Reply #9: Donate to help signature gathering [View All]

Sensible Washington, www.sensiblewashington.org, the organization behind I-1068 to legalize marijuana needs your help today. We have a tremendous volunteer army of 1700 + people collecting signatures as I write. They have already gathered over 100,000 and counting. We need 200,000 more, which is quite feasible considering the number of music and cultural festivals in the coming next weeks. California is already on the ballot and Oregon is almost certainly going to make their deadline. Washington is the last wild card on the West Coast. Can you imagine the whole coast being on the ballot for legalization this fall? It will be an international media sensation and a huge step towards ending the destructive and costly war on drugs.

I am writing to this list to urge you to donate generously to Washington’s all volunteer effort to ensure that we can maximize our efforts over the coming 6 weeks, https://sensiblewashington.org/donate/. There are literally no paid staff working on this campaign, so all of your money goes towards expenses to support the volunteer army. We’re within reach of making this a reality. Please give what you can whether it’s $20 or $2500.

Also, if we can find a donor to write a large check, we could hire professionals to get signatures and ensure that we are on the ballot this fall. Please help us reach out to your list of contacts to find anyone who has the money and the passion to make this happen. Oregon and California all had wealthy individuals pay for their signature gathering efforts and one person in Washington could ensure that we electrify the whole west coast this fall. Also, consider that this is the only issue in the mid-term elections that will really drive younger and liberal-minded voters to the polls, which could affect control of the Legislature and Congress. Again, please visit the website, www.sensiblewashington.org to make contribution and please forward this message to friends, family and colleagues.

What makes me passionate about this campaign is the fact that it touches on so many issues. From the environmental aspect of using hemp products to replace destructive sources of food, fiber (you can build houses and cars out of hemp!) and fuel to the medicine provided, social justice issues and personal freedoms, saving money in government budgets and finding new sources of revenue . . . .

We all know that marijuana is a safer alternative to drugs and alcohol and hemp is one of the most useful and environmentally friendly plants in human history. Now, more than ever, we need this solution to be made widely available to us for the environment and creating a peaceful and sustainable society. Please help and feel free to call me personally with any questions, 360-301-1842. We need this plant. Now is the time. Talk to people, give online, volunteer, let’s win this!

In Solidarity,

Ezra Eickmeyer
Eickmeyer & Associates
Ezra Eickmeyer
360-301-1842
ezra {at} olypen.com