(AP) – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has rejected
proposed state constitutional amendments to legalize marijuana and to allow
casino gambling in the state.In an opinion dated Friday, she rejected the marijuana proposal by Larry
Morris of West Fork, writing that it’s ambiguous and nearly identical to a later
proposal submitted by Mary Berry of Summit. Rutledge suggested to Morris that he
and Berry work together.
proposed state constitutional amendments to legalize marijuana and to allow
casino gambling in the state.In an opinion dated Friday, she rejected the marijuana proposal by Larry
Morris of West Fork, writing that it’s ambiguous and nearly identical to a later
proposal submitted by Mary Berry of Summit. Rutledge suggested to Morris that he
and Berry work together.
In a separate opinion, Rutledge wrote that the popular name of the casino
proposal by Barry Emigh of Hot Springs is misleading and “confusing to the point
of being nonsensical.” Rutledge also wrote that the proposal fails to explain
who would be members of a committee that would be issued gambling licenses or
how the committee would be created.
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