THOSE PUSHING ALBUQUERQUE'S BID TO SOFTEN MARIJUANA POSSESSION PENALTIES TURN THEIR PETITION SIGNATURES IN MONDAY TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THEY GATHERED MORE THAN 16-THOUSAND SIGNATURES IN THEIR EFFORT TO PUT THE PROPOSAL ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER.
THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS 10 DAYS TO VERIFY THE SIGNATURES. JUST OVER 11-THOUSAND VALID SIGNATURES ARE NEEDED. PATRICK DAVIS WITH PROGRESS NOW NEW MEXICO TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL IT'LL BE TIGHT.
A CITY ORDINANCE IMPOSES A FINE OF UP TO 50 DOLLARS AND 15 DAYS IN JAIL OF POSSESSING AN OUNCE OF MARIJUANA. THE PROPOSAL WOULD SCALE THE FINE BACK TO 25 DOLLARS WITH NO JAIL TIME.
