July 4, 2014
Zaina Kahuk
News Writer
Headlines
The mayor of the District of Columbia is urging residents to boycott the Eastern Shore of Maryland, because of the congressional representative’s position they hold on decriminalizing marijuana. Mayor Vincent Gray said at a Wednesday news conference that the city’s residents shouldn’t support someone who doesn’t support them and he was referring to Rep. Andy Harris, who represents Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Harris attached an amendment to a House budget bill that could overturn the city’s marijuana decriminalization law. The nonprofit group D.C. Vote issued a boycott of all vacation spot in Harris’ district. Harris says city residents “know better” than to boycott his district and that spending the weekend on the family friendly Eastern Shore is more important than increasing drug use by teenagers in Washington.
