you didn’t know that. But you should have.

What we need is a "Blue Ribbon Commission."

@12:44 - source for that claim?

Ummm I haven’t heard any republican or democrat come out and say, Hey Let’s Let The Voters Vote On An Initiative For Term Limits! Both sides are quiet as a mouse on the subject.

633, you haven't heard that because ------ wait for it ------- nobody has brought up an initiative for term limits.

Nor has anybody brought up an initiative to reduce the size of the legislature.

Granted, both have been introduced into the legislature damn near every year for the past twenty years (same argument as the potsmokers, I65 supporters made about their so-called medical stuff).

But the term limit or size limit people didn't have a Joel Bomgar and Empowerment Board members looking to make a lot of money off of such an initiative. Hell, it might even cost Joel, or some of Franc's bought and paid for mingions their position of power (you know, that power that everybody is ranting about those damn legislators.)

Initiative power doesn't exist in a majority of the states - it is not a 'right' or an 'entitlement' in our democratic government. In fact, it is an abomination of it. While Mississippi has had that within its constitution for 30 of its 224 years, it is not so sacred as you try to make it out to be.

And, the legislature doesn't only listen to the 57% that voted for 65, they also are to listen to the minority of those that supported 65A and the others that were against both. Just as in the federal government (you know, trying to follow today's US Senate where they want to throw out the 50 minority Republican Senator's opinoins because they have 50 Senators plus the VP) the minority opinions are to be considered by the legislature as well.

This crap about 74%, or as someone above claimed 80%, voting for it fails to consider all the folkls who didn't vote at all. And the 74% is a flat out lie - the number that voted for 65 was 57% - which while a majority doesn't eliminate the legislature's consideration of all the citizens of the state. Other opinions should be and will be considered as a reasonable, negotiated among the different opinions, plan is developed.

Granted, you and plenty of others will bitch. And bitch. And claim your majority opinion should be accepted as absolute. You want that government - move to a Communist government and hope by God that you are in the majority. Otherwise, you might not be at all, because in those places, minority opinions have no say so at all.

If you want the people's voices to be heard, understand that there are many, many people's voioces - not just yours and those that happen to agree with you on this one subject.

If all legislators were like the one who says God told her in a dream to vote this way or that 'for her grandchildren', think of the deep shitter we'd be in. I'd rather they all run funeral homes and tell corny assed jokes like you-know-who.

They need to pass a law that says "You know that prop 66 thing the Supreme Court threw out on a technicality to appease Mayor Mary? Make it the law."