Only about a dozen activists who oppose Initiative 26 are at Ole Tavern. Some are eating, some are taking pictures. This is a relaxed group that’s been working hard. The ACLU is concerned I’m going to write down something one of them is saying as they vent frustration. No one is really venting. This seems like a friendly group on the surface.
No real results are known to this group yet. They are extremely quiet.
I gather Diane Sawyer did a story with some of these folks, but ABC News wound up cutting a lot of it. I wasn’t able to get the details on why or how.
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