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Howard Wooldridge, a retired police officer from Fort Worth, Texas, brought his horse Misty to Salinas, California and rode around the intersection of North Main Street and Harden Parkway wearing a t-shirt and holding a sign promoting Proposition 19.

Wolldridge was on the police force in Michigan for 18 years and says that the “war on marijuana is nonsense.” He retired from active duty in 1994 and has been in the marijuana legalization movement for 13 years.

Those who have followed the movement may remember Wolldridge riding Misty from LA to New York for the legalization cause. Now, she’s showing her age a little and rides in a trailer between cities. They are on a tour of California, promoting Prop 19.

Many of Wooldrige’s fellow cops in the area, however, do not agree with his campaign. They say he’s “out of touch” with law enforcement and doesn’t understand California’s problems. Most of California’s state law enforcement groups have come out against Prop 19.

Most people in Salinas, however, seemed to welcome to the two Texans to the town.

[source The Californian]

Tags: cowboy, legalization, Prop 19, Salinas