Yes, I'm Alive And So Is I-1068

I apologize for the lack of posting here the last two weeks, but we rolled out signature petitions for I-1068--aka The Marijuana Reform Act of 2010--last week and it's been hell on wheels the last few weeks. I am the campaign director of Sensible Washington and a co-author of I-1068. Last week I worked 93 hours, unpaid. Our campaign is all-volunteer and while no one in the professional political observer class gives us a chance of getting the 241,153 valid signatures we need by July 2 to get on the November ballot, we think the enthusiasm level among regular citizens for our initiative is substantial and that we have a fighting chance. We expect to turn in 320,000 signatures by July 2.

Our main campaign website is here and if you're on Facebook you can add our fan page and follow what's going on. If you're a registered voter in Washington State, we want your signature!

Among others, I-1068 is endorsed by Seattle Chief of Police (Ret.) Norm Stamper.

With luck, I may be back to semi-regular posting in the near future, but until my hours back off to, say, 70 hours a week I am simply unable to do much of anything non-campaign related including eating and sleeping.

But I will be back. Guaranteed.

I hope you are all well and appreciate the many emails I've gotten the last few days.