The recent election fills Adelanto’s city council with fresh faces, including the conservative hippie John “Bug” Woodard Jr. But his plan to bring weed to the city is far from complete. He needs to actually pass a cannabis legalization ordinance via City Hall. There’s just one problem: he doesn’t have the votes. For early, ad-free access to episodes, join ‘Friends of the Pod’—Crooked’s new subscription community—at crooked.com/friends
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Now, if you forget what happened the last time, I don't blame you.
Main thing to remember is this.
A guy named Bug rolled into town and ran for a seat on the city council.
He had a big plan.
He was gonna save the city of Atalanto by legalizing marijuana, growing it, that is.
Well, he won, and so did a new mayor, a guy by the name of Rich Kerr.
I can't wait to see how this all goes.
Soon after Bug won a seat on the city council, he was interviewed on a local television show called California Edition.
The host, Brad Pomeranz, opened the segment by referring to the recent election where all three incumbents had been defeated as an insurgent.
Suffice it to say, in Adelanto, a bit of an insurgency occurred.
It was a revolution in the November 2014 election.
What happened?
Boy, I'll tell you what, it sure was a revolution.
You know what I'm.
Three incumbents were very smug with their jobs.
Well, I'll tell you what, just because you got name recognition doesn't necessarily mean you need to be reelected.
So because of, you know, their failed policies, you know, they had, the people have spoken.
Bug and the new majority on the council brought with them a lot of fresh ideas about how to save the struggling city.