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NOTE: The Lansing State Journal has reached out to all lawmakers representing Greater Lansing to ask for their goals for the 2015-16 legislative session. Interviews will be posted at lsj.com/capitol as they're completed.

State Rep. Mike Callton, R-Nashville, begins his third and, because of term limits, final two-year term in the state House.

District: 87; includes all of Barry County and parts of Ionia County, including the city of Portland and Ronald, North Plains, Lyons, Keene, Boston, Berlin, Orange, Portland, Campbell, Odessa, Sebewa and Danby townships.

Goals for this term: "All of my biggest goals right now have to do with health care and health policy. I've been real concerned that we're 11th in terms of obesity …," and he'd like a focus on prostate cancer.

Planned legislation: 

Bills that would improve access to and regulation of medical marijuana. "The people I talk to who own dispensaries would gladly pay taxes in exchange for normalization," he said.

Committee assignment: Not yet available — committee assignments are expected the week of Jan. 12.

Contact information: gophouse.org/representatives/southwest/callton; 517-373-0842; MikeCallton@house.mi.gov; office at 1191 Anderson House Office Building, 124 N. Capitol Ave.; mail to P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, Mich., 48909.

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Good riddence to bad rubbage. 

 

"The people I talk to who own dispensaries would gladly pay taxes in exchange for normalization," he said.

 

That and the cops he talks to. Patients? He thinks that we don't know what's good for us so he will decide that. Home growers? He says he hates that, would rather have dispensaries growing, just like Governor Snyder, AG Schuette, The State Police, PAAM, all the arseholes agree, no more home grows in Michigan.

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The people I talk to who own dispensaries

 

Is it a crime to hang out with people that are involved with braking Laws ?

More than that even: Conspiring with them to figure out a way to make their illegal enterprises seem more legal so they can get away with more crime. I'm pretty sure there are laws against that. RICO comes to mind. Are legislators immune to organized crime laws? Governors are not; 

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
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More than that even: Conspiring with them to figure out a way to make their illegal enterprises seem more legal so they can get away with more crime. I'm pretty sure there are laws against that. RICO comes to mind. Are legislators immune to organized crime laws? Governors are not; 

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich

 

Thank you

that was my point you said it better then i could 

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More than that even: Conspiring with them to figure out a way to make their illegal enterprises seem more legal so they can get away with more crime. I'm pretty sure there are laws against that. RICO comes to mind. Are legislators immune to organized crime laws? Governors are not; 

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich

 

Check out Illinois Governor George Ryan, who served a five year sentence on federal corruption charges: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/george_ryan/index.html

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Are legislators immune to organized crime laws?

 

It's called "The Divine Right of Kings".  Monarchs are only subject to Divine authority, not earthly laws.

 

The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth, for kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called gods. - James VI of Scotland
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More than that even: Conspiring with them to figure out a way to make their illegal enterprises seem more legal so they can get away with more crime. I'm pretty sure there are laws against that. RICO comes to mind. Are legislators immune to organized crime laws? Governors are not; Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich

Actually the new spending bill just gave them protection to do just that. Apperhantly they are about the only ones who the bill protects.
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