The spokesman for a new Washington state medical marijuana organization was fired at his own inaugural press conference Tuesday after members from another pot campaign crashed the event.

Media Director Philip Dawdy called Tuesday's conference to announce the mission of Safe Access Alliance. 

    The group is for medical marijuana patients and dispensaries, but against Initiative 502, which aims to legalize marijuana, tax it and create guidelines against driving when it's detectible in the driver's system.

Two members of another group, the No on I-502 campaign, crashed the news conference and accused Safe Access Alliance of co-opting their message -- and their donations.

 The president of Safe Access, Kurt Boehl, dealt with the conflict, escorted them to the door, then briefly rejoined Dawdy.

“Philip Dawdy does not speak for Safe Access Alliance,” said Boehl.

Moments later, Boehl summoned Dawdy and fired him.

Boehl was overheard saying Dawdy had embarrassed his organization.

The spectacle underscored how severely fractured the marijuana reform community has become in Washington state, with various groups running competing initiatives and taking opposing positions on whether the state should be in the dispensary licensing business.

The most recent debate is over I-502, which has raised more than $3 million, including from the likes of Progressive Insurance founder Peter Lewis and travel book guru Rick Steves.