my name is richard kearns. i am a poet
activist and new media citizen journalist alive
with AIDS for more than 20 years in los
angeles. i am here this day, [friday, july 27,
2007] to express my joy & admiration &
gratitude over your courageous actions in
passing the moratorium and ico for medical
cannabis and for supporting us
but i wanted also to touch on some broader
issues that defy simple comment
for or against your work.
i suggest to you that we are watching the
evolution of local self-governing community
bodies in the medical cannabis comunity—
self-government the way socrates and
jefferson would understand it
self-government, inner government, which
socrates and jefferson would tell us is the
only firm foundation for successful
community government. i mean la-style
stakeholder government — representing
citizens who live, work, play and stay alive in
our comunity, our neighborhood. i mean the
startup of self-governing community councils
that include stakeholder-style representaton
of medical cannabis comunity members that
could include:
• patients
• caregivers
• clinic operators
• clinic staffers
• growers
• advocates &
• non-patient reps
these councils could act in partnership and
advise the city council as a kind of
“neighborhood council” in the process of
coming up with a permanent set of
regulations for safe access to medical
cannabis in los angeles. these councils
could i also implement & help maintain
standards of medical cannabis community
practice. they could mediate disputes
outer government without the foundation of
self-government is tyranny. community
government founded on self-government
is the only way to go.
i would be very eager to consult with the
office of neighbohood empowerment — ONE
— i believe the person’s name i remember is
john lewis — to help realize this vision.
please help me make that contact and set up
a meeting.
thank you very much for your support &
consideraton. i look forward to working
with you on this matter.
namasté
—richard kearns
rk@aids-write.org
310-488-1328
http://aids-write.org
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