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Editor,
Recently in the Valley Journal a brief article was written in the district court section about me.
I am a disabled veteran. I have been a legal medicinal cannabis user since 1996, when the State of California issued me my first card. It helps control my asthma, pain, PTSD, and a host of other health issues. I at the same time was able to work, get married, buy a home in Montana, raise a child, pay taxes, and start a business. I was able to be a productive member of society.
Because of this article, I was fired from my job where I loved working with seniors.
What actually happened is that I, Mr. Gaffaney, filed a restraining order against my spouse Janice Cardiff, in June of 2013. She brought law enforcement to our home to get her things, then showed them the plants, and told the officers it was all mine. This was a malicious act. They then allowed her to drive away. They cited me, but did not take me in. The next morning she withdrew over $33,000 of my disability money. It was all I had after two open-heart surgeries in 2011.
Both my ex-wife and I were medical cannabis cardholders. So why would my wife be used as a witness against me? If they charge me, shouldn’t they also charge her? The only reason there was a crime at all is because they are putting it all on me. My wife was living in the home, and caring for the plants. I had been away for a month prior to this.
There should be no crime here. The officers that were there that day thought that what my wife did was pretty darn rotten and it manipulated them. They were not pleased with her actions. The county attorney doesn’t seem to take this under consideration.
What my ex-wife and her attorney did in manipulating the law enforcement officers, the Judge and the system to her benefit should be against the law.
Keith Gaffaney
Polson
