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| John Boehner's bongshell announcement has Nashvegas buzzing. |
By Ariel Mutha-Tafoya
FSN Sports
In a move that surprised many political observers, former House Speaker John Boehner was introduced Thursday as Executive Director of a new, NashVegas-based nonprofit dedicated to national legalization of marijuana.
Boehner will lead the effort on behalf of Yes We Cannabis, a 401(c)(3) organization established jointly by the West Nashville Beelebubbas and SodBakers Corp., a subsidiary of the London Bakers FC. The group’s headquarters will be in newly constructed space in Club Gitmo, where Boehner spoke at a news conference.
“I am proud for the opportunity to serve my country again on behalf of an idea whose time has come,” Boehner said. “Most people don’t know this, but back during my congressional days, I played golf with Dr. (Jorgé) Linardo more than I did with Barack Obama. He planted some seeds with his reminders that no two countries where marijuana is legal have ever gone to war with each other, and now you might say we’re going to have our own hydroponic garden of proposals. I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but one of those proposals involves changing the Affordable Care Act to make free cannabis a standard of care for all diagnosed diseases.”
Linardo, who made the announcement and introduced Boehner, said, “John has always been one of us, but he wasn’t always in a position to be there publicly. Let’s just say that we all went to great effort to make everyone believe those were Marlboros he was chain-smoking. He had a job with incredible stress, and that meeting with my friend Pope Francis the day before he resigned helped John understand his true calling.”
Linardo also announced that the board of advisers for Yes We Cannabis will include himself, Bakers Coach Snoop Dogg, Sod Bakers CEO Nate Newton, recording artist and East Nashville superfan Todd Snider, the Pompatus of Love, Atlanta rapper Paper Boi and California state senator Jeff Spicoli.
