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KTVA-TV newscaster
Charlo Greene garnered national coverage, when on September 21 she abruptly quit her job on air, and announced her support for legalization. Greene had been reporting on the Alaska Cannabis Club during the evening's newscast, before revealing that she was the club's owner: Now everything you've heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska. And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, fuck it, I quit.
Opponents and proponents Assembly, campaigns in downtown Fairbanks in June 2016 for an initiative to prohibit cannabis sales outside of the borough's two incorporated cities, using the slogan "Stop Pot Shops (Stores) Next Door". The Alaska campaign was dominated by one large state group per side: the
Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Alaska backing the initiative, and
Big Marijuana. Big Mistake. Vote No on 2 comprising the main opposition. As of end-August 2014, the Campaign to Regulate had filed $700,000 in contributions with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, while No on 2 had filed $40,487. The Vote No on 2 group criticized the Campaign to Regulate for receiving the majority of its funds through the national
Marijuana Policy Project; more than half of Vote No on 2's funding came from the Alaska Native village corporation
Chenega Corp. By mid-October, the Campaign to Regulate had spent $827,000, against the Vote No's $69,000. ==Results==