LOS ANGELES TIMES: The battle over Proposition 19 has shifted to television sets and radios for the final week of the campaign, as both sides benefit from recent support from major financial backers.
On Monday, George Soros, a multibillionaire investor who spent $3 million on earlier initiatives to change California’s drug laws, endorsed the measure. “He plans to make a significant contribution,” said Michael Vachon, an advisor to the philanthropist and hedge-fund chairman…
In an essay posted online by the Wall Street Journal, Soros argues that marijuana should be regulated and taxed. “Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day,” he writes. “The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and legitimized public discourse about marijuana and marijuana policy in ways I could not have imagined a year ago.”… (more)
