

Comments on assemblyman ticketed for marijuana

6:26 PM, Mar. 18, 2013  |  Comments
Assembyman Steve Katz
Assembyman Steve Katz
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Reaction to Assemblyman Steve Katz, who voted against the legalization of medical marijuana last year, getting ticketed for marijuana and speeding Thursday:

"Hilarious. This is similar to how anti-gay legislators constantly get caught engaging in gay sex in public bathrooms and parks. You [have to] think, if people are so strongly against something that is so prevalent in society, is it because they've got something to hide? As a straight man I don't care what sexual practices others engage in, as long as it's consensual. I don't smoke marijuana, but I don't really care if others do. And yeah, obviously this country wastes millions of dollars enforcing marijuana laws that could be better spent on a host of other things. This is where the Republican line of thought about spending really starts to break down."

- Tacony Palmyra (via the Politics on the Hudson blog)

"Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, Mr. Katz. Time to legalize it."

- bill (via the Politics on the Hudson blog)

"I think the judge should make my conservative Republican Assemblyman's community service be 100 hours of advocating for legalization of marijuana. Do you think he grows his own or has a delivery service?"

- Evan Bray (via Facebook)

"Liberals are going after Katz on this issue, why? Because he is a conservative, thoughtful, good Republican politician. Puulleeaasse. No reason for uproar. You have a corrupt, sex-addicted political culture, and no worthy New York publication talks about what the Democrats are up to in Albany. That's the way it is in New York. I say leave Katz alone."

- Raquel Okyay (via

"The problem, however, is that some people who claim to be conservative are simply doing so to pander to the demographic that will win them the election. Katz is a perfect example. While possessing marijuana (which in and of itself is no big deal) ? he voted to deprive others who could actually derive some medical benefit of the same herb that he possessed and presumably used. So it's the contradiction that should result in his losing his position ? ."

- Mike Edelman (via

"He has no alternative but to resign immediately."

- Lisette Depew-Kubie (via

"He should resign because of a violation? It does not say he was charged with driving while impaired. Washington and Albany would be 3/4 or more empty if that were the rule."

- Dan OConnell (via

"Like so many others of the Republicans promoted by the Tea Party, Katz was, is and always will be an opportunist who seeks political influence to advance an agenda of self-aggrandizement for himself and the wealthy. They use the hot-button cultural and no-tax issues that garner the support of a hoodwinked electorate while they live and behave without regard to those same values."

- Vincent Gaglione (via the Politics on the Hudson blog)

"My guess is that Katz is of the school where rules are for other people, specifically for people less successful than he."

- Michael (via the Politics on the Hudson blog)

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