>Ground Game Texas, the organization that helped get marijuana decriminalization on the ballot in Austin, San Marcos and other places throughout the state, said in a statement it will continue to "craft policies that respond to [the court's] ruling."
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>"These decisions don't change the fact that the people of Austin and San Marcos spoke with one voice," executive director Catina Voellinger said. "It doesn't change the fact that for years, the ordinance protected residents from arrest and criminalization over low-level possession. And it definitely doesn't change our commitment to this fight."
Catina Voellinger? I recognize that name! If she's still fighting, then #austin #atx should absolutely stand along side her to ensure that APD continues to deprioritize marijuana "crimes," if nothing else. I'm not convinced that trying to play "by the book" with the very state apparatus that writes the book is a worthwhile strategy though. Grassroots organization in #texas is the same story, consistently, over decades: local victories, overruled by the state. The grassroots needs to aim higher than putzing about locally or tailing the Democrats. It needs to build its own party to seize state power.
AC, FM 
Happy 4/20 for does who celebrate!
