{"id":12182,"date":"2017-01-31T16:20:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T21:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=12182"},"modified":"2017-01-31T16:20:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T21:20:15","slug":"we-must-demand-lawmakers-respect-the-will-of-the-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/we-must-demand-lawmakers-respect-the-will-of-the-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"We Must Demand Lawmakers Respect the Will of the Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.blog.norml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/leaf-copy.jpg?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>If the lawmakers don&#8217;t respect the wishes of the voters, aren&#8217;t we really just victims of taxation without representation?<br \/>\nMaybe the stage is set for the next Boston Tea Party&#8230;maybe it&#8217;d be the Houston Tea Party&#8230;you know &#8220;Texas Tea&#8221; that is aka Black Gold aka Oil<br \/>\n(Noooo!&#8230;..eww that&#8217;d make a mess&#8230;please don&#8217;t dump oil in the harbor to teach anybody a lesson&#8230;bad idea&#8230;bad Jamie). #TaxationWithoutRepresentation #resist #BeverlyHillbillies<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2kdApDm\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2kdApDm<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the lawmakers don&#8217;t respect the wishes of the voters, aren&#8217;t we really just victims of taxation without representation? Maybe the stage is set for the next Boston Tea Party&#8230;maybe it&#8217;d be the Houston Tea Party&#8230;you know &#8220;Texas Tea&#8221; that is aka Black Gold aka Oil (Noooo!&#8230;..eww that&#8217;d make a mess&#8230;please don&#8217;t dump oil in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-12182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15864,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/maine-lawmakers-push-to-rewrite-2016-voter-approved-marijuana-law\/","url_meta":{"origin":12182,"position":0},"title":"Maine: Lawmakers Push To Rewrite 2016 Voter-Approved Marijuana Law","date":"February 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"#News420 Dear #Maine voters: #JustSayNo at the ballot box in November, to all of your elected officials that, for nearly two years have disregarded the will of their constituency by failing to enact the legislation you voted for. 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