With a year to go until Wisconsin voters are set to elect their next governor, the majority of the current candidates are making clear that they will support efforts to legalize marijuana—in part to fund public programs such as increased access to broadband.
Wisconsin Rep. Francesca Hong (D) kicked off the cannabis conversation during a candidate forum on Thursday, responding to a question about how to pay for expanded broadband access with a simple solution: “Legalize weed.”
“The revenue that comes in will be able to invest in fiber optic and high-speed internet in many different companies across the state,” Hong said.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez (D) said, “I don’t disagree,” noting that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) routinely jokes about how his state is benefitting from ongoing prohibition in Wisconsin because its residents are going across the border to buy cannabis and contributing to his state’s tax coffers.
He “thanks us all the time for the amount of Wisconsin tax dollars that go into, actually, Illinois and now Michigan and Minnesota,” she said.
Wisconsin Sen. Kelda Roys (D) said she’s “all for legalizing weed—and for that matter, abortion as well.”
And Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley (D) also said,
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