Via the Stranger, the entirety of Seattle City Hall’s elected leadership signed a letter in support of SB 5073 yesterday.

So this is where it stands now: Washington in general appears to be generally ready to do this at every other level, but Gregoire in particular may veto in order to grab a cushy federal job after election.

Either way I think we can put Medical Marijuana in the same stack of political issues as Women’s Rights (by which I mean child prevention in it’s many forms) and Gay Rights: Things that are definitely going to be OK in the long run, but may not be in a good way or may need support at any particular moment.

That leaves… Prison Reform, Net Neutrality, Copyright Reform, Government Reform (electoral reform, lobbying reform), and the Culture Wars, as the top political issues that I see as needing advocacy. And out of those, Net Neutrality and Copyright Reform probably are the issues with the most possibility of falling into an unfavorable Nash Equilibrium worldwide for centuries.

Incidentally, I just realized it’s 4/20 today. I’m not impressed if this was timed. The partial legalization of pot should stand or fall on its own merits. Theming the issue allows it to be dismissed as a minority issue rather than an issue of rights and effects.