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November 02, 2005

White Man Speak with Forked Tongue

Last year, when asked about gun control in Denver, then Mayor-hopeful John Hickenlooper said:

I am concerned by proposed state legislation like SB 25 that infringes on Denver's home-rule status and ability to determine local gun laws.

So, home-rule is good, right?

Well, not when the topic is marijuana, specifically a city initiative to legalize possession by adults of up to one ounce of the substance:

Mayor John Hickenlooper, who opposed the measure because he says marijuana is a "gateway drug," chalked the victory up to "a generational thing."

"People's attitudes toward marijuana; they're clearly changing," he said. "If that election had been 20 years ago, it would have been a very different outcome."

Yet, Hickenlooper stressed: "The bottom line is, it doesn't change state law. I think it's more symbolic than anything else."

So, John, help me out here: do you or do you not favor home-rule and self-government? Or does it depend on which pet issue is at stake?