Different lipstick, same old pig

"Different lipstick, same old pig."

That was the title of a Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial on Monday, referring to a
quote by MPP's Neal Levine, who was artfully characterizing the unconstitutional
ballot initiative law in Nevada that we're going to overturn. You can read the
editorial at http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=9Y1YyGAlO8ELDqmgTGCg1Q.. .

Last week, MPP and the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the Nevada government to
overturn its unconstitutional law, which requires signatures from voters in all of
the state's 17 counties in order to qualify a measure for the statewide ballot.

This is the second time MPP has sued the Nevada state government over the very same
issue. We won in 2004, and we're going to win this time, too, and the Nevada
government is going to have to pay our legal fees in full -- again.

In addition to the editorial in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, one of the state's
biggest newspapers, a columnist for the Las Vegas Sun also weighed in on the
situation. You can read the column at
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=8aY_xoVneR6qvraoDBun-g.. .

Because MPP plans to run another ballot initiative campaign to tax and regulate
marijuana like alcohol in Nevada in a few years, it's vitally important that
Nevada's ballot initiative law not be overly burdensome.

The previous law we overturned in 2004 -- which required signatures from voters in
13 of Nevada's 17 counties -- was correctly thrown out by a federal court as a
violation of the "one man, one vote" rule. And the new law -- which MPP's Neal
Levine told the Las Vegas Review-Journal was "a different shade of lipstick on the
same old pig" -- also violates the "one man, one vote" rule.

We're so sure we're going to win this lawsuit -- and get our legal fees reimbursed
by the incompetent Nevada government -- that I'm not even going to ask you to donate
money to help pay for it.

However, I hope you'll consider joining our monthly credit card pledge program at
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=ZAKVMb_Cpg7ecLOrGwlgaw.. -- even with just $5 or $10
per month -- in order to support our other 2008 projects
(http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=Rg-gVO0MO7J5TKw_MWqaCw.. ).

Thank you, as always, for supporting MPP's work.

Sincerely,

Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.

P.S. As I've mentioned in previous alerts, a major philanthropist has committed to
match the first $3.0 million that MPP can raise from the rest of the planet in 2008.
This means that your monthly pledge at
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=YP4RIUQXJYkGyS98yUOvRg.. will be doubled.

P.P.S. You can opt out of receiving fundraising mentions in the e-mail alerts I send
you in 2008 by visiting http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=nLvYf32yf-Z22cNzi370gQ.. at
your convenience.