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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raoul Duke" data-source="post: 2432959" data-attributes="member: 27529"><a href="http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Tulsan-brings-legalizing-pot-to-City-Council/W9djR_wosUmUuc-G8CI8bw.cspx" target="_blank">http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Tulsan-brings-legalizing-pot-to-City-Council/W9djR_wosUmUuc-G8CI8bw.cspx</a>Tay said that he isn’t giving up if the council doesn’t consider the resolution.“There are a number of people in Tulsa quite well prepared to go forward with a ballot initiative to get the laws changed in the city of Tulsa,” Tay said.Councilor Blake Ewing told FOX23 he’s not surprised marijuana legalization has been brought to their attention.“I think you’re seeing a softening to it. Not just in Oklahoma, but across the country,” Ewing said.FOX23 asked Ewing what the council could do if they wanted to make the change.“They could make it where jail is not an option and lower the fine,” Ewing said. “What you’re seeing cities do, they’re taking it as low as they can on the criminal scale.”Ewing couldn’t speak for everyone on the council, but he said he believes they will have the legalization discussion eventually.The question becomes: for a state, does this cost us more to prosecute this drug that people are going to continue to do anyway? Is it worth the fight? I think it’s only a matter of time until Oklahoma really considers this, not just in the state, but on a city by city basis. Tulsa’s time is coming,” Ewing said.</blockquote>

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