Discount Tire gives $1 million to campaign against marijuana legalization

Discount Tire Co. has contributed $1 million to the campaign against an Arizona ballot measure that would legalize marijuana, according to state campaign finance records.

Scottsdale-based Discount Tire donated the money to a group called Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy in Opposition to Prop. 205, according to campaign finance records from the Arizona Secretary of State’s office.

That is main no group against Proposition 205, which would legalizes pot.

Discount Tire representatives could not be reached for comment about the big donation against Prop. 205.

Voters will decide the measure on Nov. 8. It would have Arizona join Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington in legalizing marijuana for recreational use.

The Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry and other business groups oppose the measure worrying about workplace injuries and higher drug use.

Construction machinery Empire Southwest LLC also donated another $150,000 to the no effort. Empire had already donated $50,000.

Discount Tire has more than 900 stores in 31 U.S. states. It is the largest privately held company in the state and one of the top 100 private companies in the U.S., according to Business Journal research and Forbes magazine. The company also is a big motor sports sponsor, which includes Nascar.

Discount Founder and Chairman Bruce Halle has net worth of $6.3 billion, putting him on the Forbes richest Americans list.

The $1 million donation is part of a big fundraising effort by the No on 205 campaign. An anti-legalization group out of Alexandria, Virginia, called SAM Action also recently donated $115,000, according to the Secretary of State records.

The Arizona Republican Party, Bennett Dorrance, a founding partner of real estate development firm DMB Associates and a Campbell Soup Co. heir, Christian businessman Foster Friess and Tucson developer Don Diamond have donated $10,000 each to the anti-legalization campaign.

Dorrance is worth $2.9 billion and also makes the Forbes richest list.

Discount Tire has faced some other political scrutiny this summer after some Phoenix-area stores displayed signs for the reelection of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. That upset some Arpaio critics.

Drugs laws are being scrapped, while Halloween costumes are being shamed out of existence. Mansplain that to me Batman.

Drugs laws are being scrapped, while Halloween costumes are being shamed out of existence. Mansplain that to me Batman.

What does one have to do with the other? Drug laws are being scrapped and reformed because they make no fucking sense, and people are slowly realizing it.

No wonder their service is so efficient. They have clear minds.

What does one have to do with the other? Drug laws are being scrapped and reformed because they make no fucking sense, and people are slowly realizing it.

yeah they don't want droves of stinky lazy transients infiltrating their state. what an awful company.

If the guy changing my tires isn't smoking weed in his free time, I would be worried.

you know what it means you stinky lazy transient.

wow... ive always held discount tire as one of those special companies i swear by. i didnt know if it was just my local branch or what, but every time i dealt with them they had amazing customer service. the guys never pushed upsells, just were always directly honest, and even if you told them 'i just want the cheapest way to get tires on my car' they would just do it without pushing for anything extra.

i remember the first time i saw tires on their website, 10 years ago... and it had a coupon code or whatever to bring the price to $45 a tire. i went to the local branch and the guy said they were $75 each. I told him the website had them much cheaper and he didnt hesitate to give me the web price, and he didnt seem upset by it either. they even loaded the tires into my car. i was sold, and never bought tires from anyone else since.

but this weed thing is just awesome. i dont even smoke the shit no more, but this is fucking awesome. about time a corporation finally show humility.

This is why they are making this donation. It is for people like ike.

wait they are against it? why did i read it as they were for it?

wait they are against it? why did i read it as they were for it?

End corporate personhood. "Discount Tire Co." has no freedom of speech. It is not involved in, nor has any legitimate concern for, whether human citizens of the United States can buy, possess, and use, marijuana.