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Arizona Voters Approve Proposition 203 & Legalize Medical Marijuana

The vote count on Arizona Proposition 203 is now official. The Arizona Secretary of State finished counting all of the November 2, 2010, ballots, and voters approved the sale and use of medical marijuana in Arizona. Yes votes out numbered No votes by 4,341. The final vote count is:

No = 837,005 = 49.87%

Yes = 841,346 = 50.13%

More Arizonans (1,678,351) voted on Proposition 203 than any other proposition on the November 2, 2010, ballot.

See stories in the Arizona Republic called “Arizona voters have approved medical marijuana measure” and “Arizona pot measure pulls ahead by 4,421 votes.”

To learn more about Arizona’s new medical marijuana law, see my article called “Arizona Proposition 203 – Legalization of Medical Marijuana” and the actual “Text of Prop 203 that Would Legalize the Prescription and Sale of Medical Marijuana in Arizona.”

How to Hire Arizona Medical Marijuana Attorney Richard Keyt to Form an Arizona Nonprofit Corporation

To learn about forming and operating Arizona entities that could be used as a medical marijuana dispensary, see the Arizona LLC Law Library and the Arizona Corporation Law Library. To hire Arizona business attorney Richard Keyt aka the Arizona medical marijuana lawyer to form an Arizona nonprofit corporation, read my articles called “How to Form an Arizona Nonprofit Corporation” and “Arizona Nonprofit Corporation Formation Service” or just complete my online Nonprofit Corporation Incorporation Questionnaire.

Obama Ignores Express Language in Federal Law and Appoints Elizabeth Warren as Head of New U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

On Friday, President Obama appointed Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren to be the head of the brand new U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB was created by the new Dodd-Frank financial regulatory bill that became law in July of 2010. The new law is called the “Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act.”

The United States Constitution states that the President:

“shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint . . . Officers of the United States. . . . Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone.”

President Obama signed the new Dodd-Frank financial regulatory bill into law on July 21, 2010. The law states that the:

“”Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.”

The CFPB created a new government watchdog agency that: (i) sets its own budget so it is not dependent on Congress for funding, and (ii) is independent and not controlled by Congress or the President. This new agency is a totalitarian governmental agency that will be run by unelected people who answer to no one. Does anybody who believes in freedom and liberty think this is a good idea? The audacity of hope!

Despite the U.S. Constitution and the express language in the law, President Obama appointed Warren to be the director of the CFPB without the consent of the U.S. Senate or even a hearing on whether she should hold the job. Why do few people care when the President violates federal law? What will happen to our country if our leaders do not respect and follow the rule of law?

The Wall St. Journal said Warren’s appointment avoided “Senate confirmation and, for that matter, any political supervision. The chutzpah here is something to behold. . . . We would have thought a Harvard law professor would object to the extra-legality of this arrangement, but then this is also the crew that gave us ObamaCare via budget reconciliation and put Donald Berwick in charge of Medicare without a Senate debate. . . . We have here another end-run around Constitutional niceties so Team Obama can invest huge authority in an unelected official who is unable to withstand a public vetting. So a bureau inside an agency (the Fed) that it doesn’t report to, with a budget not subject to Congressional control, now gets a leader not subject to Senate confirmation.”

8 Year Old Banned from School for Two Years for Bringing Toy Gun to School

More evidence that many educators are complete idiots, if not downright dangerous and harmful to children. NBC Miami: “The 8-year-old boy hasn’t been in school for a year and will likely miss another year if the Broward County School Board has its way. Burgos was suspended from school in November after a teacher found a toy gun in his backpack.”

Why not make the kid write 100 times on the blackboard “I will not bring toy guns to school?” or suspend him for a few days? Is it really such a terrible thing to bring a toy gun to a school? Why can’t the educators distinguish the difference between a toy and the real thing – the former is a toy and the latter is a dangerous weapon. Do we really want educators to teach our kids that toy guns are bad? Shouldn’t that be the responsibility of the child’s parents? Why aren’t the educators concerned about the adverse affect the child will suffer for missing two years of school and then being two years older than the other kids in the class when he does return?

Military Personnel Returning Home to Loved Ones

Five months after Carol and I were married the U.S. Air Force sent me overseas to Thailand and Korea for 13 months. When I returned, Carol met me at Sky Harbor Airport. I wish somebody had filmed my return. This is a heartwarming video compilation of many military families being reunited. The background song is “Praan,” by Garry Schyman.

How to Form an Arizona Nonprofit Corporation

One of the reasons I have formed over 2,600 Arizona companies since 2001 is my information “how to” articles on my website. I am happy to announce that I just revised my popular article called “How to Form an Arizona Nonprofit Corporation.” I updated the article to include the current fees to file an IRS Form 1023 and to reflect changes in Arizona nonprofit corporation law and federal tax-exempt organization laws. I added new text that explains why I think it is a big, big mistake for people to form do-it-yourself nonprofit corporations. There is much more to forming a nonprofit corporation than just submitting the three page fill in the blanks form Articles of Incorporation found on the Arizona Corporation Commission’s website.

I also just published a new article called “Arizona Nonprofit Corporation Formation Service,” which explains in detail the 24 services I perform and the 16 documents I prepare when I am hired to form an Arizona nonprofit corporation for $1,319. That is $62/lawyer prepared document. This guaranteed fixed fee includes the $75 Arizona Corporation Commission expedited filing fee, publication cost of $175, $72 for a corporate minute book with corporate seal, and the postage to mail the minute book to the corporation.

If you have questions about forming or operating an Arizona nonprofit corporation, please call me at at 602-906-4953, ext. 1. I don’t charge to answer questions over the phone about forming or operating Arizona nonprofits.

If you are ready to hire me to form your Arizona nonprofit, complete my online Nonprofit Corporation Incorporation Questionnaire. You may pay with a credit card or by check.

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