* Updated below with new comments from Gov. Shumlin *
Gov. Peter Shumlin starred in a fundraising conference call held by the Marijuana Policy Project Thursday afternoon. In an invitation obtained by Seven Days last month, the call was billed as a “strategy” session to discuss how to legalize marijuana nationwide.
The “exclusive conference call,” as MPP executive director Rob Kampia put it in the invitation, was open only to the pro-legalization advocacy group’s major donors. Participants had to pledge to contribute $1000 to $10,000 to the group itself — or to pro-pot politicians.
Seven Days requested permission from MPP and the Shumlin administration to listen to the call, but was denied by the former and ignored by the latter.
“The idea was that it would be an opportunity for donors to hear from MPP staffers and from Gov. Shumlin, so we did not envision any media being on the call,” MPP legislative analyst Matt Simon said Wednesday. “I don’t think we have anything in particular to hide. At the same time, I’m not authorized to let you join us.”
Simon added, “We figure members of the media already have plenty of opportunities to ask questions. Our donors do not.”
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Of course Shummy ignored you Paul, he has had enough of you shining a light on his shady doings and if he is going to tell this crowd of hippy stoners he will fight for their rights to toke up for $30,000 in campaign cash he want’s it on the down low.
I mean how embarrassing he and Liz were caught lying about the last country club meetings…
How many more installations of “stories-about-not-getting-stories” are there going to be before we can give this a rest…?
As many as it takes to get Shumlin exposed for the crook he is…. keep it up Paul… Keep exposing the shady underhandedness of our great liberal leader the “Transparency Governor.”