In November, the citizens of Lamar voted in favor of allowing legal recreational marijuana sales within city limits.
In January of this year, a group came forward wanting to appeal the passing of these initiatives. One individual of this group, Wanda J. Rohlman, appealed these initiatives in the court of law.
Ballot initiatives 2A and 2B on the November 2021 Lamar ballot stated that recreational marijuana would come into the city if passed and proposed a sales tax on any marijuana sale.
On Jan. 11, Rohlman and her attorney, Darla Specht met with the defense attorney, Nicholas Poppe. Rohlman claimed that the wording of the ballots was unfair, and the process of how the initiatives were put on the ballot was insufficient.
These ballot initiatives were able to be placed on the ballot because of ordinances 1248 and 1249, which were passed by the City Council in February 2021.
“City Clerk Linda Williams also helped SoCo Rocks during the petition process,” the court ruling said. “Ms. Williams told SoCo Rocks that they needed 221 signatures, representing 5% of the total ballots cast in the last election.”
However, according to Article VI, Section 6-2 of the City of Lamar Charter, a petition must contain signatures accounting for at least 15% of voters in the previous election, which was part of the reason Rohlman took the passing of the initiatives to court. Once these signatures were gathered, they were then certified by Williams.
“The certification suggested that a…
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In November, the citizens of Lamar voted in favor of allowing legal recreational marijuana sales within city limits.
In January of this year, a group came forward wanting to appeal the passing of these initiatives. One individual of this group, Wanda J. Rohlman, appealed these initiatives in the court of law.
Ballot initiatives 2A and 2B on the November 2021 Lamar ballot stated that recreational marijuana would come into the city if passed and proposed a sales tax on any marijuana sale.
On Jan. 11, Rohlman and her attorney, Darla Specht met with the defense attorney, Nicholas Poppe. Rohlman claimed that the wording of the ballots was unfair, and the process of how the initiatives were put on the ballot was insufficient.
These ballot initiatives were able to be placed on the ballot because of ordinances 1248 and 1249, which were passed by the City Council in February 2021.
“City Clerk Linda Williams also helped SoCo Rocks during the petition process,” the court ruling said. “Ms. Williams told SoCo Rocks that they needed 221 signatures, representing 5% of the total ballots cast in the last election.”
However, according to Article VI, Section 6-2 of the City of Lamar Charter, a petition must contain signatures accounting for at least 15% of voters in the previous election, which was part of the reason Rohlman took the passing of the initiatives to court. Once these signatures were gathered, they were then certified by Williams.
“The certification suggested that a…