Oct 312023
 

It has been a long time coming, but some of the individuals who gang raped the marijuana industry in Michigan are finally being put to justice.

Brian Pierce, who once served as Chief of Staff of former Rep. Klint Kesto, was among the individuals sentenced to 2 years in Prison. He joins his fellow scum lobbyist Vincent Brown and former House Speaker Rick Johnson in receiving felony convictions for hatching a marijuana bribery scheme, which included not only cash but also complimentary sex from some of Detroit’s finest whores as well.

U.S. Judge Jane Beckering said that Pierce was the “poster child” for public corruption, and his behavior was “egregious” even in comparison to other government crooks out there. Pierce admitted that he “traded in [his] moral compass for financial gain.” Brown apologized to “both the citizens of Michigan and each license holder in the state” for his heinous actions.

But an apology is not enough. These sons of bitches have to pay.

They must pay for the licenses that were denied to individuals who were not politically connected. Every license holder that benefitted from this system must pony up their bogus profits and give their ill-gotten gains to those who they screwed over.

It is time to get this done. We demand a Marijuana Reparations Act to make sure that these debts are paid. Not just for myself, but especially for the medical marijuana patients whose caregiver system was attacked because of this senseless corruption that persisted for the few at the expense of the many.

Many medical marijuana patients have lost their caregivers, who have given up their grow operations due to fear of reprisal, and been forced into the regulated marketplace, oftentimes forced to use substandard products that are far less effective at treating their conditions. Their lives have been directly harmed because of the scum lobbyists, crony capitalists and underhanded bureaucrats.

They all must pay. We will be aggressively pursuing this. Right now, we are rallying all aggrieved interests to speak out and demand reparations. Tell your truth on social media. Use the hashtags #MarijuanaReparations , #MakeTheBastardsPay , and #MarijuanaReparationsNow to air your legitimate grievances. Talk about how you have been wronged by this system and demand justice. Together, we will open eyes and move mountains.

It is not fair for “Dr. Evil” Steve Linder to slither away from Lansing and live out his golden years in a palace with millions of dollars of dirty money. It is not fair for disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof to continue to rake in lobbyist cash despite setting up the marijuana cartel from the start to work exactly the way it did.

These assholes have already taken a pounding, and now it is time for us to go the extra mile and shit on them harder than ever before.

I would also like to object to news reports about Chaldean businessmen being at the center of this scandal. The other side was the heroic Chaldeans on the front lines fighting against the corruption and to save the little guy, such as myself and my partners at EverGreen Management. This is the untold story by the corporate news media, who mostly ignored the issue of marijuana corruption in Michigan while it was developing and their large platform could have stopped it dead its tracks. Shame on the complicit mass media, and they should be forced to pay as willing accomplices in this marijuana bribery scheme as well.

The Michigan Caregivers Association has been around for two years, and our work has been completely vindicated. We recently sent a letter to Attorney General Dana Nessel demanding additional prosecutions in order to fully clean up the Michigan marijuana industry. Sadly, we have not received any response from the Attorney General at the present time.

Please contact the Attorney General and demand that she enacts prosecution on more marijuana criminals, including but not limited to disgraced lobbyist Steve Linder and disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, for their crimes against the people of Michigan.

Snail Mail:

Department of Attorney General
525 W. Ottawa St.
Lansing, MI 48906

Email: miag@michigan.gov

Phone: 517-335-7622

Never give up hope. Keep fighting for liberty in the marijuana movement and all facets of American life. We will win in the end.

Sincerely,
George Brikho

Oct 202021
 

Friends,

I have embarked upon a journey in recent months, through my organization, the Michigan Caregivers Association, fighting corruption in Lansing.

Sadly, there are members of both major political parties that are engaging in this illicit and unlawful process. Certain Republicans and Democrats are in on it and taking money from the bad guys to sell out the industry.

This is why House Bills 5300, 5301 and 5302 are moving at a lightning pace through the process. These monopoly bills have bipartisan support, with Democrats and Republicans down on their knees for reviled lobbyist Steven “Dr. Evil” Linder, the Chamber of Commerce, and other villains out to steal the marijuana industry from the caregivers, medical patients, small businesses, and other entities that have built it into an economic powerhouse.

This is a takeover by the interests that have opposed marijuana for decades. They fought for prohibition until they saw dollar signs after the marijuana industry started to take off. A great example of this phenomenon is former Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, a Republican who opposed marijuana until he realized he could enrich himself through the industry. Then he whored himself out to the highest bidder while probably breaking the law while doing so.

Meekhof appointed Rick Johnson as chairman of the Michigan medical marijuana licensing board. As part of what appears to be an evident quid pro quo, Johnson gave three licenses to medical marijuana concerns that had bought off Meekhof. He admitted in emails that were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that he was in communication with Johnson during the licensure process that ultimately favored Meekhof’s clients.

This seems to be in apparent violation of a 2016 law barring representatives of medical marijuana applicants from lobbying licensing board members. Meekhof’s clients, Chesaning Elite, Lapeer Infused and Power Play Sports 2, benefited from paying off Meekhof and his lobbying associates. Their licenses went from being denied to being approved. This is part of the same money-driven agenda of unfairness that is driving support for HB5301, HB5302 and HB5303.

A Detroit News article noted that Meekhof aligned “with the Michigan Chamber of Commerce on 93% of its top issues in 2017 and 2018.” It should come as no surprise that the Chamber, a crony-capitalist institution that lobbies for corporate dominance, was at most recent committee hearing lobbying for the Linder monopoly bills. It is such an incestuous network and they all work together in concert to preserve the corrupt system because they know it benefits them at our expense at the end of the day.

Keep in mind that this is not anything new. These revelations did not come out yesterday. This has been open knowledge for years. It has been widely reported since 2019 that one of the most prominent Republican leaders was involved in an apparent pay-to-play scheme to abuse the rules, in a possibly illegal but certainly immoral act, in order to create a marijuana monopoly. There has been no accountability from the attorney general on this issue as well.

It appears that the powers that be are looking the other way, even though these are Republicans acting in an obvious conflict of interest, in a blatantly corrupt manner, and not even attempting to hide it. Everyone is seemingly lined up at the same trough for the corporate special interests that want to dominate the marijuana industry. This whole incestuous system is incredibly immoral and disgusting, but that is only a reason to fight harder.

There are certainly a handful of Republicans and Democrats who stand for the caregivers against corruption, and God bless them. But there are far too few. This is why the Michigan Caregivers Association does not lobby our lawmakers based on their consciences or their good faith. It usually does not exist. We instead prefer to lobby the people, inform them on what their lawmakers are doing, and then force the legislators to deal with the fallout if they refuse to do what is right.

The Michigan Caregivers Association has set up a web portal making it very easy to oppose monopoly bills HB5301, HB5302 and HB5303 in Lansing. That portal can be accessed at mi-caregivers.com. For additional information, visit our main website where you can make donations to this noble cause and check out our Facebook page where there are daily updates about the fight to prevent a corporate monopoly and stop the Uniparty system from strangling our freedoms and suffocating our livelihoods.

Sincerely,

Your Friend,

George Brikho