File this as the ultimate "Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac" moment.
The Green Party fights against head shops on Haight Street in San Francisco. (You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lawmakers agreed unanimously Tuesday to snuff out
new shops that sell pot-smoking paraphernalia in the heart of San
Francisco's one-time hippie district.
The Board of Supervisors approved a three-year moratorium on new businesses in the Haight that sell the smoking equipment.
At least a dozen businesses sell rolling papers, roach clips and glass
water pipes along Haight Street, a popular destination for tourists
nostalgic for the Summer of Love. ...
Mayor Gavin Newsom will consider signing the bill, his spokesman said.
"When even the Green Party politicians are opposing head shops, you
know it's a legitimate issue," Newsom spokesman Nathan Ballard said.
Can we now dispense with the notion that the left stands for anything other than government control?
