Location: Denver, CO
My Story: Thirty year career freelance photojournalist with fibromyalgia. I am a medical marijuana patient and moderator of the popular 135+ member North Denver Medical Marijuana Discussion Group (http://medmarijuana.meetup.com/119 ). Also known to be Inventor of the "One LOVE, People Get Ready" Events emulating the San Francisco Patients Cooperative in Denver, 1st Saturday each month during 2007. Tipton has interviewed Tommy Chong, Keith Stroup, founder of Norml, and others on marijuanaradio.com, and most recently can regularly be heard on johndoeradio.com with his reports on the evolving Colorado mmj scene. He was recently quoted in a New York Times article about the killing of Ken Gorman, Denver MMJ Activist. He has been named president of the new Compassionate Coalition -Denver Chapter and is conducting the 1st Annual Colorado Cannabis Cup legal medical growers competition in ASPEN on June 10th folowing the Aspen Norml Legal Seminar. Tipton has been published in various newspapers and magazine publications including: Heritage Magazine, A journal of Michigan Life; VIBES Bikers Magazine, Tokyo, Japan; Thunder Roads Magazine, and others.
Birth Date: December 8th
Issues: equality / civil rights; civil liberties / privacy; peace & social justice; good government / ethics; affordable health care
Registered to Vote: Yes
Party Affiliation: Unaffiliated
Political Identification: Liberal

'What Me Worry?'-Alfred E. Newman