AZ: Anti-Pot Effort Gets $1M From State's Richest Man

[Katelyn Baker]

Phoenix - The campaign to keep Arizonans from using marijuana for pleasure is getting a big boost from the state's richest person.

Campaign finance reports show Discount Tire Co. dumped $1 million into the effort to kill Proposition 205. It is a private company owned by Paradise Valley resident Bruce Halle.

Efforts to reach Halle or his company late Monday were unsuccessful prior to press time.

Forbes listed his "real time net worth" as of Monday at $6.3 billion.

The donation makes him the single largest contributor to the cause. Only Empire Southwest, which sells heavy construction machinery, comes close - with total donations to date of $200,000.

Current law allows Arizonans with certain medical conditions, a doctor's recommendation and a state-issued ID card to obtain up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana every two weeks. Proposition 205 would expand the right to buy, grow and possess up to an ounce for any adult.

That effort is primarily funded by the national Marijuana Policy Project.

Halle's donations have gained some attention before.

Last year the Paradise Valley Police Department purchased cameras to read the license plates of vehicles passing through the tony community. The department said that Halle, whose home had been burglarized in 2011, donated about $250,000 to hide the cameras in fake cacti.

More recently, the chain drew criticism from some Latino groups for posting signs in store windows urging the reelection of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

According to Forbes, Halle began his operation with six tires in a showroom in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The chain now has more than 900 stores in 31 states with estimated annual revenues of $4.2 billion.

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[hempaz]

RE: Campaign finance reports show Discount Tire Co. dumped $1 million into the effort to kill Proposition 205.

( Discount Tire Co. is a private company owned by Paradise Valley, Az resident Bruce Halle )

Response: Discount Tires is a great company. They are the best at what they do. Never had a glitch in service at any time at any branch in Scottsdale the entire time of my residence there.

But, sending $1,000,000 cash to a bunch of Prohibitionist morons?

That struck me very odd when Rob Kampia of the #MPP was explaining the tactics of TV ads with (13) days to go until election day up in Scottsdale last Wednesday evening at the Saguaro Hotel.

The dude at the top of Discount Tires ... Bruce Halle ... must be a numb-skull.

It costs $45 to file a corporate annual report with the Arizona Corporate Commission.

Every month you are late you get popped for a $9 late fee.

As soon as Prop 205 passes on Nov 8th, and Bruce Halle's $1 mill cash goes "up in smoke" ... I am gonna hit that guy up for a flip-em!

What is that guy doing on a loosing effort?

Does he fear his boys outside pumping tires to 35 lbs are going to be doing it high?

You can still have a zero-tolerance company when Prop 205 passes on Nov 8th.

Maybe I'll offer to install a BC Northern Lights grow box at Bruce's home in PV.

Tossing a million bucks cash down the drain like that ... funding absolute idiots and liars and crooks with vested interests in keeping "Reefer Madness" going in the 21st century just doesn't make good economic sense.

This dude Bruce Halle could use a little enlightening dose of medical marijuana.

What better way than to teach him how to grow his new state approved (6) #RecMj plants come Nov 8th.

Vote "Yes" For Cannabis on Nov 8th ... and, teach people not to burn down their hard earned cash in such stupid ways!