The Lawsuit that most of the conversation is about surrounds this guy. Are you familiar with him, RUSSIANREDNECK?
(apologies to My2B...I cut/pasted it from one of your November iHub posts).
Jerome Dewald And The Misleading Campaign For Marijuana Legalization In New York
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Mydx civil Lawsuit against Jerome Dewald whos latest endeavors as the leader of this campaign are not so well taken In New York. According to articles in high times, Einpresswire etc:
===AuthorJerome Dewald Restrict & Regulate in NY State 2019===
Advocates for right to possess, cultivate & use cannabis in NY say they will reconstitute Marijuana Reform Party if Prop 1, call for ConCon, fails this Nov 7.
New York State voters were soundly rejecting a ballot proposal Tuesday night to hold a constitutional convention following a multi-million dollar campaign by public employee unions against it.
Jerome DeWald of Restrict and Regulate in New York views a Constitutional Convention as an opportunity to change the way New York regulates and enforces cannabis laws. (Audio Interview 12 min) http://www.wnyc.org/story/747ab92f807ecd6e8c838517/
An Interview with Jerome W. Dewald - How I Raised a Million Dollars in 90 Days!
A. Factual background During the 2000 presidential election, Dewald established and operated two political action committees (PACs), one called “Friends for a Democratic White House” and the other called “Swing States for a GOP White House.” Dewald, under the pretense of soliciting campaign funds for each PAC, mailed fundraising letters to political donors whose names and addresses appeared on donor lists maintained by the Federal Election Commission. The PACs collected approximately $750,000 in contributions, but Dewald paid less than 20 percent of that amount to the political parties or to any outside PACs. He instead funneled most of the campaign donations into his own for-profit corporation that provided “consulting and administrative services” to each of the two PACs. The money ultimately flowed into a bank account maintained by Dewald’s consulting firm, or was seized by the State in conjunction with the underlying criminal investigation.